(Press-News.org) SRL Editor-in-Chief Allison Bent has appointed Hongfeng Yang as the first deputy editor-in-chief of its journal Seismological Research Letters (SRL).
Yang, a professor in the department of Earth and environmental sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, joined the editorial board of SRL as an associate editor in 2018. He will begin the deputy position on 1 December.
“I’m looking forward to working more closely with Hongfeng in his new role as deputy editor. The dedication, thoughtfulness and good judgment he exercised as an associate editor will serve him well as deputy,” said Bent. “Hongfeng has some fresh ideas about how to maintain or increase SRL’s growth. As the first deputy editor, he will help shape the position for those who follow.”
Yang served previously as an editor for Earthquake Science and an associate editor for Earthquake Research Advances. He was a member of the editorial boards of Tectonophysics, Earth and Planetary Physics, the Chinese Journal of Geophysics, and Earthquake Research.
“In my view, one of the key challenges is how to effectively engage and appropriately recognize high-quality reviewers, especially in the context of an increasingly crowded publishing landscape,” Yang said. “At the same time, it is equally important to consider how to cultivate strong author communities and broaden the journal’s readership. Balancing reviewer motivation, author development and audience expansion is essential for sustaining the journal’s impact.”
His research interests include earthquake source physics, subduction zone dynamics, fault zone structure and evolution and induced earthquakes.
Yang said he is personally looking forward to SRL paper submissions that include “new observations and methods in seismology, as well as applications of seismic and geophysics methods in fields out of seismology. Such work will help promote seismology to different fields and the public.”
Along with his SSA membership, Yang is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the Chinese Geophysical Society, the Seismological Society of China. He is the Solid Earth Section President-elect of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. He was also elected as executive board member of the Seismological Society of China.
Yang received his B.S. (2000) and M.S. (2004) in geophysics from the University of Science and Technology of China, and his Ph.D. in seismology from Saint Louis University in 2010.
For more information on SRL, please visit the journal page at the SSA website.
END
SRL welcomes first Deputy Editor-in-Chief
2025-11-18
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
Time to act and not react: how can the European Union turn the tide of antimicrobial resistance?
2025-11-18
Despite determined efforts by countries and healthcare professionals, Europe is not on track to meet four of the five AMR targets set by the EU Council for 2030*, according to data released on EAAD.
Rising AMR, together with a shortage of novel effective treatments, constitutes an evolving major public health crisis in Europe and globally. In an interconnected world, AMR further complicates the health challenges that stem from non-communicable diseases, demographic shifts and healthcare workforce shortages.
‘Tackling AMR requires critical innovation on three key fronts: strong action for responsible antibiotic use, sustained and ...
Apriori Bio and A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs Announce strategic partnership to advance next generation influenza vaccines
2025-11-18
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and SINGAPORE, Nov 18, 2025 – Apriori Bio, a Flagship Pioneering company focused on developing prospective, variant-resilient vaccines, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) announced a strategic research partnership to co-develop and evaluate next generation self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccines targeting seasonal and pandemic influenza. The collaboration brings together Apriori’s Octavia™ platform for intelligent, ...
AI and extended reality help to preserve built cultural heritage
2025-11-18
The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Lausanne was built between 1170 and 1235 and is the largest Gothic church in Switzerland. Over time, this imposing building has been altered, extended and restored on multiple occasions. The nearly 80-metre-tall lantern tower, for example, has undergone several redesigns over the years, the most recent of which took place at the end of the 19th century during an extensive restoration. The stone used to build this cathedral, and many other monuments in the Swiss plateau, is particularly susceptible to a variety of degradation mechanisms, all of which are enabled by the presence of water (such ...
A new way to trigger responses in the body
2025-11-18
Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed an experimental method to induce a strong physiological response linked to psychological pressure by making participants aim for a streak of success in a task. Their findings suggest this approach reproduces pressurelike conditions in a laboratory setting more effectively than traditional methods, affording easier access to the study of this state. That in turn could open up research into how pressure influences human performance in physical and intellectual tasks.
Whether in an exam hall or on the field, to “crack” under pressure is a common trope. But what’s the reality behind this idea? It’s easy to assume ...
Teeth of babies of stressed mothers come out earlier, suggests study
2025-11-18
Children have 20 milk teeth, 10 in each jaw. This set of teeth is important for chewing and speaking, and helps to keep space open for the subsequent set of 32 permanent teeth. Milk teeth begin to develop in the womb around the sixth week of gestation, and gradually come out ('erupt') between six months and three years after birth. However, there is considerable variation in this timing, due to genetics, geography, and an infant's overall health and nutritional status. Now, researchers from the US have shown for the first time that another factor can speed up the timing of teeth eruption: maternal ...
Slimming with seeds: Cumin curry spice fights fat
2025-11-18
Nigella sativa (black cumin), the spice that boosts the flavor of curries like korma and paneer also has another use: its seeds have long been used as a medicinal plant in traditional medicine for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Now, a clinical trial led by Osaka Metropolitan University suggests that they also have anti-obesity benefits.
To investigate these effects, a team led by Associate Professor Akiko Kojima-Yuasa of the Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology used cellular experiments and human clinical trials.
In ...
Leak-proof gasket with functionalized boron nitride nanoflakes enhances performance and durability
2025-11-18
A research team in South Korea has developed a novel gasket technology that enhances both the safety and efficiency of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and water electrolyzers (PEMWEs, AEMWEs)—core devices for hydrogen production and utilization—by simultaneously improving mechanical strength and gas-tight sealing.
Dr. Keun-Hwan Oh and his colleagues at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) have successfully applied functionalized two-dimensional boron nitride nanoflakes (BNNFs) to silicone and ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM)-based sealing gaskets. The newly developed nanocomposite gasket demonstrates excellent ...
Gallup and West Health unveil new state rankings of Americans’ healthcare experiences
2025-11-18
WASHINGTON, D.C. — [November 18, 2025] —Nearly half of U.S. adults (47%) are worried they won’t be able to afford necessary healthcare in the coming year, the highest level of concern recorded since West Health and Gallup began tracking in 2021. The share of Americans reporting that they or someone in their household were not able to pay for prescription medications in the past three months has reached a record high of 20%, or one in five Americans.
These trends are clear: millions of Americans are facing growing challenges ...
Predicting disease outbreaks using social media
2025-11-18
Vaccination rates are falling in many communities due to widespread misinformation and previously eliminated or controlled illnesses like measles are surging across the United States and Canada.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new approach that could help public health officials predict where outbreaks might occur. By analyzing social media posts, the method identifies early signs of increasing vaccine skepticism — a warning signal that could emerge before any disease begins to spread.
“In nature, we have contagious ...
Linearizing tactile sensing: A soft 3D lattice sensor for accurate human-machine interactions
2025-11-18
The rapid development of humanoid robots necessitates environmental perception for autonomous locomotion and dexterous manipulation. As one of the most fundamental perceptual modalities, tactile sensing provides critical physical feedback during contact-rich interactions. However, this sensing capability introduces a fundamental trade-off between compliance in physical interactions and high-fidelity response to mechanical stimuli.
The biomechanical intelligence of human fingertips offers a compelling paradigm ...