Incoming Editor Research Articles

Editors’ Introduction

Editors’ Introduction Sandra L. Beckett and Lissa Paul The final general issue of 2009 is also the final issue to be edited by Sandra and Lissa. We would like to extend our thanks to The Johns Hopkins University Press for their advice and support through the years of our tenure as editors. Much of the success of The Lion and the Unicorn has been due to the exceptionally high production values and editorial care provided by JHUP. Our thanks especially to Bill Breichner, publisher, Carol Hamblen, production manager, Alta Anthony, journals circulations manager, our wonderful production coordinator Kris Zgorski and our copyeditor, Mary Hashman—for all their good advice, careful editing, and patient attention to detail. We also want to take this opportunity to welcome the incoming editorial team, Karin Westman, Naomi Wood, and David Russell. Through 2009 they have been handling new submissions, and they assume complete editorial responsibility with the January 2010 issue. As we reflect on the September 2009 issue, we realize that it never ceases to amaze us that the essays chosen for general issues frequently have common threads and shared concerns, even when individual essays were not specifically selected for their coherence. That is once again the case for this issue. Most of the essays deal with consumerism, either economic or cultural (sometimes both). In the first two essays, the theme of commodification is interfaced with classic fairy tales. In “Rewriting ‘Little Red Riding Hood’: Victorian Fairy Tales and Mass-Visual Culture,” Laurence Talairach-Vielmas challenges the commodification of “Little Red Riding Hood” during the advent of mass visual culture through her analysis of Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s and Harriet Louisa Childe-Pemberton’s Victorian revisions of Perrault’s tale. Amanda K. Allen, in “The Cinderella-Makers: Postwar Adolescent Girl Fiction as Commodity Tales,” focuses on two “commodity tales” aimed at the teenage girl consumer of the 1940s and 1950s: Betty Cavanna’s Going on Sixteen and Mary Stolz’s Rosemary. Using the theories of Bourdieu and Irigaray, Allen examines these adolescent girl romance novels as Cinderella case [End Page v] studies in which money provides the “Right Dress” as the magical token of recognition. Whereas Allen considers post–World War II adolescent girl fiction as commodity tales, Jackie E. Stallcup, “Stamping the Coin of Character: Elsie Dinsmore and the Power of Christian Wealth,” examines Christian wealth in Martha Finley’s post–Civil War Elsie Dinsmore series. Although the previous essays point to the dangers of consumer culture, Stallcup convincingly argues that “Christian wealth” allows Finley’s protagonist to have a positive and powerful social impact in the post–Civil War South. Cultural capital is also the focus of Erica Hateley’s essay, “Magritte and Cultural Capital: The Surreal World of Anthony Browne.” Hateley argues that Browne’s appropriation of Magritte reflects a desire not so much to make art accessible to all, but to link his own work with that of a canonical cultural heritage. She points out that the action taken by the Magritte estate against Browne links cultural capital inextricably to economic capital. Like Hateley, who is almost alone in interrogating the politics of Browne’s artistic references, Joe Sutliff Sanders questions the generally accepted subversiveness of metafiction in children’s literature, at least in fiction about reader-book relationships. Through an analysis of China Miéville’s Un Lun Dun, he demonstrates instead metafiction’s ability to open spaces for critical reading. Artistic references and metafictional devices such as those examined in the Hateley and Sutcliff Sanders essays have both been seen as characteristics of crossover works. The final general essay, “Tove Jansson and the Crossover Continuum,” by Maija-Liisa Harju, argues convincingly that a philosophy of continuum between life stages is inherent in much crossover fiction. Harju’s analysis of Moominpapa at Sea, marketed for children, and The Summer Book, marketed for adults, shows how one author uses complex themes, often of an existential nature, to appeal to readers of all ages. Although Harju’s goal is not to consider the cultural capital of Finland’s national treasure, she does touch on the highly commodified nature of Jansson’s Moomin stories, which have a Disney-like status in some countries...

