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INTERVIEWS WITH THE INORGANIC CHEMISTRY ONCE AGAIN NEW ACS EDITORS C eleBRATES 50 YEARS ACS JOURNALS RANK #1 ACS Publications Volume 5 • Issue 2 • Fall 2011 Scan the QR Code above A Newsletter For CoNtrIbutors to ACs JOURNALS pubs.acs.org to watch the video series Publishing Your Research 101: Expert Advice for Authors Paula Hammond, Associate Editor for ACS Nano, shares insights for authors in Episodes 2 and 3 of Publishing Your Research 101 ACS Publications Challenge Grab an iPad and Take the “Challenge” at Booth #1022! #1 71+ Million in 14 ISI Downloads Categories in 2010 1,819,631 4–6 Weeks Citations in 2010 Publication time for many journals Why I Read ACS Publications The high Impact Factors “& citation data of ACS Journals make them an essential part of my research activity. ” —Miriam Gillett-Kunnath, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana Most Trusted. Most Cited. Most Read. ACS Publications A Newsletter For CoNtrIbutors to ACs JOURNALS contentsFAl l 2011 9 ACS Synthetic Biology Christopher A. Voigt of MIT leads 12 the new journal from ACS Publishing Your Research 101: New ACS Publications Video Series 10 ACS Macro Letters Gives Authors Expert Advice Interview with Editors Timothy P. lodge of university of Minnesota and stuart J. rowan of Case western reserve university 11 ACS Combinatorial Science Interview with Editor-in-Chief M.G. Finn of the scripps research Institute Richard Eisenberg, Editor-in-Chief of Inorganic Chemistry 30 ACS On Campus Questions & Answers 4 JACS Selects the Best of Chemistry 18 Refine Your Literature Search with 28 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry CAS Sections Transitions to New Editors 5 Letter from the Editor 20 The Most-Cited Journals in the 29 At the One-Year Mark with JCED 6 ACS Letters Portfolio of Journals Chemical & Related Sciences Editor-in-Chief Joan F. Brennecke 7 Just Accepted Service 22 Lectureships at the 2011 ACS 32 Introducing JOCSynopses and Fall National Meeting Brief Communications 8 Interview with the Managing Editor of ACS Catalysis 23 New Deputy Editors for the 32 Rising Stars: I&ECR and ACS Nano Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 14 C&EN Mobile Now Available B, and C 33 JNP Announces Schwarting and and Free to Download! Beal Awards 24 Biochemistry Celebrates 50 14 ACS Mobile Now Available for Years of Publishing Cutting-Edge 33 CGD Network Hosts Crystal Android Phones Biochemical Research Growth & Design Paper of the Year Contest 14 Journal of Chemical Education 25 ES&T’s Best Papers High School Chemistry Day 34 Chemical Reviews Thematic Issues 25 JPR Celebrates 10 Years of 15 ACS National Meetings & Defining and Advancing 36 The International Year of Chemistry Expositions Proteomics 37 Organometallics Editor Looks to the 16 Inorganic Chemistry Celebrates 25 International Proteomics Past, the Future, and the Community 50 Years with a new Video Tutorial Program Series & Symposium 38 We Will All Be at ACS Booth #1022 26 C&EN Archives Research Case Study 39 ACS Publications Events in Denver JACS Selects the Best of Chemistry Administered by Journal of the American Chemical Society Editors, each collection includes 20 or more recent JACS publications that highlight or explain a central theme and provide synopses to help non-specialists better understand the published research. Selects Total Synthesis of Molecular Design of Molecular Modeling of Nucleic Acids: Expanding Biologically Active Thin Film Optoelectronic Complex Chemical Systems the Structural and Natural Products Materials for Solar Cells Editor: Donald G. Truhlar Functional Horizons Editor: William R. Roush JACEditor: Jeffreys S. Moore select ad Editor: Sidney M. Hecht Chemistry at the Nano-Bio Diverse Chemical Organocatalysis in Organic Harnessing Energy for a Interface Applications of Synthesis Sustainable World Editors: Thomas E. Mallouk N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Editor: Louis S. Hegedus Editors: John C. Crittenden and Peidong Yang Editor: William D. Jones and Henry S. White The Interface of Inorganic Supramolecular and Chemical Surface Patterning: More Visit the JACS Beta site at Chemistry and Biology Cascade Approaches to Than Just Scratching the pubs.acs.org/JACSbeta Editor: Stephen J. Lippard Molecular Sensing Surface today to view these Editor: Eric Anslyn Editor: Paul S. Cremer recent collections and listen to interviews with the editors. Follow JACS on Facebook or Twitter to be alerted when new collections are available. The Journal of the American Chemical SocietyComing (JACS) soon:, is the 2 flagshipnew JACS journal Selects! of the Join us at Sci-Mix atAmerican the Fall ACS Chemical National Society Meeting and in Denverthe most to findcited out journal what’s in new all ofon chemistry. JACS Beta The Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), is the flagship journal of the American Chemical Society and the most cited journal #1#1 369,164, 9.019 in all of chemistry, as reported in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports® Most Cited Journal Total Impact by Thomson Reuters (Thomson Reuters 2011). in Chemistry Citations