Publications of the Entomological Society of America

Abstract

“This initial number of the Annals of the Entomological Society of America marks the beginning of an enterprise which it is hoped may become of the greatest value to entomological science in America” (Annals 1908, 1(1):1). These introductory comments were published in the first issue of the Annals, which was founded by the old Entomological Society of America. The Journal of Economic Entomology also began publishing in 1908, under the auspices of the American Association of Economic Entomologists. When these two societies merged in 1953, the Annals and JEE were the sole scientific periodicals of the new ESA. Since 1953, ESA has continued to use its publications as the primary vehicle to meet its constitutional charge to promote the science of entomology and all its subdisciplines. Currently, ESA publishes four bimonthly journals, a quarterly magazine, a series called Miscellaneous Publications, an annual edition of Insecticide & Acaricide Tests, as well as the Thomas Say Foundation Monographs. Publications, therefore, remain a significant activity of ESA, which is expected to spend about 600,000 in 1989 for typesetting and printing.