Systematic and Applied Acarology: introduction, acknowledgements and dedication

For a long time, there has been a lack of a dedicated forum for Chinese acarologists to publish their works. Papers by Chinese acarologists have been published in various zoological and entomological journals in China, and sometimes in obscure journals of the universities or institutes where he or she works. Most papers have been published in Chinese, often with a short English abstract. The language barrier and the lack of Chinese journals and books in libraries outside China make it inevitable that many works published in China are difficult to access and are unknown to many acarologists outside China. The primary aim of this new journal, Systematic and Applied Acarology (SAA), is to make the works by Chinese acarologists more accessible to fellow acarologists throughout the world.