Editors' Report for Volume 58

2011·0.55 MB·English

by  Tim Lowrey

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Madrono, Vol. 58, No. 4, p. 279, 2011
EDITORS' REPORT FOR VOLUME 58
Wearepleased to report thepublication ofthisvolumeof This year we received 43 new manuscripts and 39 were
MadroiiobytheCalifornia Botanical Society(CBS) in 2011. accepted for publication. Several manuscripts were also
The journal continues to evolve as we get closer to the carried over from the previous year. The current volume
centennial year in 2013. Starting with the next volume, the includes 20 articles (including Notes), five new taxa, five
CBS will introduce a "Point-of-View" section which will Noteworthy Collections, and two Book Reviews. We
allow contributors to provide input on recent articles or air appreciate the mix of submitted manuscripts across the
ideasrelated towestern botany. Wearehopingthiswill bea spectrum of botanical sciences and anticipate continued
livelyandinformativeforum.TheMadronopageontheCSB submissions ofnovel and exciting work.
web site is an up-to-date gateway forcontributors, provides As Editors, we have enjoyed our interactions with
thelinktotheonlinesubmissionpage,andlinkstotheeighty- contributors and reviewers this past year. In the coming
year index. Wecontinue to see an increase in the number of year, we have a new Corresponding Editor, Matt Ritter
submissions and better turn around with reviewers. who brings a fresh perspective and has already taken on
The efforts of numerous individuals are critical to the manyresponsibilitieswiththejournal. Forthecomingyear
continuing quality of the journal. Among these, our we are focused with brining thejournal up to date so that
Noteworthy Collections editor. Dieter Wilken; Steve we start the Centennial year on time and with exciting
Timbrook who has long provided the volume Index and
contributions related to the Centennial celebration.
Table ofContents; Annielaurie Seifert at Allen Press; and
the enthusiastic support of the CBS executive council.
Finally, we are extremely grateful to ourcontributors who
provide interesting and insightful manuscripts, and our Tim Lowrey
volunteer reviewers who take time from their busy Richard Whitkus
schedules to assess the quality ofsubmitted work. December 201