New co-Editorial leadership team for the International Journal of Fatigue

M.N. James

We are fortunate to be building on the substantial enhancement of quality and recognition of the journal that has been achieved during the last decade under the able leadership of outgoing Editor-in-Chief: (Americas) Ken Reifsnider, working with Regional Editors Neil James (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and Toshihiko Hoshide (Asia).

Elsevier would like to thank Ken for his contribution to the Journal and welcome incoming co-Editor David McDowell, who will be working alongside co-Editor Neil James to further strengthen the Journal, with Toshihiko Hoshide continuing as Regional Editor.

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New Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Impact Engineering

M. Langseth

Professor Magnus Langseth became Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Impact Engineering on 1 January 2008, taking over from Professor Norman Jones who is stepping down after 20 years as Editor-in-Chief and 5 years prior to this as Editor. We would like to offer Norman our sincere thanks for his record of distinguished service to the Journal and are delighted that he has agreed to continue his association by remaining on the Board as Honorary Editor-in-Chief.

We would also like to announce the appointment of six Associate Editors Dr C.E. Anderson, Professor O.S. Hopperstad, Dr Q.M. Li, Professor V.P.W. Shim, Professor T. Wierzbicki and Professor T.X. Yu and the expansion of the Editorial Advisory Board.

These changes coincide with the implementation of electronic submission via the Journal's homepage. All prospective authors are now encouraged to submit papers to the Journal online at   http://ees.elsevier.com/ie/.

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

JMBBM is an engineering journal specializing in theoretical and experimental mechanical properties of biomedical materials, covering both tissues and biomaterials, as well as practical applications of materials in medical devices.

JMBBM was launched in December 2007 at the 2^ndInternational Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials & Tissues (Lihue, USA, 9 – 13 Dec 2007). The journal is available FREE on ScienceDirect until September 2008.

Increasing Impact Factors for all these Journals

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
WAS 2.764 NOW 3.609

Mechanics of Materials
WAS 1.895 NOW 2.106

International Journal of Solids and Structures
WAS 1.289 NOW 1.529

International Journal of Engineering Science
WAS 0.973 NOW 1.060

Engineering Fracture Mechanics
WAS 1.319 NOW 1.390

Tribology International
WAS 1.026 NOW 1.132

International Journal of Impact Engineering
WAS 0.766 NOW 1.195

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
WAS 0.767 NOW 1.067

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
WAS 0.761 NOW 0.950

Reliability Engineering & System Safety
WAS 0.747 NOW 0.920

Journal Citation Reports® 2007, published by Thomson Scientific