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Dalton Transactions had another incredi- articles in Dalton Transactions. In 2009, the number of people who referee for ble year in 2009, thanks to the support of we have seen this increase continue, with Dalton Transactions. During 2009 we have all our authors, referees and readers. We the total number of published articles followed a programme of increasing the were delighted to see the 2008 impact fac- increasing by 38% over 2008. number of people willing to referee for the tor, published by ISI, showed that Dalton This is due not only to an increase journal, to avoid overloading any one per- Transactions’ impact factor had increased in communications submitted for publi- son with referee requests. If you currently by an impressive 11.5%, to reach its highest cation (Fig. 2), but also to the number do not referee for Dalton Transactions, ever value, 3.58! The graph below shows of transfers from Chemical Communica- and would like to be considered, please the growth in the journal’s impact factor tions. In cases where articles submitted for send an e-mail to the Editorial Ofﬁce since 2005, showing a 20% increase in publication in Chemical Communications ([email protected]). impact factor over the last four years. This are thought by the referees to be too spe- great rise would not be possible without cialised for a general chemistry journal, the the support of the inorganic, bioinorganic authors may be offered a direct transfer for and organometallic communities and all publication in Dalton Transactions (where Dalton Transactions Prizes and those readers, authors and referees who appropriate). Communications in Dalton Events contributed to the successes of the journal Transactions are published on the web this year. To celebrate we have made some faster than any other inorganic chemistry 2009 saw the First Dalton Transactions of the top cited articles so far in 2009 free journal as shown by a study carried out on International Symposium which was held until 31 January 2009 (see list below). articles published in 2009 (Fig. 3). at both Fudan University and Nanjing In our 2008 Editorial, we noted a signif- Of course, the signiﬁcant increase in University in China at the end of October icant increase in submitted and published submissions has required an increase in with 320 people in attendance. The popu- lar event provided an opportunity for inorganic, organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry researchers in China to meet and network with chemists from Europe, USA, and China. Read more about this event in an Editorial which will be published in Issue 3, 2010. Nine Dalton Transactions poster prizes were awarded throughout the year, to recognise the best posters presented at conferences throughout 2009. Thank you to all the judges involved in these awards, and, of course, many congratulations to the recipients, who receive a free subscription to the journal. We welcome readers’ sug- Fig. 1 Impressive rise in the Dalton Transactions impact factor. gestions for conferences where we could offer Dalton Transactions poster prizes in 2010 - please contact us with your suggestions at [email protected] The 2009 Dalton Transactions North American and European Lectureship winners were announced. The winners were Professor Francois Gabbai, Texas A&M University and Dr Simon Aldridge, Ox- ford University, respectively. In a new development for 2010, we will be launching athirdDalton Transactions Lectureship, and the geographical areas covered by each lectureship will be reformed, to create three lectureships, for the Americas, Europe & Africa, and Asia & Oceania. Further Fig. 2 Number of communications published in Dalton Transactions. news about these three lectureships will be

This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2010 Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 17–20 | 17 at www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/ RSCConferences/DD12/index.asp From issue 1, 2010, volume numbers will be added to Dalton Transactions. When first published, the journal was not assigned volume numbers but we have found that this causes problems for some customers, in particular with online links to journal articles. Dalton Transactions will start from volume 39 in 2010 (issues for 1972–2009 have no volume numbering). So from issue 1, 2010, you can reference Dalton Transactions’ articles in the following way: Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, Fig. 3 Median web publication times for communications (days) in inorganic chemistry journals And last but not least, thank you to the (pertains to articles published in issues from February to August 2009, inclusive). members of the Cambridge and Berkeley Editorial Offices. In Dalton Transactions announced during the year via the jour- The Guest Editor for this ‘New Talent’ we have the good fortune of working in nal’s website and e-alerts. themed issue is Professor Polly Arnold. a very dynamic and inspirational team always striving to make the journal the Topical themes Looking forward into 2010 best it can be. Our hard-work and efforts We published a number of high im- We are delighted to announce that Profes- are continuously rewarded upon the pub- pact themed issues in 2009, covering sor Geoff Coates, from Cornell University, lication of each new, great issue of Dalton such topical areas as: theory and exper- USA, will join the Editorial Board from Transactions! iment, supramolecular photochemistry, the beginning of 2010. Geoff brings con- Happy New Year to the authors, referees bioorganometallic chemistry, carbenes, siderable experience to the Board, partic- and readers of Dalton Transactions from polymerisation, solar energy conversion ularly relating to the field of polymers and all in the editorial team! Thank you all and metal anticancer compounds. Thank their applications. for your support in 2009 and we look you to all the Guest Editors, Professors This year the twelfth Dalton Discus- forward to it continuing to make 2010 John McGrady, Mike Ward, Julia Wein- sion meeting, DD12, will take place from another record-breaking year for the jour- stein, Charlie Riordan, Ekke Hahn, Bar- the 13–15 September in Durham Uni- nal. We always welcome comments and bara Milani, Carmen Claver, Villy Sund- versity, UK. This meeting is being or- feedback; please do contact us at Dalton- strom¨ and Peter Sadler. Look out for high ganised by both the RSC Dalton and [email protected] with your ideas and views. impact themed issues planned for publica- Organic Divisions and will bring together Jamie Humphrey tion in 2010, covering topics such as ther- the organic, organometallic, and inorganic Editor moelectric materials, bio-inspired catal- communities from academia and industry Chris Orvig ysis, molecular magnets, organo-f-block to discuss the importance of catalytic Editorial Board Chair chemistry, synthetic solid state chemistry bond activation in cross-coupling chem- Michelle Canning and catalysis via multidisciplinary ap- istry. Dalton Discussion meetings provide Assistant Manager proaches. Issue 2, 2010 will be a very an excellent opportunity for interaction Ruth Doherty special themed issue, highlighting authors with other delegates and we look for- Deputy Editor identified as being among the future ward to seeing you there. Further infor- Lorena Tomas Laudo movers and shakers in inorganic chemistry. mation and contact details can be found Development Editor

