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Transactions in year 2000
Transactions in year 2000
obvious in the growth and reputation of the Transactions series and the Editorial Board and the Institution are united in thanking him most warmly for all his work on behalf of the profession. I am sure that you join with me in wishing Geoff the very best of success for the future, which is likely to be just as busy for him as has been the past. A change you may also have noted in these ®rst Transactions issues of year 2000 is the new cover design. We have taken the opportunity to add some colour illustrations to the cover, but the distinctive background colours of the three journals are retained. Over the last year, paper submissions have increased faster than ever. We are always more than happy to consider your work for publication in our pages Ð authors are the lifeblood of any journal; the Subject Editors, Co-Editors and International Boards welcome your contributions. To the many dedicated reviewers who act as guardians of quality in peer-reviewed journals, we owe a debt of gratitude. Authors frequently express their thanks for helpful suggestions and advice, which combine to improve the papers and sometimes offer new avenues of research. The Transactions Editorial Board is committed to enhancing the quality of the journals and their place in the archival literature of the profession. Plans are well in hand for 2000 and beyond for a full publishing schedule Ð there is certain to be something for everyone to enjoy.
You may have read in the November 1999 issue of Chemical Engineering Research and Design that Geoff Hewitt, Honorary Editor of the Transactions for the last 15 years, has retired from the Editorial Board and that I have taken over as Honorary Editor in year 2000. Richard Wakeman has agreed to take on the role of Executive Editor to share the load while the rest of the Editorial team structure remains in place. One of Geoff’s ®rst actions as Honorary Editor back in 1984 focused on putting together a Subject Editor team to take responsibility for speci®c areas of chemical engineering. For this purpose, Geoff divided chemical engineering into 12 areas. This worked well for a number of years and drove forward his goal of creating a means to update the profession on advances in each area at least once every two years. In 1990, Transactions was split into Part A, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, the core journal, and Part B, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, which took two areas out of the original 12. The opportunity then arose to rethink the areas in the light of changes in the discipline, and to introduce new areas of current interest. A further new journal, established in 1991 as Transactions Part C, Food and Bioproducts Processing, took out the existing biochemical engineering area and combined it with an area of major importance to many IChemE members, that of Food Processing. This led to a further revamp of the subject areas for Part A to those we have today. No doubt these will not be the last changes we need to make as our profession continues its rapid changes, driven by new science, new technology, and increasing multidisciplinarity. The success of the structure Geoff created is
Trans IChemE, Vol 78, Part A, January 2000
John Garside Honorary Editor
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obvious in the growth and reputation of the Transactions series and the Editorial Board and the Institution are united in thanking him most warmly for all his work on behalf of the profession. I am sure that you join with me in wishing Geoff the very best of success for the future, which is likely to be just as busy for him as has been the past. A change you may also have noted in these ®rst Transactions issues of year 2000 is the new cover design. We have taken the opportunity to add some colour illustrations to the cover, but the distinctive background colours of the three journals are retained. Over the last year, paper submissions have increased faster than ever. We are always more than happy to consider your work for publication in our pages Ð authors are the lifeblood of any journal; the Subject Editors, Co-Editors and International Boards welcome your contributions. To the many dedicated reviewers who act as guardians of quality in peer-reviewed journals, we owe a debt of gratitude. Authors frequently express their thanks for helpful suggestions and advice, which combine to improve the papers and sometimes offer new avenues of research. The Transactions Editorial Board is committed to enhancing the quality of the journals and their place in the archival literature of the profession. Plans are well in hand for 2000 and beyond for a full publishing schedule Ð there is certain to be something for everyone to enjoy.
You may have read in the November 1999 issue of Chemical Engineering Research and Design that Geoff Hewitt, Honorary Editor of the Transactions for the last 15 years, has retired from the Editorial Board and that I have taken over as Honorary Editor in year 2000. Richard Wakeman has agreed to take on the role of Executive Editor to share the load while the rest of the Editorial team structure remains in place. One of Geoff’s ®rst actions as Honorary Editor back in 1984 focused on putting together a Subject Editor team to take responsibility for speci®c areas of chemical engineering. For this purpose, Geoff divided chemical engineering into 12 areas. This worked well for a number of years and drove forward his goal of creating a means to update the profession on advances in each area at least once every two years. In 1990, Transactions was split into Part A, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, the core journal, and Part B, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, which took two areas out of the original 12. The opportunity then arose to rethink the areas in the light of changes in the discipline, and to introduce new areas of current interest. A further new journal, established in 1991 as Transactions Part C, Food and Bioproducts Processing, took out the existing biochemical engineering area and combined it with an area of major importance to many IChemE members, that of Food Processing. This led to a further revamp of the subject areas for Part A to those we have today. No doubt these will not be the last changes we need to make as our profession continues its rapid changes, driven by new science, new technology, and increasing multidisciplinarity. The success of the structure Geoff created is
Trans IChemE, Vol 78, Part A, January 2000
John Garside Honorary Editor
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