Towards the Next Fifty Years of Social Indicators Research: Some Guidance for Authors

Social Indicators Research was founded 50 years ago, in 1974.Alex Michalos was editorin-chief for 40 years.One of our purposes here is to express gratitude to him and to the other colleagues who have built the journal and contributed to its reputation.Alex's contribution to the social indicators 'movement' is of course much broader -but founding and leading this journal for such an extended period is a core component of that contribution.We all continue to benefit from his enormous intellectual efforts.Filomena Maggino devoted 10 years as editor-in-chief and has made her own significant mark on the journal.In addition to the core intellectual work (informed by her own substantial contribution to the development of composite indicators methodologies), Professor Maggino recruited a committed and talented team of co-editors.The prospects for taking