Traces

Traces Mavis Reimer Trace: The track made by the passage of any person or thing. To follow Perry Nodelman as editor of a journal is at once a humbling and an exhilarating experience. Nodelman's influential presence in the criticism of young people's texts is well known: from his detailed demonstration of the varieties of ironic relations between words and pictures in picture books (Words About Pictures) to his evolving statements of the characteristics of children's literature as a genre (The Pleasures of Children's Literature) to his recent argument that children's literature simultaneously protects children from adult knowledge and works to teach it to them (The Hidden Adult), Nodelman has produced a body of important and compelling work, which any critic entering the field needs to take into account. The colloquial, conversational voice that he adopts in much of his academic writing has become a signature style, a style that encourages and, indeed, often provokes, debate. It is a style that he also employed as editor of CCL/LCJ in the years since its arrival at the University of Winnipeg. Many of the scholars and critics who have published in the journal since 2004 have written to express their appreciation for his incisive and extensive commentary on early versions of their articles. Editors following Nodelman's tracks inevitably must ask themselves whether they are up to the mark. But, because Nodelman's contributions have cleared the way to better scholarship in the field, it is also exciting to come after him. In his first CCL/LCJ editorial in Spring 2005, he adamantly refused any simple, nationalistic celebration of Canadian children's texts and he insisted that he, as well as other scholars, be willing to review, rethink, and, even, retract opinions in the light of new information. These are two of the impulses that have shaped the strategic revisioning of the journal as Jeunesse: Young People, [End Page 1] Texts, Cultures. As incoming editors, we thank Perry for the work he has done in preparing the ground for this project and for his agreement to serve as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board as we grow into the mandate we're articulating. Trace: An indication or evidence of the presence or existence of something, or of a former event or condition; a sign, mark. The next years will be an ongoing process of settling into a new skin. Readers will recognize many of the elements of our former identity in the issue before them. Indeed, editorial work with many of the articles and review essays published in this issue began with the CCL/LCJ editors. We retain a commitment to publishing articles in both French and English, as the new title of the journal signals. The fact that the French component of the journal has become so important to our understanding of our work is due in large part to the persistent care and detailed attention given by Anne Rusnak to this scholarship during her five years as an Associate Editor of CCL/LCJ. We're pleased that she, too, has joined the Editorial Advisory Board of Jeunesse. Most of our reviews will continue to be essays that discuss a group of texts, with a focus on primary material from Canada and on major scholarly and theoretical work internationally in the fields of young people's texts and cultures. Forums collecting a group of essays, each of which discusses a significant question or keyword from a different perspective, will be featured from time to time, as will occasional articles on important library collections and other resources for researchers and scholars. In many ways, the skin itself will not appear to be all that new. We've retained many of the design elements of our previous [End Page 2] incarnation. The print publication continues to mimic the shape of a picture book for children, and the cover continues to feature objects associated with childhood and youth on a white background. The new Jeunesse logo contains traces of the former CCL/LCJ logo, most obviously in its coloration, but also, and more importantly in the view of the editors, in its broken form lines and its rearrangeable...

