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238th ACS National Meeting, Washington DC – August 16th-19th Please join us in ACS Publications Booth #1720 for the following events providing you with important information on new featured products, the ACS Web Editions platform, 2008 ®, and more…

Sunday, August 16th 6:00 pm...... J Phys Chem Lett-Fest and the launch of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Monday, August 17th 9:30 am – 11:30 am...... C&EN Green Screen Event – Have your picture taken and placed on a cover of C&EN 12 noon ...... ACS Symposium Series Now Available Online – Fully integrated and indexed in SciFinder® 12:30 pm...... ACS Chemical Neuroscience Launch – Meet Editor-in-Chief Craig W. Lindsley of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1:00 pm...... Bioconjugate Chemistry – Celebrate 20 years with founding Editor-in-Chief Claude F. Meares 2:00 pm...... JACS Beta – New features from the Beta site and a Q&A with members of the JACS Beta team 2:30 pm...... Biomacromolecules – Celebrate 10 years with founding Editor-in-Chief Ann-Christine Albertsson 3:00 pm...... ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces – Find out about successes from the journal in its first year of publication 3:30 pm ...... Why I Read and Why I Publish with ACS

Tuesday, August 18th 10:30 am...... Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters – Complementing the #1 most-cited journal in physical chemistry 12 noon...... ACS Symposium Series Now Available Online – Fully integrated and indexed in SciFinder® 1:00 pm...... Why I Read and Why I Publish with ACS 2:00 pm...... JACS Beta – New features from the Beta site and a Q&A with members of the JACS Beta team

Wednesday, August 19th 9:30 am...... ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces – Find out about successes from the journal in its first year of publication 10:00 am...... ACS Chemical Neuroscience – Introduction to the new peer-reviewed journal on the molecular basis of neuronal function

Monday August 17th at 8:00 pm in Hall D – SciMix Poster Session ACS Publications Green Screen Event – Have your picture taken and placed on the cover of an ACS Journal Visit ACS and see how a mobile version of the JACS website might look and function in the future. Publications Booth #1720 *This schedule is subject to change, please stop by our booth for a complete schedule of all events. ACS Publications www.acs.org

A Newsletter for Contributors to the ACS Cycle of Excellence Volume 3 / Issue 2 / Fall 2009

In This Issue: Why I Read ACS Journals and Why I Publish in ACS Journals Why I Publish My Research In ACS Publications:

For over 130 years, the journals of the American Chemical Society have built a reputation for publishing high quality, high impact research from around the world. Testament to that reputation in 2008, ACS journals ranked #1 in citations and/or ISI in 15 separate subject categories including all seven of the core areas of chemistry.* This success is built upon the support of the author and reviewer community as well as the vision and commitment of our Editors.

Listed below are some of the common themes we hear from the community describing why they choose ACS as a home for their research publication and as the first place they look to stay current in the field.

2008 Citations per Article in Thomson High Editorial & Standards Reuters Seven Core Chemistry Categories “Editors and reviewers are objective, professional and have integrity. They 50 provide me with recognition when I have earned it and constructive, critical 45 40 feedback on my research, which has been invaluable to my development as a 35 researcher.” 30 25 — Andrew Hendersen, Teeside University 20 15 The success of ACS Publications can be directly attributed to the 10 CITES leadership of ACS Editors. As active scientists, many of our editors PER ARTICLE 5 44 0 are not only the top researchers in their respective fields, but also IN 2008 ACS Wiley RSC Springer members in the National Academy of Sciences and/or fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

2008 Geographic Split of Broad Reach & Dissemination ACS Article Requests “ACS has the leading journals in my area. I want my work to get the widest Europe 20.8% possible exposure, so publishing in these journals is important for me.” North America 32.0% — Charles Winter, Wayne State University Rest of Asia 15.2% In 2008, the ACS Web Editions had more than 60 million COUNTER-compliant China 17.5% article requests from around the world – more than 1 million every week, with Japan 11.2% usage continuing to grow in 2009. When it’s important for your research reach Rest of World 3.3% the world, submit your manuscript to an ACS Publication. 2009 YTD:

Rapid Publication “ACS journals have a great reputation combined with a fast and efficient review process. Publication speed is one of the most important factors for me, and ACS provides some of the shortest publication times.” — Konstantin Momot, Queensland University of Technology

Authors depend on fast publication times offered by ACS Publications to communicate their research findings. For example, the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) publishes Articles ASAPSM within days of author proof approval and weeks before the print issue. The 2008 median time for JACS Communications submission to publication on the Web is 10 weeks.

Comparable Author Print Charges

Total Cost Journal to author No Publication Charges Electrophoresis (Wiley) $1121 “I choose ACS publications for their professional editorial and review process, PNAS (National Academy of Sciences) $930 high scholarly reputation, and lack of page charges, color charges and .” Nature Materials (Nature) $525 submission fees — Douglas Laurents, Spanish National Research Council Journal of Controlled Release (Elsevier) $410 Unlike many other publishers, ACS Publications has no publication ACS JACS (ACS Publications) $0 AUTHOR charges and provides multiple options allowing for full author $0 CHARGES (9 Page Article with 1 Color Image) compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy.

