Reading
and writing are complementary joys although it is easier to read for
prolonged periods than to write. Both reading and writing can give new
insights. Reading can give direct new information, whilst writing can give
insight through the ordering of information into a logical or desirable
sequence and form. I can hardly imagine that is it possible to do one
without the other, but I tend to think that some people write more than
they read – and if they read it might be mostly their own manuscripts,
proofs or final papers. The more I read the more I notice how poorly some
people express themselves. There is too much haste in writing (tongue in
cheek) which I notice in some of the papers that I review - below is an
overview of my editorial activities. And yes, Francis Crick is right,
mostly.
Editor-in-Chief
2010-present : Initiator and Editor of Springer book series World
Soils Book Series
2009-present : Initiator and Editor of Springer book series Progress
in Soil Science, jointly with A.B.
MCBRATNEY
2006-present
: Editor-in-Chief of
Geoderma
2002-present
:
Editor of the
IUSS
Bulletin
1999-present
: Book Review editor
Geoderma
Associate Editor
2012-present : Associate editor of
Soil Horizons
2011-present : Associate editor of
Soil
Use & Management
2010-present : Associate editor of
Soil & Tillage Research
2010-present : Associate editor of
Catena
2004-present
: Editorial board member of
Pedosphere
2000-present
: Associate editor of
Outlook
on Agriculture
Past Editorial Activities
2008-2009 : Editor book “Digital Soil
Mapping: Bridging Research, Production, and Environmental
Application”, jointly with J.L. BOETTINGER, D.W. HOWELL, A.M. MOORE, S.
KIENAST-
BROWN
2005-2008 :
Editorial board member of
Plagiary
2003-2006
: Editorial board member of
the
Encyclopedia
of Soil Science
2003-2006
: Editor of review papers in
Geoderma
2002-2003
: Guest editor of special
issue of
Land
Use Policy
on soil degradation
in Africa, jointly with
H.
van Keulen
2002-2006
: Editorial board member of
the
PNG
Coffee Journal
2001
: Guest editor of special
issue of
Geoderma
on its 100th
Vol.,
jointly with
A.B.
McBratney
2001-2005
: Editor Newsletter Dutch
Society of Soil Science
NBV
Nieuwsbrief
2000-2009
: Series editor of
Developments
in Soil Science,
jointly
with A.B.
McBratney
2000
: Contributor and assistant
editor of the
The
Encyclopaedic
Dictionary
of environmental Change Arnold, London.
1999
: Assistant editor of book
“Response to Land Degradation”
Oxford, New Delhi.
1998-2006
: Editorial board member
Geoderma
1998
: Editor of special issue on
Soil
Research and Management in Papua New Guinea
1996-2000 : Member of the editorial
board of Papua New Guinea Journal of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1994-present
: Reviewing of manuscripts for: Soil Science Society of America Journal,
Geoderma, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment,Communications
in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Journal of Plant
Nutrition, Human
Ecology, Journal of
Environmental Management, Australian Journal
of Soil Research, Outlook on Agriculture,
Forest Ecology and
Management, Biotropica, Field Crops Research (and
many others I forgot).

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