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ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY Vol.42

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Volume 42 marks the close of a remarkable era for the Annual Review of Entomology (ARE). Its three Editors, Thomas E. Mittler (Vol. 8-42), Frank J. Radovsky (Vol. 24-42), and Vincent H. Resh (Vol. 22-42), with three- quarters of a century of editorial service among them, are about to retire. They, together with Ray F. Smith (Vol. 1-21), Edward A. Steinhaus (Vol. 1-7), and Carroll N. Smith (Vol. 17-23), account for the entire senior editorship of this notable series to date. I think of these first 42 years as the "Berkeley Domin- ion" because Ray Smith, Ed Steinhaus, Tom Mittler, and Vince Resh are current or past faculty members of the University of California, Berkeley, and Frank Radovsky was a graduate student there. These Berkeley entomologists have collectively logged 93 of the 109 (85%) senior editorial years and have been a potent influence in shaping the structure and content of the Review.
Forty-two years of the Berkeley Dominion have paid off admirably. The Editors set extremely high standards and leave in place an amazing legacy. ARE is high on the list of Annual Reviews, Inc., best-sellers, with annual sales consistently exceeding 3000 copies. As a publication, it is extremely influential. In 1994, the latest year available for Scientific Journal Citation Reports, ARE had a total of 2044 citations, with an Impact Factor of 6.477 (rated outstanding). (For more information regarding the Impact Factor, see the database published by the Institute for Scientific Information, based in Philadelphia, that is entitled Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports.) ARE ranks at the top of 60 high-ranking peer journals. For comparison, the second highest ranking journal had an Impact Factor of 1.851, and journals ranked seventh through sixtieth had Impact Factors of less than 1.0. These statistics punctuate the vision and hard work of the Editors, Production Editors, and the entire Editorial Committee and staff of Annual Reviews, Inc.
The Production Editors are the steady force behind these volumes, month after month, year after year. And what a force they are! Although they provide vital links between authors, editors, and compositors, they generally receive too little recognition for their highly skilled interpretative editorial efforts. Please note their names listed in successive volumes of the review.The subject matter specialists who comprise the rotating membership of the Editorial Committees are largely responsible for generating the topics that per- meate the volumes. During their five-year terms, they scour the earth for worthy themes and excellent authors to weave these into comprehensive chapters. In- ternational Correspondents, appointed each year by the Editorial Committees, bring forth ideas and authors from around the world. If you know of an entomo- logical theme that should be reviewed, contact one of the Editors or members of a current Editorial Committee. Only if a topic is put on the table for discussion during an annual Editorial Committee meeting can it become a chapter in a future volume of ARE.
This year chronicles the beginning of another era for ARE, with May Berenbaum taking over from Tom Mittler. Without doubt, ARE is in good hands with May (one wonders if she is ushering in the Illinois Dominion). As outgoing member of the rotating editorial committee, I take this opportunity to welcome May and our new Production Editor Naomi Lubick and to salute all those who, through their collective vision, effort, and devotion during the past 42 years, have helped to bring the multifaceted entomological literature together in a most meaningful way to our readership.

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581.1(058) ANN a

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Palo Alto (California) : Annual Review Inc.., 1997

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X,666 hal.: ill.;23 cm

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English

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581.1(058)

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42

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Entomology

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