2010 was an excellent year for Family Business Review (FBR), as the journal continued on its positive trajectory on all key metrics. The Impact Factor from the Journal Citation Report rose from 1.357 in 2009 (and 0.675 in 2008) to 1.881 in 2010, ranking FBR as 26th out of 87 business journals. The e-alert signups went up more than 50% from 475 in 2009 to 935 in 2010. We received 232 submissions this year—a new record for FBR. This includes 163 new submissions and 69 revisions. These numbers represent almost a 30% increase from the previous year, wherein we had received 163 submissions (119 new submissions and 44 revisions). Despite the increased numbers (and thus the volume of work), the overall average response time from submission to decision reduced from 40 days in 2009 to 35 days in 2010. Average reviewer turnaround time remained stable from last year at 18 days. Thanks to the efforts of our conscientious associate editors and reviewers, this turnaround time places FBR among the most efficient journals in management. These noteworthy numbers were achieved because of the dedicated efforts of our 8-member editorial team, 9 advisory board members, a 60-member review board, and 57 ad hoc reviewers. Each of these individuals contributed significantly to help attract good-quality manuscripts to the journal and provide timely and developmental reviews to all scholars who submitted their research for publication consideration to FBR. To recognize the services of our reviewers, in 2009 we initiated FBR’s Best Reviewer Awards. As the editorial team conferred to decide the award winners, there were 43 reviewers with perfect score for timeliness and quality of reviews! While it is exciting to have such an amazing level of support from our scholarly community, it certainly made the decision extremely difficult, leading to the inception of Honorable Mention awards. Congratulations to Andy Yu who received the Outstanding Reviewer award. Honorable mentions awards went to Tim Barnett, Isabel Botero, Keith Brigham, Sharon Danes, Eileen Fischer, Eddy Laveren, Donald Neubaum, Allison Pearson, Lloyd Steier, and Alex Stewart. In a committee cochaired by Karen Vinton and Jill Thomas, three members of our advisory board—Michael Hitt, Leif Melin, and Shaker Zahra—served as judges for choosing the best article published in FBR in 2009. The article by Short, Payne, Brigham, Lumpkin, and Broberg (2009) on entrepreneurial orientation in publicly traded family firms was the recipient of Best Paper Published in FBR, while two honorable mentions were awarded to Rothausen (2009) and Chen and Hsu’s (2009) articles. Congratulations and many thanks to all our winners! The global reach of FBR continues! In 2010, we received submissions from 33 countries. By supplying 20% of all received manuscripts, the United States held to its top position of being the leading source of FBR’s submissions. But at 17% Spain is fast catching up. Other countries such as Canada, Italy, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom were significant contributors as well. The work of 67 authors was published in the year in the form of 20 articles, one commentary, and reviews of five books. In reviewing the 2010 issues of FBR (Volume 23), the following five trends become apparent:
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Feb 1, 2012
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