It is with both sighs of relief and some sentimentality that I announce my departure from the Senior Editor’s position at Conservation Letters.
After 3 volumes and 17 issues, and a very good prospect for an ISI Impact Factor > 3.0 coming out in June 2011, I feel that I’ve contributed sufficiently for the journal to persist in the conservation publication space for the coming decades.
Now I need a beer. ;-)
The road to Senior Editor certainly involved a steep learning curve for me, and I sincerely thank the four Editors-in-Chief (Hugh Possingham, Bill Sutherland, Richard Cowling & Mike Mascia) for their faith in my abilities and the flexibility to allow me to make important decisions. But most importantly, I thank our highly professional and rigorous editorial board who really did all the hard work (voluntarily, I might add). The full list of editors can be found here, but I want to pass on some extra gratitude to a few specific people here:
- Bill Adams
- James Aronson
- András Báldi
- Jos Barlow
- James Blignaut
- Nick Dulvy
- Andrew Knight
- David Lindenmayer
- Mandy Lombard
- Pablo Marquet
- Atte Moilanen
- Belinda Reyers
- Ana Rodrigues
- Javier Simonetti
- Chris Thomas
- Kerrie Wilson
In a word, you lot were brilliant. Thank you for going well beyond expectations and handling some very difficult manuscripts. Your expertise, professionalism and generosity will not go unnoticed, I can guarantee that.
I also thank Jennifer Mahar for keeping me (mostly) on the ball and for making the whole thing come together. Marjorie Spencer, whose brainchild this journal was, was a breath of fresh air and enthusiasm. Thanks for stepping up for me (oh, and thanks too for the many drinks courtesy of Uncle Wiley).
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