The April 2023 Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (TNS) contains selected papers from the 59th annual IEEE International Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC), which after two years of virtual conferences, was held in person from July 18 through July 22, 2022, in Provo, UT, USA. The 2022 IEEE NSREC was sponsored by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. More than 40 of the papers presented at NSREC are included in this year’s Special Issue. This issue is neither a conference proceeding nor a conference record. The papers that appear in this issue successfully completed the regular journal review process before the Special Issue deadline. A few other papers presented during the conference are likely to appear in subsequent issues of IEEE TNS.
The IEEE TNS is the premier archival journal for research on space and nuclear radiation effects in materials, devices, circuits, and systems. This is the result of the conscientious efforts of the authors, who present and document their work, and the reviewers, who selflessly volunteer their time and talent to help review the manuscripts. Each article in this journal has been reviewed by two to four experts selected by the editors for their expertise and knowledge of the subject areas and has been revised substantially in response to reviews. All articles benefit greatly from this peer-review process. The reviewers listed on the following pages contributed vitally to this process. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to each of them for accepting this difficult, but critical role in the process.
To provide consistent reviews of papers, the IEEE TNS relies on a year-round editorial board that arranges reviews for submissions throughout the year in the area of radiation effects. The review process is managed by a senior editor and nine associate editors who are technically knowledgeable in one or more specializations and are experienced in the publication process. Their names are listed below. We want to welcome two new Editors, Dr. Jeffrey Black of Sandia National Laboratories, and Dr. Federico Faccio of CERN to the radiation effects team. In addition, we want to gratefully acknowledge the longstanding contributions of Dr. Dennis Brown, who has served continually in this role since 2006.
Zane Bell’s contributions as TNS Editor-in-Chief are essential to the editorial process as well. We would also like to thank Rebecca Hytowitz and Peter Stavenick of the IEEE Publications staff for their support in making this process run smoothly.