Note: The editorials in Galaxy appeared on their page with only the individual title of the essay. The contents pages usually listed them with a generic phrase that varied from time to time:

• Editor's Page: Oct. 1950, Aug. 1951-June 1961, Feb., June-Aug., Dec. 1962, June-Dec. 1963
• Editorial Page: Jan. 1951-March 1951, Jan./Feb.-July/Aug. 1972, Sept. 1973
• Editorial: May 1951-July 1951, Feb.-Apr. 1963, Feb. 1965-Dec. 1965, Mar. 1976-Nov. 1977
• Contents page used individual editorial titles: Aug.-Dec. 1961, Apr., Oct. 1962
• Editorial Column: Nov./Dec. 1972

The editorial credits were by name except for the period of June 1961 through April 1963:

• H.L. Gold: Oct. 1950-Apr. 1961
• The Editor: June 1961-Apr. 1963
• Frederik Pohl: June 1963-Jan. 1969
• Ejler Jakobsson: May 1970-Sept. 1973
• James Patrick Baen: -Oct. 1977
• John J. Pierce: Nov. 1977-

The credit changed to The Editor in June 1961 although H.L. Gold continued to be credited as the editor through the Oct. 1961 issue. Frederik Pohl was credited as the managing editor from June 1961 through June 1962 and finally credited as the editor with the Aug. 1962 issue.