ARER Reviewers, September 2010 - August 2011

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Impacts of natural factors and farming practices on greenhouse gas emissions in the North China Plain : A meta-analysis

This work received support from the National Science and Technology Support Program (No. 2012BAD14B01), the National 948 Project (No. 2011-G30), and the Non-profit Research Foundation for Agriculture (201103039). Thanks are expressed to the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions that greatly improved the manuscript. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

JIASS Reviewers and Referees (2011-2017)

Gratitude and appreciation are expressed to the following persons, among others, who served as reviewers and referees for papers. The publication of this journal would not be possible without their professional dedication and support. THANK YOU

Nominata of the Reviewers of the Volume 1, 2011

The Editors of Autopsy and Case Reports thank the peer reviewers listed below for the excellentcollaborative work, opinions and comments on the papers published in 2011. Their hard work certainlycontributed to maintaining the scientific level of this journal.The Editors of Autopsy and Case Reports thank the peer reviewers listed below for the excellentcollaborative work, opinions and comments on the papers published in 2011. Their hard work certainlycontributed to maintaining the scientific level of this journal

Review of Ruegen herring larvae survey project 2011

At the request of the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institut (vTI), IOR Rostock, a return review of the German Rügen herring larval survey (RHLS) project took place on the 24th to 26th January 2011, following on from a similar review in November 2006. Mark Dickey-Collas (Wageningen IMARES) and Richard D.M. Nash (IMR, Norway) lead the review. This report represents the opinions of these two external reviewers. The current aim of the programme is to maintain and develop the time series of ichthyoplankton surveys in the spring and summer in the Greifswalder Bodden and stimulate spin off research. The review was designed to address the role of the survey in the framework of providing both management advice and research outputs. The external reviewers were given documents on the current survey. They also viewed presentations from research students and staff on their work and the proposed direction of the programme. The review included a “brainstorming” session on future research and potential gaps in the project

Embracing the political in technology and transition studies: a response to Philip Vergragt and Bram Bos

This article is a short reaction to the comments of Vergragt (Found Sci, 2012) and Bos (Found Sci, 2012) on my article “Sustainability transition and the nature of technology” (Paredis in Found Sci 16(2–3):195–225, Paredis 2011). I start by situating current transition research in the sustainability debate. The relation between the two is simultaneously specific and vague: specific about processes at work during transitions, vague about the content and direction of the change. I then move on to a discussion of how a better conceptualisation of technology could strengthen the transition framework. I want to thank the two reviewers for their critical remarks, that stimulated me to better explain my position