Editorial

The Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research (JEAR), formerly the Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura of the Institute of Entomology of the Università degli Studi, Milano, was founded in 1928 by Remo Grandori. Minos Martelli and Luciano Su ss were in charge of the journal until December 2011. In January 2012, the Editor came to a big decision and began to explore the possibility of publishing a new online open access version of the JEAR. The aim was to reach out to researchers in the field all over the world, and I was nominated Editor in Chief.