Molecular Ecology Resources (2014) 14, 1–6

doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12196

Editorial 2014 State of the Journal This past year has been a great one for Molecular Ecology Resources readers and authors. The 143% increase in the Impact Factor (IF) to 7.43 for 2012 is one obvious indicator. This is the journal’s first IF that does not include Primer Notes in the calculation, and it thus reflects the high quality of the Resource Articles that we have been publishing in the recent years. While the IF is an important metric, it is not the only way of assessing the quality of a journal. We are happy to note that along with this increase in citations, there has also been a 10% increase in downloads of our articles in 2012 over 2011. This year has seen the launch of a new series called Primers (pronounced ‘prim-ers’) on topics relevant to molecular ecology. The first of these covered RNA-seq (Wolf 2013) and the role of transposable elements in microevolutionary change (Bonchev & Parisod 2013). These minireviews are a great resource for learning about hot topics in the field, and we look forward to publishing many more. In addition, 2013 has seen the advent of our Genomic Resources Notes (GR Notes), which are now published as part of a summary article in each issue. We encourage authors to make curated large-scale genomic data sets available to the broader community through this new article type. Genomic Resources Notes replace Permanent Genetic Resource Notes (or Primer Notes), which described a small number of microsatellite or SNP primers. We are no longer publishing the latter in any form. In terms of policies, the editorial board discussed the growing trend of preprints at our annual meeting and decided on the following: ‘Molecular Ecology Resources will consider submissions that have previously been made available online, either on a preprint server like arXiv or PeerJ PrePrints, or on the authors’ own website. Any such submissions must, however, not have been published in a scientific journal, book or other venue that could be considered formal publication. Authors must inform the editorial office at submission if their paper has been made available as a preprint. Authors of accepted papers that were made available as preprints must be able to assign copyright to Molecular Ecology Resources, or agree to the terms of the Wiley Open Access agreement and pay the associated fee.

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Given that the measurable impact of the article is diminished when citations are split between the preprint and the published article, authors are required to (i) update the entry on the preprint server so that it links to and cites the DOI for the published version and (ii) cite only the published article themselves’. Another innovation in scientific publishing has been the development of independent review organizations such as Rubriq or Axios Review, which have the goal of reducing redundancy in the peer review system. We will consider referrals from independent review services, but manuscripts arriving from these services may be subject to additional external review by the journal itself. One of these review companies (Axios Review) was founded by our Managing Editor, Tim Vines, but the new company and Tim’s involvement in it are completely independent of Molecular Ecology Resources. To avoid a potential conflict of interest, our other Managing Editor, Jen Gow, will handle any manuscripts that are referred to Molecular Ecology Resources from Axios. Any questions or comments on these policies should be directed to the Chief or Managing Editors. These are truly exciting times for the journal, and we look forward to publishing your next breakthrough, be it a computer program, analytical method or genetic resources. Our goal remains to publish the best available resources for the field of molecular ecology.

Editorial Board This year we have had several changes to our board. After a combined 26 years with the journal, Carolyne Bardeleben, Albano Beja-Pereira, Lisa Pope and Alison Surridge have stepped down from the board. We would like to sincerely thank them for their dedication and service. Our newest additions to the board are Sebastien Renaut at the University of British Columbia and Anna Santure at the University of Sheffield, bolstering our ability to assess potential contributions related to computational and analytical methods and massively parallel sequencing data sets. We thank them and our continuing as editors (Frederic Austerlitz, Alex Buerkle, Simon Creer, Bruce Deagle, Jeremy deWaard, Andrew DeWoody, Oscar Gaggiotti, Travis Glenn, Patricia Lee, Mark Ungerer and Michelle van der Bank) for their hard work in handling and deciding manuscripts.

2 EDITORIAL The end of 2013 will see the end of my tenure as Chief Editor as I hand over these responsibilities to Shawn Narum. Shawn has more than ten years experience as lead geneticist for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission studying population and ecological genomics, genetic effects of hatchery practices, and the genetic tagging and monitoring of fishery stocks in salmonid and other species in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. In addition, Shawn has been a member of our editorial board since 2008, making valuable contributions to policies and editing special issues in both Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources. I am confident that Shawn brings the experience and background needed to oversee the future growth of Molecular Ecology Resources. Finally, and most importantly, we thank the individuals listed on the following pages for their time and effort in reviewing papers for the journal during the past year. Their efforts are integral to maintaining the integrity of the review process, and we are extremely grateful for their commitment. Thank you.

