Firstofall,onbehalfofthenewEditorialBoard,Iwouldliketoexpressoursincereappreciationforyourcontinuingsupportofourjournal.Thisjournal,foundedin1922,istheoldestgeologicaljournalinChina.AstheflagshipjournaloftheGeologicalSocietyofChina,ithasbecomemoreandmoreinfluentialinearthsciencesinChinaandbeyond.ThejournalisnowindexedbySCI,CAandmorethan20otherdatabases,withanimpactfactorvaryingbetween1.58and2.15fromyeartoyear.Itisco-publishedbytheGeologicalSocietyofChinaandWiley-BlackwellCo.