Editorial

JEMS is a new mathematical research journal, founded by the EMS, aiming at the highest international scientific level, and edited by Jürgen Jost (managing editor), Luigi Ambrosio, Gerard Ben Arous, John Coates, Helmut Hofer, Alexander Merkurjev and a board of about 30 associate editors. It will be published by Springer. The first issue will appear in January 1999. The current editorial wishes to present JEMS by answering some questions that will naturally be posed.