A Note From the New Editors of <i>Demography</i>

Our term as the new coed i tors of Demography, the flag ship jour nal of the Population Association of America (PAA), began on July 1, 2025.We are hon ored by the trust the PAA has placed in us and are delighted that Demography will once again be hosted at Duke University-fol low ing in the foot steps of Ken Land, who served as edi tor from 2008 to 2010, and Phil Mor gan, who coedited the jour nal with UNC's Barbara Entwisle from 1999 to 2001.The trans fer of the Demography edi to rial office from the University of Washington to Duke University was smooth.We are deeply grate ful to Sara Curran and her out stand ing edi to rial assis tants, Mara Vignau Lora and Aryaa Rajouria, who have gen er ously shared their knowl edge with us over the past sev eral months.We are par tic u larly pleased to announce that Mara will con tinue to serve as our edi to rial assis tant.Her rich expe ri ence is vital to the daily oper a tions of the jour nal and to shepherding man u scripts through the edi to rial pro cess.Many oth ers also deserve our grat i tude.Demography's sea soned Managing Editor, John Thomas, is a plea sure to work with-for both authors and edi tors.We are also thank ful to the PAA Publications Committee (Matt Hall, Jenny Trinitapoli, and Elizabeth WrigleyField) for advis ing us on a num ber of impor tant edi to rial prac tices, the PAA Communications Director Betsy Alafoginis for work ing with us on con trac tual issues, and Liz Beasley and Jed Cohen at Duke University Press for their respon sive ness and sup port with the ScholarOne man u script sub mis sion sys tem and man age ment.Over the past three edi to rial terms, Demography has received sub mis sions at a robust rate of approx i ma tely two per day-a pace we aim to sus tain with a timely and trans par ent review pro cess that will be reflected in jour nal met rics cur rently in use and addi tional accep tance/speed met rics.We are also for tu nate to rely on the gen er ous efforts of our Deputy Editors and Editorial Board mem bers, who are a diverse group of respected schol ars from Duke and numer ous insti tu tions across the United States and around the world-includ ing Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.These ros ters are avail able on the Demography website under the Editorial Team menu (https: / /www .populationassociation.org/demography /home).Deputy Editors han dle rou tine sub mis sions as well as sub mis sions from Duke authors, where con flicts of inter est may arise.Editorial Board mem bers con trib ute their exper tise by pro vid ing reg u lar, timely reviews of a lim ited num ber of man u scripts.The dis ci plin ary diver sity, per spec tives, and knowl edge of our Deputy Editors and Editorial Board mem bers are invalu able as we con tinue Demography's 60year tra di tion of pub lish ing rig or ous research and wel com ing sub mis sions from demog ra phers and pop u la tion sci en tists from across the globe.Demography, as a dis ci pline, is grounded in accu rate mea sure ment, care ful eval u a tion of data qual ity, pre cise com pu ta tion of demo graphic rates, rig or ous esti ma tion and pro jec tion meth ods, and cru cial engage ment with both tra di tional and new data land scapes.The field con tin ues to evolve, with demog ra phers apply ing their unique frame work and tools to a wid en ing array of top ics-many of which ben e fit from