*2008 Journal Citation Reports® from Thomson Reuters www.acs.org

Why I Read ACS Publications:

Cutting Edge Chemistry “I read ACS journals regularly to ensure that my knowledge of the chemical sciences remains at the cutting edge.” — Thom Dunning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign OF THE As reported in the most recent Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters, 8 of the Top 20 TOP 20 HOT PAPERS “Hot Papers” in chemistry were published in JACS or Chemical Reviews. 8 IN CHEMISTRY

Discoverability “The journals are well organized, allowing for easy review of the table of contents 2009 ALPSP and ASAP articles. This means that in the time it takes to eat lunch I can have half a Best Website dozen new cross-pollinating research ideas and stay current on most of the or Platform research within my field.” — Thomas Reily, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The ACS Web Editions platform makes staying current quick and easy with savable searches, customizable email notifications, RSS feeds, related content recommendations, and direct linking to substances, compounds and reactions in SciFinder®. No wonder the ALPSP honored the ACS with its 2009 Best Website or Platform Award!

High Quality Research 2008 Total Citations in Thomson Reuters “ACS journals have the reputation of publishing articles fast, conducting impartial Seven Core Chemistry Categories reviews, and having a huge readership. Also, all the ACS journals have acquired 1,400,000 high Impact Factors. Publishing a research paper in an ACS journal is considered 29 Journals for your work.” 1,200,000 99 strong recognition Journals — K.R. Justin Thomas, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 1,000,000

As reported in the 2008 Journal Citation Reports® by Thomson Reuters, ACS 800,000 journals rank #1 in citations and/or ISI Impact Factor in the seven core chemistry 600,000 54 categories of Multidisciplinary Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Journals 400,000 18 Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry. ACS journals also Journals rank # 1 in ISI Impact Factor or citations in eight additional categories, ranging from 200,000 42 Journals Agriculture to Polymer Science. See page 18 for more on the 2008 Journal Citation 0 Reports® from ACS. ACS Elsevier WileyRSC Springer IN 15 SUBJECT #1 CATEGORIES Breadth & Depth of Coverage “ACS journals offerhigh quality research in a number of specific areas of chemistry. Furthermore, a journal such as JACS features a wide variety of high impact research from all fields of chemistry. The work is generally quite novel and useful to my own research.” — Richard Clayton Shallcross, University of Arizona

Articles in journals from ACS Publications are indexed in all 80 CAS categories, including proteomics, genomics, biochemistry, biochemical genetics, organic chemistry, macromolecular science, applied chemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and analytical chemistry.

Your Science. Your Journal. Your Industry. Excellence Vol. 3 - Issue 2 - Fall 2009

Featured on the cover: A Message from ACS Publications

Journal of CS Publications is proud to welcome you and your fellow researchers from around Physical Chemistry A the world to Washington, DC, home of the American Chemical Society and the Volume 111 center of the chemistry world during this 238th ACS National Meeting. Issue 15 A In addition to attending sessions and taking in the sights of DC, we hope you also take Accounts of some time to visit us at the ACS Publications Booth #1720, where we can introduce you to Chemical Research our two soon-to-be-launched journals, ACS Chemical Neuroscience and Journal of Physical Volume 41 Chemistry Letters, as well as the new ACS Symposium Series Online. Other activities at the Issue 7 ACS booth include a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Bioconjugate Chemistry, a giant JACS Homepage displaying some of the most recent research published in the journal, and a JACS Beta site demonstration and open forum. You can even have your picture taken on the ACS Nano cover of C&EN. Volume 3 Issue 1 With more and more interaction taking place virtually, we greatly appreciate the opportunity to meet with you face to face. Please take a moment to stop by the ACS Journal of Publications booth so that we may thank you for your contributions. Moreover, we’d like to the American ask you for your thoughts on how we can improve our offerings to the chemical sciences Chemical Society research community. Volume 131 Issue 2 More specifically, please stop by and tell us why you choose to publish in ACS Journals and why you choose to read ACS Journals. This newsletter outlines some of the responses we’ve Journal of already received from thousands of researchers to these very questions; however, we highly Physical Chemistry C Volume 112 value and seek your feedback as well. Issue 6 The ACS has built a solid reputation for more than 130 years of published research. We continue to evolve and look for ways to improve, but we cannot do it without your Molecular continued support. We extend to you our most sincere appreciation, and we hope to get Pharmaceutics some time to chat with you while you are here attending the 238th ACS National Meeting. Volume 5 Issue 6 ACS Journals are Your Journals.

