▁The ▁Journal ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁by ▁Professor ▁No ah ▁H ers h kow itz ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mad ison ▁who ▁also ▁served ▁as ▁Editor - in - Ch ief ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Mark ▁J . ▁K ush ner ▁of ▁the ▁Michigan ▁Institute ▁for ▁Pl asma ▁Science ▁and ▁Engineering , ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁the ▁journal ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁when ▁Professor ▁Bill ▁Graham , ▁Queen ' s ▁University ▁B elf ast , ▁became ▁Editor - in - Ch ief . ▁Professor ▁Graham ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁Professor ▁U we ▁Cz ar net z ki , ▁Ru hr ▁University ▁Bo ch um , ▁who ▁became ▁Editor - in - Ch ief ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁Professor ▁Cz ar net z ki ▁is ▁act ively ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁peer - review ▁of ▁every ▁paper . ▁ ▁The ▁journal ▁is ▁indexed ▁in ▁Sc opus , ▁IN S PE C ▁Information ▁Services , ▁I SI ▁( S ci Search , ▁I SI ▁Alert ing ▁Services , ▁Current ▁Cont ents / Phys ical , ▁Chem ical ▁and ▁Earth ▁Sciences ), ▁Chem ical ▁Abstract s , ▁IN IS ▁At om index ▁( Intern ational ▁N uc lear ▁Information ▁System ), ▁NASA ▁Ast ro physics ▁Data ▁System , ▁P ASC AL ▁Database , ▁Article @ IN IST , ▁Engineering ▁Index / E i ▁Com pen dex , ▁Cambridge ▁Scient ific ▁Abstract s ▁( Environment al ▁Engineering ▁Abstract s , ▁Bio