Editorial

INTERPORE JOURNAL GOES ONLINE

Nima Shokri1 , Ryan T. Armstrong2, Branko Bijeljic3, Martinus Th. van Genuchten4Rainer Helmig5, Patrick Huber6,7 , Signe Kjelstrup8 , Dani Or9, Noushine
Shahidzadeh10 , Shuyu Sun11, Dorthe Wildenschild12,

Institute of Geo-Hydroinformatics, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany; 2School of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; 3Department of Earth Scienceand Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK; 4Department of Nuclear Engineering, LASME, Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; 5Department of Hydromechanics and Modelling ofHydrosystems, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; 6Institute for Materials and X-Ray Physics, Hamburg
University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany; 7Centre for X-ray and Nanoscience CXNS, Deutsches ElektronenSynchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany; 8PoreLab, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Scienceand Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway; 9Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University ofNevada, Reno, NV, USA; 10Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
11Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi
Arabia; 12School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, OR, USA
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Correspondence to:
Nima Shokri atnima.shokri@tuhh.de
How to Cite:
Shokri, N., Armstrong, R.
T., Bijeljic, B., vanGenuchten, M. T., Helmig,R., Huber, P., …
Wildenschild, D. InterPore
Journal Goes Online.
InterPore Journal, 1(1),
ipj260424–1. Retrieved
fromhttps://ipjournal.interpor
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ABSTRACTInterPore Journal (IPJ) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-accessjournal, published and owned by The International Society for Porous Media(InterPore) with focus on all topics related to porous media science andtechnology. The IPJ is unique in actively promoting interactions between
academia and industry with strong emphasis on fundamental porous media
discovery and solutions and applications to industry and engineering.

PUBLISHED: 26 Apr. 2024

@2024 The Authors

This is an open access article published by InterPore under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND
4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

AIMS
The aims of InterPore Journal are to advance our understanding of, and research on, technical andindustrial advances in porous media, to gain an improved understanding of the processes andphenomena involved, and to provide a medium in which this information can be easily shared within theinternational research community. In founding this new journal, we also have the overarching goal of
becoming the focal point for the worldwide porous media community, where high quality research on
the wide range of multidisciplinary multiscale topics related to porous media science and technology ispublished and made available for all. Closely related to our goal of becoming the main destination forhigh quality research within all fields related to porous media are the Sustainable Development Goals

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Page 2 of 4(SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). Via the research that will be published in this journal, we will directly
be supporting UN SDGs particularly UN SDGs 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, and 15.

SCOPE
While it is a society journal, we welcome contributions from the entire global community of porous
media researchers working within academia, in industry, or with national and international research
institutions. Contributions linked to a porous media application, and which have a geological, industrial,
environmental, or biological nature are encouraged. Submitted research may include, but is not limited
to, physical and numerical modeling, imaging techniques and analysis, theory development, big data
analysis, characterization, and/or material design.
The following types of articles can be submitted:•••

Original research papers, technical notes, and review articles that present the state-of-the-art
on porous media research and applications and offer perspectives for future research anddevelopment.
Open datasets and source codes relevant to the porous media research, as they can offer avaluable resource to the porous media community.
Letters to the Editor, short communications, invited commentaries and papers, and opinionpieces.

Additionally, from time to time, Special Issues based for instance on the contributions for the annual
InterPore Meeting, or a special themed topic, may be published.

GOLD OPEN ACCESSInterPore Journal is an open access journal, which means that all content published within this journal isfreely accessible to all. Reading, downloading, copying, distributing, printing, searching, or creating links
to these articles elsewhere is permissible. Unless otherwise specified or requested, all articles will be
published under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial-No-Derivatives 4.0 International
license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Under the terms of this license, copyright remains with the authors, who will
also be allowed to post this work on their own personal or institutional websites or repositories following
publication and provided that a link to the original article has been included. Others may copy anddistribute this material in any medium or format as long as no adaptations have been made, it is notintended for a commercial use, and attribution has been given to the creator(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Should any other use be intended, then written
permission must be obtained from the original authors.

