DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201403293
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ChemSusChem Volume 8: All Aboard! Guido M. Kemeling*[a] Sustainability: Of Worldwide Importance
board member and look forward to working with them in the future. You can read a bit more about them in the biographies below.
A global enterprise
W
e’re very excited to deliver the first issue of another volume of top-notch sustainability research in 2015. This issue marks the start of our eighth volume since we succeeded Annali di Chimica in 2008, and ChemSusChem again expanded its size and reach in 2014: we are receiving more manuscripts from more countries than ever before, and are publishing more papers than ever before. To make room for these exciting developments, we are increasing our number of issues to 24 per year.
Across the Board: Find out what’s mandatory reading!
S
peaking of our board members: in this issue you will find the first of a new article series called “Across the Board”. In every issue, one of our board members will discuss recent sustainability work that (s)he considers very important. The series kicks off with a contribution by Prof. Licheng Sun, who discusses electrochemical water splitting. Because we’ll feature a different board member in every issue, you will not only get to know our board members and their research better, but will also gain insight into what they consider high-quality work and why.
Seeing all of those names, laboratories, cities, and countries appear in our inboxes every single day makes us aware that sustainability is very much of global concern. Carbon dioxide molecules in the atmosphere and other pollutants do not care much for borders. The international spirit shown by authors, readers, and reviewers is exemplified in Figure 1, which shows from which countries we received the most manuscripts in 2014. Although the strong presence of Asia is evident, the numbers for North America and Europe underwrite the global scope of the journal. In addition, more so than ever before, these days many papers are published by teams working across countries and continents.
Take cover!
W
e received many excellent cover images in 2014, and the number of designs currently posted onto the wall in our office shows that the imagination of our authors shows no signs of slowing down. Some particularly inspired covers are shown here. We are often asked what criteria are used when deciding whether a certain article is going to be featured on the cover. The most important ones are
Figure 1. Origin of manuscripts submitted in 2014.
New additions to the Board
T
o strengthen the involvement of the scientific community and our international reach, several new members will join the journal’s International Advisory Board in 2015: Prof. Yao Fu (Hefei University of Science and Technology, PR China), Prof. Ive Hermans (UW Madison, USA), Prof. Bert Sels (KU Leuven, Belgium), and Prof. Keiichi Tomishige (Tohoku University, Japan). We are very honored that they will act as ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 4 – 6
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Editorial in the electrochemistry community. And finally, in October the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by several researchers closely involved with ChemPhysChem: in March the journal published a special issue on “Superresolution Imaging and Nanophotonics”, guest-edited by (amongst others) Prof. W. E. Moerner and featuring contributions by Prof. Stefan Hell as well. Other highlights were the 20th anniversary of Chemistry—A European Journal and the excellent first Journal Impact Factors for ChemPlusChem (3.242) and ChemistryOpen (2.938).
the scientific rating of the manuscript by the reviewers and the quality of the cover artwork provided by the authors. We strongly encourage the submission of original and imaginative cover art with accepted manuscripts—showcase your creativity! Remember that front covers will be given special attention through our Cover Profiles, an excellent chance to showcase your research and the team behind it. Social media: join us on Twitter and LinkedIn; Altmetrics arrive
You can join the online conversation by following us on Twitter, where we will keep you up to date on every single article we publish. We also have a LinkedIn group, where you can connect with the editors and colleague scientists and discuss not only papers, but anything that concerns sustainability. Since a few months, ChemSusChem as well as other WileyVCH and Wiley journals keep close tabs on the attention our articles are getting on such social media platforms by using Altmetrics. By using these “alternative metrics”, our authors have a new way of learning how their articles are received by the community. Altmetrics track mentions on social media, online reference managers, blogs, and other sources. You can learn more about how those scores are calculated by clicking the button next to each article on our homepage or by visiting http://www.altmetric.com.
2015 will be exciting also: the coming year marks the 10th anniversary of ChemMedChem, ChemPubSoc Europe’s premier journal on research at the interface of chemistry, biology, and medicine. Follow ChemMedChem on Facebook and Twitter to stay informed of the celebrations.
And don’t forget… ChemNanoMat: The ACES journals expand further
There are some things that were already mentioned in the
ChemSusChem is a ChemPubSoc Europe journal, but in ad-
Editorial of Issue 1, 2014, but that we are keen to remind you of here as we consider them important tools to help you achieve your goals. Did you know that…
dition the Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES, http:// www.aces-chemistry-society-publishing.org/aces.html), recognizing the global importance of sustainability, also supports the journal. Together, the ACES member societies represent most countries in Asia, and we already enjoy a good collaboration with their journals Chemistry—An Asian Journal (http://www.chemasianj.org, @ChemAsianJ) and the Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (http://www.asianjoc.org, @AsianJOrgChem).
