2021 Georisk best paper award, most cited paper award and best EBM award

The editors are pleased to present Best Paper Award 2021 for Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards to Michael P. Crisp, Mark B. Jaksa & Yien L. Kuo for their paper entitled “Characterising site investigation performance in multiple-layer soils and soil lenses” published in Georisk in 2021, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 196–208. This award was established in 2011 and is bestowed annually upon the author(s) of the best paper, on the basis of its technical merit, published in Georisk over the year. Nominations for this award are solicited from the editorial board members, the managing editors, and the advisory board members of Georisk. The decision is made by the managing editors. The editors are also pleased to present Georisk Most Cited Paper Award 2021 to Wengang Zhang, Chongzhi Wu, Yongqin Li, Lin Wang & P. Samui for their paper “Assessment of pile drivability using random forest regression and multivariate adaptive regression splines” published in Georisk in 2021, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 27–40. This paper is most cited among the papers published in Georisk during 2018–2022, reflecting the intense attention readers pay to data-driven methods. The papers published in Georisk have made a profound impact on the assessment and management of risks for engineered systems and geohazards. We launched “Georisk Most Cited Paper Award” in 2017 to recognise the contributions of the authors whose papers were highly cited. This award is given annually, selected based on rolling 5-year Scopus citations, with judgement from the managing editors. Georisk received nearly 200 manuscripts in 2021. The responsibility of timely reviewing these submissions falls on the shoulder of all the editors and editorial board members (EBMs). To recognise the contributions of our EBMs, a new award “Georisk Best EBM Award” was launched in 2021. The editors are pleased to present “Georisk Best EBM Award 2021” to Prof Jia-Jyun Dong of National Central University, who handled 5 manuscripts with decisions in the past year. We would like to congratulate the recipients of the Georisk Best Paper Award, Most Cited Paper Award, and Best EBM Award.