This July 2019 issue of Acarological Studies ( AS ) serves as the Congress Proceedings for the 15 th International Congress of Acarology (XV ICA) which was held from 2 to 8 September, 2018 in Antalya, Turkey. The proceedings include 13 papers accepted for publication after review by at least two reviewers and linguistic editing. I sincerely thank the numerous acarologists who reviewed the submitted papers and ultimately, the accepted papers. I am sure that these articles will be widely read and referenced and also help stimulate studies on the wonderful, diverse world of acarology.
Acarological Studies , which provides full, open access, started life at the beginning of this year. This July issue completes the first year of issues of AS . During its first year, AS will have been published twice on-line and have included 22 papers spanning 175 pages in total. AS is expected to give a new impetus to acarology and be an important new platform for acarological research results. With your continuing support, AS will, step by step, reach that objective with each new issue.
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