*Senior Editor Masayusa Ohtsu Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto, Japan

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1 An international forum for the dissemination of research and development in the field of construction and building materials and their application in new works and repair practice. *Senior Editor Masayusa Ohtsu Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto, Japan

2 Conferences Editor-in-Chief: Michael C. Forde View full editorial board Guide for Authors Submit Your Paper Track Your Paper Order Journal View Articles University of Edinburgh, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, School of Engineering, Edinburgh, UK

3 Editorial Advisory Board J. M. Adam Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain D.G. Aggelis Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium G. Airey University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK I. Al-Qadi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA N.O. Attoh-Okine University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA L. C. Bank City College of New York, New York City, NY, USA L. Binda Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy A.J. Boyd McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada J.H. Bungey University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK O. Buyukozturk Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA A. Duran-Herrera Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo Leon, Mexico D.M. Frangopol Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA O. Gunes Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey M. Hall University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK P.C. Hewlett Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK K.C. Hover Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA C.K.Y. Leung Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China P.B. Lourenco Universidade do Minho, Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal A. Mirmiran Florida International University, Miami FL, USA J. Mirza Research Institute of Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada A. S. Nowak University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA S. Rizkalla North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA N.G. Shrive University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada K. Sobolev University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA M. N. Soutsos Queens University, Belfast, Belfast, UK V. W. Y. Tam University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia J. G. Teng The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China İ. B. Topçu Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey D. Van Gemert KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium H. G. Wheat University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA F. Xiao Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA M.H. Zhang National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

4 5-year Impact Factor Comparison with other journals by Elsevier

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7 Year No. papers submitted 1 st Decision Weeks Published Accepted Results Rejection rate [6/28]

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9 Accept Revision Revision with justification of criticisms Reject after review Reject-Not meeting Publisher s Standard Reject before review-outside Scope Reject before review-too little data Reject- Language

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11 Minor issues: (1) Be careful for tense. Past - others data or tested. Future - seldom used in a scientific papers. (2) Do not start the sentence with And. Strictly to be reasonable or rational in writing. Abstract should contain results and conclusions Fundamentals: Why new experiments are needed? Why the research is requested? The achievement is useful? No new findings loose to transfer the significance.

12 This time, the workshop will be held at Hotel Nikko Kumamoto ( Special Issue of KIFA-6 of JCBM is going to be published in 2014