Guest Editorial Special Issue on Plenary and Invited Papers From ICOPS 2003.

The 30th International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) which was held on Jeju Island, Korea, in June 2003, was the first effort by the IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Committee in its internalization to expand and strengthen the worldwide community. The February 2004 special issue of the journal "IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science" has published plenary and invited papers from ICOPS meetings. The topics of these articles ranged from basic plasma processes, microwave generation, and beam sources to newer research in fusion devices