Statement from the Incoming Editors

Statement from the Incoming Editors

Editor’s Preface

Editor’s Preface Tony Peffer In the spring of 2003, when I began serving as editor of JAAS, I didn’t envision publishing twenty issues, more than 70 articles, and nearly 1,800 pages of text (and, that’s not counting review essays, reviews, awards, etc.). Had I fully appreciated the daunting task that lay in front of me, I may well have declined the opportunity. With issue 12.1 marking the completion of that journey, however, I look back with gratitude on my relative naiveté and the experiences resulting from it. Editing our field’s flagship journal has proved a most rewarding endeavor, and I must devote the majority of this space to thanking those most responsible for its success. Past Association for Asian American Studies presidents Dana Takagi and Franklin Ng deserve words of special appreciation, the former for taking the sizable risk of entrusting JAAS to my care in the first place and the latter for appointing me to a second term. Min Hyoung Song and his predecessor as reviews editor, Kandice Chuh, in addition to fulfilling their responsibilities with efficiency and insight, offered generously of their advice and friendship. Bill Breichner, Journals Publisher for Johns Hopkins University Press, remained a steadfast advocate through some difficult times, and the journal as well as AAAS continues to benefit greatly from his material and relational support. To all of my colleagues who are engaged in the editorial enterprise, may you enjoy an approximation of the professionalism, flexibility, and good humor that have characterized all of my interactions with Mary Muhler, Journals Production Coordinator, [End Page v] and with Lynn Logan, who held this position before her. The many, many reviewers who have leant their expertise to the evaluation of manuscript submissions—and especially those who also have contributed their energies as members of the editorial board—have amassed a substantial “credit balance” on my account. Although the full measure of that debt may well exhaust the length of my career, I hope to offer them partial repayment over the coming years. And finally, the authors of those 70 or so articles have enriched my professional and personal life immensely, and I thank them for imbuing JAAS with the quality of their scholarship. The scholars whose articles appear in JAAS 12.1 are more than worthy of membership in this group. Together, they represent the incredible layers of diversity that make Asian American Studies such a thrilling enterprise while exploring some particularly intriguing questions. I trust that you will find their work stimulating. I also join you in eagerly awaiting the publication of issue 12.2, the first to be assembled under the direction of incoming editor Huping Ling and her associate, Philip Yang, who oversaw compilation of the reviews that appear in this present edition. With such accomplished and fine people taking the helm, clearly the journal’s brightest days lie ahead. For whatever problems my own shortcomings might have left them to address, I extend my heartfelt apologies. [End Page vi] Tony Peffer Castleton State College Copyright © 2009 The Johns Hopkins University Press

From the Incoming Editor

From the Incoming Editor

Using Evidence in Practice: Retrospective

Using Evidence in Practice: Retrospective

Passing the Torch

After a 14 year tenure, my predecessor, Carleton Stewart, transferred the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) to me [1]. That was 15 years ago. In point of fact, we are both indebted to the founders of the Society, who initiated JLB as the Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society in 1964. I am particularly grateful to Carleton Stewart for initiating the invaluable pyramid-structured review system that remains in use today. Among the most notable features of JLB, our use of a panel of selected expert section editors ensures the identification of fair, knowledgeable, and conscientious reviewers—a feature that sets us apart from other journals of our size and scope. I am honored to note that our current editorial board includes five of the original members who have served JLB along with me for all these years: Craig Reynolds, Alan Kaplan, Alan Landay, Philip Murphy, and Wayne Smith. I am even more indebted to Carleton Stewart as well as to Council Members, Carol Nacy and Monte Meltzer, who, in 1984 had the foresight to change the name of the society and the journal to cover the field of “Leukocyte Biology.” This has provided a crucial focus leading to progressive improvement of JLB, because it broadened the scope of the journal to cover biological and molecular aspects of leukocytes in host defense, chronic disease, restoration of homeostasis, and tissue repair. Consequently, JLB then began publishing papers focused on leukocyte receptors, signal transduction, gene regulation; cell development, growth, differentiation, and function; extracellular mediators and effector molecules; pathogenesis and host defense; and translational and clinical reports. Concomitant with my appointment, Craig Reynolds was selected as Associate Editor. He has invited outstanding leukocyte biologists to publish scholarly reviews in JLB, which has contributed to marked improvement in our impact factor, from 2.7 to ∼4.5. This increase in citation rate has been accompanied by a fourfold increase in manuscripts submitted per year, from fewer than 200 to the current number of about 750. The acceptance rate has also increased, from 25% in 1995 to about 37% at the present time. Consequently, this has led to an increase in the number of journal pages from 1700 to over 3200 annually. This increase can also be attributed to the inclusion of 3 to 5 sets of invited meeting overviews each year. These shorter reviews based on meeting presentations have proven to be quite popular and have citation rates approximately midway between those of the lengthier reviews and original research papers. I would also like to thank Associate Editor, Helene Rosenberg, for arranging and carrying out published interviews with the corresponding authors of Pivotal Advance manuscripts and, more recently, for assistance with the winners of the Dolph Adams Awards. As I reread my editorial as the incoming editor from 14 years ago [2], I am grateful that I have not made too many enemies, and likewise to have survived my time as Editor-in-Chief without any major disasters. We have been very fortunate to have made the profound change from paper to online submission and review with the invaluable assistance of Managing Editor, Amy Huter-Imming. The journal is now published online as well as in print, a feature which has been handled admirably by the FASEB Office of Publications. These developments have enabled us to manage the increase in manuscript submissions with ever greater speed and efficiency. I am happy that, thanks to our team of editors, we have been succeeded in slowly changing the scientific community’s perception of JLB to an appreciation of it as a commendable repository for scientific achievements. More changes are in store in the future, as JLB will be required to find its place in competition with the increasing number of newly minted online journals and to comply with government stipulations and requirements for open access. I am therefore delighted that the Council of the Society for Leukocyte Biology has chosen one of our able and experienced section editors, Luis Montaner, to become Editor-in-Chief. With the help of my many colleagues and coworkers, I am pleased to have been able to facilitate scientific communication and to strengthen the Society during my tenure. I am confident that Luis Montaner will further improve the record and strength of JLB. Finally, I would like to extend my most sincere and heartfelt thanks to all JLB authors, reviewers, and readers who have contributed to the ongoing success of our journal.

