Editing an Electronic Journal

"In 1998 Neil Sloane—sometimes known as the Father of Integer Sequences [1]—started a free electronic journal which he called the Journal of Integer Sequences. In the first four years of the journal’s existence, fifty papers were published. In 2002 Sloane decided to seek another editor, and I (influenced by Leonard Eugene Dickson’s dictum [2])1 volunteered to take over. I have edited the journal ever since, assisted by an editorial board of eight colleagues. Our journal is entirely free for both authors and readers and is hosted on computers at the University of Waterloo [3]. We get about 100–150 submissions per year, of which about 50–75 are published. Editing the journal is rather time-consuming, and I estimate that I spend roughly one day a week on it. Here I reflect on some of the things I’ve learned while editing the journal for twelve years...."