Last year, 2015, was a good year for the Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. We maintained a steady inflow of high-quality manuscripts and published many interesting papers. We started with a special issue on Mosasaurs, and ended with a special issue on the evolution of the Vecht and Amstel rivers, illustrating the diversity of topics covered by our journal. This year we plan to publish a special issue on (Dutch) planetary geology! The prospects are that 2016 will also be fruitful year for NJG. We start with a thick issue focused on geochemistry, and there are three additional special issues under construction. We will have quite a number of regular papers as well. Their number is steadily increasing, but we would like to have more. Possibly, the next NAC congress (Dutch geoscientific meeting) in April will stimulate submission of new publications.
There were no changes in the composition of the board of associate editors, but we do welcome a new editorial assistant, Rosa. We thank Pim Kaskes for his efforts during the past two and a half years.
Ronald van Balen, editor-in-chief, also on behalf of associate editors Fred Beekman, Rick Donselaar, Jeroen Schokker, Hanneke Verweij, Geert-Jan Vis and editorial assistant Rosa Verheij.