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04 New from JACS: JACS Image Challenge JACS Don’t forget about Perspectives the weekly image challenge—updated This August 2009, the Journal every Wednesday. of the American Chemical Put your chemistry Society introduces a new type of knowledge to the manuscript with the publication test. The challenge of the first JACS Perspective, displays an image “Synthesis at the Interface of from a recent JACS Chemistry and Biology.” This publication and JACS now features author submitted Perspective, contributed by Xu poses a question. See art on every cover Wu and Peter G. Schultz of the the example below: Scripps Research Institute, illustrates the opportunities and challenges for the synthesis of molecules with desired chemical Challenge #52 and biological properties. What are the advantages of having multiple stimuli JACS Perspectives, written by invited, recognized experts, will be responsive units in a micellar assembly? A. The release of the encapsulated guest molecule can be precisely regularly featured in the journal. switched on and off. As described in the forthcoming editorial by Editor Peter J. Stang, B. The cooperative effect among the stimuli leads to better targeting. JACS Perspectives not only summarize the current status of an C. The system can sense and respond to multiple stimuli in a predictable active area of research in the chemical sciences, but also provide manner, thereby mimicking biological macromolecules. a “forward-looking view” of the field. Authors will describe D. All the above. obstacles to the advancement of particular research fields as Visit the JACS Beta Site at pubs.acs.org/JACSBeta to take the well as “nascent techniques, methods, and ideas (that) could challenge and submit your answer. Upon your submission, the help overcome the bottlenecks.” Perspectives are intended to site will acknowledge your response and provide you with an engage the expert and non-expert alike. Moreover, they are explanation of the correct answer. intended to facilitate an understanding of new developments in chemistry, elucidate the interface between scientific and The image comes from the following article Multi-Stimuli Sensitive Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Assemblies engineering disciplines, and challenge researchers to advance Akamol Klaikherd, Chikkannagari Nagamani and S. Thayumanavan the frontiers of science. J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Article), 2009, 131 (13), 4830-4838; DOI: 10.1021/ja809475a Look for more JACS Perspectives later this year.

table of contents and articles for JACS Beta – Faster and On the Go easier viewing. The mobile TOC The JACS Beta website was launched more than a year ago as a allows you to view the list of articles testing ground for new online features and tools. Some of these from JACS Selects #4 and 5 (thematic features and tools have already been put into use across all ACS web-based collections of recently Publications. published JACS papers) and add them to your favorites. Currently there is one mobile article, “A Direct Route to Cyclic Organic Nanostructures via Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization of a Dendronized One of the new features available on JACS Beta is the ACS Macromonomer,” which is formatted Publications search widget. Now you can perform searches and for reading on the go. With a larger find articles directly from your desktop using a DOI, citation, or font and simplified presentation, it key search term. The results appear in your default browser. A allows for quicker downloading and Mac OSX Dashboard Widget and Google Gadget for iGoogle or easier browsing. Google Desktop are available for download to streamline and JACS Mobile supports Please send us your feedback on iPhone and Blackberry enhance your search experience. mobile articles so we can improve future Another new feature, JACS Beta Mobile, delivers content to prototypes. The JACS Beta team welcomes your feedback and researchers on the go via mobile devices such as the iPhone and recommendations for new features via polls and comment boxes Blackberry. JACS Beta Mobile offers specially designed mobile in the right hand column of every JACS Beta page.

WHY I READ: “I read ACS journals regularly to ensure that my knowledge of the chemical sciences remains at the cutting edge.” 05 — Thom Dunning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign New in 2010 Interview with Craig W. Lindsley

To meet the growing demand for publication of neuroscience research, the American Excellence: In addition to falling within the scope of the journal, Chemical Society will begin publishing its what are you looking for in manuscripts submitted to the journal? new journal, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, in CL: I am looking for high impact science that will enable January 2010. Craig W. Lindsley, Associate and inform researchers in the neuroscience field and, most Professor of Pharmacology and Chemistry importantly, lead to significant advances. I would like to see ACS and Director of Medicinal Chemistry for the Chemical Neuroscience feature accounts that cross disciplines, Drug Discovery Program at Vanderbilt University, will serve as but which are linked under the neuroscience umbrella. Editor-in-Chief. Excellence: What opportunities will this journal bring to Excellence: Congratulations on being appointed Editor-in-Chief researchers who want to advance the field? of this exciting new journal. Can you tell us the areas of research that will be covered by ACS Chemical Neuroscience? CL: With the ACS behind this journal, authors have the opportunity to have their work widely read and cited, resulting Craig Lindsley: The journal will cover all areas of chemical in high impact in the field. Chemists and neuroscientists have neurobiology and bio-neurochemistry, including: so much to offer one another—I hope this journal provides • Neurotransmitters and receptors opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration as well. • Neuropharmaceuticals and therapeutics • Neural development – plasticity and degeneration Excellence: Can you share with us your research interests? • Chemical, physical, and computational methods in neuroscience CL: My research interests span the range of chemical • Neuronal diseases – basis, detection, and treatment neuroscience, but my primary focus is on the development of • Mechanisms of aging, learning, memory, and behavior new therapeutic approaches to treat schizophrenia, AD, PD, • Pain and sensory processing and fragile X syndrome by targeting allosteric sites on GPCRs • Neurotoxins (mGluRs, mAChRs, etc.). While I am a synthetic/medicinal • Neuroscience-inspired bioengineering chemist by training, I thoroughly enjoy going deep into • Development of methods in chemical neurobiology pharmacology. All of my research programs at Vanderbilt, and many in my past life at Merck, were neuroscience-focused Unlike other journals, ACS Chemical Neuroscience will allow full discovery efforts. stories to be told without placing the majority of figures and tables in supplemental data. Excellence: What are some of the major challenges and issues facing researchers in the field today? How do you think ACS Excellence: What types of articles will Chemical Neuroscience can help solve these challenges and the journal publish? issues?

