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Things to Look Out For in 2018
This time last year, I told you that 2017 would be a year of changes for ChemistryOpen, and what a year it was! We kicked off 2017 with a renewed Editorial Advisory Board (EAB), and we are pleased to have been able to showcase many papers from our EAB members throughout the year. With the solid support of our EAB, we have been able to expand ChemistryOpen, and we are pleased to announce that we will further grow in 2018. Since the launch in 2012, ChemistryOpen has been publishing a total of six issues per volume. However, we are going to push our boundaries in 2018 and are all set to embrace monthly publication. Therefore, Volume 7 will be the first to contain 12 issues!
From January 1st 2018, ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) numbers will be required for all submitting correspondence authors upon the submission of a manuscript to ChemistryOpen. This requirement is being introduced across the board for our sister journals, including Angewandte Chemie as well as ChemPubSoc Europe and ACES journals. An ORCID number is a unique digital identifier that belongs to a particular individual, regardless of discipline, and is intended to help solve the name disambiguation problem. The ORCID can be used to indicate your professional affiliation(s), and it can also easily link to your publications. Registration is quick and easy, and best of all it is completely free! If you are interested in finding out more about the concepts behind ORCID, check out the latest interview with Alice Meadows (director of Communications for ORCID) on ChemistryViews (“Your Lifelong Digital Name”).
Mobile technologies are trending now more than ever. Therefore, a brand new app that combines the existing apps for individual journals such as Angewandte Chemie and ChemistryOpen together with all of the ChemPubSoc Europe and ACES journals will give you convenient access to several journals in one place. Users can select their favorite titles from the aforementioned portfolio within the app and use their (or their institution's) access to the full texts wherever they go, at no extra cost. One notable improvement is that the search function has been improved to cover articles stored on the device as well as those available online. The ability to download individual articles or entire issues for offline reading remains a key feature of the app, as well as a tailor‐made browsing and reading experience for tablets and smartphones. Issue or keyword alerts can also be configured as a convenient way to stay up to date in your field. A newsfeed from ChemistryViews.org lets you explore what else is going on in chemistry.
The app is now available for iOS and Android. Please note that we will soon cut off the content feeds to our individual journal apps, so get the new family app now and enjoy the added features!
ChemistryOpen is a dynamic journal, and we are continually trying to find new and interesting ways to ensure the best for our readers and our authors. One such implementation came in mid‐2015, when ChemistryOpen published its first Review article. We have now reached a milestone, and Issue 01/2018 contains our 20th Review (Table 1). ChemistryOpen remains keen to publish highly relevant Review articles each year, and we are now exploring a new article type: Minireviews! We actively encourage anyone that is interested in authoring a Review or Minireview to contact the chemistryopen@wiley-vch.de, and we would be happy to discuss your proposed topic.
Table 1.
Review articles published in ChemistryOpen.
| Entry | Corresponding author(s) | Review title | DOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vol. 4, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Félix Sancenón Ramón Martínez‐Máñez | Gated Silica Mesoporous Materials in Sensing Applications | open.201500053 | |
| 2 | Richard G. Compton | Recent Advances in Voltammetry | open.201500042 | |
| 3 | Frédéric Coutrot | A Focus on Triazolium as a Multipurpose Molecular Station for pH‐Sensitive Interlocked Crown‐Ether‐Based Molecular Machines | open.201500088 | |
| 4 | Ferenc Fülöp | Strategic Application of Residence‐Time Control in Continuous‐Flow Reactors | open.201500018 | |
| 5 | Ralf Giernoth | Ionic Liquids Beyond Simple Solvents: Glimpses at the State of the Art in Organic Chemistry | open.201500113 | |
| 6 | Nikolai V. Orlov | Metal Catalysis in Thiolation and Selenation Reactions of Alkynes Leading to Chalcogen‐ Substituted Alkenes and Dienes | open.201500137 | |
| 7 | Yinghuai Zhu | Advanced Developments in Cyclic Polymers: Synthesis, Applications, and Perspectives | open.201402172 | |
| Vol. 5, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Stefan Grimme | Small Atomic Orbital Basis Set First‐Principles Quantum Chemical Methods for Large Molecular and Periodic Systems: A Critical Analysis of Error Sources | open.201500192 | |
| 9 | David González‐Rodríguez | Hydrogen‐Bonded Macrocyclic Supramolecular Systems in Solution and on Surfaces | open.201500171 | |
| 10 | Rituparna Das Balaram Mukhopadhyay | Chemical O‐Glycosylations: An Overview | open.201600043 | |
| 11 | Alba Silipo Antonio Molinaro | “Rules of Engagement” of Protein–Glycoconjugate Interactions: A Molecular View Achievable by using NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Modeling | open.201600024 | |