A Note From the New Editor

I am Jerry Trusty, the new editor of The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ). I am honored to assume this position and look forward to working in this capacity. As the incoming editor, I have been working closely with Mark Pope, the outgoing editor, for more than a year now. 1 express my thanks to Mark for many things. First, Mark leaves me a journal in very good condition. That is, there was an effective, functional system of manuscript review in place; there is no large backlog of manuscripts; and the editorial board and the ad hoc editorial board are strong. I was able to easily step into and use Mark's well-organized system and resources and continue with the high level of functioning. Mark's editorial assistant, Mika Ross, has also been very helpful in the organizational aspects of the editor transition process. Second, I thank Mark for his unending patience with me during this transition. I know I have asked him hundreds of questions, and I have likely asked him several questions more than once. All who know Mark know his patience. He took time at The National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the American Counseling Association (ACA) conferences to meet with me, and there were countless phone calls and e-mails from him. Mark worked diligently at making the transition a smooth one. Third, I thank Mark for leaving me and NCDA a quality journal. Others are responsible for this also (e.g., editorial board, ad hoc editorial board, NCDA leadership, authors, production staff), but the editor of a journal carries a large portion of the responsibility for the quality of a journal. CDQ has consistently been a highly rated journal in the field, and the journal's ratings have been trending upward during Mark's tenure as editor. I understand that ratings are not always truly reflective of a journal's quality. A more objective indicator of quality for me is the high degree to which I and many others depend on CDQfor knowledge about career development. I thank our exceptional editorial board for the work they have been doing and continue to do. This work is often tedious, but it is work that is salient to our knowledge bases. CDQhus enjoyed a healthy number of submitted manuscripts during the past year. I am genuinely impressed with the thought fulness, care, knowledge, and effort that editorial board members devote to reviewing manuscripts. CDQ welcomes several new members to the editorial board: Patrick Akos, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Dennis Engels, University of North Texas; Spencer Niles, The Pennsylvania State University; Marie Shoffner, University of Virginia; Graham Stead, Cleveland State University; and Sherri Turner, University of Minnesota. These new members have been reviewing manuscripts for several months, and some have been reviewing manuscripts for a longer period because they are former members of the CDQAd Hoc Editorial Board. …

A Letter from the Editor

With issue no. 4 of volume 103 we introduce a new Editor for Economic Geology . I am pleased to announce that the Publications Board has selected Dr. Lawrence D. Meinert as the incoming Editor of the journal. Larry will join me as co-editor for the remainder of Volume 103. As in 2001, when I first served …