CL: ACS Chemical Neuroscience will CL: Neuroscience research is burdened with challenges. Major publish Reviews, Letters, Articles, challenges include a lack of small molecule ligands to study Viewpoints, and In this Issue specific molecular targets in the CNS, lack of predictable in vivo highlights. In addition, each issue models of CNS diseases, receptor occupancy (scarcity of good will feature new FDA approvals of PET/SPECT agents), mechanisms of CNS disease processes, CNS drugs and clinical trial updates. orphan receptors, and neuroscience-inspired bioengineering. ACS Chemical Neuroscience can help solve these challenges by Excellence: Who should read ACS creating a community of diverse scientists with complementary Chemical Neuroscience? skill sets in order to facilitate the cross-fertilization of ideas in the neurosciences. If ACS Chemical Neuroscience can attract this CL: Everyone involved in Central Nervous diverse readership, the possibilities to overcome key challenges System (CNS) research should read ACS in the neuroscience field are limitless. Chemical Neuroscience. In each issue, the content and scope will vary in order to fully encompass Check out the full interview on the ACS Chemical Neuroscience the diverse areas listed above. The content of website at pubs.acs.org/acschemicalneuroscience, and ask ACS Chemical Neuroscience will be appreciated Dr. Lindsley a question of your own by emailing him at by MDs, neuropharmacologists, medicinal [email protected]. chemists, bioengineers and in vivo behavioral pharmacologists. 06 Excellence Volume 3 - Issue 2 ACS Chemical Neuroscience joins a growing portfolio of peer-reviewed ACS journals dedicated to research at the interface of chemistry and biology.

ACS Chemical Biology provides an international forum for the rapid communication of research that broadly embraces the interface between chemistry and biology. Results are published in which molecular reasoning has been used to probe questions through in vitro investigations, cell biological methods, or organismic studies.

Biochemistry publishes research from the arena where biochemistry, biophysical chemistry, and molecular biology meet. The journal covers structure, function, and regulation of biologically active molecules; gene structure & expression; biochemical mechanisms; protein biosynthesis; protein folding; membrane structure-function relationships; bioenergetics; and immunochemistry.

Bioconjugate Chemistry publishes research relevant to all aspects of conjugation chemistry and biochemistry, including the preparation, characterization, and properties (both chemical and biological) of molecular conjugates. The journal encourages application of modern techniques of chemical analysis to problems in conjugation chemistry.

Chemical Research in Toxicology publishes research relevant to all aspects of the chemical basis of toxic responses. The journal emphasizes rigorous chemical standards and encourages application of modern techniques of chemical analysis to mechanisms of toxicity.

Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry publishes original research dealing with the synthesis of chemical libraries, as well as methodologies for their analysis and screening. The journal publishes studies that contribute to a critical understanding of the methods for high-throughput synthesis of substances, and covers research in all areas of combinatorial chemistry.

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry is the most cited journal in Medicinal Chemistry, publishing original research on the correlation of molecular structure to biological activity with a focus on the relationships of chemistry to biological activity.

Journal of Natural Products comprises natural product research relating to the chemistry and/or biochemistry of naturally occurring compounds or the biology of living systems from which they are obtained. Articles published in the journal describe secondary metabolites of microorganisms, animals, and higher and lower plants.

Journal of Proteome Research provides content encompassing all aspects of systems-oriented, global protein analysis and function, emphasizing the synergy between physical and life sciences resulting in a multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of biological processes.

Molecular Pharmaceutics publishes high quality research advancing the understanding of pharmaceutics at the molecular level while providing a forum for research among the fields of physical and pharmaceutical chemistry, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, polymer and materials science focused on drug delivery.

Other ACS journals that publish significant biological & medicinal oriented research:

WHY I PUBLISH: “Editors and Reviewers are objective, professional and have integrity. They provide me with recognition when I have earned it and constructive, 07 critical feedback on my research, which has been invaluable to my development as a researcher.” — Andrew Hendersen, Teeside University New in Interview with the Editor-in- THE JOURNAL OF 2010 Chief and Deputy Editor on the PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY launch of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Let ters

Earlier this year, ACS Publications announced the launch of a new Excellence: What motivated the decision to separate letters from all-electronic journal, the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, the rest of the journal? to complement the Journal of Physical Chemistry, the largest and most-cited journal in physical chemistry. All letters from Professor Prashant Kamat: As George mentioned, in order to the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C will be combined accommodate the growth of physical chemistry papers and into a single journal highlighting the most urgent research serve our community in a more efficient way, we have taken results in physical chemistry. Issue 1 of this new letters journal the task of starting this journal to serve as a new platform for will launch in January 2010. Manuscript submissions begin communicating important scientific results very quickly. By September 21, 2009, and the first articles will be published having the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters as a separate beginning November 2009. Editor-in-Chief George Schatz from journal, we can concentrate on short papers that report Northwestern University and Deputy Editor Prashant Kamat significant scientific advances in physical chemistry. from the University of Notre Dame were interviewed recently to give the scientific community some insights into this exciting A lot of scientists in physical chemistry want to be able to new journal launch. communicate very quickly, and I think we can better meet their needs by having a separate letters journal. All papers that we consider will be subjected to the same peer review process that we use for the parent journals. The publications staff starts processing the paper the day it is accepted. We hope to have all accepted letters published within 6 to 8 weeks of submission.

Excellence: What other advantages does the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters offer authors?

