In 1993/1994 there was a large increase in the number of papers received by the journal. This increase has been maintained and, with special issues, has grown again. The number of BGRG authors has risen again this year. Authorship continues to show a world-wide distribution. Subscription rates will rise in 1996 for both the full rate and the individual BGRG or IAG affiliated membership rate. There will, however, be an increase in the number of issues per year from 9 to 12 starting in January 1996. This includes the Technical and Software Bulletin.
For the year 1994/1995 128 papers have been received by the journal which is an increase on the 115 received last year. 1 13 of these have come to the editorial board and 15 to the special issue editors. The submission levels to the journal have been maintained and it is important that this continues.
The geographical spread of author affiliation has remained widespread. The number of UK and Australasian contributors has remained the same but the North American, particularly the Canadian contribution, has shown a marked increase. Papers from the rest of Europe have shown a small decline.
There has been a steady flow of papers throughout the year with two particular peaks in Sept-Oct 1994 and May-Aug 1995. The latter period accounted for 42% of papers received this year. Thus there are a significant number of papers which are with referees and editors. At present the rejection and acceptance rates are both lower than last year at 26% and 21% respectively.
Two special issues have been published. 'Geomorphic Response to Sea-Level Rise', edited by Tom Spencer, Denise Reed and Jon French and 'Geomorphology at Work' edited by Colin Thorne and Alan Thompson. There are further special issues on desert geomorphology and short-term geomorphic processes as related