Abstract

Recently, the Journal, Engineering Geology, celebrated its 50th anniversary.Engineering Geology (referred to hereinafter as "the Journal")was founded in 1965 with the inaugural issue published in August ofthat year. More than 3400 papers have been published in the Journalsince then. To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Journal, avirtual special issue (VSI) that consists of thirty selected papers waspublished in 2015 (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineeringgeology/).These papers were selected by the two Chief Editors, CarlosCarranza-Torres and Charng Hsein Juang, with the assistance from thepublisher, Kate Hibbert. The selection criteria included citations, the balanceof the subjects, and contributions of individuals to the Journal. Thepreface of the VSIwaswritten by CharngHsein Juang with contributionsfrom selected members of the Editorial Board of the Journal. This shortcommunication, an enlarged version of the preface of the VSI, aims tosummarize the history of the Journal, to discuss the future challengesfaced by the engineering geology communities, and to provide newhorizons for the young practitioners and researchers in this field.

Autore Pugliese

• Wasowski Janusz

Tutti gli autori

• Juang C.H.; Carranza-Torres C.; Crosta G.; Dong J.-J.; Gokceoglu C.; Jibson R.W.; Shakoor A.; Tang H.; van Asch T.W. J.; Wasowski J.

Titolo volume/Rivista

Engineering geology

Anno di pubblicazione

2016

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0013-7952

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