| 12 | Harald Zänker | Oxyhydroxy Silicate Colloids: A New Type of Waterborne Actinide(IV) Colloids | open.201500207 | |
| Vol. 6, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Babak Karimi Mario Pagliaro | Electrochemical Alcohol Oxidation Mediated by TEMPO‐like Nitroxyl Radicals | open.201600086 | |
| 14 | Fernando Albericio | Understanding Tetrahydropyranyl as a Protecting Group in Peptide Chemistry | open.201600156 | |
| 15 | Katie A. Edwards Clifford E. Kraft | Thiamine Assays—Advances, Challenges, and Caveats | open.201600160 | |
| 16 | Matthias D'hooghe | Synthetic Approaches toward Monocyclic 3‐Amino‐β‐lactams | open.201700051 | |
| 17 | Jiaguo Huang Norbert Gretz | Light‐Emitting Agents for Noninvasive Assessment of Kidney Function | open.201700065 | |
| 18 | Bartosz Adamczyk Judy Simon | Tannins and Their Complex Interaction with Different Organic Nitrogen Compounds and Enzymes: Old Paradigms versus Recent Advances | open.201700113 | |
| 19 | Meng Li, Hui‐Ning Xiao Tony D. James | Fluorescence Sensing with Cellulose‐Based Materials | open.201700133 | |
| Vol. 7, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Carlos Lodeiro | Green and Red Fluorescent Dyes for Translational Applications in Imaging and Sensing Analytes: A Dual‐Color Flag | open.201700135 | |
Our Latest Virtual Issues
Virtual Issues were also high on the agenda for ChemistryOpen throughout 2017 and will remain an area of development and growth in 2018 and beyond. Last year, we saw the completion of our “Advances in Electrochemistry” virtual issue, which was compiled with Guest Editor Prof. Bernhard Gollas (TU Graz, Austria). The contributions in this Virtual Issue demonstrate the diversity in the field of Electrochemistry, and the topics span synthesis and materials chemistry to energy storage and power sources, truly demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of the research field.
There are a further two Virtual Issues already underway (Figure 1). We are pleased to have teamed up with Professor Tony James (University of Bath, UK) to prepare a thematic issue on “Chemosensors”. This is a well‐established research area that remains of utmost importance, and incorporates many important chemical fields, including synthesis, supramolecular chemistry, photophysics, materials science, and analytical chemistry at the interfaces of physics, biology, and chemistry. If you have a manuscript that you think is suitable, please submit it via Editorial Manager before January 31st, 2018.
Figure 1.
Upcoming Virtual Issues: Chemosensors with Guest Editor Tony James from the University of Bath, UK (top); Translational Chemistry with Guest Editors Carlos Lodeiro and José Luis Capelo from the Faculty of Science and Technology, University NOVA of Lisbon, Portugal (bottom).
ChemistryOpen is also a supporter of a number of global conferences, and this was the concept behind one of our latest Virtual Issues, which is dedicated to “Translational Chemistry”. The idea for this issue was conceived by Professors Carlos Lodeiro and José Luis Capelo, who organized the 2nd International Caparica Christmas Congress on Translational Chemistry (4–7th December, 2017, Portugal). In line with the theme of the conference, this Virtual Issue is intended to show the use of chemistry as a tool in the development of applications that impact economic development and extend knowledge. Further information can be found in the Editorial that was prepared by our Guest Editors. Anyone wishing to contribute to this Virtual Issue, should submit their manuscript via Editorial Manager before February 28th, 2018.
If you are interested in working with ChemistryOpen as a Guest Editor and/or you would like to propose a hot topic for a Virtual Issue, please do not hesitate to contact the chemistryopen@wiley-vch.de today!
Flat‐Rate Article Publication Charge
In 2016, we implemented a new flat‐rate article publication charge (APC), with no hidden page or color costs. Our standard fees of 2500€ for Full Papers and Communications or 3500€ for Reviews and Minireviews were heavily reduced to only 1800€ for all article types! We are very pleased to say that our reduced APC of 1800€ remains in effect into 2018. All manuscripts submitted before August 31st, 2018, will automatically be eligible for the reduced rate. In addition, all members of a ChemPubSoc Europe national society will be entitled to a further 20% discount, making the APC only 1440€!
In a new initiative, ChemistryOpen is now also offering a 20% discount for manuscripts that it receives via a transfer from one of our sister journals. No‐one likes to receive a negative decision, and in an attempt to lessen the blow, our sister journals are now offering a discount on the APC if your manuscript is subsequently transferred and accepted at ChemsitryOpen.
For further information about all of our discounts and waivers, please go to the journal's homepage at www.ChemistryOpen.org/charges for comprehensive details.
Thank You for Your Continued Support
We really appreciate all of the support that we receive, and we actively encourage all of our readers to get involved with the journal. Whether it be a comment, criticism, advice, idea, Virtual Issue topic, or a Review proposal, we look forward to hearing from you! On behalf of the entire ChemistryOpen Editorial Team, we thank our EAB members, reviewers, authors, and readers for their support.
Dr. Kate Lawrence
Editor‐in‐Chief
ChemistryOpen
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