Editorial

LESSARD, JEAN-PHILIPPE; SOBRAL, MAR; SCHLEUNING, MATTHIAS; RODRIGUEZ-CABAL, MARIANO A.

ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

ECOLOGICAL SOC AMER

Año: 2023 vol. 93

0012-9615

EditorialEcological Monographsis going through some important changes, and 2023 will be a transformative year with the crea-tion of a brand-new board of editors. We have recently welcomed Mar Sobral as our new Associate Editor-in-Chief,Matthias Schleuning as our new Editor of Concepts & Synthesis, and Mariano Rodriguez-Cabal as a Subject-matterEditor who will also coordinate our Diversity and Mentorship Support Group. We have recruited 24 additionalSubject-matter Editors based in Asia, Europe, and South America, along with the USA and Canada. Our diverse andvibrant board of editors is ready to take on new challenges and drive the journal into a new era of publishing break-through scientific discoveries.As the journal is moving into new and exciting directions, we also aim to preserve and nurture the strengths thathave made its reputation. We still aim to publish robust and comprehensive papers that will establish benchmarks fromwhich future research will build. Moreover, we want to broaden the horizon of the journal by breaking the boundariesbetween ecology and evolution and welcoming papers that challenge current wisdom and paradigms and those thatintegrate concepts across scales and levels of organization to reveal nature’s structure and function, from genes to eco-systems and the biosphere.To solidify its strength while achieving its new goals,Ecological Monographswill publish two new types of articles:Ecological Monographshas a long tradition of publishing seminal papers in quantitative ecology. We created a newarticle type to celebrate the historical and continued success of the journal in this branch of ecology and to put analyti-cally oriented papers in the spotlight.Methodpapers will document new analytical developments or compare existingmethods while providing guidance and recommendations for best practices and future use.To embrace our origins, we created the article typeMonographs, which are essays written by a single author on agiven topic. These papers will figure prominently in the journal and will offer a range of perspectives from scholars inecology and evolution. They will be free form, and can be purely conceptual, but demonstrate outstanding scholarshipand critical thinking on old or new debates or on the development of a research discipline or topic. As such,Monographs will complement Concepts & Synthesis papers and reinforce the ambition of the journal to help guide cur-rent and future research at the interface of ecology and evolution.Increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion is a priority for the Ecological Society of America (ESA) andEcologicalMonographs. It is imperative that we promote better inclusion of underrepresented groups in our scientific community,as this diversity is integral to the advancement of knowledge. AtEcological Monographswe have created a Diversityand Mentorship Support Group that will train early career researchers to be Subject-matter Editors, with a particularfocus on recruiting new members from the Global South. Stay tuned and be on the watch for advertisements regardingour recruitment campaign.The success of the journal depends on many volunteers and dedicated staff. The editorial board ofEcologicalMonographsspends countless hours reading, reviewing, and editing our manuscripts. Their work is what preserves thehigh quality of contributions to the journal and the author experience provided by the journal. Their workload is everincreasing, and we could not thank them enough for their generosity and commitment. Many thanks to Anne MarieWhelan, Heather Carlo, and Brad Walker who provide constant support for authors and editors. Finally, AssociateEditor-in-Chief Brian Inouye is stepping down after many years of hard work and commitment to the success ofEcological Monographs. Brian has been a generous mentor to many editors and a critical component of the most recentdevelopment, growth, and accentuated impact of the journal. We are grateful that he agreed to remain on the board asa Subject-matter Editor who can keep advising the leadership team