Professor Constantin Zopounidis, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making and the International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, received the Technical University of Crete Excellence Award 2016 in acknowledgment of his research work in the area of multicriteria analysis. This work has a direct impact on business as well as government decision making. The ceremony took place on Friday 16 December in the Centre of Mediterranean Architecture in Crete, where Professor Zopounidis gave a keynote speech.

Prof. Ali Selamat from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Malaysia has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Digital Enterprise Technology.

The Inderscience collections of journal titles have now published more the 80,000 articles. In addition to annual subscriptions to titles, individual articles and individual journal issues may also be purchased, and journal subject bundles and tailored packages of titles are available (19http://www.inderscience.com/inorders.php).

The International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics is instigating a Best Papers award. The first two winners have been announced: Scialfa et al. (192012), Hazard perception in older drivers, is awarded the 2012-2013 Best IJHFE Paper award and Baldwin, May & Parasuraman (192014), Auditory forward collision warnings reduce crashes associated with task-induced fatigue in young and older drivers, is awarded the 2014-2015 Best IJHFE Paper award. Both papers and the three runners-up are now freely available as part of the journal's sample issue, http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/sample.php?jcode=ijhfe.

Prof. Dianhui Wang from La Trobe University in Australia has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Machine Intelligence and Sensory Signal Processing.

Prof. Bhekisipho Twala from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Semantic and Infrastructure Services.

Dr. James S. Etim, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies, has been re-appointed as the Education Panel Chair 2016-2017 for the Undergraduate Awards, the world's largest academic awards program.

Dr. Jengchung Victor Chen from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Intercultural Information Management.

Associate Prof. Shangguang Wang from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in China has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Web Science.

Prof. Zhiqiang from South China University of Technology has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services.

Prof. Daniel Berman from Walden University in the USA has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Healthcare Policy.

The Journal for Global Business Advancement has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2017 onwards.

The International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2017 onwards.

The International Journal of Business Innovation and Research has announced that it will be increasing issues from eight to twelve from 2017 onwards.

The International Journal of Business Excellence has announced that it will be increasing issues from eight to twelve from 2017 onwards.

The International Journal of Global Warming has announced that it will be increasing issues from eight to twelve from 2017 onwards.

The World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2017 onwards.

Dr. Aladdin Ayesh from De Montfort University in the UK has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Computational Complexity and Intelligent Algorithms.

Dr. Gunther Paul from Queensland University of Technology in Australia has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation.

Dr. Haotian Wu from Purdue University in the USA has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Alternative Propulsion.

Dr. Vijendra Singh from NorthCap University in India has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Social Computing and Cyber-Physical Systems.

Associate Prof. Chih-Shun Hsu from Shih Hsin University in Taiwan has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems.

Prof. Neal Xiong from Colorado Technical University in the USA has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence.

Prof. Raghuraj Singh from Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology in India has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Forensic Software Engineering.

Associate Prof. Mohammad I. Merhi from Indiana University South Bend in the USA has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research. The previous Editor in Chief, Dr. Demetri Kantarelis, will remain with the journal in the role of Honorary Editor.

Prof. Xun Chen from Liverpool John Moores University in the UK has been appointed to take over from Prof. Jun Wang as Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Abrasive Technology. Prof. Wang will remain with the journal as Honorary Chief Editor.

The inaugural issue of the International Journal of Export Marketing was presented this year at the Academy of Marketing Conference 2016 at the Newcastle Business School of Northumbria University in the UK. This is the main annual event for the Academy of Marketing and 290 articles were presented. There were 25 different tracks in the marketing field and more than 400 participants. The event is generally considered as the major conference in marketing science. The journal's inaugural issue was presented in the special session 'Meet the Editors', and a stand displayed copies of the inaugural issue and the journal's webpage, as shown here.

Prof. Firuz Zare from the University of Queensland in Australia has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Power Electronics.

Associate Prof. Evelyne J.B. Srensen from Aarhus University in Denmark has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Public Law and Policy.

