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The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover primarily measures neutrons that have undergone interactions with rocks and materials in the rover's local environment. As the rover ascends Aeolis Mons, it may encounter more extreme local topography (e.g., cliffs, gullies, canyons). We present three parts of the rover's traverse in which local topography, expressed as the average local relief relative to the rover, is moderately to strongly correlated with an increase in passive thermal neutron count rates. These increases in count rates are consistent with results from radiation transport models of the instrument's performance near simulated topographic features. Additional DAN measurements in areas of high average local relief (>0.25 m) within 5 m of the instrument could bolster this correlation. DAN's sensitivity to topography in its passive mode could be utilized as a new measurement capability and has implications for the operation of future landed missions carrying neutron spectrometers (e.g., VIPER, MoonRanger, Lunar‐VISE). Key Points: Three sections of the MSL rover traverse exhibit increased thermal neutron count rates correlated with increased average local reliefThe magnitude of the increase in relative neutron count rates near topography is dependent upon the source and the nearby hydrogen contentFuture measurements from missions with neutron instruments could use this sensitivity to measure hydration of nearby high relief features [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Peer review is the key to ensuring that the articles published in scientific journals such as JGR: Planets are based on sound scientific principles, follow state‐of‐the‐art techniques, and present exciting discoveries or novel understanding of the fundamental processes that affect solar system objects. JGR: Planets covers an extraordinarily broad range of topics addressing every aspect of geoscience with the only requirement that the work addresses planetary processes. The breadth of topics published is reflected by our editorial team composed in 2022 of associate editors Jun Cui, Joel Davis, Leigh Fletcher, Matthias Grott, Ananya Mallik, German Martínez, Molly McCanta, Katarina Miljkovic, Ryan Park, Andrew Poppe, Beatrix Sánchez‐Cano, Mariek Schmidt, Yasuhito Sekine, Kelsi Singer, Sonia Tikoo, David Trang, and Zhiyong Xiao in addition to the editors who authored this note. We rely on the expertise of the community to vet the articles submitted to the journal. In 2022, JGR: Planets benefited from 1,299 reviews provided by 775 unique volunteer reviewers. We also received help from 29 guest editors working on seven active special collections. We know that all our volunteers juggle many duties, both professional and personal. We are forever grateful that they chose to dedicate their time and energy to evaluating submitted manuscripts and advising us on the suitability of each manuscript for our journal, often suggesting ways to improve the paper. Scientific publishing is truly a selfless community effort. The entire editorial board of JGR: Planets wishes to express their most heartfelt gratitude to the many scientists who chose to support their journal. Thank you! Plain Language Summary: The expertise and dedication of peer reviewers are the keys to ensuring that the articles published in JGR: Planets are thoroughly vetted and present exciting discoveries or novel understanding of the fundamental processes that affect solar system objects. In 2022, JGR: Planets benefited from 1,299 reviews provided by 775 unique reviewers and from the help of 29 guest editors working on seven active special collections. We are forever grateful that so many scientists chose to dedicate their time and energy to evaluating and suggesting ways to improve each submitted manuscript. Scientific publishing is truly a community effort. The entire editorial board of JGR: Planets wishes to express here our most heartfelt gratitude to the many scientists who chose to support their journal. Thank you! Key Points: Peer review ensures that JGR: Planets publishes planetary science papers of the highest qualityIn 2022, 775 individuals provided 1,299 reviews of the submitted papersPeer reviewers: thank you for your service to the planetary community [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]