1. Donguk CHOI, Prof. Dept. of Architectural Engineering Hankyong National University 2016. 7. Journal of Asian Concrete Federation Status and Future Plan 1

2. Background The inaugural issue of Journal of Asian Concrete federation (ACF Journal) was published in Sep. 2015: ACFJ V1N1 Prof. D. CHOI and Mr. Vijay Kulkarni/Prof. M.S. SHIN were named as Editor-in- Chief and Vice Editors-in-Chief, respectively, of ACF Journal for 4 years by resolution of 5 th GA and 10 th EC meeting held in Sep. 21., Seoul. Editor-in-Chief invited 1 Editorial Board member from all ACF member countries as well as other EB members from Asia and world. Other EB members include Profs. Wight and Olek from ACI as well as Profs. Balazs and Mueller from fib. ACF Journal is an e-Journal with some limited number of hardcopy publication and free download policy. ACF Journal uses ACOMS (Advanced Contribution Management System) provided free of charge by KRF. 2

3. Editorial Board Editor-In-ChiefDonguk CHOIHankyong National U, Korea Vice Editor-In-ChiefViJay KULKARNIRMCMA, Inidia Myoungsu SHINUNIST, Korea Editorial Board members American Concrete Institute (ACI)James WightU of Michigan Jan OlekPurdue U Surrendra SHAHNorthwestern Univ. Concrete Institute of Australia (CIA)Gianluca RanziThe U of Sydney, Australia federation internationale du beton (fib)Harald MullerKarlsrue Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Georgy BalazsBudapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, Hungary Indonesian Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (HAKI)Iswandi ImranInstitut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia Japan Concrete Institute (JCI)Takafumi NOGUCHIThe U of Tokyo, Japan Korea Concrete Institute (KCI)Thomas KANGSeoul National U, Korea JJH KIMYonsei U, Korea HaengKi LEEKAIST, Korea Hong-Gun PARKSeoul National U, Korea J. SIMHanyang Univ. Mongolian Concrete Association (MCA)DUINKHERJAV Y.Mongolian U of Science and Technology, Mongolia RilemGETTU RavindraIIT Madras Singapore Concrete Institute (SCI)TAN Kiang HweeNational U of Singapore, Singapore Taiwan Cocrete Institute (TCI)Yin Wen CHANNational Taiwan U, Taiwan Thailand Concrete Association (TCA) S. TANGTERMSIRIKU LSirindhorn International Inst of Technology, Thailand Vietnam Concrete Associacion (VCA)Nguyen Van ChanhHo Chi Minh City U of Technology, Vietnam SecretariesJung Heum YeonGachon U., Korea MyungKwan LIMHankyong National U, Korea Total 24 members 3

4. Outline of ACF Journal Name: Journal of Asian Concrete Federation (ACF Journal) Type: bi-annual e-Journal (publication on June 30 and Dec. 31 of (1) technical papers, (2) technical reports, (3) invited technical papers, (4) review papers ISSN and eISSN (issued by National Library of Korea) -ISSN 2465-7964 -eISSN 2465-7972 DOI (Digital Object Identifier System) - Local contract with Nurimedia, Korea - 2015. 9. 8. – 2018. 9. 7. e-Journal Carrier (1)ACOMS by KRF (acoms.jams.or.kr) (2)ACF homepage (www.asianconcretefederation.com)www.asianconcretefederation.com Copyright transfer is required before publication / not an open journal 4

5. ACOMS (Article Contribution Management System) ACOMS is a free journal management system operated by KRF. About 200 journals use ACOMS including ACF Journal. Right of use is renewed on yearly basis by KRF. Case of ACF Journal -ACF Journal started using ACOMS in 2016: from V2N1 -It is a decent system but with limited chance for modification by Editorial Board, etc. ACF should develop its own article management system as the right of use may not be given after the Presidenceship of ACF by Korea expires. 5

6. V2N1 V2n1 was published in June 2016 (July 5, 2016) 8 technical papers were included in the inaugural issue: India (2), Japan (5), Korea (1). Some hardcopies will be printed and distributed among ACF member institutes as well as renounced concrete societies including ACI, fib, Rilem. Some hardcopies will also distributed to promote the ACF Journal during ACF 2016.

7. V2N2 Publication of V2N2 is scheduled in Dec. 2016. Status of V2N2 -Manuscript submission deadline is July. 31, 2016. -Only 2 manuscripts were received as of July 15: Mongolia (1), Vietnam (1) -1 more manuscript is expected to come from Vietnam. -1 invited paper is planned from Rilem (Prof. R. Gettu). -More manuscripts are expected by end of July, especially from author(s) of ACF 2016 conference papers. -Target is to print at least 5~6 technical papers. Data on manuscript submission and subsequent publication so far: -Indonesia 2 -India 2 -Japan 6 -Korea 3 -Malaysia 1 -Taiwan 1 Contributions are needed from all ACF member institutes 7

8. Others - 1 Future issues -Take advantage of the 7 th ACF International Conference to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam in Oct.-Nov., 2016. -Take advantage of the 2 nd ACF Symposium to be held in Thailand in 2017. -Discussion was in progress with Vijay Kulkarni (Vice Editor-in-Chief of ACF Journal and SC Chairman of the 1 st ACF Symp.) on a special issue on (Ultra) High Performance Concrete if India can organize at least 5~6 papers. But there is no progress on this subject. 8

9. Others - 2 To have a consistent supply of technical papers for ACF Journal, it is important to achieve SCI, SCIE, EI journal status as soon as possible. But this is not easy. One practical objective can be to achieve KCI journal status (by KRF) in the near future: - At least 1 issue for 3 years - Publication policy includes exact publication dates. - At least 2 peer reviews per technical paper - Ethics of the journal publication exists - The journal is listed in KCI (Korea Citation Index) - Earliest possible application date: Mar. 2018 9

10. Call for Papers Deadline for manuscript submission for V2N2 is July 31, 2016. Use on-line submission at http://acoms.jams.or.kr by ACOMS (Advanced Contribution Management System).http://acoms.jams.or.kr Contact the Editorial Board of ACFJournal via email at acf.acoms@gmail.com or choidu@hknu.ac.kr for any inquiry.acf.acoms@gmail.comchoidu@hknu.ac.kr Full text of the inaugural issue of ACF Journal can be viewed and downloaded from the following URL: - http://www.asianconcretefederation.org - http://acoms.jams.or.kr 10

11. Marketing approach (an excerpt from previous meeting minutes) Income Subscription by universities in member countries : target 100 subscriptions. Subscription by universities in other countries : target 10 subscriptions. Subscription by other organizations such as companies, research centers, professional organization, public organizations and others in all countries : target 50 subscriptions Individual subscription : not more than 10 subscriptions. Subscription Rate : ACF member organization : Free Non-member organization : 120 US$/year ACF individual member : Free Non-member individual : 20 US$ Total Income from this Journal = 160x120 + 10x20 = 19,400 US$/year Expense Web management 4,000 US$/year Hard copies / brochure for promotion 500 US$/year Profit : about 14,900 US$/year 11

12. Discussions ?