Professor George Schatz, Professor Prashant Kamat Northwestern University University of Notre Dame PK: By publishing in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, an author’s work appears in a high-profile journal with many Excellence: What is the scope of each of the sections in the thousands of readers. We have a very stringent review process Journal of Physical Chemistry? to make sure we keep the scientific integrity of the papers very Professor George Schatz: The Journal of Physical Chemistry is divided into three parts: A, B, and C. Part A covers the physical Total articles published by the chemistry of molecules, including topics such as spectroscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry has kinetics, structure, and related theory. Part B covers soft increased by 99% from 2003-2008. materials, polymers, condensed matter, and biophysics. Part C covers nanomaterials, surfaces, catalysis, hard materials, electron transport, and energy. Part C was launched just over two years ago, but has already been very successful, with more than 3,000 papers published in 2008.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry has had a letters section since 1980. This section and the journal as a whole have experienced remarkable growth in the last few years, with total published papers doubled since 2003. Published letters have nearly tripled. This has happened because the field of physical chemistry, both in the United States and elsewhere in the world, has been growing due to the development of new areas of research in The growth of letters many fields such as nanomaterials and energy research. In published by the journal addition, there are traditional areas of strength such as catalysis, has increased by 180% polymers, kinetics and other fields that continue to evolve. during that same period.

“ACS journals have the reputation of publishing articles fast, conducting impartial reviews, and having a huge readership. Also, all the ACS 08 WHY I READ: journals have acquired high impact factors. Publishing a research paper in an ACS journal is considered strong recognition for your work”. — K.R. Justin Thomas, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee high. Also, the editors who handle papers submitted to the Excellence: Do you have any specific advice to authors about Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters are themselves scientists what they could do to make their paper more likely to be with very active research programs. Their experience as authors accepted by the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters? Do you and researchers makes a lot of difference in making editorial have different criteria for the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, decisions. and C compared to the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters?

We plan to provide greater visibility to all the papers published PK: Letters in the new journal will be very similar to the letters in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. This journal will we currently publish. Papers should focus on physical chemistry have new web features, including links from relevant Journal aspects and should report significant scientific advances. They of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C articles and new navigation should be short, concise, and very effective in communicating capabilities. We expect that the Journal of Physical Chemistry urgent information to the physical chemistry community. Letters will unify the topics covered in different parts of the Typically, the text should be about 2,500 words, with not more journal. The new journal will also feature Perspectives in which than 4 or 5 illustrations. experts will write short articles and summarize the current status of an emerging research area. Authors should note that they are communicating their work to a community that is experienced in physical chemistry and Excellence: Can you tell me how letters are different from chemical physics. In writing the paper, they should keep in mind articles? that they are writing to a broad community. Hence, the physical chemistry aspect of the research is very important. GS: Letters, of course, are shorter papers, but more importantly, letters present results where urgency of publication is crucial. I would like to make one more point. We often get letters as This is where we want our highest profile papers to appear. We’re short notes or device fabrication reports. Those do not fit within giving the authors special visibility, and we want the authors the scope of the journal; they fit into more specialized journals. to write good papers for us. In particular, the abstract of the Authors should always check their references in the paper. If paper needs to enable our readers to quickly understand the most of the citations are to non-physical chemistry and non- significance of the work. chemical physics journals, such as applied or materials journals, the paper is better suited to a specialized journal. Excellence: When are letters going to start moving from the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C into the new journal? Having said that, on behalf of the Editors and ACS Publications staff, I would like to thank all of the authors and reviewers. They PK: The ACS Paragon Plus system will accept submissions to the have been tremendous in contributing to the success of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters beginning September 21, Journal of Physical Chemistry. We are excited to launch this new 2009. From that point on, authors will need to specifically select letters journal in 2010. And we look forward to working with the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters in the Paragon Plus site authors in order to publish their high-quality scientific papers as during submission. The accepted papers will start appearing on rapidly as possible. the web in November so we can launch our first issue in January. Any letters submitted prior to mid-September will be retained Excellence: Thank you Professor Schatz and Professor Kamat. in the existing journal and published this year in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, or C.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry presents awards to Post Doctoral Fellows

George C. Schatz, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, will present awards at the 238th National Meeting to young scientists selected for a new yearly symposium that highlights “leading research by post-doctoral fellows.” The symposium sponsored by the PHYS Division highlights the work of 10 post-doctoral researchers who will give invited speaker-length talks. These post-docs were selected based on the merits of their applications and letters of reference and how they were deemed to represent the future of physical chemistry. In addition to the talks, they will be honored at a special event Sunday evening at the ACS Publications booth during this National Meeting. Each award recipient will receive a certificate and a $100 cash award. The symposium will be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 in the Convention Center, Room 152B.

Post Doctoral Fellows: Heather L. Abbott, Fritz Haber Institute/Georgia Leonid Sheps, University of Colorado Institute of Technology Igor V. Stiopkin, Wayne State University Josh C. Bollinger, University of Texas Joseph E. Subotnik, Northwestern University/ Arthur E. Bragg, University of California, Los Angeles Tel Aviv University Gergely Gidofalvi, Argonne National Laboratory Jessica M. Swanson, University of Utah Sunmin Ryu, Kyunghee University Kristin L. Wustholz, Northwestern University 09 Excellence Volume 3 - Issue 2 The Most-Cited Journals in the #1 in Core Chemistry #1 in 8 Additional Categories Highly Ranked Additional Categories Chemical & Related Sciences As reported in 2008 Journal Citation Reports® by Thomson Reuters, the peer-reviewed #1 In Total Citations journals of the American Chemical Society rank #1 in total citations and/or ISI Impact Factor in the seven core chemistry categories as well as eight additional categories #1 In Impact Factor ranging from Agriculture and Crystallography to Polymer Science and Nanoscience & Included in Category Nanotechnology.

