Thanks to Oskar Faix
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Lennart Salmén
Dear readers, authors, reviewers, colleagues and friends,
We all would like to sincerely thank Professor em. Dr. Oskar Faix for his longstanding and exceptionally dedicated work as the Editor-in-Chief of Holzforschung. It is with great sadness I have to accept the fact that Oskar has decided to resign from his position to take up a more relaxing life. During his 16 years as Editor-in-Chief, the scientific reputation of Holzforschung, as the prime journal for scientific publications in the field of wood science and all aspects thereof, has been solidified and strengthened. Oskar has always had the scientific value and correctness of the published work as the prime target seeing to that each and every publication would offer as much to the reader as possible in contributing and advancing wood science. Apart from his own contributions in reviewing all papers with his extremely deep knowledge in lignin chemistry and spectroscopy, Oskar has been able to establish an excellent editorial board and review team supporting him. With his directions of the publications in Holzforschung, Oskar, in this world of increased competition, has been able to develop and has seen to that the journal has been able to follow the emerging new scientific trends. In this way Holzforschung has been and will continue to be the top journal for publications of wood science. With this strategy in mind Holzforschung will stand strong in meeting the scientific changes in the development of the society into a green economy. It is therefore an extremely honourable and demanding task to take over the position as Editor-in-Chief of Holzforschung from Oskar Faix. It is my hope that all of you will continue to contribute your cutting-edge research work in order to keep up Holzforschung as the excellent journal Oskar Faix has paved the way for.
Once again, I would like to extend my and all my colleagues’ most sincere gratitude to Oskar Faix for the invaluable work he has supported the journal with. We all wish you, Oskar, the very best for the future hoping that you will still keep an interest in wood science and in Holzforschung.
©2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorials
- Editorial changes at Holzforschung
- Goodbye to Holzforschung
- Thanks to Oskar Faix
- Original Articles
- Orthotropic mechano-sorptive creep behavior of Chinese fir during the moisture adsorption process determined in tensile mode via dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)
- Differences in the viscoelastic properties between earlywood and latewood in the growth rings of Chinese fir as analyzed by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) in the temperature range between −120°C and 120°C
- Failure conditions of solid wood on off-axis compression testing
- Effect of knots and holes on the modulus of elasticity prediction and mapping of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) veneer using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI)
- Quantification of slip planes in the stem wood of Eucalyptus grandis
- DNA barcoding authentication for the wood of eight endangered Dalbergia timber species using machine learning approaches
- Chemical analysis and antioxidant activities of bark extracts from four endemic species of Hyrcanian forests in Iran
- Isolation of natural flavoring compounds from cooperage woods by pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE)
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from lauan (Shorea ssp.) plyboard prepared with kraft lignin, soy flour, gluten meal and tannin: emissions during hot pressing and from panels as a function of time
- Plasma treatment of plastic film or decorative veneer and its effects on the peel strength and curling deformation of plastic film-reinforced pliable decorative sliced veneer (PR-RP-DSV)
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorials
- Editorial changes at Holzforschung
- Goodbye to Holzforschung
- Thanks to Oskar Faix
- Original Articles
- Orthotropic mechano-sorptive creep behavior of Chinese fir during the moisture adsorption process determined in tensile mode via dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)
- Differences in the viscoelastic properties between earlywood and latewood in the growth rings of Chinese fir as analyzed by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) in the temperature range between −120°C and 120°C
- Failure conditions of solid wood on off-axis compression testing
- Effect of knots and holes on the modulus of elasticity prediction and mapping of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) veneer using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI)
- Quantification of slip planes in the stem wood of Eucalyptus grandis
- DNA barcoding authentication for the wood of eight endangered Dalbergia timber species using machine learning approaches
- Chemical analysis and antioxidant activities of bark extracts from four endemic species of Hyrcanian forests in Iran
- Isolation of natural flavoring compounds from cooperage woods by pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE)
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from lauan (Shorea ssp.) plyboard prepared with kraft lignin, soy flour, gluten meal and tannin: emissions during hot pressing and from panels as a function of time
- Plasma treatment of plastic film or decorative veneer and its effects on the peel strength and curling deformation of plastic film-reinforced pliable decorative sliced veneer (PR-RP-DSV)
