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EDITOR'S REPORT 
This report is for 2011 (Volume 123): all four 
issues were published on time and the volume 
contained 922 pages. There were 121 papers 
published of which 72 (59.5%) were features and 
49 (40.5%) were shorts. Careful readers of The 
Journal will note that shorts are becoming longer 
as we have tried to discourage brief reports unless 
they truly contain new or novel information. We 
received 222 new manuscripts in 2011 and the 
effective acceptance rate was slightly less than 
55%. We do not have a current backlog of 
manuscripts and any delays are those resulting 
from liming of receipt of reviews and subsequent 
author revisions. Obtaining timely reviews con¬ 
tinues to be a problem for us. as well as most other 
journals. 
Long-time readers of The Wilson Journal of 
Ornithology should have noted a definite increase 
in publication of papers from outside of North 
America (defined as Canada and the U.S.). The 
number was 29% of I 19 papers published in 2007 
versus 51% of 121 papers published in 2011. We 
are truly an international journal and receive a 
large volume of manuscripts from outside ol 
North America. Many of these arc from Central 
and South America. The acceptance rate of this 
group is lower than for manuscripts originating in 
North America. The major reason for (he disparity 
is the language barrier. However, we make every 
effort to encourage manuscripts with useful data. 
Another shift has been from more shorts (62 of 
H9 papers published in 2007 152.1%) to 49 of 
121 (40.5%] papers published in 2011) to more 
features even though we published 826 pages in 
2007 versus 922 pages in 2011. Short papers 
published have become longer but fewer over this 
5-year period. It takes time to move a journal in 
different directions ii one does not want to make 
quantum changes which could affect membership. 
Nancy and 1 are in the last year of a 6-year period 
serving as the editorial team for The Wilson 
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Melinda M. Clark. Treasurer 
Journal of Ornithology. We have learned a lot 
about birds we have not seen and have tried to help 
authors through prompt movement of manuscripts, 
tight editing, and timely publication. Nancy has 
developed a referee list (with e-mail addresses) for 
about 1.900 potential reviewers. We wish we had 
this list when we started in July 2006. Both ol us 
independently prepared detailed explanations ol 
how we developed the process that worked lor us 
and what our roles were in producing each issue 
and volume. We look forward to helping the next 
Editor and her staff as they gear up for producing 
their first issue and volume. 
The March 2012 issue should be in our mail 
boxes in early March and the June 2012 issue has 
been made up and will be sent to Allen Press on 3 
March. We remain committed to producing a 
quality journal on time through the last year of our 
tenure. We continue to be aina/.ed that manuscripts 
keep arriving, referees agree lo review those 
manuscripts, and Allen Press continues to make us 
look competent, The last 5+ years have gone more 
quickly than l thought was possible. We thank our 
Indexer, Book Review Editors, Editorial Board, and 
WOS Council tor helping produce a quality Journal. 
Clail E. Braun, Editor 
The reports of the standing committees follow. 
REPORT OF THE 
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE 
Our membership as of 29 March 2012 was 
1.513. with 289 institutional subscribers to The 
Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Of the 1.513 
members. 129 are new members and 1.384 are 
renewing members; 201 are international mem¬ 
bers and 1.312 are U.S. members; and 230 are 
student members and 1,293 are regular, sustain¬ 
ing. family, or life members. 
As of this date, we had 141 fewer members than 
our final membership for 2011. Traditionally, we 
have granted free student membership to the 