…we can meet all your Open Access needs through our OnlineOpen program? …you can read us on the go on your iPad or iPhone by using our iOS app? …on-screen reading has become much more pleasant since last year’s introduction of the Anywhere Article on Wiley Online Library?
In 2015, the range of journals will be expanded by the addition of ChemNanoMat, covering the chemistry of nanomaterials in all of its facets, including applications in energy, biology, and beyond. The journal’s team, headed by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Theresa Kueckmann, Dr. Claire Cobley, and board chairmen Susuma Kitagawa (Kyoto University, Japan), Huisheng Peng (Fudan University, PR China), and Hua Zhang
Please do contact the Editorial Office if you have questions on any of these subjects. Particularly with Open Access, we are ready to help you meet the expectations you and/or your funder have of a scientific publisher.
Society News ChemPubSoc Europe: Consistent quality
I
n 2014, the publishing program of ChemPubSoc Europe grew through the addition of ChemElectroChem, and the new title quickly established itself as an influential journal ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 4 – 6
www.chemsuschem.org
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Editorial submit your best work on the chemistry and materials science for energy and sustainability!
(Nanyang Technical University, Singapore), will bring you the latest advances in the chemistry of nanomaterials and their interdisciplinary applications. Visit the journal’s homepage, http://www.chemnanomat.org, for more information and be sure to follow them @ChemNanoMat or on Facebook.
Guido Kemeling Editor-in-Chief ChemSusChem
Onto Nine and Beyond Keywords: ChemPubSoc Europe · electronic publishing · nanochemistry · open access · sustainability
To summarize, it will be a promising year for the journal and for sustainability, and we are eager to facilitate the discussion. With the new developments above, and existing programs and tools in place, the journal welcomes you to
Keiichi Tomishige received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Tokyo (Japan) with Prof. Y. Iwasawa. During his Ph.D. course in 1994, he moved to the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, as a research associate and worked with Prof. K. Fujimoto. In 1998, he became a lecturer and then he moved to the Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba (Japan) as a lecturer in 2001. Since 2004 he has been an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba. Since 2010, he is a Professor at the School of Engineering, Tohoku University (Japan). His research interests are the development of heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived chemicals, steam reforming of biomass tar, syngas production by natural gas reforming, and the direct synthesis of organic carbonates from CO2 and alcohols.
Yao Fu is a Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei (PR China). His research group works in the areas of physical organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, and biomass chemical engineering. Detailed research topics are developing new catalyst and reaction to transform lignocellulose into fuel and chemicals. Dr. Fu has published more than 100 research articles and received 21 patents. He has received several awards such as the Outstanding Young Scientist Foundation of NSFC, the First Rank Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Award and Distinguished Young Chemist Award of Chinese Chemical Society.
After receiving his M.Sc. in physical chemistry from K.U. Leuven in Belgium (2002), Ive Hermans obtained a Ph.D. under the supervision of Profs. Pierre Jacobs and Jozef Peeters (2006). His thesis focused on the selective catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons. In addition to his scientific education, Ive Hermans also holds a post-graduate degree in Business Administration from the Leuven School of Business and Economics (K.U. Leuven, 2006). After a post-doctoral stay with Prof. Alfons Baiker, focusing on in situ spectroscopy, Ive Hermans became Assistant Professor for heterogeneous catalysis at ETH Zurich in Switzerland (2008). In 2013 he accepted an Associate Professorship at UW-Madison (USA) with appointments in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Bert F. Sels obtained his Ph.D. in 1996 at the Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven, Belgium) in the field of oxidation chemistry with heterogeneous catalysis. He was awarded for his Ph.D. thesis with the prestigious DSM Chemistry Award in Kerkrade in 2000 and later with the Incentive Award 2005 by the Societ Chimique Belges for his research achievements. In 2005 he was appointed Assistant Professor, leading to a position as Full Professor in 2008. He leads a research group of several Ph.D. students and post-docs at the Center of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis at K.U. Leuven. His research interests are the synthesis, characterization, and usage of heterogeneous catalysts, mainly for the transformation of renewable resources to chemicals.
ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 4 – 6
www.chemsuschem.org
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Editorial
ChemSusChem Volume 8: All Aboard! Guido M. Kemeling*[a] Sustainability: Of Worldwide Importance
board member and look forward to working with them in the future. You can read a bit more about them in the biographies below.
A global enterprise
W
e’re very excited to deliver the first issue of another volume of top-notch sustainability research in 2015. This issue marks the start of our eighth volume since we succeeded Annali di Chimica in 2008, and ChemSusChem again expanded its size and reach in 2014: we are receiving more manuscripts from more countries than ever before, and are publishing more papers than ever before. To make room for these exciting developments, we are increasing our number of issues to 24 per year.
Across the Board: Find out what’s mandatory reading!
S
peaking of our board members: in this issue you will find the first of a new article series called “Across the Board”. In every issue, one of our board members will discuss recent sustainability work that (s)he considers very important. The series kicks off with a contribution by Prof. Licheng Sun, who discusses electrochemical water splitting. Because we’ll feature a different board member in every issue, you will not only get to know our board members and their research better, but will also gain insight into what they consider high-quality work and why.
Seeing all of those names, laboratories, cities, and countries appear in our inboxes every single day makes us aware that sustainability is very much of global concern. Carbon dioxide molecules in the atmosphere and other pollutants do not care much for borders. The international spirit shown by authors, readers, and reviewers is exemplified in Figure 1, which shows from which countries we received the most manuscripts in 2014. Although the strong presence of Asia is evident, the numbers for North America and Europe underwrite the global scope of the journal. In addition, more so than ever before, these days many papers are published by teams working across countries and continents.
Take cover!
W
e received many excellent cover images in 2014, and the number of designs currently posted onto the wall in our office shows that the imagination of our authors shows no signs of slowing down. Some particularly inspired covers are shown here. We are often asked what criteria are used when deciding whether a certain article is going to be featured on the cover. The most important ones are
Figure 1. Origin of manuscripts submitted in 2014.
New additions to the Board
T
o strengthen the involvement of the scientific community and our international reach, several new members will join the journal’s International Advisory Board in 2015: Prof. Yao Fu (Hefei University of Science and Technology, PR China), Prof. Ive Hermans (UW Madison, USA), Prof. Bert Sels (KU Leuven, Belgium), and Prof. Keiichi Tomishige (Tohoku University, Japan). We are very honored that they will act as ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 4 – 6
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Editorial in the electrochemistry community. And finally, in October the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by several researchers closely involved with ChemPhysChem: in March the journal published a special issue on “Superresolution Imaging and Nanophotonics”, guest-edited by (amongst others) Prof. W. E. Moerner and featuring contributions by Prof. Stefan Hell as well. Other highlights were the 20th anniversary of Chemistry—A European Journal and the excellent first Journal Impact Factors for ChemPlusChem (3.242) and ChemistryOpen (2.938).
the scientific rating of the manuscript by the reviewers and the quality of the cover artwork provided by the authors. We strongly encourage the submission of original and imaginative cover art with accepted manuscripts—showcase your creativity! Remember that front covers will be given special attention through our Cover Profiles, an excellent chance to showcase your research and the team behind it. Social media: join us on Twitter and LinkedIn; Altmetrics arrive
You can join the online conversation by following us on Twitter, where we will keep you up to date on every single article we publish. We also have a LinkedIn group, where you can connect with the editors and colleague scientists and discuss not only papers, but anything that concerns sustainability. Since a few months, ChemSusChem as well as other WileyVCH and Wiley journals keep close tabs on the attention our articles are getting on such social media platforms by using Altmetrics. By using these “alternative metrics”, our authors have a new way of learning how their articles are received by the community. Altmetrics track mentions on social media, online reference managers, blogs, and other sources. You can learn more about how those scores are calculated by clicking the button next to each article on our homepage or by visiting http://www.altmetric.com.
2015 will be exciting also: the coming year marks the 10th anniversary of ChemMedChem, ChemPubSoc Europe’s premier journal on research at the interface of chemistry, biology, and medicine. Follow ChemMedChem on Facebook and Twitter to stay informed of the celebrations.
