Joel Dacks, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
After 12 years as the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Roberto Docampo has stepped down from the role. We are grateful for his many years of leadership and service. The International Society of Protistologists named Joel Dacks as Docampo’s successor. He assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief as of July 1 of this year.
Dacks is a professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada where he studies the evolution and diversity of eukaryotic membrane-trafficking system. He has been an active member of the International Society of Protistologists, most recently having served as the Society’s Treasurer.
Just as changes occurred during Docampo’s tenure – most notably the conversion to online only, authors and readers of JEM will see changes roll out over the coming months. These changes will largely be focused on the submission, review, and publication processes. One such change that has already been implemented is the simplification of the Manuscript Preparation Checklist.
Even with these changes, JEM remains committed to being a source for robust foundational articles on the basic biology of protists, from harmful algal blooms to malaria to research on protist evolution and diversity.
“My vision for JEM is twofold,” writes Dacks in his Editor’s message published this month. “It is crucial that it remains an accessible venue that publishes foundational work in the field of Protistology.”
Dacks also hopes to expand the perceived scope of JEM. While well-known for its publication of taxonomy, parasitology, and microscopy, JEM can also be the place for other fields of protist research such as molecular biology, genomics, ecology, and evolutionary cell biology.
“I hope to see JEM being one of the first places that people consider when they have a robust and interesting story in Protistology,” writes Dacks.
Did you know?
Each article published in The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology will receive 6 free pages per article as long as there is one member of ISOP on the author line of that article. There are no article processing charges for a symposium article, president’s message, invited review, book review or in memoriam article. Young investigators, who are members of the International Society of Protistologists, may request support for article processing charges from the Society’s R. P. Hall Fund.