2008 2008 Journal Total ISI Impact Editor

Cites Factor Analytical Chemistry Applied Chemistry & Nuclear Chemistry Inorganic Medicinal Chemistry Multidisciplinary Chemistry Chemistry Organic Chemistry Physical Multidisciplinary Agriculture, Crystallography Engineering Environmental Sciences Environmental Technology Science & Food Science, Multidisciplinary Materials Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Science Polymer Methods Biochemical Research Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Chemical Engineering Systems Science, Information Computer Applications Sci, Interdisciplinary Comp Energy & Fuels & Pharmacy Pharmacology Molecular & Chemical Physics-Atomic, Sci ences Plant Toxicology Accounts of Chemical Research 26,252 12.176 Joan S. Valentine ACS Chemical Biology 867 5.149 Laura L. Kiessling ACS Nano 703 5.472 Paul S. Weiss Analytical Chemistry 77,792 5.712 Royce W. Murray #1 Biochemistry 94,645 3.379 Richard N. Armstrong Bioconjugate Chemistry 9,141 4.584 Claude F. Meares Biomacromolecules 11,794 4.146 Ann-Christine Albertsson Chemistry of Materials 51,245 5.046 Leonard V. Interrante #1 Chemical Research in Toxicology 8,736 3.491 Lawrence J. Marnett Chemical Reviews 69,560 23.592 Josef Michl #1 Crystal Growth & Design 7,670 4.215 Robin D. Rogers #1 Energy & Fuels 7,145 2.056 Michael T. Klein Environmental Science & Technology 58,565 4.458 Jerald Schnoor #1 #1 Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 23,045 1.895 Donald R. Paul Inorganic Chemistry 68,356 4.147 Richard Eisenberg #1 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51,062 2.562 James N. Seiber #1 #1 #1 Journal of the American Chemical Society 318,252 8.091 Peter J. Stang #1 Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 9,107 2.063 Kenneth N. Marsh Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 8,444 3.643 William L. Jorgensen Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2,525 4.274 William L. Jorgensen & Gustavo E. Scuseria Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry 2,196 3.011 Anthony W. Czarnik Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 45,190 4.898 Philip S. Portoghese #1 Journal of Natural Products 13,986 2.843 A. Douglas Kinghorn The Journal of Organic Chemistry 86,564 3.952 C. Dale Poulter #1 Journal of Physical Chemistry A 41,735 2.871 George C. Schatz Journal of Physical Chemistry B 98,624 4.189 George C. Schatz #1 Journal of Physical Chemistry C 10,392 3.396 George C. Schatz Journal of Proteome Research 8,043 5.684 William S. Hancock Langmuir 76,864 4.097 David G. Whitten Macromolecules 80,559 4.407 Timothy P. Lodge #1 Molecular Pharmaceutics 1,272 4.565 Gordon L. Amidon Nano Letters 37,089 10.371 A. Paul Alivisatos & Charles M. Lieber #1 Organic Letters 46,502 5.128 Amos B. Smith, III Organic Process Research & Development 2,062 1.905 Trevor Laird Organometallics 33,831 3.815 Dietmar Seyferth *ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces is new in 2009, all other Journals listed are included in the 2008 Journal Citation Reports® 12

