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Editor the editor >>> Joe Graham design Juana Merlo Welcome to the Spring 2013 issue ACS Publications Team Contributors of the ACS Excellence magazine. Sean Abell, J’Nai Baylor, Andrew Clinton, Allison Curis, Greetings to ACS journal authors, reviewers, and readers at the Spring ACS National Renée John, Tara Pritchett, Meeting in New Orleans, the Korean Chemical Society Meeting in Seoul, and the Sara Rouhi, Liesa Ross, many other conferences around the world at which print copies are distributed, & Amanda Clark. along with the increasing number of researchers who read this magazine online. Writers Eric Graber, Katharine Sanderson The big story of this 2013 issue is the introduction of ACS ChemWorx, the new & Frances Erlebacher research management and storage system; see page 12. Or better yet, go directly to Questions or comments for the Editor www.acschemworx.org now and experience this free, all-in-one tool for faster, more [email protected] efficient research, collaboration, and publishing. ACS Excellence also welcomes several new ACS journal Editors, all of whom are active researchers and distinguished leaders in their respective fields, able to give your important research the attention it deserves. To help the worldwide author community understand what our Editors are looking Why Authors for in the papers they receive, ACS Editors continue to travel extensively, particu- Choose to Publish larly in Asia, meeting with researchers and giving technical talks. See page 20 to learn about our recent ACS Editor delegation to India. And on page 18 you can meet with ACS Norah Xiao, ACS manager for editorial development in Asia. ACS is also looking for new ways to help younger researchers learn how to navi- Rapid Publication – submission gate the publication process. Our ACS on Campus events, designed especially to Web publication in 4 to 6 weeks for graduate students, continue at institutions throughout the US, Europe, Asia, for ACS Letters journals. and Latin America. We also invite researchers of all ages to stop by the ACS No Publication Charges—no Publications booth to try our new iPad Challenge 2.0, which tests your knowl- author fees for pages, color, edge of how to publish a paper and essential ACS resources such as the Publish- submission, or cover art. ing Your Research 101 video series and The ACS Style Guide (now available online – see page 9). Highest Editorial Standards— Finally, we thank our ACS authors and reviewers. Your contributions have made fast and informed peer review ACS journals the most trusted, most cited, most read journals—#1 in citations process by Editors who are and/or Impact Factor in all 7 chemistry categories and 9 additional subject catego- distinguished, active researchers. ries (see page 30). Broad Dissemination—research- Sincerely, ers at over 5,000 institutions worldwide will have access to your published research. Joe Graham Editor, ACS Excellence Open Access with ACS Author- Choice—immediate unrestricted Web access for a one-time payment. editorial excellence >>>
Interview with Interview with the New Editor the New Editor-in- -in-Chief of Chief of Chemical Inorganic Chemistry Research in William B. Tolman is the Distin- Toxicology guished McKnight University Stephen S. Hecht is the Winston Professor and Department of R. and Maxine H. Wallin Land Chemistry Chair at the University Grant Professor of Cancer Pre- of Minnesota and the Editor-in- vention and American Cancer Chief of Inorganic Chemistry, William B. Tolman Society Professor at the Masonic the most cited journal in the field. “We need to reach Cancer Center at the University Q: What are your future plans as Editor of Minnesota. He was recently -in-Chief of Inorganic Chemistry? out to younger people appointed as the new Editor-in- WT: We need to reach out to younger and capture their Chief of Chemical Research people and capture their imagination and their creativity going forward. We imagination and in Toxicology. need to reach out to the international their creativity Q: Why did you want to be Editor-in-Chief audience and draw more of those folks of Chemical Research in Toxicology? in as authors, reviewers, and readers of going forward.” SH: Being Editor-in-Chief of your favorite our journal. I think the way we do this is journal is very exciting and a great opportu- through bringing greater international gets me feeling good about what I am do- nity. I want to see the journal flourish, presence into our editorial advisory board, ing, because at the end of the day it is the I think there is great research being pub- and we need to have a stronger presence training of other people that is at the heart lished there that is interesting, relevant, and in social media to bring in the younger of what I do as an academic chemist. important, and I want to see that continue. community of inorganic chemists. Q: What’s the best advice anyone ever Q: What do you find