How to emphasize special issue publications in a CV? Recently I have had a paper accepted by peer review (4 reviewers!) and received an invitation to have it included as part of a 'special issue' (which, of course, I accepted).

The question is: how to emphasize in a CV that the paper is published in a special issue (without being too pretentious about it)?

Related question: is it even worthwhile to emphasize this?

This is related to the question: How best to present publications in different areas on a CV?, would it be best placed in its own section or emphasized as part of the normal bibliographic record.
How to present this information may depend on your field.  In mathematics, special issues are uncommon, and they carry no additional prestige.  (A special issue might attract stronger papers than usual, or it might be forced to accept weaker papers due to an insufficient supply of thematically appropriate submissions.)  On the other hand, in computer science particularly strong conference papers are sometimes invited to special issues of journals.


You should emphasize the special issue on your CV only if this is a widely recognized concept in your field and it is generally considered prestigious.
I'd recommend listing papers in special issues together with other papers (but with a special indication if appropriate), rather than in their own section.
If you can give a short but compelling description (e.g., the program committee invited the top 30% of the papers at Conference X to the special issue), that could help people from other fields make sense of the designation.  This can be valuable in both hiring and tenure cases.