Rate my Editor [Essays]

Titia de Lange Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA Corresponding author: delangerockefeller.edu

It is difficult to imagine Genes & Development without Terri Grodzicker and vice versa. Terri embodied G&D. During Terri's reign, G&D became a steadfast, reliable journal that knows what it is (and what it is not). It stands for high-quality, high-interest, serious science. Terri avoided gimmicks and was not swayed by fashions. She was not tempted to start an extended family of G&D-adjacent journals. And, in my experience, Terri was great as an Editor (more about that below). Now that she is stepping down from her position as Editor, I have a suggestion for Terri: Please consider running ratemyeditor.org with me. Here is what I have in mind.

Once I retire, or so I have told my friends, I will set up a website where biologists can provide information regarding their publishing experiences and find out which Editors are rated highly. The domain name I registered is ratemyeditor.org. According to my plan, some day in the future, anyone will be able go to ratemyeditor.org, look up a journal, and find out which one of its Editors are …

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