Incoming Editors’ Statement and Description of Our Inaugural Issue

Incoming Editors’ Statement and Description of Our Inaugural Issue

From the incoming Editors

From the incoming Editors

A statement from the incoming editor

A statement from the incoming editor

Editorial: Why (a nd how) to publish in Geologia Croatica

With the beginning of this year, the journal you have in your hand or read on internet, Geologia Croatica has (partly) changed Chief Editors. The former editors Prof. Igor Vlahović and Dr. Ivo Velić resigned with January 2008, because the inflow of manuscripts declined in recent years due to the fact that articles published in our journal were not considered for scientific promotion in Croatia. They wanted, and have succeeded, in remotivating the Croatian geological and larger scientific community, and since January 2008, articles published in Geologia Croatica will be eligible for scientific promotion. In this way they have helped to maintain the journal. Dr. Ivo Velić agreed to be reappointed as editor in the transitional period to stress the continuity of editorial policy and to help the new incoming editor, prof. Mladen Juračić, and the new editorial board.

Message from the Incoming Editor

Message from the Incoming Editor

MRSQ Informatics Education Columns: Past, Present and Future

ABSTRACT This is the last Informatics Education column under the current editors. The outgoing editors identify six key themes that reflect the changes in informatics education over their seven-year tenure. The themes are picked from the 29 previous columns published under their editorship. The first and key theme is technology, and this one theme is the basis for the other five. The incoming editors project what they expect to see as key themes for future columns. Together, this column looks at the past, present, and future state of informatics education in the United States.

Editorial: Thoughts on Improving the Quality of Manuscripts Submitted to the Journal of Pediatric Psychology: Writing a Convincing Introduction

I want to share with you some observations and ‘‘things I would like to see’’ in submitted manuscripts that are based on my experience over the last two years as incoming editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology (JPP), previous experience in editing and providing reviews, and feedback from JPP’s associate editors. The second in a series of editorials, this one focuses on suggestions to enhance the quality of an introduction to a manuscript. My hope is that this will be useful to authors as well as reviewers in evaluating the quality of manuscripts. Authors face a formidable challenge in crafting a convincing introduction. In a few pages authors need to clarify the relevance of their research to the field of pediatric psychology, specify the focus, primary question, hypotheses, and framework, and establish the significance and new scientific contribution of their work relative to previous research.

Team performance management: a review and look forward

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to provide the Team Performance Management (TPM) journal readership with a review of the journal since its inception in 1995, tracing the pattern of articles published since then. To give an overview of the processes and procedures now in operation and present the incoming editors' future vision of the journal.Design/methodology/approachEach of the 266 articles published in the journal between 1995 and 2006 were analysed briefly to identify interesting trends or patterns.FindingsThe largest number of articles have been published by authors from the USA (representing 45 per cent of the total number of articles published), although 28 countries are represented. The majority of articles have an academic first author (69 per cent). A significant proportion of articles are sole authored (47 per cent), although there is a slight trend towards multiple authors. Most authors (87 per cent) have only published once in the journal and the majority of articles (55 per cent) have been classified as research papers. The most popular article has achieved 21,651 downloads.Research limitations/implicationsThis was never intended to be a rigorous statistical analysis, but rather to present a simple overview and review of the last 12 years' articles published in the journal. For simplicity, only the first authors were used for the analysis, which may have caused a slight bias in the findings.Practical implicationsA better understanding of the patterns and trends of articles will help the editors to shape the future of the journal. It is also hoped that it will help the readership to gain an improved understanding of and increased interest in the journal's past, present and future.Originality/valuePulling together information from many different sources into one article and providing the first comprehensive review of the articles published in TPM in the last 12 years, since its launch.

Letter from the incoming editor

Letter from the incoming editor

Incoming Editor

Incoming Editor

Editorial

Editorial