Publications Council and Editorial Boards
Publications Council
The ESA Publications Council oversees the ESA Publications
Program and advises the ESA Governing Board on publications policies. The
council formulates publications and editorial policy recommendations to the
Governing Board and develops principles and criteria for the evaluation of
manuscripts submitted for publication. The Publications Council has the
authority to establish the scope of each publication, and to arbitrate
differences in publication policies among journals if required. Other duties of
the Council are specified in the
ESA Bylaws, Article X, Section 2.
The Publications Council is composed of one representative
from each ESA Section and a representative from the ESA Governing Board.
Representatives serve for three years and are elected by ballot during the
annual ESA election. Section representatives must have served previously on an
ESA editorial board to be eligible for a position on the Publications Council.
The Chair of the Publications Council is elected by the council members from
between the two representatives who are completing their second years of their
term. The Chair serves for one year. ESA editors-in-chief, editorial board
chairs, and the Director of Communications are ex officio members of the
Council. The Council meets at least once a year, during the ESA Annual Meeting.
Please click
here
for current Publications Council roster. Please click
here
for the current terms of office for the Publications Council.
Editorial Boards
Each ESA publication has its own editorial board. Editorial
boards are responsible to the Publications Council. The functions of editorial
boards are as follows:
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To propose policy for publications within the guidelines set by
the society through its governing board;
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To recommend appointment of an editor-in-chief to the ESA
Governing Board by June 1 of the year a current editor's term expires;
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To approve
subject editor appointments made by the Editor-in-Chief;
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To review manuscripts rejected by an editor that are appealed by
authors and to recommend either rejection or publication of contested
manuscripts;
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To review critically
the relevant publication for the purpose of maintaining its high standards;
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To hold an annual meeting during the ESA Annual Meeting; and
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To maintain close communication with the publication's editors,
the director of communications, and the ESA Publications Council.
Other duties of editorial boards are described in the ESA
Bylaws, Article X, Section 3.
Editorial boards are composed of representatives from
sections as specified by the
ESA Bylaws. Editorial board members are selected
by ESA Sections during the annual section business meeting and serve for four
years to represent the interest of ESA and of the Section. It is expected that
editorial board members publish in the society's publications. Editorial boards
meet annually during the ESA Annual Meeting.
The functions of an editorial
board member are as follows:
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To serve as a manuscript reviewer when asked;
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To report current progress and problems of the publication at the
business meeting of the section during the society's annual meeting;
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To respond in a timely manner to requests for
votes, information, and
opinions on behalf of the editorial board;
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To attend the meeting of the editorial board during the ESA
Annual Meeting. This requirement is to be stressed in that if a member cannot
attend this meeting, it is incumbent upon the member to tell the board's chair
beforehand and to respond to the items on the meeting agenda; and
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To resign from the editorial board if the board member finds that
he or she cannot fulfill the commitment and to request that the Section appoint
a replacement.
The functions of the editorial board
Chair are as follows:
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To plan and distribute the annual meeting agenda;
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To moderate the editorial board meeting;
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To prepare and distribute the minutes of the meeting;
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To prepare and distribute the
editorial board's annual report, if there is one;
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To maintain board files and to pass them on to the new
Chair;
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To serve as a nonvoting member of the Publications Council;
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To attend the annual meeting of the Publications Council during
the ESA Annual Meeting and to present oral and written annual reports at the
meeting;
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To coordinate the editorial
board's voting and approval of subject editors recommended by the
Editor-in-Chief;
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To coordinate the editorial
board's review and voting on a manuscript rejection appeal, and to
notify the corresponding author, Editor-in-Chief, and director of
communications of the board's decision, and
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To serve as the major point of communication among editorial
board members; between the Publications Council and editorial board members;
and between editorial board members, publication editors, and director of
communications.
The Chair is the member of the editorial board serving the
final year of appointment. If two or more members leave the board in the same
year, the Chair is elected by the editorial board during the prior year's
meeting.
For current rosters and terms of office for the editorial
boards, please select from the following list:
(Rosters and terms of office have been updated for 2008.)
American
Entomologist
Annals
of the Entomological Society of America
Arthropod
Management Tests
Book
& Media Reviews
Environmental
Entomology
Journal
of Economic Entomology
Journal
of Medical Entomology
Thomas
Say Publications
