I’m Rob Stavins, editor of the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, and I’m pleased to update you on behalf of my co-editors — Charlie Kolstad and Carlo Carraro.

The Review of Environmental Economics and Policy is intended to fill the gap that exists between the popular press and scholarly environmental and resource economics journals. Our articles, symposia, and features are rigorous, but non-technical in their presentation.

We, or rather Oxford University Press, has published two issues so far, with the third issue to be published shortly. And we have more-or-less locked up manuscripts for issues 3, 4, and 5 (that’s through the summer of 2009). We’ve got some wonderful symposia and articles forthcoming, but I won’t name the authors, since I don’t have time to name everyone, and I don’t want to leave anyone out.

Articles published by the Review are commissioned by the Editors, but are also subject to anonymous peer review. We don’t accept unsolicited manuscripts, but we most certainly do welcome proposals for articles in the form of brief outlines. Of 32 such unsolicited proposals we’ve received, five have been accepted, and one is pending. So the acceptance rate is about 16%. If we receive more high-quality proposals as the journal becomes better known, this rate may increase.

We’re very pleased with our proactive commissioning of articles, and here we have a very high success rate, on the order perhaps of 75-80%.

Finally, I want to emphasize that the ultimate success of the Review will not be measured simply by citation counts or circulation numbers, but by whether the journal is actually read and hence of real value.

In the meantime, we — the editors, Charlie, Carlo, and myself — will welcome any and all suggestions about how the Review can best serve your needs.

Thank you.