Information for the authors, the reviewers and the readers

Dear All,

Some of you have not received information on the review process, paper acceptance and other editorial procedures. This was caused by a repeated issue between IT systems that caused our e-mail not being sent to you. In combination with various human factors this has caused significant delays as well as no information flow. This has especially affected those of you who are  interested in the anniversary issue on animal rights. We are deeply sorry about this situation. We are doing our best to make up for the time lost. We are also making sure that a situation like this does not arise again. We will contact each affected person individually, but is you have questions, please contact us by e-mail. We would like to thank your for your understanding and patience.