Factor Letter from the Editor Welcome to the Fall 2011 Edition of Excellence, our twice-yearly print and online newsletter for the worldwide research community. Thanks to your contributions as authors and reviewers, and your continued trust in the research published by ACS, the journals of the ACS once again rank #1 in Impact Factor and/or total citations in all 7 chemistry categories and in 7 additional subject categories. Turn to page 20 for journal-by-journal details from the 2010 Journal Citation Reports® from Thomson Reuters. What You Told Us in Anaheim Did you complete our survey? More than 800 of your colleagues filled out the ACS Publications online survey at the 2011 ACS Spring National Meeting in Anaheim, California. Hundreds of attendees at other conferences in the past year, such as Pacifichem and EuCheMS, also completed this survey. The survey included a wide range of topics, from research behaviors to journal preferences. We sincerely thank all participants for taking the time to give us your valuable insights and feedback. One section of the survey focused on factors that influence an author’s choice of where to publish. Time to publication was a factor that ranked highly, and it is not by coincidence that the next pages of this newsletter describe the ACS Letters Portfolio, the journals with the fastest time to publication in their respective fields. Other highly ranked criteria include editors who are practicing researchers, a user-friendly manuscript submission system, journal reputation, Impact Factor, total citations, and world-wide distribution of published research. We will continue to analyze these survey results to help guide us in making further developments and enhancements for the most trusted, most cited, most read journals in chemistry and related disciplines. In addition to surveys, our ACS on Campus events (see page 30) have been great sources for feedback. One request we’ve heard at these events is that authors want advice to help them be more successful in publishing their research. The cover story on page 12 describes our response to that request: the Publishing Your Research 101 video series. Listening to the scientific community remains a top priority, and we invite you to stop by the ACS Publications booth #1022 to share your comments and find out what’s new from ACS Publications. While you’re at our booth, take a moment to test your knowledge of topics such as the ACS Web Editions platform, author benefits, and new journals like ACS Macro Letters (see page 10) and ACS Synthetic Biology (see page 9) by taking the “ACS Publications Challenge” at our iPad stations around the booth. Thank you again for your support of the journals of the ACS. ACS Publications Challenge Take the Challenge Joe Graham at Booth #1022 Editor, Excellence the ACs letters Portfolio of Journals • Publishing Cutting-Edge Results in Record Time • Maintaining the Highest Standards of Editorial Excellence • Giving Authors High Visibility and Broad Distribution The Fastest Time to Publication in Organic Chemistry Editor-in-Chief: Amos B. Smith, III University of Pennsylvania • The first ACS all-Letters format journal— introduced in June 1999 • Publishing brief reports on cutting-edge research, creative approaches, and innovative ideas in a broad range of organic chemistry research • Recording an Impact Factor of 5.250 • The highest-impact communications journal in Organic Chemistry for the past 10+ years pubs.acs.org/OL The Fastest Time to Publication in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology The Fastest Time to Publication in Polymer Science Co-Editor: A. Paul Alivisatos University of California Editor: Timothy P. Lodge Co-Editor: Charles M. Lieber University of Minnesota NEW IN Harvard University Deputy Editor: Stuart J. Rowan 2012! • Introduced in 2001 Case Western Reserve University • The most prestigious worldwide forum for • Now accepting submissions rapid communication of nanoscale research • Complementing Macromolecules, the most • Receiving an impressive Impact Factor cited journal in polymer science of 12.186 • Articles will have full citation with page • Publishing preliminary, experimental, and numbers when first published to the web theoretical results on the physical, chemical, and biological • Covering all areas of contemporary soft phenomena, along with processes and applications of structures matter science in which macromolecules play a key role, within the nanoscale range including nanotechnology, self-assembly, supramolecular pubs.acs.org/nanolett chemistry, biomaterials, energy generation and storage, and renewable/sustainable materials pubs.acs.org/macroletters Craig McLauchlan, Illinois State University 06 I choose to publish in ACS Publications because they are really well indexed and widely cited. ACs Journals Are Now even Faster: • Publishing Cutting-Edge Results in Record Time The Fastest Time to Publication • Maintaining the Highest Standards of Editorial Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry Just Accepted Service • Giving Authors High Visibility and Broad Distribution Now Available for Select ACS Publications Editor-in-Chief: Dennis C.