Editorial

Abstract

In the March issue the Technical Editor presents a report on the state of the Journal. This is the last report that I will present to the readership of JFE. Since another editor is about to take over, I sign this editorial with my name and not just “The Technical Editor.” I also took the liberty to write in the first person. About ten years ago, at the beginning of my tenure as the Technical Editor of the JFE, I published an editorial outlining my plans for the Journal of Fluids Engineering (June 1990). I am pleased to be able to report that these plans were carried out successfully. I would like to present here a very short account of our efforts, mostly to provide a framework for continuity of planning. The quality and the prestige of a scientific journal of course depends entirely on the quality of the submitted contributions and all the editors can do is provide prompt and professional reviews. But a competent and active editorial board provides also some direction, encourages emphasis in areas of contemporary importance and tries to improve the means of communicating the technical information to its readers.