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This issue completes the fifth volume o f Advances in Structural E ngineering . R eaders w ho h ave fo llowed t he development o f th e jo urnal ma y b e ab le to re call that this journal w as l aunched in 1 997 to p romote E ast-West exchanges in structural engineering. I be lieve that this mission has been very well fulfilled by t he journal which ha s published a b alanced mix ture o f p apers from th e E ast and t he West. The jou rnal has a lso published a series of sh ort articles introducing lead ing i nstitutions and o utstanding in dividuals i n stru ctural engineering in C hina. In deed, t he journal ha s se en a he althy d evelopment si nce its establishment, and h as be come o ne o f t he m ajor in ternational journals in stru ctural engineering. It is now a co re jo urnal o f t he E ngineering In dex d atabase. To fu rther en hance the i mpact of th e j ournal in th e n ext few y ears, th e L ocal E ditorial Team re cently c onducted a re view of its status, which l ed to a n umber of re commendations. A mong them i s the fo rmation o f tw o new boards with d istinct roles, an I nternational A dvisory Bo ard an d a n In ternational E ditorial Board, t o rep lace th e e xisting International E ditorial Board b y th e e nd o f th is year. A t th e s ame time, I w ill retire from th e po sition o f E ditor-in- Chief, w hich w ill be tak en u p b y m y co lleague Pro fessor Jin -Guang T eng. M y a ssociation with th e jo urnal w ill however c ontinue, th ough in a d ifferent cap acity. Over t he l ast six years, I h ave g reatly e njoyed w orking w ith ma ny c olleagues in d ifferent p arts of t he w orld w ho contributed th eir precious ti me to ma ke th e jo urnal a su ccess. I w ould li ke to tak e t his opportunity to th ank a ll of them, i ncluding m embers of th e In ternational E ditorial Board, m embers o f th e L ocal E ditorial Team, m any w illing reviewers, an d the p ublisher a nd i ts director M r W .O. H ughes. A t th e en d o f th is issue, a c omplete list of r eviewers who re fereed pa pers f or th e jo urnal o ver th e p eriod o f Jan uary 1 997 to Ju ne 2 002 is provided. I w ould also like to thank a uthors an d rea ders o f th e jo urnal f or th eir support; w ithout t hem, th e jo urnal w ould no t h ave ex isted. Finally, I w ould li ke to bid far ewell to y ou all and hope tha t your su pport to the j ournal will continue. I w ish y ou many su ccesses and th e jo urnal a v ery b right fu ture. J.M. Ko Editor-in-Chief Advances in S tructural En gineering V ol. 5 No . 4 2 002 i
Advances in Structural Engineering – SAGE
Published: Oct 1, 2002
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