1. JIM SIEDOW, Associate Editor JBC EDITORIAL BOARD ACTIVITIES AND RECOGNITIONS April 20, 2013

4. Most scientists regarded the new streamlined peer-review process as ‘quite an improvement.’

5. JBC Editorial Hierarchy Editor-in-Chief: Martha J. Fedor: Co-Editor: Herb Tabor Associate Editors – 35 Reviewing Editors – ≈680

6. North America 4074 South America 121 Southeast Asia 78 Europe 2016 Middle East 101 Asia 1978 Africa 13 ~8,500 Manuscripts Submitted Last Year Australia/ New Zealand 130

7. Norma AllewellFred Guengerich Ruma BanerjeeRichard Hanson Judith BondGerald Hart George CarmanVincent Hascall Joan ConawayJohn Kyriakis Peter CresswellRobert Lehman John ExtonJerry Lingrel Erin FearonKenneth Neet Martha FedorLuke O’Neill Velia FowlerJeffrey Pessin Paul FraserCharles Samuel Joel GottesfeldShu-ou Shan (Guest Editor) JBC Associate Editors

8. James Siedow Robert Simoni William Smith Thomas Söllner Linda Spremulli Anne Stephenson James Stull Herbert Tabor Alex Toker Thomas Vanaman Xiao-Fan Wang JBC Associate Editors

10. 8521 total new manuscripts for JBC in 2012 Average = 275/year 23 new manuscripts/month 5 new manuscripts/week JBC Associate Editors

11. 555 ROBERT SIMONI Department of Biological Chemistry Stanford University rsimoni@asbmb.org Most New Manuscripts for Past Year F. GUENGERICH Department of Biochemistry School of Medicine Vanderbilt University fguengerich@asbmb.org 435 JOEL GOTTESFELD Department of Molecular Biology Scripps Research Institute jgottesfeld@asbmb.org 428 XIAO-FAN WANG Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Duke University Medical Center xwang@asbmb.org 682

12. JBC Editorial Board

16. North America 478 South America 3 Southeast Asia 3 Europe 124 Mideast 4 Asia 51 ~680 Reviewing Editors Australia 12

17. 12,979 total manuscripts assigned (new and revised) for JBC in 2012 Average = 19/year 1.6 manuscripts/month JBC Editorial Board – EBM Stats

18. 1 st Versions OnlyAll Versions Average Turnaround Time15 days12.5 days Range of Average Turnaround Times 1-47 days0.2-47 days Average Number of MS per Year18.325.9 Average 4 Week Workload 1.4 Manuscripts2.0 Manuscripts Range of 4 Week Workload 0.1-3.7 Manuscripts0.1-5.0 Manuscripts

19. How many manuscripts do EBMs review? JBC Editorial Board

20. Most Manuscripts Reviewed 1 4.0 CONSTANCE BRINCKERHOFF 2 3.8 3.4 *Average Number Manuscripts Per Month JOSEPH JEZ Top-Performing Reviewing Editors JOSEPH BRYAN 3

21. Most Diverse Reviewers Erin Connolly 13 Affinity Groups Daniel Kosman 12 Affinity Groups James Whelan 11 Affinity Groups Sharon Ackerman 11 Affinity Groups Ambra Pozzi 11 Affinity Groups Jeffrey Rathmell 11 Affinity Groups John Olson 11 Affinity Groups P. Boon Chock 11 Affinity Groups Wenhong Cao 11 Affinity Groups Gerard Blobe 11 Affinity Groups Kun Ping Lu 11 Affinity Groups

22. Performance Challenged Reviewers but we do know where you live

23. In recognition of extended years of outstanding service on the JBC Editorial Board We salute the following: Editorial Board Service to JBC

24. Constance Brinckerhoff Ta-Yuan Chang G. Marius Clore Charles Glabe Gregory A. Grant Steven K. Hanks Thomas R. Kleyman Daniel J. Klionsky 10 Years of Service

25. John J. Kopchick Richard F. Luduena Thomas F. J. Martin Edward Mocarski Wouter H. Moolenaar Robert E. Oswald Radhakrishnan Padmanabhan Richard Proia David D. Roberts 10 Years of Service

26. James R. Sellers Toru Shimizu Fuyuhiko Tamanoi Gopal Thinakaran Nicholas J. G. Webster Michael Welsh Sidney W. Whiteheart Yoshihiko Yamada Peter Yurchenco 10 Years of Service

27. Lawrence Brass P. Boon Chock Robert A. Harris Suresh K. Joseph Vincent C. Manganiello Christopher K. Mathews Gerhard Meissner Alfred H. Merrill 15 Years of Service

28. John S. Mort Neil Nathanson Phillip Pekala John T. Penniston Peter J. Roach Naoyuki Taniguchi 15 Years of Service

29. (The check is in the mail) Robert S. Adelstein Michael Forgac 20 Years of Service

30. “One martini is all right, two is too many and three is not enough” James Thurber is supposed to have remarked about drinking martinis Editorial Board Service to JBC

31. I think service on the JBC Editorial Board is somewhat like drinking martinis “One board term is all right, two terms are too many and three are not enough” – J.N. Siedow Editorial Board Service to JBC This kind of thinking does not hold for authors

33. Thanks to all These Folks for their Service

34. and on behalf of the Associate Editors We thank all of you for a terrific job in providing high quality reviews in a timely manner for so many manuscripts.