most important about Q: How does the journal serve authors gave you? being an active researcher in your role and the community? WT: To enjoy what you are doing, to have as Editor-in-Chief? WT: The journal serves authors and the fun with it. When things get rough and SH: It is very important to be active in community in a number of different ways. things do not go your way, if you are really research in order to be a successful editor. Not only through our normal articles, but having fun with it and it is something you As an active researcher, you are always also through forums which are wonderful really care and are passionate about, you looking at new techniques and new collections of articles focused on a very will be able to solve those problems and developments, you are going to meetings. specific topic that usually have a guest meet those challenges the best. You are talking to other researchers in the editor. We also do it through virtual issues Q: What are the current challenges facing field. You are continually trying to keep where we collect articles from a variety researchers in your field? up with the literature, and at the same of different time points on a selected time, looking at the results in your own WT: Probably the greatest challenge facing topic. They are particularly useful for lab and trying to fit these into the bigger humanity right now is the energy problem. teaching purposes where you can assign picture. It is the same thing with publish- This is going to be, I think, the challenging a subset of articles on a topic to a group ing. You have to be on the top of the latest problem going forward into the future and of students. trends and see where the field is going. our field is at the center of it. Q: What’s the achievement you’re most Q: What is your vision for the future proud of? Visit the journal homepage and view of the journal? the video interview at pubs.acs.org/ic WT: When I find out that a postdoc of mine SH: I think we have to broaden our ap- has gotten a new job or has been promoted proach to include more biology. All biology or has gotten an award. That’s what really is based on chemistry so we can’t just stick
4 / The ACS Publications Magazine Interview with the Editor-in-Chief of Chemistry of Materials Leonard V. Interrante is a Pro- fessor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department Stephen S. Hecht of Chemistry and Chemical Leonard V. Interrante Biology. He is the founding Q: How has the field of materials science “You have to be Editor-in-Chief of Chemistry changed since the journal was introduced? on the top of the of Materials and is pleased LI: There is a greater recognition of the latest trends and to see the journal celebrate its central role of ‘chemistry’ as a source 25th year of publication in 2013. of new materials, as well as in the see where the processing and application of known Q: What have been the greatest successes for materials. Research in materials science field is going.” Chemistry of Materials in the last 25 years? has also grown enormously in interest LI: The journal has grown from a small and activity among chemists and other to papers that have an emphasis on bimonthly journal in its first year with- scientists worldwide. chemical characterization. That is impor- out a coherent, well-established, scien- Q: What are the current challenges facing tant and that is our niche, but we have to tific base to the flagship journal of a field broaden that to include hypothesis driven materials science researchers? mechanistic studies that are biologically based, but may not have such an obvious chemical interface. “Materials chemistry has become Q: What areas of research are you most interested? a pre-eminent area of research SH: I am most excited about the chemical within both chemistry and aspects of carcinogenesis. That is my area. How does cancer develop from exposure materials science.” to chemicals? How do chemicals undergo that encompasses thousands of scien- LI: A big challenge is distinguishing what metabolism to be converted to entities tists who consider themselves part of is really significant among the flood of re- that can react with DNA and other cellular an international “materials chemistry” ports that appear in this field and to make constituents? That to me is very exciting, community. In 2011 we published 673 effective use of this knowledge to advance very satisfying, and very challenging. papers in 24 issues and had the highest materials technology in its many diverse Watch the video interview with Stephen Impact Factor, 7.286, and number of areas, such as development of advanced Hecht at pubs.acs.org/crt citations, at nearly 70,000, in our history. batteries, fuel and solar cells, new struc- tural, magnetic, electronic materials, and Q: What have been the greatest challenges improved processing methods for exist- for CM in the last 25 years? ing materials. LI: A major objective has been to highlight Q: How has