Nominate the Next Editor-in-Chief of Systematic Biology!

Systematic Biology is the flagship journal of the Society of Systematic Biologists. Every three years, the society's council members select a new Editor-in-Chief to lead the editorial board of the journal. The newly elected editor will serve one year as Editor-Elect (beginning on Jan 1, 2022) and then three years as Editor-in-Chief (beginning on Jan 1, 2023). As Editor-Elect, the new editor will begin their duties and receive training from the current Editor-in-Chief. This ensures that the new editor is prepared to take on the role and preserves continuity in the editorial process. The Editor-in-Chief is a member of the Society of Systematic Biologists Executive Committee, with full voting rights as an SSB council member. Thus, editors fill an important leadership role in our scientific community.

The SSB Council is currently seeking nominations for the next Editor-in-Chief of Systematic Biology. If you would like to nominate a colleague or yourself, please submit your nomination using the form linked below by June 14, 2021. All nominations will be evaluated by a committee of SSB officers that includes the current Editor-in-Chief.

Editors of ​Systematic Biology

The Editor-in-Chief is elected by the council and each shall normally serve for a three-year term, and thereafter may be reelected for successive terms of one year. After the election of a new editor-in-chief, the editor elect serves one year concurrently with the outgoing editor. The editor elect receives manuscripts and the outgoing editor fills the journal with previously received manuscripts. 
Bryan Carstens
Editor-in-Chief
Term: 2020-2022

E-mail: eic@systematicbiologists.org
Bryan Carstens, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University​, Columbus, OH
A list of the past Systematic Biology editors is archived in the SSB documents repository.

Associate Editors of ​Systematic Biology

An up-to-date list of the associate editors and other editorial board members is maintained by the journal publisher: SSB Editorial Board.