Several years in the life of a journal

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Another year has passed and we are on the 16th year of publication of this journal. During the last 15 years we have learned much, came in contact with many colleagues who contributed to the journal with their original research articles, review papers, and personal reflections on issues of interest to us and our readers. We made many friends all over the world. A special mention must be made of the reviewers who generously contributed their professional time to assure the quality of science in the papers we published. We owe our collective gratitude to them for this professional courtesy. Last year we saw the retirement of two prominent volunteers: our co-founder and Co-Editor-in Chief, Prof. Ravi Jain, and our Editor for Europe, Prof. Neil Winterton. The Journal remains indebted to them for their selfless service. Both remain as emeritus to keep assisting us. And after many years of publishing Webwatch, we decided to discontinue this column with the thought that in this day and age of easy information retrieval from the web, this column probably is no longer necessary. We thank the editors, Dr. Teresa Mata and Dr. Antonio Martins for their dedicated service and timely alerts. Special issues are integral to our strategy of bringing in thematically focused manuscripts to our readers, and we will continue to publish them in the future. This year we also start a new column, E-Conversation. This issue will see the first of this series, an e-conversation with Prof. Roland Clift of the University of Surrey. We will continue such conversations with prominent researchers and thought leaders who have helped our technical understanding of sustainability and clean processing and who will freely share their thoughts and opinions on issues of great importance of the day. We would hope our readers will like this series. …