Professor Madjid Tavana has taken over as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management and Decision Making. Professor Tavana, Professor of Business Systems and Analytics and Lindback Distinguished Chair of Information Systems and Decision Sciences at La Salle University in the USA, is also Editor-in-Chief of another Inderscience title, the International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences.

Professor Constantin Zopounidis has been appointed as an Academician of the RACEF (Royal Academy of Economic and Finance Sciences of Spain). Professor Zopounidis is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management and the International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making.

Dr. Daphne Halkias has been appointed to take charge of the International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies. Dr. Halkias holds positions at the Northcentral University, USA and the University of Bergamo, Italy.

Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Martínez-López, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Business Environment, is one of a team of three authors recently awarded “best research paper in marketing” for 2011; Dr. Juan Carlos Gázquez-Abad, Associate Editor of the IJBE, is also one of the authors. The award is given by AEMARK, the Spanish Marketing Association of Academics and Professionals (http://www.aemark.es/), to publications where their members participate in the team of authors. The papers concerned is: Gázquez-Abad, J.C.; De Canniere, M.H.; Martínez-López, F.J. (2011). “Dynamics of customer response to promotional and relational direct mailings from an apparel retailer: the moderating role of relationship strength”, Journal of Retailing, Vol. 87(2), pp.166-181.

Professor Alain Bernard, from IRCCyN - Ecole Centrale de Nantes in France, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management. The previous editor, Professor Abdelaziz Bouras, will continue to support the journal and will remain on the Board.

Somalia is to get its first female foreign minister in a cabinet formed by Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon. Fauzia Yusuf Haji Adan described her inclusion as "historic" for both the country and Somali women in particular. In recognition of the appointment, we have made a paper she published with us available on open access: Matthew MacGregor, Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam, Saad Ali Shire, (2008), Diaspora and development: lessons from Somaliland. International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, 4(3), 238-255, DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2008.020329

Professor France Houle has been appointed to develop the International Journal of Border Security and Immigration Policy. Professor Houle is from the Faculté de droit at the Université de Montréal in Canada.

Thomas Vitiello, Ali Çarkoğlu and Mert Moral were recently awarded the Elizabeth H. Nelson Prize prize for the Best Paper from a Society in Transition. The presentation took place at the 2012 WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion) annual conference in Hong-Kong 14-16 June. Their paper, Voter Advice Applications in Practice: Answers to Some Key Questions from Turkey, will be published in the International Journal of Electronic Governance vol. 5(3/4), due in December. It is part of a special issue on Voting Advice Applications and the State of the Art Theory, Practice and Comparative Insights. A pre-publication version is currently available to subscribers and via pay-per-view on the Forthcoming Papers page

Professor Maria Claudia Lucchetti has been appointed to edit the International Journal of Environmental Policy and Decision Making. Professor Lucchetti is from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Roma Tre in Italy.

The Inderscience Online Collection has gone over the 50,000 mark for published papers online. The 50,000^th paper published was 'Potential use of transport and dispersion model output to supplement Allied Tactical Publication-45 hazard area prediction templates' by Nathan Platt and Leo Jones, discussing the effect of wind changes on NATOs early warnings for nuclear/chemical/biological incidents. The paper was published in the Int. J. of Environment and Pollution (2012), Vol.48, No.1/2/3/4, pp.3038. The fully-searchable database represents a major research collection and may be searched free of charge at www.inderscience.com. Full-text papers are available to subscribers and pay-per-view users, unless otherwise marked. Subscriber details are available from subs@inderscience.com.

Professor Xue-wen (William) Chen has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology. Professor Chen is Department Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Wayne State University in the United States.

Dr. Giovanni Cerulli has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics. Dr. Cerulli is from the Italian National Research Council (CNR) Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth (CERIS). He replaces founding editor Dr. Christos Floros, who remains on the editorial team.

Distinguished Professor Toly Chen has been appointed Editor-in-Chief to develop the International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services. Professor Chen is from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management at the Feng Chia University in Taiwan

Professor Johan Potgieter has been appointed the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications. Professor Potgieter is from the Massey University School of Engineering and Advanced Technology

Distinguished Professor Toly Chen has been appointed Editor-in-Chief to develop the International Journal of Lean Enterprise Research. Professor Chen is from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management at the Feng Chia University in Taiwan

The International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation has been selected for indexing by Science Citation Index and will be assigned an impact factor in due course, normally within three years.

Following the resignation of the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics for personal reasons, Professor Zhihua Cui will take over as Editor-in-Chief with Dr. Zhiwei Cui as Executive Editor. Professor Zhihua Cui is from the Complex System and Computational Intelligence Laboratory at the Taiyuan University of Science and Technology in China, and Dr. Zhiwei Cui from the Northwestern University's Department of Mechanical Engineering in the USA.

Following his previous interview in the Huffington Post series "The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals - Singapore", the series returns to glean more from Dr. Pak Tee Ng in The Global Search for Education: More From Singapore following questions received from readers after a Q and A on the Singapore education system in May. Dr. Pak Tee Ng, from the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, is Associate Editor and Editorial Advisor for the International Journal of Innovation in Education and the International Journal of Quality and Innovation. He is also an Editor of the International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management.

