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Molecular Biology and Evolution 2004 21(12):2360-2363; doi:10.1093/molbev/msh224
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Molecular Biology and Evolution vol. 21 no. 12 © Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2004; all rights reserved.

Editorial

Editor's Report for 2003 and January to June, 2004

William Martin, June 2004

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Molecular Biology and Evolution is the journal of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, SMBE. The journal and the society were founded by Walter Fitch and Masatoshi Nei, both of whom decisively shaped the field of molecular evolution from its incipience. Their contributions to the society, the journal, and the field are now acknowledged in MBE: their names are printed in the masthead of every issue to honor the Founding Editors.

Simon Easteal's five-year term as editor ended in December 2003. He did a herculean job. When Simon took office, the handling of manuscripts at MBE involved shipping, stacking, and storing several tons of paper per year. At the end of his term, MBE had safely navigated the dramatic—but vital—transition into the age of electronic publishing. The move to electronic publishing was accompanied by the move to Oxford University Press as the journal's new publisher starting in January . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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