Abstract
The European Journal of Personality (EJP) is in great shape. Submissions to the journal are substantial in terms of quantity, breadth of topics linked to personality, geographical origins (i.e. coming from more than 40 countries) and, last but not least, quality. Their overall number is comparable to last year. The Impact Factor (IF) for 2010 has had a slight decrease from the previous year to 2.098, but it still remains relatively high. The journal is now ranked 11th out of 58 journals in the ISI Social Psychology category. The 5–year IF, reflecting citations over a longer period and therefore being a measure of the sustained impact of published papers over time, is also substantial (2.982), and the journal ranks as 10th. The rejection rate of the EJP continues to be high—well over 80%—as a reflection of the sustained policy of focusing on quality rather than quantity. In few words, I believe to be fair to say that the EJP has a good and steady scientific reputation in the field and it represents one of the top targets for high–quality personality contributions.
Every year, we assign the Wiley award for the best publication in the EJP based on a PhD or Master/Diploma thesis. This year, the award was given to Benjamin J. De Boer (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) for his article, co–authored with Edwin A. J. Vann Hooft and Arnold B. Bakker, entitled ‘Stop and Start Control: A Distinction within Self–control’ (pp. 349–362). Congratulations to the author for this achievement.
This is my last term as editor. Starting from 30 September 2012, all new manuscripts will be dealt with by the incoming editor Wendy Johnson. I am very confident that she will continue the successful tradition of the journal.