Mapping the geography of editors-in-chief

Purpose:This study aims to explore the geography of editors-in-chief to demonstrate which countries exercise the highest-level decision-making in scholarly communication.In addition,the study seeks to investigate the potential relationships between the origin and nationality of academic publishers and the geography of editors-in-chief.Design/methodology/approach:The analysis involves 11,915 journals listed in Web of Science’s Social Sciences Citation Index(SSCI)and Science Citation Index Expanded(SCIE).These journals employ 15,795 scholars as editors-in-chief.The geographical locations of the institutions the editors-in-chief are affiliated with were identified;then,the data were aggregated at the country level.Findings:The results show that most editors-in-chief are located in countries of the Anglosphere,primarily the United States and the United Kingdom.In addition,most academic publishers and professional organizations that publish academic journals were found to be based in the United States and the United Kingdom,where most editors-in-chief are also based.Research limitations:The analysis involves journals indexed in the Web of Science’s SCIE/SSCI databases,which are demonstrably biased toward the English language.Furthermore,the study only takes a snapshot of the geography of editors-in-chief for the year 2022,but it does not investigate trends.Research implications:The study maps the highest-level decision-making in scholarly communication.Originality/value:The study explores and maps the geography of editors-in-chief by using a massive dataset.

Words from the Guest Editor-in-Chief

PSESP(Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations)is a new concept developed to rescue the most globally threatened plant species.It first appeared in'Proposal for the Extremely Small Population protection project for the endemic plants and animals of Yunnan',a report submitted to China's State Forestry Administration(SFA)through the Yunnan Forestry Department(YFD)in 2005.In September 2009,four years after the launch of the project。

Introduction to New Editor-in-Chief

Xuexin Duan received his PhD degree at University of Twente,Netherland(2010).A??er Postdoc studies at Yale University,he moved to Tianjin University.Currently,he is a full professor at State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology&Instruments,Department of Precision Instrument Engineering of Tianjin University.His Research is about MEMS/NEMS devices,Microsystem,Micro?uidics and their interfaces with Chemistry,Biology,Medicine,and Environmental science.He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed research ar??cles in top research journals and applied/issued 20 US and Chinese patents.He has been awarded as Na??onal 1000 Plan Professorship for Young Talents(2014),Outstanding Youth Funds of Tianjin(2017),and Young Scien??st of World Economic Forum(2018).

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers： First of all, on behalf of the new Editorial Board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our journal. This journal, founded in 1922, is the oldest geological journal in China. As the flagship journal of the Geological Society of China, it has become more and more influential in earth sciences in China and beyond. The journal is now indexed by SCI, CA and more than 20 other databases, with an impact factor varying between 1.58 and 2.15 from year to year. It is co-published by the Geological Society of China and Wiley-Blackwell Co.

Appointment of Dr. Xue-Long JIANG as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Zoological Research

We are very pleased to announce that we have invited Dr. Xue-Long JIANG to serve as the Associate Editor-in-Chief for Zoological Research （ZR）, effective from 1 March, 2016. Dr. JIANG, Professor and principle investigator from the Laboratory of Mammal Ecology and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has worked with ZR since 2006 as a member of the editorial board and has played an active and important role in maintaining ZR as a respected academic publishing platform. Currently, he also works as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Acta Thefiologica Sinica, Mammal Research and as a senior editorial board member of Biodiversity Science.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers:First of all,on behalf of the new Editorial Board,I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our journal.This journal,founded in 1922,is the oldest geological journal in China.As the flagslhip journal of the Geological Society of China,it has become more and nmore influcntial in earth scicences in China and beyond.The journal is now indexed by SCI,CA and more than 20 other databases,with an impact factor varying between 1.58 and 2.15 from year to year.It is co-publishd by the Gcoloigical Society of

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers： First of all, on behalf of the new Editorial Board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our journal. This journal, founded in 1922, is the oldest geological journal in China. As the flagship journal of the Geological Society of China, it has become more and more influential in earth sciences in China and beyond. The journal is now indexed by SCI, CA and more than 20 other databases, with an impact factor varying between 1.58 and 2.15 from year to year. It is co-published by the Geological Society of China and Wiley-Blackwell Co.

Appointment of Dr. Wai-Yee Chan as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Zoological Research

We are very pleased to announce that we have invited Dr. Wai-Yee Chan, Professor and Director of School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, to serve as the Associate Editor- in-Chief for Zoological Research （ZR）, effective 1 September, 2016.

Congratulations to Prof.Wanming Zhai,associate Editor-in-Chief of JMT,elected as an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences

ongratuations to Wanming Zhai, Ph.D., associate Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Modem Transportation （JMT）, who was among the 51 newly elected academi-clans announced by Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS） on Dec. 9, 2011. Dr. Zhai is a professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, deputy director of Traction Power State Key Laboratory, and director of Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Engineering.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers： First of all, on behalf of the new Editorial Board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our journal. This journal, founded in 1922, is the oldest geological journal in China. As the flagship journal of the Geological Society of China, it has become more and more influential in earth sciences in China and beyond.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers First of all, on behalf of the new Editorial Board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our journal. This journal, founded in 1922, is the oldest geological journal in China. As the flagship journal of the Geological Society of China, it has become more and more influential in earth sciences in China and beyond. The journal is now indexed by SCI, CA and more than 20 other databases, with an impact factor varying between 1.58 and 2.15 from year to year. It is co-published by the Geological Society of China and Wiley-Blackwell Co.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers： First of all, on behalf of the new Editorial Board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our journal. This journal, founded in 1922, is the oldest geological journal in China. As the flagship journal of the Geological Society of China, it has become more and more influential in earth sciences in China and beyond. The journal is now indexed by SCI, CA and more than 20 other databases, with an impact factor varying between 1.58 and 2.15 from year to year. it is co-published by the Geological Society of China and Wiley-Blackwell Co.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers First of all, on behalf of the new Editorial Board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our journal.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers： First of all, on behalf of the new Editorial Board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our journal.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Dear Authors and Readers： First of all, on behalf of the new Editorial Board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continuing support of our joumal.