WHAT KIND OF PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED BY INTERPORE JOURNAL?
InterPore Journal is dedicated to publishing articles spanning various categories to comprehensively
address a wide spectrum of topics, applications, and community needs. These contributions will besourced from a multitude of stakeholders, including academia, industry, and other relevant sectors,
ensuring a holistic exploration of porous media related science and technology. InterPore Journal’s
article type includes:
Original research papers are a detailed account of research activity performed by the authors to test an
existing argument, idea, theory, or claim. They can also present a unique argument or idea of your own;
the claim which is being made should be debatable. They typically build on / add to the current researchand understanding of a topic or address a specific question.
Review articles present state-of-the-art authoritative and balanced review and summary of recent
developments or of what is known and unknown in a field of research or specific topic/issue, includingInterPore Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2024

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where the current work fits in and offer perspective for future research and development. Results of newrelevant research may be also included and discussed, if the authors wish. Authors can propose a specificviewpoint should they wish; however, they should not neglect presenting other viewpoints.
Technical notes are short articles that provide a brief description or describe a modification of a specificdevelopment, topic, technique, procedure, or method. The information presented should have practicalvalue and contribute to the information already present.
Open datasets and source codes are relevant to porous media research, may also be published as theyoffer a valuable resource to the porous media community.
Commentaries on previously published articles are generally brief comments, in which there is adifference of opinion with authors of a recently published article (within 12 months of publication date).
Authors of the paper in question will be given the opportunity to provide a response. Peer review may
be performed at the Editor’s discretion for both the comments and response, and if accepted, they will
be published together. An abstract is not required.
Letters to the Editor are brief commentary on issues relevant to the porous media community. Peerreview may be performed at the Editor’s discretion. An abstract is not required.
Short Communications are concise articles that report on new ideas or findings, or recent advances thathave a significant impact or the potential to initiate new areas of research for the journal’s readership.
They should not contain a lengthy discussion of background information and/or details of a procedureor methodology, but rather provide the key points to the reader. Communications may also be used toreport on findings that are not suitable for a full research article, but still possess significance for thecommunity. Peer review may be performed at the Editor’s discretion.
Invited Commentaries are solicited by an editor to call attention to articles of relevance to thecommunity, an emerging research question or technology, or any issue of relevance to the scientificcommunity. They are by invitation only. Commentaries provide an opportunity to further scientificdiscourse via comments, challenges or clarifications on published papers or established theories andopinions. Peer review may be performed at the Editor’s discretion.
Opinion Pieces are succinct articles offering a clear view on an item and have the purpose of motivating
further discussion on a contemporary topic or new research including the possible results or implications
thereof. They may also offer a call to action or provide a new framework for existing or current topics orissues. An abstract is not required.
Special issues may be published from time to time, which would be based on a special themed topic orcontributions for the annual InterPore Meeting. For more information, please see here.
Invited papers are by invitation only. In consultation with the Board of Editors when appropriate, theEditor-in-Chief will select a world-renowned scientist to write an authoritative manuscript on a special
porous media application that the journal wants to draw attention to or to further develop or highlight.
Only a few invited papers will be published in a year.

EDITORIAL AND REVIEW PROCESS
When a paper is first submitted, the Managing Editor will perform an initial check of the submission,
paying attention to adherence to author guidelines and editorial policies, conflicts of interest, any
relevant disclosures and to ensure that there are no issues with any of the submitted documents. Oncethe initial check has been completed, the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) will be notified, and they will then perform
an initial review of the manuscript regarding suitability for this journal. If no issues are found, manuscripts
will be assigned to an Editor with relevant expertise who will then manage the entire review process. In
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most cases, the Editor will invite a minimum of two reviewers to perform a review of the manuscript.
Reviewers should declare any conflicts of possible or actual conflicts of interest in regard to papers they
have been invited to review, and they should not review any papers for which there is a conflict ofinterest. Invited reviewers are requested to provide a response to an invitation within one week, and ifthey accept the invitation, then we request that their review be completed within four weeks. Uponcompletion of the peer-review process, the Editor will provide a recommendation to the EIC, who willthen issue the final decision to the authors.

SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK TO INTERPORE JOURNAL
We would like to invite all scientists in the field to consider submitting their best work to InterPore
Journal. By supporting this new journal, you join many scientists in playing a vital role in shaping thediscourse and pushing the boundaries of knowledge in porous media science and technology andbuilding a dynamic hub for groundbreaking porous media research. It goes without saying that yourparticipation and support are key to the success of InterPore Journal, and we look forward to welcoming
your contributions.
We are delighted to introduce the inaugural issue of the InterPore Journal to our community. This issuedelves into a diverse array of topics, encompassing processes across various scales, from pore-scale tofield-scale. A broad spectrum of subjects is explored in this issue through a combination of experimental
and numerical techniques.

ORCID IDS
Nima Shokri

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6799-4888

Martinus Th. van Genuchten

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1654-8858

Patrick Huber

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2126-9100

Signe Kjelstrup

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1235-5709

Noushine Shahidzadeh

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-0764

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