From the Editors
The Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration is a
new English language journal published by the Institute of Engineering Mechanics
(IEM) of the China Seismological Bureau, in Harbin, China, in collaboration with
the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER),
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States. The primary
objective of this journal is to promote scientific exchange between Chinese and
international scientists by introducing pertinent results of research and
practice in China to the international earthquake engineering community; and
informing researchers and practitioners in China about recent international
developments in earthquake engineering and engineering vibration.
To accomplish this objective, the journal aims to attract a balanced number
of papers between Chinese and international authors. It includes both
peer-reviewed and invited papers, which address state-of-the-art knowledge and
practice with overlapping interest between China and the international
community. The journal is issued twice a year, in paper and electronic forms,
with appendices in electronic form only.
As the Journal enters its second year of publication, we are pleased that our
contributors include authors from Japan, Korea, Italy, and Turkey, in addition
to the U.S. and China. We have made a substantial effort to ensure that
non-native English speaking authors present their ideas in a clear and correct
manner by professionally editing each submission. Finally, we are proud that our
efforts have achieved recognition in several prominent sources of information
including Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Georef, Geotechnical Abstracts,
International Civil Engineering Abstracts, Quakeline, and the Transportation
Research Information Service.
We thank the managing editors, Dr. Jianguo Xiong and Ms. Jane Stoyle, for
their fine effort and commitment to the success of the Journal. We also thank
the contributing authors for offering us their outstanding knowledge in the
field of earthquake engineering and engineering vibration. We sincerely welcome
potential authors to join us in this new forum of technical information
exchange. It is our hope to improve the practice of earthquake hazards
mitigation, preparedness and recovery throughout the world, to achieve our goal
of developing earthquake resilient communities.
Xiaozhai Qi (IEM)
George C. Lee (MCEER)
June 20, 2003
