Agronomy Journal

1. Agronomy Journal Editorial Board MeetingTuesday, November 5, 2013, 3:00 to 5:00pmMarriott Room 10

2. 3:00-3:05 Welcome 3:05-3:20 ASA Publications Director, Mark Mandelbaum 3:20-3:25 Recognize incoming and outgoing Editors 3:25-3:30 Status of Symposium Papers • AJ Statistics, 2012-2013, Barry Glaz • Enhanced Fertilizers, 2013, Jerry Hatfield • Solar Corridor, 2013, Robert Kremer • Water Security Task Force, 2013, Gary Peterson 3:30-3:40 Managing Editor’s Report, Sue Ernst 3:40-3:50 Journal Statistics, Brett Holte • Science article, John Bohannon, open access journals http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=15639&tip=sid 4:00-4:20 Open Discussion • Genomics (Arnold Bruns)Successfully getting reviewers (What can we do?)Should authors identify if they used an “editorial service”Are we an editing service for International papers?New Symposium Papers (publishing) • Publishing Data Bases (Peter Kyveryga) 4:20-4:50 Added issues as raised by TE’s and AE’s AJ board needs to encourage authors to publish in AJ (symposia from the meetings) Need for added Crops/Genetics AE’s Weed Science AE’s (Arnold Bruns, David Clay) Turf AE’s (Arnold Bruns, David Barker) 5:00 Adjourn

3. Associate Editor Graduates • ArdeshirAdeli, Associate Editor, July 1, 2010−December 31, 2013Francisco J. Arriaga, Associate Editor, July 1, 2010−December 31, 2013Humberto Blanco, Associate Editor, July 1, 2010−December 31, 2013Lucas Borras, Associate Editor, January 1, 2008−December 31, 2013*Fikru J. Haile, Associate Editor, January 1, 2008−December 31, 2013*David L. Holshouser, Associate Editor, January 1, 2008−December 31, 2013*E. Raymond Hunt, Associate Editor-Precision Ag, January 1, 2008−December 31, 2013*Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Associate Editor, January 1, 2008−December 31, 2013*Robert J. Kratochvil, Associate Editor-Crops, January 1, 2011−December 31, 2013Henry J. Mascagni, Associate Editor-Crops, January 1, 2008−December 31, 2013*Maxim J. Schlossberg, Associate Editor, August 1, 2008—May 10, 2013Sieglinde S. Snapp, Associate Editor, January 1, 2008−December 31, 2013*AfshinSoltani, Associate Editor, July 1, 2010−December 31, 2013 • *Indicates two consecutive terms of service on the Agronomy Journal editorial board. • Thank you!

4. Outstanding AE’s • Carlos PedreiraTom SamplesVasiliaFasoulaJack MartinMarty SchmerDan LongNicolas MartinRay Hunt • AJ Recognition (AE, TE, SAE, Editor, Editor in Chief) • Ken Barbarick, 19 years • Jerry Hatfield, 21 years Meeting Global Food Needs in 30 Years, Can Agriculture Deliver? • Warren Dick, 22 years

5. Incoming AE’s • Blade, Stanford (AE-Production Ag, 1/1/2012 to 12/31/14, First term)Bosworth, Sid (AE-Crops, 9/1/2013 to 12/31/2016, First term) • Heiniger, Ron (AE-Crops, 9/1/2013 to 12/31/2016, First term)Lauer, Joe (AE-Production Ag, 7/15/2013 to 12/31/2015, First term)Miguez, Fernando (AE-Biometry, 1/1/2012 to 12/31/2014, Second term)Trostle, Calvin (AE-Crops, 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2015, First term) (term dates were adjusted—original start date was 1/1/2012)Yeater, Kathleen (AE-Biometry, 7/1/2013 to 12/31/2015, First term)

7. Increased submissions: China and India • Science can be good (English?) • ASA recommends several web sites that can be used to improve their paper. • https://www.agronomy.org/publications/language-help • http://virtual.parkland.edu/walker102/punct.htm • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ • Instructions to Authors • https://www.agronomy.org/files/publications/aj-instructions-author.pdf

8. Science, October 4, 2013John Bohannon, Who’s Afraid of Peer Review? • The invoice arrived with good news: After a science-free review process, one of their journals—the International Journal of Cancer and Tumor—accepted the paper. Posing as lead author AlimoAtoa, I requested that it be withdrawn. I received a final message that reads like a surreal love letter from one fictional character to another: • Dear AlimoAtoa, • We fully respect your choice and withdraw your artilce. • If you are ready to publish your paper,please let me know and i will be at your service at any time. • Sincerely yours, Grace Groovy • Melville House • John Bohannon’s Open Access sting paper annoys many, scares the easily scared, accomplishes relatively little • by Sal Robinson • A honey-bee stinger in close-up. Terrors! • There have been many great stings in history. For instance, that time when two guys invented a great unknown Australian modernist poet and his complete works in an afternoon. But John Bohannon’s Open Access sting is not one of them. • Bohannon, an Oxford-educated biologist and science journalist, roiled the academic world last week when he revealed, in a story for Science magazine, that a fraudulent paper he had written about a lichen molecule that seemed to have cancer-fighting properties had been accepted by 157 online OA journals,

9. Associate Editor Average number of papers as Associate Editor • 6 years, 8-12/year Methods • Associate Editor • Assigned paper by the Technical Editor • Read abstract, methods, conclusions • Look at the references (potential key reviewer) • Identify 2-4 potential reviewers from references • Called 2-4 of these potential reviewers on the phone. • ____ has referenced your “AJ” paper of 2012. • ____ noted the importance of your work, • …. wait to let potential reviewer say something • could you review a similar paper....?

10. Thank you • Sue Ernst, Managing Editor • Brett Holte, Manager Submissions • Warren Dick, Editor in Chief • Meg Ipsen, Editorial Asst. • Keith Lovejoy – Reprints • Janet Riley – Invoicing • Mark Mandelbaum, Director of Publications • TE’s • AE’s