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As an Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) supporter, we value your opinion about how AFE can best serve our fire ecology community. The AFE Board is considering several changes to our journal Fire Ecology and would like your input. Please take this five-minute survey to tell AFE leadership your opinions about the importance of providing Spanish language abstracts in our Fire Ecology journal and other aspects of the journal.

AFE began including a Spanish language translation of our Fire Ecology journal’s abstracts in 2013 to encourage international membership and the growth of the AFE Latina Section. Currently, volunteers generously dedicate their time to producing these translations. With the increase in Fire Ecology articles, AFE is weighing the importance of continuing this service compared to other potential journal services.

AFE is currently shifting Fire Ecology to an online submission/review system. This presents a good opportunity to consider other suggestions to improve our journal.

Thank you from the Editor of Fire Ecology, the AFE Journal Committee, and the Leadership of AFE!

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* 1. When reading Fire Ecology articles, how often do you read the Spanish language abstract?

never

sometimes

always

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* 2. How would your interest in the journal Fire Ecology change if translated abstracts were not provided?

Increase

Decrease

Stay the same

Why?

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* 3. Fire Ecology often publishes full reprints of “classic” fire ecology articles with an introduction about how the article has influenced the discipline of fire ecology. Do you like this service?

Yes, I read the classic articles and want this service retained

I sometimes read the classic articles, but do not care if this service is retained

I am not aware of the classic articles service and don't care if it is retained

Additonal comments about classic articles

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* 4. Currently, articles are published three times per year in online issues of Fire Ecology. Do you like articles bundled into issues or would you prefer articles to be published independently once they are finalized for publication?

Keep publishing articles as part of issues

Publish articles independently as quickly as possible and not part of an issue

Publish articles independently as quickly as possible, but also publish the finalized, formatted article as part of an issue

Additional comments

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* 5. The next set of questions pertains to manuscript submission and author services. Do you submit manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals?

Yes

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