And don’t forget… ChemNanoMat: The ACES journals expand further
There are some things that were already mentioned in the
ChemSusChem is a ChemPubSoc Europe journal, but in ad-
Editorial of Issue 1, 2014, but that we are keen to remind you of here as we consider them important tools to help you achieve your goals. Did you know that…
dition the Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES, http:// www.aces-chemistry-society-publishing.org/aces.html), recognizing the global importance of sustainability, also supports the journal. Together, the ACES member societies represent most countries in Asia, and we already enjoy a good collaboration with their journals Chemistry—An Asian Journal (http://www.chemasianj.org, @ChemAsianJ) and the Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (http://www.asianjoc.org, @AsianJOrgChem).
…we can meet all your Open Access needs through our OnlineOpen program? …you can read us on the go on your iPad or iPhone by using our iOS app? …on-screen reading has become much more pleasant since last year’s introduction of the Anywhere Article on Wiley Online Library?
In 2015, the range of journals will be expanded by the addition of ChemNanoMat, covering the chemistry of nanomaterials in all of its facets, including applications in energy, biology, and beyond. The journal’s team, headed by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Theresa Kueckmann, Dr. Claire Cobley, and board chairmen Susuma Kitagawa (Kyoto University, Japan), Huisheng Peng (Fudan University, PR China), and Hua Zhang
Please do contact the Editorial Office if you have questions on any of these subjects. Particularly with Open Access, we are ready to help you meet the expectations you and/or your funder have of a scientific publisher.
Society News ChemPubSoc Europe: Consistent quality
I
n 2014, the publishing program of ChemPubSoc Europe grew through the addition of ChemElectroChem, and the new title quickly established itself as an influential journal ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 4 – 6
www.chemsuschem.org
5
2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Editorial submit your best work on the chemistry and materials science for energy and sustainability!
(Nanyang Technical University, Singapore), will bring you the latest advances in the chemistry of nanomaterials and their interdisciplinary applications. Visit the journal’s homepage, http://www.chemnanomat.org, for more information and be sure to follow them @ChemNanoMat or on Facebook.
Guido Kemeling Editor-in-Chief ChemSusChem
Onto Nine and Beyond Keywords: ChemPubSoc Europe · electronic publishing · nanochemistry · open access · sustainability
To summarize, it will be a promising year for the journal and for sustainability, and we are eager to facilitate the discussion. With the new developments above, and existing programs and tools in place, the journal welcomes you to
Keiichi Tomishige received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Tokyo (Japan) with Prof. Y. Iwasawa. During his Ph.D. course in 1994, he moved to the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, as a research associate and worked with Prof. K. Fujimoto. In 1998, he became a lecturer and then he moved to the Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba (Japan) as a lecturer in 2001. Since 2004 he has been an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba. Since 2010, he is a Professor at the School of Engineering, Tohoku University (Japan). His research interests are the development of heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived chemicals, steam reforming of biomass tar, syngas production by natural gas reforming, and the direct synthesis of organic carbonates from CO2 and alcohols.
Yao Fu is a Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei (PR China). His research group works in the areas of physical organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, and biomass chemical engineering. Detailed research topics are developing new catalyst and reaction to transform lignocellulose into fuel and chemicals. Dr. Fu has published more than 100 research articles and received 21 patents. He has received several awards such as the Outstanding Young Scientist Foundation of NSFC, the First Rank Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Award and Distinguished Young Chemist Award of Chinese Chemical Society.
After receiving his M.Sc. in physical chemistry from K.U. Leuven in Belgium (2002), Ive Hermans obtained a Ph.D. under the supervision of Profs. Pierre Jacobs and Jozef Peeters (2006). His thesis focused on the selective catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons. In addition to his scientific education, Ive Hermans also holds a post-graduate degree in Business Administration from the Leuven School of Business and Economics (K.U. Leuven, 2006). After a post-doctoral stay with Prof. Alfons Baiker, focusing on in situ spectroscopy, Ive Hermans became Assistant Professor for heterogeneous catalysis at ETH Zurich in Switzerland (2008). In 2013 he accepted an Associate Professorship at UW-Madison (USA) with appointments in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Bert F. Sels obtained his Ph.D. in 1996 at the Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven, Belgium) in the field of oxidation chemistry with heterogeneous catalysis. He was awarded for his Ph.D. thesis with the prestigious DSM Chemistry Award in Kerkrade in 2000 and later with the Incentive Award 2005 by the Societ Chimique Belges for his research achievements. In 2005 he was appointed Assistant Professor, leading to a position as Full Professor in 2008. He leads a research group of several Ph.D. students and post-docs at the Center of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis at K.U. Leuven. His research interests are the synthesis, characterization, and usage of heterogeneous catalysts, mainly for the transformation of renewable resources to chemicals.
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