Looking back, looking ahead.(From the Editor)

This issue, the November issue, completes volume 48 of the Cornell Quarterly (CQ), and it also completes my first year as the editor. I would like to use this editorial to bring to light some of the key accomplishments and to recognize the contributions that significantly helped CQ this year.

I am delighted to inform you that CQ has been accepted into the Thomson Scientific Journal Citations Report (JCR), which means that articles will now begin to be indexed in the Web of Science. (The names of both have just changed. The Thomson Index was known as ISI, and the Web of Science was known as the Social Science Citation Index.) The indexing will create more exposure for CQ articles among social scientists. The Web of Science also creates links between referenced articles. This is an honor for the journal, and we expect it will attract new authors to bring you even more useful information. The JCR only covers a select group of influential social science journals. Their selection process consists of the evaluation of many criteria, such as basic journal publishing standards, the journal's editorial content, and the international diversity of its authors and editorial board. In addition, a citation analysis is applied to determine the journal's citation history and the citation history of its authors and editors, using Thomson Scientific data. Michael Sturman, the previous editor of CQ, made the initial move and worked hard toward the inclusion of CQ into the JCR. Without his initiative, it would have taken us many more years to celebrate this day.

To make the review process easier and more efficient for all of us, as of September 2007 we have been accepting manuscripts and sending them out for review via SAGETrack, an online manuscript tracking and peer review system. SAGETrack offers a virtual editorial office available anytime, and authors can submit and track manuscripts from anywhere in the world via the website. Likewise, reviewers can review and make comments on manuscripts online at any time, thus reducing review time and streamlining a sometimes cumbersome process. This new process has been functioning extremely well.

Speaking of name changes, Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly will change its name to Cornell Hospitality Quarterly as of the next issue. While we will still be CQ, our name change reflects changes in the industry that we serve, and with the name change we plan to feature more industry-specific content. Thus continues the evolution of both the hospitality industry and the journal itself.

Last, with the close of 2007, I would like to thank all of the authors who submitted articles to CQ in 2007 and to the board members and ad hoc reviewers, both academics and practitioners, who have contributed their time and expertise to review manuscripts. They are listed elsewhere in this issue. The reviewers do not receive any compensation for doing this but only my thanks. CQ would not be able to publish valuable and rigorous content without the help of the editorial board, the academic reviewers, and the practitioner reviewers. Thank you all for your excellent service.

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