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ClaudehasmadeahugeChemistry contribution to this field!It’s Claude Meares to thankhimfor 20years asEditor Bioconjugate of that“I amreally there willbeaspecialcelebrationTHRILLED for Balch from Inorganic. Chemistry Seiber from theJournalofAgricultural andFood andAlan Chemistry Engineering Librarian Cory Craig, andACS Editors, includingJim Senior Editor Peter Senter, Dr. Meares’ research group, Biomedical the UCDavis Alumni and Visitors Center. Amongtheattendees were ACS Publications celebrated thejournal’s 20thanniversary inMay at Thomson Reuters. Factor—4.584—as inthe2008JournalCitation reported Reports® by in manuscriptsubmissionsandanotherrecord-breaking Impact work ofhisEditorial Board isunderscored by thecontinuous growth field that continues to evolve dramatically. Hisleadershipandthe journal over thepasttwo decades, staying aheadofthecurve ina great leadershipinguidingthescope andresearch publishedinthe Founding Editor-in-Chief ClaudeF. 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For more information onSciFinder, visittheChemical problems that require new synthetic approaches. reaction mechanismorbiologicalmetabolisms, orsolve everyday life, prove structures ofnatural compounds, study helping researchers prepare compounds that are usefulin researchers to tapinto awealth ofchemicalinformation, oftheresearchAs anessential part process, SciFinder allows and chapters. reactions,substance, andreference links onotherarticles continueand oncesignedinonavisit, through to the can clickoneoftheselinks to signinandbeginexploring, Customers whoare enabled for theweb version ofSciFinder ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Shortlisted for ALPSP 2009 Best New Journal Award The 2010 Gordon On June 29th, the Association Hammes of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) ACS Biochemistry announced that the latest Lectureship addition to the ACS Publications materials science portfolio, ACS Professor Perry Frey, Institute for Enzyme Applied Materials & Interfaces, Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison had been shortlisted for the coveted Best New Journal Biochemistry and the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry are Award for 2009. The award is pleased to announce that Professor Perry Frey of the University given to a journal launched of Wisconsin has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 within the last three years. The Gordon Hammes ACS Biochemistry Lectureship. The Lectureship journal may be print, online recognizes an individual contributor who has had a major impact or both, but it must include on scientific research at the interface between chemistry and Volume 1, Issue 1 a substantial number of peer biology, particularly in the realm of biochemistry, biological reviewed articles. The judges chemistry, molecular biology, and biophysics. consider four main aspects of the journal and its launch: market research, editorial strategy, marketing, and commercial success. Jointly sponsored by Biochemistry and the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry, the lectureship is cooperatively Dr. Sarah Tegen, Assistant Director of Editorial Development administered by Editor-in-Chief Richard N. Armstrong and the for ACS Publications, represented the journal before a panel of Division. The lectureship, awarded annually at the Fall ACS ALPSP judges in London on July 15th, giving a presentation on National Meeting, is a testament to the strong relationship how key issues surrounding the launch were addressed and between the journal and the division. which measures of success were employed post launch. Dr. Tegen discussed the criteria used to determine the need for this title, The lectureship is named in honor of Gordon G. Hammes, who explained how the Editor-in-Chief was selected and appointed, served as Editor-in-Chief of Biochemistry from 1991-2004, was gave an overview of the journal’s pre- and post-launch marketing a member of the Executive Committee of the ACS Division of plans, and outlined the means by which the new journal’s Biological Chemistry for numerous terms, and continues to be success has been measured. a significant contributor to the field of biochemistry, with more than 200 publications to his credit. “This nomination is a validation of the hard work put forth by a truly dedicated team of authors and The 2010 recipient, Perry Frey, has captivated the scientific community for more than 45 years with his penetrating analyses reviewers.” of enzyme mechanisms. The choice of Professor Frey recognizes — Professor Kirk Schanze, Editor-in-Chief his work on many problems, which has expanded the frontiers of the field of enzyme mechanisms. Professor Kirk Schanze, Editor- Dr. Frey has also contributed heavily to the intellectual fabric in-Chief of ACS of the community in which he has been a leader. His recently Applied Materials published book, Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms, will be the & Interfaces, had definitive text on this subject for the next twenty years or this to say about longer. He has served as Associate Editor of Biochemistry since the nomination 1992, as Co-Chair of the GRC on Enzymes, Coenzymes and and subsequent Metabolic Pathways, and as Chair of the organizing committee shortlisting: “I am for the Winter Enzyme Mechanisms Conference. His service and honored that the contributions to science were recognized in 1998 by his election journal has been to the US National Academy of Sciences. More on Dr. Frey and nominated for this award in its first year and excited to hear that his achievements can be found on the ACS Division of Biological we made the shortlist of candidate journals. This nomination is a Chemistry website at www.biochemdivision.org. validation of the hard work put forth by a truly dedicated team of authors and reviewers working to establish ACS Applied Materials Please join us at the 240th ACS National Meeting August 22-26, & Interfaces as the new international forum for applied materials 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts for the Division of Biological science and engineering.” Chemistry Award Symposia and Professor Frey’s lecture, an important event in the history of Biochemistry and the ACS The winner of the 2009 ALPSP Best New Journal Award will be Division of Biological Chemistry. announced on September 10, 2009. 13 Excellence Volume 3 - Issue 2 Analytical Chemistry Announces Letters and Comments

Analytical Chemistry is pleased to announce a new category of manuscript: Letters to Analytical Chemistry. Letters will enable authors to rapidly publish short, high-impact articles on timely subjects. Letters may include a supporting information section to provide ancillary information about experimental procedures, illustrative data and figures, and an expanded bibliography of relevant literature. Manuscripts should be submitted via the real-time web-based manuscript submission and review system, ACS Paragon Plus.

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Letters and Comments that are accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry will be designated as “Letter” or “Comment” on the Paragon Plus submission website. Both manuscript categories will appear on the Paragon Plus website beginning October 1, 2009. Accepted Comments and Letters will be quickly published as ASAPSM electronic articles. Letters and Comments will begin to appear in print in January 2010.

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Paso. Dr Gardea-Torresday was assisted by a number of people, Bill Glaze: A Legend, a Teacher, including ES&T Associate Editor Joe Suflita, the MAPCO Professor and a Gentleman of Environmental Quality, Director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment, and George Lynn Cross Research Professor at Environmental Science and the University of Oklahoma, and Susan D. Richardson from the Technology (ES&T) Editor-in- National Exposure Research Laboratory at the U.S. Environmental Chief Jerald R. Schnoor and Protection Agency. the journal’s Editorial Board are honored to host a full day symposium in tribute to former ES&T Editor-in-Chief “Much of what I have learned about disinfection Bill Glaze. The symposium chemistry, I have learned from Bill. I have also will take place at the 238th learned much about how scientists should conduct ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC on Monday, themselves from Bill—As evidence of Bill’s gentility, August 17th. he recently honored other “Legend” speakers in a Bill Glaze, an internationally special ACS symposium by encouraging the audience renowned environmental to call out words to describe them. At the end, researcher, educator and before questions were asked, people spontaneously editor, served as Editor-in-Chief of ES&T for fifteen years, leading began to call out words to describe Bill. How about: the journal through an unprecedented era of growth in both content and impact. Dr. Glaze also served as Professor and a Legend, a Teacher, and a Gentleman…” Chairman of the Department of Environmental Sciences and - Susan D. Richardson, of the National Exposure Research Engineering at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Laboratory, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency He is a pioneer in the integration of ecological sciences with human health sciences as well as the application of sustainable technologies to water treatment. A special tribute issue of ES&T, organized by the ES&T Editors and Board and led by Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, will be published The symposium honoring Dr. Glaze has been organized by ES&T in the Fall of 2010. Advisory Board member Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, the Dudley Professor and Chair of Chemistry at the University of Texas at El

