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                   EDI Report for 2008
                   EDI Report for 2008

          SST s role as an educational institution
          SST’s role as an educational institution
                                       Anne Bülow‐Olsen
  INTERNATIONAL SEED TESTING ASSOCIATION (ISTA) 
  www.seedtest.org




                                     New scope
Original papers and review articles on 

seed quality and physiology 
   – as related to seed production, harvest, 
     processing, sampling, storage, distribution and 
     testing.
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                                                Papers submitted

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      1999       2000        2001        2002           2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008
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                                                             Argentina
                                                             Australia
                195 papers submitted in 2008                 Austria
                                                             Bangladesh
                                                             Belgium
                                                             Brazil
                                                             Canada
                                                             Chile
                                                             China
                                                             Costa Rica
                                                             Cotonou Benin
                                                             Czech Republic
                                                             Finland
                                                    Brazil   France
                                                             Germany
                                                             Greece
                                                             India
                                                             Indonesia
                                                             Iran
                                                             Italy
                                                    China    Japan
                                                             Jordan
                                                             Kenya
                                                             Maroc
                                                             México
                                                             Netherlands
                           Iran                              Pakistan
                                            India            Portugal
                                                             Romania
                                                             Serbia
                                                             South Africa
                                                             South Korea
                                                             Spain
                                                             Taiwan
                                                             Tunisie
                                                             Turkey
                                                             UK
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                                                            Papers submitted to SST 1998-2000,
                                                                      (437 in total)
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                                                                            1998-2002
                                                                            1998 2002
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                                                                            2008
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           Africa              Asia            Europa    Latin     North    Oceania
                                                        America   America
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           Accepted and rejected papers, completed in
                              2008
             Rejected after
                 review




                                                 Accepted




              Rejected by
                 editor
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                   Completed papers in 2008 (171 papers in total)

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       Africa              Asia              Europe     Latin America     N. America   Oceania

                           Accepted       Rejected by editor   Rejected after review
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                                                              Accepted
Completed papers from countries of
                                                              Rejected by editor
      more than 10 papers
                                                              Rejected after review

 12

 10

   8

   6

   4

   2

   0
         Brazil 10      China 23         India 25   Iran 12     Spain 11    Turkey 13
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                                                                      j
                                                                    Rejected
                with more than 10 papers
                                                                    Accepted

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              Brazil         Turkey         Spain   China   India        Iran
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       Africa 9       Asia 83       Europe 42   LatinAmerica 19   N. America 9   Oceania 9   Mean 171
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               Exposure on Ingenta
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    www.seedtest.org




    Most downloaded papers, 2007‐2009
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    v35n3s1 ‐ Towards new computer imaging techniques applied to seed     d
    quality testing and sorting,                      "43"
•   v36n1s2 ‐ Mean germination time of pepper seed lots (Capsicum 
                     g                   p pp               ( p
    annuum L.) predicts size and uniformity of seedlings in germination tests 
    and transplant modules,                           "38"
•   v36n2s13 Drying and storage of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var
    v36n2s13 ‐ Drying and storage of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. 
    botrytis) hydroprimed seeds,                      "30"
•   v35n1s19 ‐ Tetrazolium test to assess viability and vigour of tomato 
    seeds,                                            "28"
•   v35n2s22 ‐ Evaluation of seed priming methods to improve seed 
    performance of tomato (Lycoperison esculentum), egg plant (Solanum 
    performance of tomato (Lycoperison esculentum), egg plant (Solanum
    melongena) and chilli (Capsicum annum),           "27"
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 > 10 submissions                 > 100 downloaded papers       >50% acceptance
                                                                <20% acceptance




                                                                    China
                                                     Iran
                                         Spain

                                                            India

                     Brazil
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             The editor’s impression (1)
• Many ’me too’‐papers from developing 
  countries
• Many papers with linguistic problems from 
  developing countries
  developing countries
• Many papers on salt tolerance
• Many papers from undergraduates (from 
  China)
• Strong pressure to publish in China
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   Editor’s impression continued (2)
• Impressive input from associate editors
  Authors express gratitude
• Authors express gratitude
• Long journey towards experience in 
      bli i
  publication
• ‐‐‐‐
• Page charges accepted (one paper 
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  withdrawn, two papers postponed) d)
• Monetary problems from Iran
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   Editor’s impression continued (3)
• Production papers appear (in small numbers)
  Quality of seed is a good and practical scope
• Quality of seed is a good and practical scope
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                                       Proposals
• DOI numbers on Ingenta
  Writing workshop in Asia (India/China/Iran)
• Writing workshop in Asia (India/China/Iran)
• Set of guidelines on how to write a clear 
             h ISTA b (       i i h db k?)
  paper on the ISTA web (a mini handbook?)
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• Firm handling of potential Research Notes
• E‐mail survey to our subscribers asking for 
    h t th fi d       ti t    ti i SST d
  what they find most interesting in SST and 
  what they may want in the future
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•   Christophe Bailly, France
                              Associate editors
•   Mark A. Bennett , USA
•   Charles Block , USA
•   Antonio Dell'Aquila, Italy
•   Ibrahim Demir, Turkey
•   Brigitte Hamman, Switzerland
•   John Hampton, New Zealand
•     li           ilh      il
    Julio Marcos‐Filho, Brazil
•   Athole Marshall, UK
•   David John Mycock, South Africa
•   Ali    P    ll UK
    Alison Powell, UK
•   Zdenka Procházková, Czeck Republic
•   Moctar Sacande, UK
•   Norman W. Schaad, USA
    Norman W Schaad USA
•   Michael D. Sussman, USA
•   + eight anonymous reviewers

                                                Thank you!

						
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