being an active researcher the key role of chemistry in materials sci- helped you in your role as Editor-in-Chief? ence. In 1989, materials chemistry was not a well-recognized subdiscipline of chem- LI: I cannot imagine doing the job of an istry. A key challenge was to effectively EIC effectively without the background unify, under the umbrella of “materials and research experience needed to evalu- chemistry”, such traditionally separate ate papers and people for the Editorial areas of research as polymer, inorganic, Board and Associate Editor positions, and composite materials. Now materials considering the wide range of subject chemistry has become a pre-eminent area areas within this field. of research within both chemistry and Visit the journal homepage at materials science. pubs.acs.org/cm
Editorial Excellence / 5 Nobel Prize at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology Goes to Longtime ACS Authors ACS Publications congratulates long-time ACS authors Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka on winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). These receptors allow cells in the body to sense and respond to outside signals and are the target for several commonly prescribed prescription drugs including beta blockers, antihistamines, and antidepressants. Said Lefkowitz during his speech at the Nobel banquet, “our work lies at the ever-growing interface of chemistry and biology, a field generally referred to as biochemistry or biological chemistry, which is the chemistry of living things. In this context, it is of note that Brian and I both began our careers as physicians, and have ultimately trav- eled a long road to ever more fundamental research, one which has View articles published by Drs. Lefkowitz and Kobilka from ACS Journals at now led us to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.” pubs.acs.org/page/Nobel2012
SR: The first and most important is how Interview with quickly the polymer community started to buy into the journal. We had more Deputy Editor of than twice the number of submissions ACS Macro Letters than we expected! The other surprise has been just how fast Stuart J. Rowan is a Full Professor ACS journal production staff is getting in Macromolecular Science and the galley proofs to the authors and then Engineering and also holds adjunct putting the paper on the web. We are appointments in both Biomedical currently averaging around 3-4 weeks Engineering and Chemistry at Case from when a manuscript first arrives in Stuart J. Rowan my office until first decision and seven Western Reserve University. In total weeks from submission until the addition, Dr. Rowan serves as a Re- comments from our authors. The other highlight has been working with the other accepted paper is published on the web search Scientist at the Louis Stokes editors of ACS Macro Letters. It’s a great with page numbers! Cleveland VA Medical Center and is team and it has been just fantastic work- Q: What’s the best advice for authors look- currently the faculty chair of the new ing with all of them. ing to publish in ACS Macro Letters? Institute for Advanced Materials. He Q: What are your thoughts on the future SR: We are a communications journal, is the Deputy Editor of ACS Macro of ACS Macro Letters? so what the author needs to do, both in Letters, offering the fastest time to SR: I see the Journal’s momentum only their cover letter and throughout their publication in polymer science. gaining speed. ACS Publications have manuscript, is to really highlight what is new about this particular paper, what Q: It’s been a year since the introduction been very supportive, as evidenced by our journal outreach and the commit- is the key new aspect, and why there is of ACS Macro Letters. What has been the some urgency to getting this published. biggest highlight? ment from the ACS to add another Associate Editor (Rachel Segalman) Watch the video interview with Stuart SR: A major highlight has been the in the middle of our first year. So I am Rowan to learn more about his background response that I get from researchers who really excited about the future. in chemistry and the best advice he’s have published in ACS Macro Letters. I ever received as a researcher at have had so many great and supportive Q: Have there been any surprises along the way? pubs.acs.org/macroletters
6 / The ACS Publications Magazine CONGRATULATIONS PETER J. STANG RECIPIENT OF THE PRIESTLEY MEDAL
ACS Publications congratulates Peter J. Stang, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah. The ACS’s most prestigious honor, the Priestley Medal, will be awarded to Professor Stang in 2013 “for his preeminence in organic chemistry and pioneering of abiological self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry using the directional bonding approach.” In 2012, Professor Stang was a recipient of the National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Government on a scientist or engineer.
