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Onwards and Upwards…

2020; Wiley; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/cptc.202000290

2367-0932

Deanne Nolan, Greta Heydenrych,

Academic Publishing and Open Access

Looking forward: Despite the many challenges posed by 2020, the year also marked much progress and many changes at ChemPhotoChem and Chemistry Europe. The editors reflect on events at the journal over the last year, announce exciting developments for the year ahead, and welcome members of the renewed Editorial Advisory Board, the inaugural Early-Career Advisory Board and the Editorial Board co-Chairs. What a year 2020 has been… When we sat down at this time last year, we certainly could not have predicted how the year would ultimately unfold. On behalf of the entire editorial team, we sincerely hope that you, your families, and your colleagues are doing as well as possible in these disruptive and unprecedented times resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. We fully appreciate the challenges you faced, and continue to face, as labs rapidly closed with the advance of the pandemic, and now as they slowly and cautiously re-open (or not). We, the editorial team at ChemPhotoChem, and the teams at all of our Chemistry Europe sister journals, continue to work remotely. Luckily, technology has enabled a largely successful transition and the journal continues to operate as usual, with no major impact in terms of our service to the community. Throughout all of the turmoil, we must thank all of you for continuing to support the journal as authors, reviewers, and readers. Let's move on to some good news! In June, the Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2020) was released and ChemPhotoChem received an excellent first impact factor of 2.838, clearly establishing us as one of the leading photochemistry journals worldwide. In April of this year, ChemPhotoChem, together with all of our sister journals, underwent a face-lift. This was an important part of the transformation of ChemPubSoc Europe into Chemistry Europe and coincided with the celebration of the 25th Birthday of our sister journal Chemistry – A European Journal. Chemistry Europe is composed of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries, representing over 75,000 chemists. This association co-owns 16 scholarly journals, one of which being ChemPhotoChem. We are proud to be a part of Chemistry Europe and embrace whole-heartedly its mission: After four busy years (how fast time has gone!), it is time to renew the Editorial Advisory Board of ChemPhotoChem. We would like to welcome Tehshik Yoon (University of Wisconsin-Madison) who will join Axel Griesbeck (Universität zu Köln) and Kazunari Domen (University of Tokyo) as co-Chairs of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal. We welcome also the new members of the Editorial Advisory Board as well as those who have kindly agreed to stay with the journal for a second term (Table 1). We take this opportunity to acknowledge all of our board members and chairs, past and present, for their invaluable support of the journal from day one and to offer our sincere gratitude. Co–Chairs Kazunari Domen Japan University of Tokyo Axel Griesbeck Germany Universität zu Köln Tehshik Peter Yoon USA University of Wisconsin-Madison Members Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh India NIIST Joakim Andréasson Sweden Chalmers University of Technology Ally Aukauloo France Université Paris-Saclay Christian Bochet Switzerland Université de Fribourg Luís D. Carlos Portugal University of Aveiro Eun Jin Cho Republic of Korea Chung-Ang University Alberto Credi Italy Università di Bologna Alexander Deiters USA University of Pittsburgh Francis D'Souza USA University of North Texas Ben Feringa The Netherlands Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Malcolm Forbes USA Bowling Green State University Frank Glorius Germany Universität Münster Leticia González Austria Universität Wien Daniel Gryko Poland Polska Akademia Nauk Anthony Harriman UK Newcastle University Belinda Heyne Canada University of Calgary Johan Hofkens Belgium Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Hiroshi Ikeda Japan Osaka Prefecture University Osamu Ishitani Japan Tokyo Institute of Technology Denis Jacquemin France University of Nantes Tanja Junkers Australia Monash University Nathalie Katsonis The Netherlands University of Groningen Nobuo Kimizuka Japan Kyushu University Rafal Klajn Israel Weizmann Institute of Science Hiroshi Kominami Japan Kindai University Bin Liu Singapore National University of Singapore Paolo Melchiorre Spain ICIQ Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen Denmark Københavns Universitet Chan Beum Park Republic of Korea KAIST Julia Pérez-Prieto Spain Universidad de Valencia Bernd Strehmel Germany Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences Pakkirisamy Thilagar India Indian Institute of Science (IISC) He Tian China ECUST Tomas Torres Spain Universidad Autonoma Madrid Dirk Trauner USA New York University Georgios Vassilikogiannakis Greece University of Crete Ranjani Viswanatha India ICMS, JNCASR Hans-Achim Wagenknecht Germany Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Oliver S. Wenger Switzerland University of Basel