Incoming Editor’s Editorial

Abstract

It is a great honor and privilege for me to be selected as Editor-in-Chief for Educational Psychology Review (EDPR). At the start of my 5-year tour of duty as Editor-in-Chief, the journal is in great shape. It is generally considered one of the flagship journals of educational psychology, thanks to the efforts and leadership of my predecessors, in particular Dan Robinson, Steve Benton, and Ken Kiewra, the very distinguished team of Senior Advisory Board members, the Editorial Board members, the anonymous reviewers, the contributing authors, and last but not least, the highly dedicated team at Springer: Garth Haller, Judy Jones, Charmaine Hilferty, and Mildred Alejo. Since the start of my academic career in the early 1990s, EDPR has always been my favorite journal. Not surprisingly, the journal has been the major outlet for my work, which is evidenced by the fact that more than 20 of my articles have been published in the journal since its inception 27 years ago. I think that the quality and breadth of the journal’s articles are excellent, some of its articles are the most cited in the field, and many of the contributions to the journal have broken new ground and made a real difference to the field. I consider it a great challenge to continue keeping this journal to remain the prime and most authoritative outlet for review articles in the field of educational psychology. However, the main challenge ahead is to continue the journal’s path to excellence and distinction. On the one hand, it seems that there simply cannot be a better point to start from. On the other hand, I am aware that the fantastic state Dan Robinson has left the journal in will make it hard to achieve further improvement. Nevertheless, I am confident that it is possible to maintain EDPR’s upward ascent. Apart from serving the primary mission to help produce the highest quality scholarship possible in the pages of EDPR, I have several priorities for the journal. In general, I consider it a collective effort of the Senior Advisory Board, the Editorial Board, and myself as Editor-in-Chief to guarantee the highest quality of the accepted articles while continuing decreasing the time from manuscript submission to online publication and to Educ Psychol Rev (2015) 27:561–562 DOI 10.1007/s10648-015-9347-x