Editorial

Abstract

Toward a mighty publishing culture in Latin America and the Caribbean In the inaugural editorial for Neotropical Biodiversity [1], Juan Manuel Guayasamin and Adriana Lucio-Paredes indicated opportunities and challenges for the journal, and for research on the biodiversity of the Neotropics in general. They identified the enhancement of scientific communication and sharing of information in the region as main challenges for science in the region. And thus, as key objectives on which to base the journal’s aim and scope. Juan Manuel Guayasamin is stepping down as