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“ACS journals have a great reputation combined with a fast and efficient review process. Publication speed is one of the most important factors for 16 WHY I PUBLISH: me, and ACS provides some of the shortest publication times.” — Konstantin Momot, Queensland University of Technology Recent selections and reviews from the ACS Symposium Series:

Modern Extraction Techniques: Controlled Drug Delivery: Food and Agricultural Samples Designing Technologies for the Future Edited by Charlotta Turner, Uppsala University, Sweden Edited by Kinam Park, Professor, Purdue University, and “bringing together so many SS# 926 Published February 2, 2006 Randall J. Mrsny leading scientists in the field” Several new extraction techniques have been developed that are SS# 752 Published May 15, 2000 faster, more automated and use less organic solvents compared Despite the public desire for a magic bullet—a drug that to classical solvent extraction techniques. The focus of this cures the ailment and is easy to take—most drugs require a book is on the extraction of various compounds from food and sustained release to the target area as opposed to a burst, hence agricultural samples in either an analytical or a process-scale the need for controlled release devices. This volume devotes point-of-view. Several of the book chapters compare the different separate sections to current work in each of the key aspects for techniques, and describe their advantages and disadvantages. developing these devices, including the route of administration, drug delivery vehicles, drug targeting, and modulated drug “This volume is the best we have seen on extraction techniques delivery. for food and agricultural samples. Supported by adequate references, all the chapters are excellent in their contents and “....all of the chapters, written by well-known authors in the field, method of presentation. The authors are probably the most are nicely set up, easy to read, and well structured. Overall, the knowledgeable individuals in the area of extraction techniques book can serve as an introduction for individual industrial and for food and agricultural samples.” — Current Engineering academic scientists who are starting to work in the field.” Practice — European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Synthesis and Chemistry of Agrochemicals: Volume VI Polymers for Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Edited by Don R. Baker, Joseph G. Fenyes, George P. Lahm, Edited by Qinghuang Lin, Research Staff Member, IBM T. J. Watson Thomas P. Selby Research Center, China , Raymond A. Pearson, Associate Professor SS# 800 Published November 15, 2001 of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University , and The increasing requirements of safety, metabolism, Jeffrey C. Hedrick, Manager, Technical Research Strategy, IBM T. J. environmental effects, and efficacy bring difficult requirements Watson Research Center to the discovery process for new agrochemicals. How these SS# 874 Published April 1, 2004 changing requirements are met is the subject of this volume. Discusses patterning, insulating, and packaging polymeric It examines the recent trends in research for safe, efficient, materials for the $150-billion microelectronics industry as well and biologically active agrochemicals. This 30-chapter volume as the rapidly emerging nanoelectronics and organic electronics is a complete reference book that includes current updates industries. Chapters discuss patterning, insulating, and and trends in the field of agrochemicals. Topics in the book packaging polymeric materials as well as organic materials for include herbicides in agriculture, control of insects and acrids in nanoelectronics, organic electronics, and optoelectronics. This agriculture, and control of fungal disease in agriculture. book covers the synthesis, characterization, structure-property relationship, performance, and applications of these materials. “... this is a well produced volume that makes excellent reading. A goldmine of information with insights into how products are “Each chapter is well-illustrated and well-referenced and can developed” — Organic Process Research & Development certainly serve to orient the scientist or engineer to these new developments. This is a book that practicing micro-engineers will Hemicelluloses: Science and Technology want to have as a reference.”— Materials World Edited by Paul Gatenholm, Professor, Chalmers University, Helsinki, Finland, and Maija Tenkanen, Professor, University of Chemistry of Taste: Mechanisms, Behaviors and Mimics Helsinki, Finland Edited by Peter Given, Pepsi-Cola Company; and SS# 864 Published November 6, 2003 Dulce Paredes, Kraft Foods This covers the isolation, analysis, chemistry, technology, and SS# 825 Published August 8, 2002 applications on hemicelluloses. Chemistry of Taste: Mechanisms, Behaviors and Mimics explores all of the links between physiology and chemoreception “The author and subject index are important and very useful. mechanisms, genetic determination of taste ability, olfaction, In summary, the book represents a broad overview on the most psychophysics, integration of taste and smell, and human taste important parts of hemicellulose research and development preferences and consumer test models. important for researchers in the field of polysaccharide and carbohydrate science and technology at institutes, universities, “The editors are to be congratulated on bringing together and industry.” — Polymer News so many leading scientists in the field, to produce such an indisputably important volume.... this book is replete with up-to-date and important information on taste and smell.” — Chemistry & Industry

A video demonstration is available online, including new features such as the “Title Match” box and updated “Quick Search” tools that were released for all ACS Web Editions with the launch of e-books at pubs.acs.org/r/demos. 17 Excellence Volume 3 - Issue 2