Dr. Gazan Bozai has been appointed to edit the International Journal of Forensic Engineering and Management. Dr Bozai is Director of the Human Factors in the Built Environment (HFIBE) Lab in the Department of Construction Management at East Carolina University in the USA.

Prof. Sharad Asthana of the University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Accounting has taken over as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation. Dr. Prem Lal Joshi, founder of the journal, moves to be its Honorary Editor.

Thomson Reuter's ScienceWatch notes that 'a recent analysis of Essential Science Indicators data from Thomson Reuters showed that the International Journal of Nanotechnology is having a growing influence in the field of Materials Science.' The site speaks with Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Lionel Vayssieres, about journal's history and citation achievements.

Professor Constantin Zopounidis received an award from ESCP Europe for his long-standing research contribution in the field of financial engineering and decision making, during the 2nd International Conference of Financial Engineering & Banking Society, London, 6-7 June 2012. Professor Constantin Zopounidis is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management and the International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making. This is the first time that a Professor has been given the ESCP award. In future years, other outstanding professors are expected to be recognized by the ESCP. ESCP Europe is both a high-level school of management with international scope and a large-scale European institution. It was founded in Paris in 1819 and, since then, has educated generations of leaders, contributing to the excellent reputation it enjoys today.

Professor Antonella Di Stefano has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Autonomic Computing. Professor Di Stefano is part of the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica ed Informatica at the Università di Catania in Italy.

In Part 3 of the Huffington Post series "The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals - Singapore, Dr. Pak Tee Ng shares his insights into questions such as, How does Singapore view the importance of a world-class teaching profession? How has its government responded? What progress has been made to date? What are Singapore's next steps to advance the teaching profession in the 21st century? Dr. Pak Tee Ng, from the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, is Associate Editor and Editorial Advisor for the International Journal of Innovation in Education and the International Journal of Quality and Innovation. He is also an Editor of the International Journal of Complexity in Leadership and Management.

Following the retirement of Professor Andrew K. Dragun and Professor Kristin Jakobsson, the new Editor of the International Journal of Water will be Professor Reza Khanbilvardi. Professor Khanbilvardi is NOAA Chair Professor of Civil Engineering at the City University of New York Grove School of Engineering.

Professor Joshua Onome Imoniana has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Auditing Technology. Professor Imoniana is Professor of Accounting and Information Systems Auditing at the Center for Applied Social Science in the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Graduate School of Accounting.

The International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering has appointed Professor Gang Chen as its new editor. Professor Chen is from the Department of Mining and Geological Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the USA.

The International Journal of Petroleum Engineering has as its new editor Professor Shirish L. Patil from the Department of Petroleum at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the USA.

Dr. Prem Lal Joshi recently received from Mr. N.N. Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir in India, the 6th Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel international award for his excellence in the field of research and education. The award is presented to ten people from various fields for 'displaying benevolent services towards country and countrymen'.  Dr. Joshi, a Professor of Accounting at the University of Bahrain, is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of IJ Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation.

Dr. Alain Yee-Loong Chong of the Nottingham University Business School at the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus in China has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Services, Economics and Management.

Prof. Jayanthi Ranjan has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Intercultural Information Management. Professor Ranjan is Chairperson of International Relations at the Institute of Management Technology in India.

Professor Refik Culpan has stepped down from the editorship of the International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, having overseen the development of the journal to its third volume. We are very grateful to Professor Culpan for his efforts in successfully establishing the journal. His place is taken by J. Michael Geringer, Professor of Strategy and International Management at the California Polytechnic University Orfalea College of Business. Dr. Geringer is an award-winning researcher, teacher and consultant, with an international reputation for his work in strategic management, international business, joint ventures and alliances, mergers and acquisitions, entrepreneurship, venture capital and the management of technological and human resources.

Professor Sergio Nesmachnow has agreed to take over the editorship of the International Journal of Metaheuristics from Dr. Christine Mumford. Professor Nesmachnow is Aggregate Professor in the Numerical Center (CeCal) at Computer Science Institute of the University of the Republic in Uruguay. Dr. Mumford proposed and developed the journal successfully through to publication of it first volume. We are very grateful for Dr. Mumford's invaluable efforts and are pleased to note that she has agreed to remain on the editorial board.

Professor Leonard Barolli from the Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT) Department of Information and Communication Engineering in Japan has agreed to take over the development of the International Journal of Adaptive and Innovative Systems with effect from 1 February this year. Dr. Barolli has experience as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing and serves on the Boards of other international journals and on the Programme Committees of international conferences. We welcome his appointment and wish him every success with the continued development of IJAIS.

Prof. Kai S. Koong, Chair of the CIS and Quantitative Methods Department at The University of Texas - Pan American, has taken over as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare. Professor Koong is the recipient of the 2011 Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (SWDSI) Distinguished Service Award. We thank Prof. Chang T. Hsieh for his sterling work in developing the title to successful publication and wish Professor Koong well in his work in developing further the journal.

Professor Justin R. Chimka from the University of Arkansas Department of Industrial Engineering has taken over the editorship of the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage. Professor Chimka takes over from Professor Byung Rae Cho of Clemson University who has been acting as caretaker Editor of the journal. We are extremely grateful to Professor Cho for the hard work he has undertaken to maintain the successful development of the journal.