Kevin Livingstone, Chief Editor, Department of Biology, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212-7200, USA, [email protected] Tim Vines and Jennifer Gow, Managing Editors, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, [email protected], [email protected]

References Bonchev G, Parisod C (2013) Transposable elements and microevolutionary changes in natural populations. Molecular Ecology Resources, 13, 765–775. Wolf JBW (2013) Principles of transcriptome analysis and gene expression quantification: an RNA-seq tutorial. Molecular Ecology Resources, 13, 559–572.

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The following list contains people who reviewed articles for Molecular Ecology Resources between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2013 Matthew L. Aardema Natalia I. Abramson Guillauve Achaz Jennifer R. Adams Bishwo N. Adhikari Marissa A. Ahlering Paramvir S. Ahuja Miguel Alcaide Jussi S. Alho Edward Almond Anthony Almudevar Linda Amaral Zettler William Amos Lars Andersen Eric Anderson Alyson M. Andreasen Rose L. Andrew Charles Apperson Sharon Appleyard Rosa Maria Araujo Eileen Armstrong Karen Armstrong Miquel Arnedo Nils Arrigo Andrew Austin Thierry Backeljau Niclas Backstrom Melinda R. Baerwald Christopher Balakrishnan Claudio Bandi Jonathan Banks Joshua Banta Marcos Barbeitos Lıvia M. Barbosa Soraia Barbosa Shalva Barjadze Stephen Barker Marta Barluenga Irene Barnes Jens Bast Jacqueline Batley Emmanuelle Baudry Greg J. Baute Eric Bazin Terry D. Beacham

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Andreas Beck Eva Bellemain Dirk U. Bellstedt Gareth Belton Daniel Benesh Lincoln Best Holly Bik Emanuele Biondi Alistair Blachford Ben Blackburne Christopher Blair Leocadio BlancoBercial Stephen Boatwright Dan G. Bock Wieslaw Bogdanowicz Kristine Bohmann Alex V. Borisenko Agnes Bouchez Stephane Boyer Laura Boykin Andreas Brezas Christiana F. A. Brito Kirk D. Broders Rosana Brondani Thomas Broquet Mark J. F. Brown Sarah Brown Matthieu Bruneaux Eduardas Budrys Seth Bybee Benny Bytebier Iain R. Caldwell Kristina M. Cammen Nathan R. Campbell Matt Campbell David Campbell Melissa Carew Jo~ao Carneiro Daniel C. Carvalho Mireia Casas-Marce Matteo Caser Todd Castoe Elizabeth Chambers Eric G. Chapman Robert W. Chapman Lars Chatrou Arunrat Chaveerach

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4 REFEREES Angelo Facchiano Valeria Fagundes Brant Faircloth Xiaoting Fang Cassandra E. Faux Guido Favia Barbara Feldmeyer Yanwei Feng Luca Ferretti Maria Ferrus Amanda E. Fisher David Foran Vincent Formica Laura Forrest Wolfgang Forstmeier Frode Fossøy Celine Frere Luca Fumagalli Matteo Fumagalli Juan Galindo Lianming Gao Melissa Garcia Cristina Garcıa Carlos GarcıaRobledo Jose Garcıa-Arraras Tara D. Gariepy Pauline GarnierGere Michael R. Garvin Michael W. Gates Lucie Gattepaille Xue-Jun Ge J€ urgen Geist Birgit Gemeinholzer Martin Genner Sankar K. Ghosh Jason Gibbs Cara Gibson J. D. Gibson Gonzalo Giribet Jeffrey C. Glaubitz Lani U. Gleason Travis C. Glenn Brian Golding Zach Gompert Josefa Gonzalez Susana Gonzalez Michael Goodisman Jamieson C. Gorrell Nicolas Gouin Stewart Grant Dario Grattapaglia Jeff A. Graves

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