We would like to have all contributions submitted to the journal reviewed rigorously and fairly. At the same time, our desire is to have reviews done in reasonable time, although this is strictly linked to the quality of the submission. The objective is to produce high-quality papers, which benefit the journal but, most importantly, benefit the authors. In 2021, our journal has received more than 1300 manuscripts, including original papers, review papers, and technical notes that have been reviewed to assess whether they merit publication. In addition, our journal in the same year has published two Special Issues. This was only possible based on the work of the editorial board. It is clear, however, that we needed to rely as well on the voluntary help of many people who devoted their time to the journal. We gratefully acknowledge the valued support of all these people who have reviewed manuscripts for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering in 2021!

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Youssouf Abdallah

Sara Abedi

Bradley Abell

Peter Achtziger

Mateo Acosta

Deepak Adhikary

Amoussou Coffi Adoko

Busuyi Afeni

Zach Agioutantis

Nicolaine Agofack

Mohammad Ahmadi

Ting Ai

John Aiken

Javad Akbardoost

Haluk Akgün

Mutluhan Akin

Ange-Therese Akono

Okay Aksoy

Mohamed Marwan Al Heib

Pedro Alameda-Hernández

S. V. Alavi Nezhad Khalil Abad

Michael Alber

Leandro Alejano

M. R. M. Aliha

Eduardo Alonso

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Rasit Altindag

Xinmei An

Costas Anagnostopoulos

Mohammad Anemangely

Juha Antikainen

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Javier Arzua

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Daisuke Asahina

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Stephen Bauer

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Ming Cai

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Jinfei Chai

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Gang Chen

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Guangqi Chen

Guoqing Chen

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Qing Chen

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Yi-Feng Chen

Yuedu Chen

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Linchao Dai

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Jian Deng

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Tumelo Dintwe

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Longjun Dong

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Xia-Ting Feng

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Xiaodong Fu

Yoshiaki Fujii

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Ke Gao

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Qian Gao

Yubing Gao

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Melih Genis

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Mehdi Ghoreychi

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Qiuming Gong

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Kai Gu

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Tianyang Guo

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