Letter from the new Editor-in-Chief - Linking global priorities: biodiversity and scientific equity

Abstract

In 2015, Neotropical Biodiversity began offering an invaluable publishing opportunity to authors specializing on the outstanding biological diversity we see today in the American tropics and the Caribbean [1]. By providing a space where top-quality research could be freely published and accessed by scientists around the world, our journal took a strong stand on creating equitable opportunities in the scientific community while advancing biodiversity knowledge