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22 WMU J. Maritime Aff. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/wnujlmti22 and id is 1 raw text is: WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (2023) 22:1-3 https://doi.org/1 0.1007/si13437-023-00303-8 EDITORIAL Messages from the editorial desk Dong-Wook Song' Published online: 7 March 2023 © World Maritime University 2023 Welcome to the year 2023 when we are all back to the 'almost' normality after the approximately three-year abnormality. Those desperately missed classroom-based teachings and conference, seminar attendance in person is now back to the level of those previous cases; of course, a hybrid mode seems to be a highly utilized option as well. It is hoped that all JOMA readerships are enjoying this restored normality in a productive manner. Turning to the Journal matters, I would like to update you the developments and progresses made so far and plans to be implemented in future. First of all, you will be all greatly encouraged and motivated by the fact that the growing eagerness, in terms of quantity and quality, of journal readerships as a whole to make a significant contribution to the Journal in a way or another as an author, a reviewer, a guest edi- tor, or other capacities. There are some matters I would like to share with you for information, attention, and due action, if related: - JOMA has received a steadily growing number of manuscript submissions dur- ing the year of 2022 as were the cases of the previous years. More importantly, the quality of submitted works has been noticeably enhanced. The acceptance rates for publication have subsequently and inevitably dropped due to the lim- ited space for publications. Increasing either the page number of each issue or the issue number of each volume will still remain an option, as indicated in the previous editorial. Your editor-in-chief shall keep his eyes on the developmental pattern and trend and, if expected, take due action in a natural course of timeline; you will be accordingly updated, in that case. The baseline is, however, the scien- tific quality and significance of the submissions-see more about it (Song 2021). - Expanding the Editorial Board is also under consideration in line with the Journal's recent development. Those interesting researchers and/or academics are recommended to contact the editor-in-chief with a fully updated CV. You could alternatively suggest your 'qualified' colleague(s) for the membership. See more about it at the Call for Editorial Board Nomination (2021, Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 123). E Dong-Wook Song joma@wmu.se World Maritime University, Malm6, Sweden ', Springer