β Scribed by Frank B. Golley
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With this issue, we begin the second volume of Landscape Ecology. In doing so, we pass two major hurdles in scientific publishing. The first is, of course, the collection of suitable papers and the publication of the first issue. Many journals never pass beyond the expectations of editors and authors. The second hurdle is to complete the first volume. At this point, abstracting services take the journal seriously and begin the process of evaluation which may lead to inclusion in their particular data base. Librarians begin the process of ordering the journal, and scientists not in the main stream of the subject consider subscriptions. All this activity leads ultimately to financial success for the publisher and vindication of the faith and enthusiasm of the authors and editors. Clearly, many authors take a chance when they publish in a new journal. Their papers may not receive as wide a distribution as they deserve and if the journal is not successful, may even be lost. For this reason, we are deeply grateful to the many landscape ecologists submitting papers for volume one and we hope that they are as pleased as the editors and the officers of the International Association for Landscape Ecology to have passed this milestone. This is also an appropriate time to examine the character of the submissions and the published papers that made up volume one. A total of 27 manuscripts were submitted to the journal and 5 of these were rejected. This is a rejection rate of 19 percent. Most rejections were for inappropriateness. Authors of 14 of the published papers were
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