Address by the Editor‐in‐Chief

I am honoured and esteemed to assume the duties of Editor-in-Chief of Strain – An International Journal for Experimental Mechanics. I would like to thank the members of the Permanent Committee of the European Association for Experimental Mechanics (EURASEM) and the members of the editorial board of Strain for their support and confidence they have shown in me. I would like to assure them and the academic community that I will work with all my resources to prove that I am worthy of their trust. Beginning 2006 Strain became the official journal of the EURASEM, a prestigious umbrella organisation of all European societies of experimental mechanics. Being the official journal of the British Society for Strain Measurement (BSSM) for more than 40 years, Strain extends its realm to the European societies on experimental mechanics and beyond. We are looking forward to a new Strain with an increased paper flow, high impact factor, more published issues and more subscribers from around the world. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the past two editors of Strain Dr Janice Barton and Dr Bob Mines for their hard work and dedication. Under their editorship Strain has made an enormous progress. I also thank the members of the Editorial Board for their hard work in supporting Janice and Bob in their endeavours with Strain. I promise that I will continue in their footsteps to make Strain among the most prestigious journals in experimental mechanics of solids. Beginning this year, papers will be submitted to Strain electronically and the paper review process will be done electronically in the most timely and efficient manner. Strain will publish papers in all areas of experimental mechanics including papers devoted to experimental analysis of engineering materials and structures, and nanomaterials and nanostructures. Besides the traditional areas we will put emphasis on the publication of papers in revolutionary technologies by integrating advances in various multidisciplinary fields including electronic packaging, micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS), biomimetics and biomechanics. As the name suggests, Strain is an international journal in experimental mechanics. It publishes high-quality papers from around the world. Its editorial board comprises the most renowned researchers in the area of experimental mechanics. I am proud to have them on the board and work closely with them for the publication of high-quality papers in the most advanced areas of experimental mechanics. My goals as new Editor of Strain are: To increase the number of papers. To increase the quality of papers by increasing the paper rejection rate and the impact factor. To increase the subscriber base and readership. We will achieve our objectives by: Lowering the publication time of submitted papers to a minimum (less than 6 months). Inviting prominent figures in experimental mechanics to publish their latest works in Strain. Publishing themed and special issues in areas of high technological importance. Extending the realm of Strain to revolutionary technologies. Making Strain well known to the academic and industrial community all over the world. I am confident that the new Strain, with its heavy tradition of publication of 40 years, its enthusiastic, dynamic, high-calibre, competent, dedicated and hard-working editorial council, editorial board members and reviewers from around the world will serve the experimental mechanics community in the best possible way and will continue the publication of high-quality papers in a timely manner. A balanced combination of both research and industrial papers will be published and editorial board members will edit special issues in areas of high technological importance. I would be happy to consider papers for publication in all areas of experimental mechanics. Please feel free to contact me with any ideas or suggestions you might have. I would be glad to hear from you.