Message from the Chief Editor

Abstract

The Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology was established in 1957 as a result of a merger between the Japanese Society for Applied Zoology, founded in 1929, and the Nippon Society of Applied Entomology, founded in 1938. Applied Entomology and Zoology was inaugurated as the journal of the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology in 1966. The journal publishes articles concerned with applied zoology, applied entomology, environmental entomology, agricultural chemicals, and pest control, and covers aspects of both fundamental and applied entomology and zoology. Applied Entomology and Zoology continues to be a leader in these scientific fields not only in Japan but across Asia. Integrated pest management and conservation of biodiversity are two important aspects of integrated crop management for the future. Applied Entomology and Zoology covers both those scientific fields and is expected to be an internationally important journal. The number of submissions from other countries has been increasing year by year in tandem with its growing international recognition. The Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology has decided to publish Applied Entomology and Zoology with Springer from 2011 to reach a wider audience and to make it easier to submit papers and to access from other countries as an international journal. We hope that publication with Springer will help Applied Entomology and Zoology to attract more international attention and higher quality papers. We are convinced that quick publication is essential to achieve this aim. The editors of Applied Entomology and Zoology and Springer are pleased to announce a new service for our authors and readers: Online First, the quick online publication of articles shortly after receipt of the corrected proofs. Online First publishes accepted articles in electronic form prior to their appearance in the print version of the journal, eliminating the delay necessary for the completion of an entire issue, printed or electronic. The electronic version of Applied Entomology and Zoology used to appear at the same time as the print journal, but from now on the electronic version of all articles will be available to subscribers via the Internet weeks before the printed version appears. This means a significant reduction in publication time. It will no longer be necessary for manuscripts to wait until the next available print issue. As each article becomes ready for Online First publication, it will be published on the Web with its own publication date. Each article will receive a permanent, unique international identification code, the digital object identifier (DOI), which is registered with the International DOI Foundation (http://www.doi.org). Contributions published Online First but not yet available in print may be cited by journal title and DOI only. Furthermore, the DOI forms part of the article’s URL (Web address) and can be used to access the article before the print version has appeared (e.g., http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13355-010-0009-7). The DOI is never changed and can be used, for example, to create hyperlinks between Online First articles. The print version also includes the DOI and date of online publication. The appearance of an article on Online First constitutes official publication, so articles cannot subsequently be changed or withdrawn. Any corrections deemed necessary will be in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.