Li-Zhu Wu China Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (CAS) Wen-Jing Xiao China Central China Normal University Jye-Shane Yang Taiwan National Taiwan University Kirsten Zeitler Germany University of Leipzig As mentioned earlier, an important part of the mission of Chemistry Europe is to provide support to researchers at all career levels. With this in mind, we have decided to establish an Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) at ChemPhotoChem. We aim both to support early career researchers and to give them a stronger voice in the journal's development, and members were selected according to their field of research, scientific reputation and career stage (Table2). Together with the Editorial Advisory Board, ECAB members will support and help to focus the future direction of the journal. We look forward to working closely with all of you! A. Jean-Luc Ayitou USA Illinois Tech. Mao Chen China Fudan University Basile F. E. Curchod UK Durham University Pui-Chi Lo China City University of Hong Kong Matteo Mauro France Université de Strasbourg Pablo Rivera-Fuentes Switzerland Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Ellen M. Sletten USA University of California, Los Angeles Wiktor Szymański The Netherlands University Medical Center Groningen Olalla Vázquez Germany Philipps-Universität Marburg This year, we have had several exciting projects in progress, several of which are still underway. Early in the year, we published a bumper special collection on Photochemical Synthesis, together with our sister journal the European Journal of Organic Chemistry. The project was kindly guest edited by Tehshik Yoon, Zhiwei Zuo, Geraldine Masson and Burkhard König. For some of the latest developments in photochemical synthesis terms of reaction scope, synthetic products achievable, mechanistic aspects and new methods applied, we encourage you to check it out! Our special collection on Bioimaging (with Kevin Belfield, Jianhua Hao and Chantal Andraud as guest editors) aimed to highlight recent progress on this topic and we are happy to announce that this project is almost complete. Keep an eye on the special collection on the journal webpage for the latest additions! Another hot topic of research in the community is Singlet Fission and this was indeed the focus subject for one of our most recent topical special collections. With support from guest editors Rik Tykwinski and Dirk Guldi, we hope that this virtual issue will become a useful resource for our readers. We also have a number of excellent initiatives in the pipeline for 2021! Our special collection on Photopharmacology (guest edited by Alexander Deiters, Olalla Vazquez, and Susanne Kossatz) is moving along nicely and we have received many top-quality submissions. Early next year we will also publish a topical special collection on Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction (together with guest editors Hongwei Huang, Gonghu Li, and Matthias Schwalbe), which looks set to be a bumper issue! Please also keep your eyes peeled for a focused special issue on Circularly Polarised Luminescence, Chiroptical Sensing and Asymmetric Photochemistry! For all of our projects, the latest published articles can be found on the journal Early View page as well as on the specific project page on the journal homepage. Chemistry Europe is pleased to announce the launch of two new sister journals, both of which will publish their first issues in 2021. The journal Analysis & Sensing publishes top-quality peer-reviewed research on all aspects of analytical and bioanalytical chemistry and sensors, ranging from fundamental studies on core spectroscopic and spectrometric methods to applications across a variety of disciplines. Its multidisciplinary scope includes biomedical analysis, biosensors, electrochemical analysis, in vivo probes, imaging, instrumentation, mass spectrometry, metabolomics, microfluidics, nano- and 2D materials, point-of-care assays, proteomics, and separation. Analysis & Sensing is published on behalf of a subgroup of Chemistry Europe. The Editorial Board Chairs are Ron Heeren (Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands), Janina Kneipp (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany), and Jianghong Rao (Stanford University). The second new journal, Chemistry–Methods, is a fully open-access interdisciplinary journal publishing high-impact peer-reviewed research on all aspects of methods in chemistry, ranging from operando methods in catalysis, to new approaches, to imaging and new synthetic methods. The Editorial Board Co–Chairs are Jana Roithová (Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands), Oliver Kappe (Universität Graz, Austria), and Steven Wheeler (University of Athens, Georgia, USA). Finally, please do keep an eye on our Twitter feed @ChemPhotoChem for the latest published articles and general news from the journal. We look forward to working with you and receiving your manuscripts on the latest developments in photochemistry! Thank you – our authors, reviewers and readers – for your continued support of the journal in good times and bad. Please accept the best wishes of the entire editorial staff at ChemPhotoChem for your ongoing health and wellbeing. Here's to a happy, healthy and less disruptive 2021!