From the inbox:
1.What
is the title of the new journal?
The new journal is called the Journal of the Association of
Environmental and Resource Economists(JAERE). This is no
longer a placeholder.
2.
Who will be the first editor?
We are delighted that Dan Phaneuf has
agreed to become the first editor in chief of JAERE. Dan remains
committed to managing and editing the Journal of Environmental Economics and
Management (JEEM) until his contract expires and therefore cannot
begin editing responsibilities for JAERE until January 1, 2014.
Thus, the AERE Board has appointed a transitional editorial team comprised of
Don Fullerton (chair), Joe Herriges, and Chuck Mason. This team brings
years of editing experience to the table and they have already begun planning
the first issue and taking submissions.
3.
Who will be the other members of the editorial team?
In preparing for the new journal’s
launch, Dan Phaneuf and the transitional editorial team have begun assembling a
team of co-editors. The goal is to involve a large group of visible people from
different areas of environmental and resource economics in the editing process.
The task of recruiting co-editors to this group is ongoing, but we are pleased
to announce that so far the following people have agreed to participate:
Jen
Alix-Garcia University of Wisconsin-Madison
Max
Auffhammer
University of California-Berkeley
Severin
Borenstein
University of California-Berkeley
Donald
Fullerton
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael
Greenstone MIT
Joe
Herriges
Iowa State University
Stephen
Holland
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Arik
Levinson
Georgetown University
John
List
University of Chicago
Chuck
Mason
University of Wyoming
Daniel
Millimet Southern
Methodist University
Steve
Polasky
University of Minnesota
Kathleen Segerson
University of Connecticut
Marty
Smith
Duke University
V. Kerry
Smith
Arizona State University
Chris
Timmins
Duke University
Christian
Vossler
University of Tennessee
Jim
Wilen
University of California-Davis
Catherine
Wolfram
University of California-Berkeley
4.
How will manuscripts be solicited for the first issues?
The transitional editors anticipate
that they will publish a combination of solicited and contributed papers from
top environmental and resource economists around the world. The process of
developing content for the first issues is underway. If you have a paper you
would like to have considered for one of the early issues, please contact Don
Fullerton ([email protected]).
Our publisher, the University of
Chicago Press (UCP), is organizing the official launch of the journal. Sometime
soon, an online submission portal will be made available and announced. We
expect the submission process to operate similarly to other UCP journals. There
will be no submission fee initially.
5.
What kinds of papers will JAERE publish?
While all editorial decisions lie
with the editor and co-editors, both empirical and theoretical papers will be
welcome in the journal. We expect that JAERE will have a mission similar
to that of JEEM in the past, meaning the emphasis will be on full
length, original research papers of the highest professional quality.
6.
When can we expect the first issue of
JAERE to appear?
UCP and AERE have agreed to a target
date of May/June 2014 to produce a double issue (approximately 10 articles).
There will either be a second double issue ready in late 2014 or two
single issues. A full year of issues is needed to help get an impact
factor rating.
7.
What will happen to manuscripts currently under review at JEEM?
JEEM will carry the Association’s label and logo up through the May
2014 issue. Papers that are currently well into the review process and accepted
soon are likely to appear in the AERE-affiliated issues of JEEM. More recent
submissions will likely appear after AERE’s affiliation has ended. Until
January 2014, papers will be handled according to the same standards that
authors and readers are accustomed to at the journal. After that, handling
of manuscripts would be up to the new JEEM editor and Elsevier.
8. What will happen to
JEEM?
To the best of our knowledge, JEEM
will continue to exist as an Elsevier-owned journal.
9. What should I tell my colleagues and
department chair about why this new journal was started? Will it rank well?
The explanation of why the AERE Board
chose to launch a new journal is available on the AERE web site (www.aere.org). Please
feel free to share it with all of your colleagues. While it is, of course,
impossible to know how JAERE will perform in future journal rankings, it
is the goal of AERE for JAERE to be the premiere research journal in
environmental and resource economics. By launching the journal under a top
editorial team and transitioning to a permanent editor with years of experience
handling high quality research for the profession, we are confident that JAERE
can quickly achieve this goal. You can help by submitting your best work to JAERE
and by encouraging your colleagues to do the same.
10.Should
AERE organize a boycott of journals that will compete with JAERE to help
its launch?
NO! As an individual, you are,
of course, welcome to decide what journals you submit to, referee for, and
read. But if AERE were to organize a boycott of competing journals or
discourage participation with them, the Association may be liable under
antitrust law. In addition, authors at
JEEM deserve the same level of
collegiality that they would get for publishing in any journal.
11. Will I have to pay to receive a copy of JAERE?
One of the strengths of UCP’s offer
as publisher was that each AERE member will receive online access to all JAERE
content as a benefit of membership. This includes access to the full-run of the
journal in PDF and HTML formats and any online-only supplemental material. In
addition, UCP will make available JAERE print copies and e-Book Editions
at a discount for purchase by AERE members.
12.
What about my University or Institutions library? Will graduate students and
others be able to get access to
JAERE?
UCP will promote and sell JAERE subscriptions
to the 9,000 institutional customers with which it has existing relationships.
It will also make special offers to customers who subscribe to its prestigious
Business and Economics bundle (including Journal of Political Economy, Journal
of Law and Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, etc.) and to large
national and international buying groups or consortia. JAERE content
will be available through databases and archives such as EBSCO and JSTOR, as
well as through UCP’s Emerging Nations Initiative, which provides journal
content free to approved institutions in developing economies.
13. How
will the journal be marketed?
AERE and UCP will work together to
quickly develop name recognition, visibility, and usage for the journal. Look
for a JAERE web page on the UCP site, brochures, calls-for-papers, and
the prominent display of journal and Association information at all important
meetings.
14. What can I do to help promote the journal?
- ·Post
brochures or calls-for-papers on your office doors or bulletin boards (to reach
students and colleagues);
- ·Talk to your
bibliographer/librarian who acquires serials in economics. Similarly, mention JAERE
to colleagues who advise the library on acquisitions;
- ·Submit your
papers to JAERE;
- ·Mention the
new journal to colleagues at meetings;
- ·Email
everyone on your professional contact list to tell them about the new journal
and AERE switching its allegiance away from JEEM to JAERE.
Remember that only about 25 percent of JEEM submissions are from current
AERE members. So it is important to reach beyond the AERE
membership.
- ·If you or
others you know are not AERE members currently, please join and ask your
friends and colleagues to join and take advantage of free online access to JAERE.
Membership information for 2014 will be posted on the AERE web page this fall.
*But they are still recruiting, so there's still hope.