CJChE, Great Expectation with a Tradition

CJChE, Great Expectation with a Tradition Time is flying; this issue marks the 20th year of Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. As a Journal devoted to the original fundamental research and development on Chemical Engineering, the CJChE grows steadily and healthily in last two decades. It expands in printed pages to become a bimonthly and achieves an editorial time between submission and publication less than 10 months. An electronic editing system has been launched and the published papers can be read on the web. The Journal received 462 submissions in 2011 and a stable acceptance rate of about 50% is maintained in last 8 years, meanwhile the impact factor of ISI statistics rises steadily from 0.124 (year 2000) to 0.901 (year 2010). The delightful growth of CJChE is a result of joint hard work of four troops: readers, authors, reviewers, and editors. Most importantly, we will never forget the great contribution of the founding co-editors-in-chief, Professor Jiayong Chen and Professor Guocong Yu, who took the responsibility of leadership in last 20 years. Their successful leadership constitutes to the valuable tradition: All for Readers and Authors. Therefore, two recent festschrift issues are edited in honor of their 90th Birthday and the retirement from the duty of co-editors-in-chief, and we all wish them happiness and health in the years to come. As the new editor-in-chief of CJChE, I am very grateful to my chemical engineering colleagues and the sponsors for their trust. It is a great honor for me to take on shoulder the sacred burden from the former co-editors-in-chief. I will do my best to make the Journal grow more vibrantly in my term of editorship. I expect more support from the four troops: readers, authors, reviewers and editors. I would like to make our tradition developed further and forge CJChE into an integral platform for chemical engineering colleague to share with the latest vital knowledge for the sustainable development of chemical engineering in the 21st century. Our journal will become more readership-oriented: authors contribute their up-to-date theory, invention and experience, while peer reviewers and editors try hard to assure the satisfaction of readers and authors. The best crop will be harvested when all four troops act in the same direction for the same goal. I would like to draw your more attention to our Perspectives articles. Since 2008, a few Perspectives have been published in our journal. The contributors are experts well established in the chemical engineering circle, and they shared open-mindedly with us the latest progress and development in their field of expertise, and proposed valuable advice on where we should go and how we would do. These opinions and ideas help a lot both senior researchers who view the field strategically and young freshman tactically. I will try hard to have more Perspectives articles appear in my term, and make it a trademark feature of the journal. I would like thank again our readers, authors, reviewers, and editors, who contributed their efforts and time to the Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering in the past 20 years and will give more supports and suggestions in the future.

Fei Weiyang Editor-in-Chief