Prof. George Perry from University of Texas in the USA has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Ecological Bioscience and Biotechnology. Prof. Rudolph J. Castellani of the University of Maryland will be joining him as Executive Editor.

Dr. Mahardhika Pratama from La Trobe University in Australia has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining.

Dr. Adel El Shahat from Georgia Southern University in the USA has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Convergence Computing.

Prof. Steve Cornelius from University of Pretoria in South Africa has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Private Law.

Prof. Chee-Peng Lim from Deakin University in Australia has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems.

The International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation has announced that it will be increasing issues from six to eight from 2017 onwards.

Dr. Hua-Liang Wei from the University of Sheffield in the UK has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering.

Prof. Fabrizio Maimone from Libera Universit Maria Ss. Assunta in Italy has been appointed to take over editorship of the European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management.

Prof. Antonio Di Nola from the University of Salerno in Italy has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Granular Computing, Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems.

Dr. Valerij Dermol from the International School for Social and Business Studies in Slovenia has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Value Chain Management.

Associate Prof. Xin (19Robert) Luo from the The University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Information and Computer Security. The founding Editor, Professor Eldon Li, moves to become Honorary Editor-in-Chief.

Bhabesh Deka from Reliance Holding USA, Inc., has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Petroleum Engineering. The current Editor, Dr. Namit Jaiswal, moves to the Editorial Board.

Prof. Leo Dana from Montpellier Business School in France has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management.

Prof. Andy Pickett of Toxin Science Limited in the UK has been appointed to take over editorship of the Botulinum Journal.

Prof. Leo Dana from Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School in France has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation.

Prof. Angappa Gunasekaran from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the United States has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy and International Journal of Knowledge Management in Tourism and Hospitality

The number of articles currently available in the Inderscience Online Collection recently reached 75,000. The whole online, searchable collection is available for purchase. In addition, there are other options ranging from journal subject bundles and tailored packages of titles, to annual subscriptions to individual journals and purchase of individual journal issues and individual articles. Browse the options at http://www.inderscience.com/inorders.php for further details or, for librarians, please go to http://www.inderscience.com/librarians/index.php.

Prof. Angappa Gunasekaran from the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth in the United States has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence

Dr. Kun Ma from the University of Jinan in China has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Autonomic Computing.

Professor Michael Lacktorin, Board Member of the European Journal of International Management, is the Founding Dean of the new International College of Liberal Arts (19iCLA) at Yamanashi Gakuin University in Japan. The College provides an international liberal arts learning environment. Some 90% of all courses at iCLA are conducted in English and have the highest foreign faculty ratio in Japan. Professor Lacktorin says, 'Our curriculum connects knowledge through lecture courses that link and integrate subjects, experiential workshops and a unique writing-across-the-curriculum program. Our "education of the whole person" philosophy is grounded in the recognition that a healthy mind requires a healthy body and spirit.' Professor Lacktorin is also Special Advisor to the President and Chairman, Yamanashi Gakuin University.

Prof. Shaoyuan Li from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of System Control and Information Processing.

The International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics has announced that it will be increasing issues from four to six from 2017 onwards.

Prof. Tetsuo Sawada from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology.

Assistant Prof. Rosa Lombardi from University of Rome "Link Campus" in Italy has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism.

Prof. Fouad Lahlou from Ecole Polyvalente Suprieure d'Informatique et d'Electronique in Morocco has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Nuclear Desalination.

Prof. Gwo-Jen Hwang from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation.

We are very pleased to announce that the new version of our submissions and peer-review system - Inderscience Submissions - is now in operation. Some of the key benefits include:

• Improved layout and clearer display of actions required
• Streamlined 'behind the scenes' production process, facilitating quicker publication of issues
• Enhanced statistics for editors covering articles and reports on reviewer actions
• Improved wording for system-based emails, with the facility for editors to edit their own.
• Sending of article proofs is now within the system, enabling all the history of the article to be kept within the record.

Dr. Jong-Hyouk Lee from Sangmyung University in the Republic of Korea has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions.