REPORT OF THE EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW.

This article presents the report of the editor of the American Sociology Review (ASR), a scholarly journal published by the American Sociological Association, as of August 1972. Transfer of an editorship is a long and complex process, from the time an editor-designate accepts appointment until the final issue of a past editor is published. The process actually is even more protracted, for it begins with nominating procedures long before appointment of an editor and extends beyond publication of that last issue, since past-editors must handle correspondence related to the journal long after their terms and are constantly called upon by fledgling editors for counsel and reinforcement. For us, the process began when I accepted appointment in December 1970. I was fortunate to have the benefit of extensive counsel from my predecessor, Karl Schuessler, and others in his office and in the Executive Office of the American Sociological Association (ASA). A staff consisting of Deputy Director Lois B. DeFleur, Office Manager and Secretary Sherry Bye, and Copy Editor Loretta Anawalt was selected, nine new associate editors accepted appointment, and we began evaluation of manuscripts on July 1, 1971. Editing and publishing ASR involves an unbelievable number of people--moving paper, reading and making judgments on many matters, corresponding, funding, coordinating, proof reading and more judgments, an all the technicalities involved in the printing and publication process.