60th ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLICATION OF THE JOURNAL “PROBLEMS OF ENGINEERING SEISMOLOGY” FIRST ISSUE

A.Ya. Sidorin

Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: al_sidorin@hotmail.com

Abstract

In connection with the 60th anniversary of publication of the first issue of the journal “Voprosy Inzhenernoi Seismologii” (Problems of Engineering Seismology) (ISSN: 0132-2826, eISSN: 2311-9586, DOI: 10.21455/vis, http://elibrary.ru/title_about.asp?id=25597, URL: http://qes.ifz.ru, subscription index: 42350), basic objective and subjective prerequisites for the foundation of this scientific publication are considered. Information on the situation in the country, seismology and Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences is given at the time of publication of the issue. The issue articles are analyzed in terms of their influence on the further development of the journal and engineering seismology. The role in the foundation and further publication of the journal is briefly described of its founder S.V. Medvedev. The journal is translated into English as a part of the “Seismic Instruments” journal, which currently publishes 6 issues per year, totaling 720 pages (ISSN: 0747-9239, eISSN: 1934-7871, https://link.springer.com/journal/ 11990), information about articles is included in many international bibliographic databases.

Keywords: engineering seismology, problems of engineering seismology, journal, seismic zoning, 1957 map, seismic hazard assessment methods, macroseismic scales, 1957 Mui earthquake, engineering seismometric survey of buildings, S.V. Medvedev, the founder of the journal

About the author

SIDORIN Alexander Yakovlevich – Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of Laboratory. Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 123242, Moscow, ul. Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, 10, building 1. E-mail: al_sidorin@hotmail.com

Cite this article as: Sidorin A.Ya. 60th anniversary of publication of the journal “Problems of Engineering Seismology” first issue, Voprosy Inzhenernoi Seismologii (Problems of Engineering Seismology), 2018, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 98–102. [in Russian]. DOI: 10.21455/VIS2018.3-8

English translation of the article will be published in Seismic Instruments, ISSN: 0747-9239 (Print) 1934-7871 (Online), https://link.springer.com/journal/11990), 2019, Volume 55, Issue 3.