Editors

Editors-in-Chief
Suping Peng, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), China
E-mail: psp@cumtb.edu.cn

Shimin Liu, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, US，
E-mail: szl3@psu.edu

Associate Editors
Bo Hyun Kim, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, US 
E-mail: mirarco.bk@gmail.com

Dongjie Xue, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
E-mail: xuedongjie@cumtb.edu.cn

James C. Hower, University of Kentucky, Kentucky, US
​E-mail: james.hower@uky.edu

Pedram Roghanchi, University of Kentucky, US
E-mail: pedram.roghanchi@uky.edu

Wu Xiao, Zhejiang University, China
E-mail: xiaowu@zju.edu.cn

Zhiqiang Wu, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
E-mail: zhiqiang-wu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Editorial Board
Bern Klein, University of British Columbia, Canada
Binoy K Saikia, CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, India
Bisheng Wu, Tsinghua University, China
C. Özgen Karacan, US Geological Survey, US
Chunshan Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Derek Elsworth, Pennsylvania State University, Sate College, US
Guangsuo Yu, East China University of Science and Technology, China
Guowei Ma, Hebei University of Technology, China
Guijian Liu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Hamed Sanei, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
Heinz Konietzky, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Hongpu Kang, China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp., China
Hongwei Zhou, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Igor Yu Chekryzhov, Far East Geological Institute, Russia
Jamal Rostami, Colorado School of Mines, US
Jishan Liu, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Jun Cheng, Zhejiang University, China
Kongzhai Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
Krzysztof Tajdus´, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Lijun Jin, Dalian University of Technology, China
Lu Ding, East China University of Science and Technology, China
Luis F. Silva, Centro Universitário La Salle, Brazil 
Markus Reinmöller, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Meihong Wang, University of Sheffield, UK
Minfang Han, Tsinghua University, China
Manchao He, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Nikki Wagner Wagner, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
P. G. Ranjith, Monash University, Australia
Peter Dowd, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Petr Konicek, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Qiang Yao, Xinjiang University, China
Qiang Wu, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Quangui Li, Chongqing University, China
Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Sevket Durucan, Imperial College London, UK
Shaofeng Wang, Central South University, China
Shifeng Dai, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Stanisław Prusek, Central Mining Institute, Poland
Tamer Mohamed Ismail, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Xianyong Wei, China University of Mining and Technology, China
Yang Ju, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Yihua Hu,  University of York, UK
Yinli Bi, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Yixin Zhao, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Yonggang Wang, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Zhenqi Hu, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
Zhenyu Liu, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China