Our journal Invasive Plant Science and Management continues to serve as an important outlet for research focused on the many facets of invasive plants across the globe, including their biology, ecology, impact, and management. During this past year, you might have noticed that we have moved to the predominant use of Latin binomials when referring to plants and other organisms mentioned in articles. The use of common names is now only listed at first mention in the text. This change will better align our journal with other international journals focused on invasive species and pest management. You might also have noticed the increased use of color figures and photos in our articles, and we encourage submissions that include color figures and photos, as there is no extra cost for their use.
We continue to build the reputation of Invasive Plant Science and Management as a top journal for research and case studies not only on the biology and ecology of invasive plant species, but also on their impacts and management. For example, in each article we feature a “Management Implications” section that provides a succinct summary of the key management implications of the research that can inform adoption of novel practices by land managers and other practitioners. We continue to receive and encourage submissions of well-designed studies on all aspects of invasive plants from all regions of the world. Invited reviews on relevant and timely topics of interest to our readership are also welcome. During this past year, we published several such reviews and hope to have several more in 2019. Of increasing importance to authors is the time frame from the original submission of a manuscript to a first editorial decision. We continue to be very competitive in this regard relative to other journals, averaging 45 days to first decision in 2018. We hope to reduce this time period in the coming year.
I would like to thank the many reviewers and the editorial board of Invasive Plant Science and Management who gave of their precious time and expertise to assure the scientific rigor and accuracy of work published in our journal in 2018.
Editorial Board 2018
Edith B. Allen
Jacob N. Barney
John Cardina
Stephen F. Enloe
Songlin Fei
Guillaume Fried
Catherine S. Jarnevich
Marie Jasieniuk
Darren J. Kriticos
James K. Leary
Kelly G. Lyons
Jane M. Mangold
John A. Randall
Rob J. Richardson
Steve S. Seefeldt
Ryan M. Wersal
Invasive Plant Science and Management Reviewers 2018
Pedro Antunes
Daniel Z. Atwater
Kristine Marie Averill
Jacob Barney
Cameron Barrows
Carol Baskin
Theresa Becchetti
Christopher Beck
Roger L. Becker
Bernd Blossey
Graeme Wayne Bourdot
Graham Brodie
William Bruckart
Janelle M. Burke
Paul Champion
David R. Clements
Kirk W. Davies
Jeffrey F. Derr
Stephen F. Enloe
Jason Ferrell
Alan Franck
Kim Franklin
Susan Galatowitsch
David Gorchov
Elise S. Gornish
Greta Gramig
Sigurdur Greipsson
Charles Halpern
Martin Hejda
Cynthia Huebner
Terho Hyvonen
Kylie Ireland
Jenny Kao-Kniffin
Claude Lavoie
Nevin Craig Lawrence
Erik A. Lehnhoff
Ramon G. Leon
Rodney G. Lym
Kelly G. Lyons
Gregory MacDonald
John D. Madsen
Joy E. Marburger
Glenn Matlack
Brian McCarthy
Peter McEvoy
Ryan W. McEwan
Brian A. Mealor
Mohsen B. Mesgaran
Jean-Yves Meyer
Lindsey Milbrath
Thomas A. Monaco
Jeff Mosley
Riccardo Motti
Anouk N’Guyen
Scott Jay Nissen
Stephen John Novak
Dennis Calvin Odero
Marcela Claudia Pagano
Franklin Dane Panetta
Martin Pavlik
Brooke Pickett
Monique Poulin
Timothy S. Prather
Aman Rana
Corey V. Ransom
Kurt Reinhart
Ian Renne
Mark J. Renz
Lisa J. Rew
Vikki L. Rodgers
Erin Rosskopf
James Russell
Brian J. Schutte
Timothy R. Seastedt
Roger L. Sheley
Evan Siemann
Reid J. Smeda
Daniel R. Tekiela
Kathryn Thomas
Blair Waldron
Donald M. Waller
Sarah Ward
Truman Young
Lewis H. Ziska