Joshua Thorpe, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, has achieved the distinction of “Exceptional Reviewer” for Medical Care for 2009.

Exceptional Reviewer designation includes the top 5% of its peer reviewers. Top reviewers were chosen on the basis of quality, timeliness, and number of reviews performed.

Medical Care is the official journal of the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association, and considered one of North America’s leading outlets for clinical health services research. Since 2000, Medical Care has been ranked by the Institute of Scientific Information as either the top, or one of the top five journals in the Health Care Sciences and Services category, which includes more than 60 different peer-reviewed journals.