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EDITORIAL
The Only Thing Constant I s Change hen this publication was started 60 years ago (January 1909) it W was the applied journal of the American Chemical Society; JACS was the journal for original research.
T h e purpose of I&EC was to “serve the interest of the American technical chemist (the industrially employed chemist) and chemical engineer engaged in manufacturing pursuits, more especially those having to do with processes and problems of a chemical character.” Let us review the changes that have taken place with this publication since that first issue 60 years ago. From its humble beginnings in 1909 I&EC grew and fulfilled its purpose. I n January 1923 the News Edition of I&EC was launched-this we know today as Chemical &’ Engineering News. Its purpose was to provide the ACS member with news of research, new developments in the chemical industry, and information to improve the welfare of the chemist. I n 1948 the Analytical Edition was separated from I&EC the better to serve that segment that could be classified or subdivided into Analytical Chemistry. I n 1953 the science and technology of agriculture and food had grown to such importance that a journal dealing with this technology was started, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. I n the mid1950’s an evaluation of the pages of I&EC showed that a small volume of material published each year could be classified under the rather broad and general category of fundamental data; hence, the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data. I n 1962 three more journals were separated from the parent I&ECthe specialized quarterlies-Fundamentals, Process Design and Development, and Product Research and Development. These three quarterlies carry out the traditional literature function of I&EC-the presentation of new knowledge in applied chemistry and chemical engineering. The monthly I&EC took on the format we have today. It provides comprehensive summaries, surveys, reviews, and expository articles to present organized, cohesive pictures of bodies of knowledge in a direct, effective way. I n addition, each I&EC Editor (there have been 7 to date) has injected his own personality and views of how better to serve the industrially employed chemist and chemical engineer. Each change made by the Editors was done with considerable forethought and study of their readers and their readers’ needs. We can say with certainty that I&EC will continue to change (content, editors, new publications, new methods of information transfer, etc.). As in the past, the changes that will be made will be designed to serve the reader in a more effective manner and to fulfill his needs in his working environment-for chemical technology a t the application level is an intensely personal involvement. Only by welding the man and his knowledge can society progress.
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