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23 WMU J. Maritime Aff. 1 (2024)

handle is hein.journals/wnujlmti23 and id is 1 raw text is: WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (2024) 23:1-3 https://doi.org/1 0.1007/si13437-024-00332-x EDITORIAL Greetings from the editorial desk Dong-Wook Song' Published online: 26 February 2024 © World Maritime University 2024 Welcome to the Year 2024. We are already in the middle of second month of the year (as of writing this editorial) at which some of you have been still enjoying a term break since the last Christmas season, others have been fully engaged with a series of academic activities and duties. Whichever case you might be in, it is hoped that all JOMA readerships enjoy working in their chosen field in a meaningful and productive manner throughout the year. Turning to the Journal matters, I would like to share with you what was devel- oped and progressed last year and what is to be implemented now and future. You will be, the foremost of all, delighted and encouraged by the fact that the ever-grow- ing eagerness, in terms of quantity and quality, of journal readerships as a whole to make a purposeful contribution to the Journal as a major outlet in the field of maritime studies being an author, a reviewer, a guest editor, or other capacities. Your continuous involvements are (and will be) highly appreciated since this type of exer- cises does individually and collectively enable us to build our 'group intelligence' in maritime studies upwards. In doing so, we can change the world into a better place to live in for our generation and ones to come. Below are the ones that your editor-in-chief would like to share for information, attention and due action, if related: - JOMA has received a steadily growing number of manuscript submissions dur- ing the year of 2023 as were the cases of the previous years. More importantly, the quality of submitted works has been noticeable enhanced. The recently published impact factor of the Journal reflects this trend and development (see more at the Journal website). The acceptance rates for publication have sub- sequently and inevitably dropped due to the limited 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, if neces- sary, take due action in a natural course of timeline; you will be accordingly E Dong-Wook Song joma@wmu.se World Maritime University, Malm6, Sweden ', Springer