Top ten most cited articles published in 2009†

Transition metal catalysed reactions of alcohols using borrowing hydrogen methodology

T. D. Nixon, M. K. Whittlesey and J. M. J. Williams, Dalton Trans., 2009, 753; (DOI: 10.1039/b813383b)

Fig. 4 Dalton Transactions North American and European Lectureship winners Francois Gabbai † Data obtained using ISI WoS on the 9th (left) and Simon Aldridge (right). November 2009.

18 | Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 17–20 This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2010 Frustrated Lewis pairs: a new strategy to Recent developments in the small molecule activation and coordination chemistry of hydrogenation catalysis bis(imino)acenaphthene (BIAN) ligands with s- and p-block elements D. W. Stephan, Dalton Trans., 2009, 3129; (DOI: 10.1039/b819621d) N. J. Hill, I. Vargas-Baca and A. H. Cow- ley, Dalton Trans., 2009, 240; (DOI: 10.1039/b815079f) Adsorption and desorption of hydrogen on metal–organic framework materials for storage applications: comparison RSC: Increasing impact with other nanoporous materials News from RSC Publishing Publication of the 2008 impact factors, K. M. Thomas, Dalton Trans., 2009, 1487; RSC Publishing is proud to announce calculated by ISI, once again brought good (DOI: 10.1039/b815583f) the launch of our powerful new content news for authors and readers of RSC delivery platform that supports multiple journals. Nearly all the RSC journals in- content types. Powered by the industry’s Metal-free dihydrogen activation creased in impact factor, immediacy index leading MarkLogic Server, and benefiting chemistry: structural and dynamic and article influence, with an impressive from the interactive browsing function- features of intramolecular P/B pairs average impact factor increase of 8.2%. ality offered by RSC’s enhanced html Overall, the average impact factor for the P. Spies, G. Kehr, K. Bergander, mark-up technology, the platform deliv- RSC portfolio now stands at 4.7, equal to B. Wibbeling, R. Frohlich and G. Erker, ers exceptionally fast and precise results. that of the ACS collection. Dalton Trans., 2009, 1534; (DOI: Users can now search 165 years of world- RSC journals feature in the top 10 10.1039/b815832k) class RSC-hosted content including 20 000 rankings (by impact factor and immedi- book chapters, 300 000 journal articles and acy index) in 6 of the 7 core chemistry 450 000 database records from a single, Bioinorganic chemistry of copper and categories as listed on ISI, and of the top simple search. Designed around readers’ zinc ions coordinated to amyloid-beta 100 chemistry journals, ranked by impact preferences (identified from a detailed peptide factor, 15 are from RSC Publishing. and ongoing user-interview process), our 2009 also saw a 75% increase on the P. Faller and C. Hureau, Dalton Trans., user-friendly platform offers faster brows- number of articles published in RSC Jour- 2009, 1080; (DOI: 10.1039/b813398k) ing, intelligent searching, consistent user nals compared to 2007 (… not only are experience irrespective of content type our impact factors leading the way in the sought, and simpler more intuitive navi- Pyrazoles and pyrazolides-flexible chemical sciences, but there are a wider gation. We’ll be releasing even more excit- synthons in self-assembly variety of articles available for you to ing functionality later in the year. Please choose from). M. A. Halcrow, Dalton Trans., 2009, 2059; tell us what you think at rscpublishing@ (DOI: 10.1039/b815577a) rsc.org New ways of alerting you

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