An Editor's Thanks

Transactions of the Royal Society, in London in 1665.That journal published papers shared at meetings and served as a permanent record of those contributions to knowledge.Peer review in those days was essentially the acceptance of a person's credentials for election to the Society.Since that time, and especially during the past 80 years, peer review has evolved into the process of double-anonymous vetting of manuscripts by expert reviewers that we take for granted today for most technical and professional journals.In our own time, our own discipline, and our own journal, we rely on rigorous peer review to ensure that only the highest quality content in the field of professional communication appears in these pages.That process of peer review relies on the knowledge and the good graces of reviewers who undertake this important and time-consuming task with only the thanks of the editor and the TRANSACTIONS' readers as payment.