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Synthetic Biology: Research Bio-Design Automation Perspectives from China "This issue highlights "Synthetic Biology has attract- a number of computational ed attention from the public, approaches that government, and academic begin to pave the path for sectors alike in China in recent the creation of computa- years. It holds the promise tional software tools that to solve pressing problems respond directly to the need in Chinese society, such as of synthetic biologists. These the increasing demand on include entire computational petroleum, and also piques workflows, tools for simulat- curiosity regarding new life ing Multicellular systems, forms and the ability to and algorithms for assigning manipulate lives. In this spe- physical DNA parts to func- cial issue, you will see some tional descriptions." of the most recent develop- ments in Chinese synthetic —Guest Editor: biology research." Douglas Densmore, Boston University —Guest Editor: Guo-Qiang Chen, Tsinghua University
Engineered Microbes for Synthetic Biology Therapeutic Applications for Strain Development "As synthetic biologists, "Microorganisms can be we share a focus on the used as factories for the bio- construction of new genetic based production of chemi- elements or circuitry in living cals and materials. However, cells, whether at the level of microorganisms isolated large-scale synthesis efforts from nature are in most or the forward engineering cases not capable of produc- of relatively small networks. ing our desired bioproducts In this issue, we highlight at high enough efficiencies. methods and approaches This is where metabolic that will help to catalyze the engineering and synthetic transition from basic science biology come into play. to applications." This special issue puts to- —Guest Editor: gether contributions by lead- Jeff Hasty, University ing scientists and engineers of California, San Diego to share the strategies and approaches that can be taken to develop efficient strains." —Guest Editor: Sang Yup Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
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Sarah Tegen, Ph.D., has had her share of sleepless nights as Director of ACS Editorial Operations, but it’s nothing compared to her former life as a researcher. “I remember spending most of my evenings under the tissue culture hood, making cell extracts and monitoring time-course experiments,” she recalls. “When it’s 3 AM, and you’re still in the lab, there’s a tendency to panic: When am I going to have time to analyze these data, or turn this into a paper? We used to joke about needing a magic wand—something to take the time and effort out of publishing our research.” Today, that joke might need a new punch line. ACS Publications recently debuted ACS ChemWorx—the world’s first research management and storage system customized for researchers in the chemical and related sciences, and the first solution to combine reference discovery and management, professional networking, group and task management, and manuscript preparation in a single, secure location. While there’s no magic involved, the solution’s objective is unprec- Publish edented: to effectively conquer three of the faster, by citing references without job functions that most frequently cause problems for scientific researchers—docu- leaving MS Word or LaTex, and track mentation, collaboration, and publishing. citations to any of your published articles. Once you're ready to submit a manuscript to ACS Publications for consideration, you can track your progress in the ACS ChemWorx Publishing Center.
chemworx: research and rescue / 13 each tool addressing only a single task. To be successful, ACS Chem- Worx would have to bring all of those tasks together, managing them holistically in one place, with a single sign-on. This was, by far, the biggest chal- lenge for Tegen and her collabora-
Nicholas B. Tito, Graduate Student, Dartmouth tors. Yet drawing on the knowledge of ACS—an organization that publishes thousands of peer-reviewed articles each “Everyone year—they felt singularly seemed to have qualified to sketch the con- the same story—‘I want tours of a better “publica-
to be at the bench doing tion support” process. experiments, not figuring “This is where we out how to send my reference believed we could library and PDFs to my really leave our mark,” Judy Chen, Product Manager, ACS Publications Editorial Operations advisor without going explains Tegen. “Not just over my email interacting with authors storage limits.” after they’re ready to submit, In fact, it was dissatisfaction and frustration from an overbur- but helping them beforehand, dened research community that sparked the initial development and throughout the entire pro- of ACS ChemWorx. cess, so that they’ll have the best “We started in earnest during the 2010 ACS Summer Institute, chance of getting published in an ACS journal.” our annual weeklong focus group with chemistry grad students Over the following months, the ACS team outfitted the colwiz and postdocs,” explains Tegen. “It was striking: Everyone seemed platform with enhanced functionality, customized for researchers to have the same story—‘I want to be at the bench doing experi- in the chemical and related sciences. The ACS ChemWorx beta ments, not figuring out how to send my reference library and test, which concluded in late January, garnered a multitude PDFs to my advisor without going over my email storage limits.’ of positive reviews, as well as widespread excitement for the Technology was the problem. Students needed a way to take the public launch. pains out of managing their research, so that they could get back “As a graduate student, I'm excited by ACS ChemWorx as a new to being scientists.” ‘all-in-one’ tool to talk and collaborate with other young chemists, Almost immediately, the cross-divisional ACS team began to have access to my library of references anywhere in the world, conceptualizing potential solutions and drafting requirements. and to coordinate classes and labs in the future,” says Nicholas B. Their first significant breakthrough, however, didn’t come until Tito, a Ph.D. candidate in physical chemistry at Dartmouth. “It’s the spring of 2011, when the team met colwiz—a budding a future-thinking ensemble of online tools which anticipates the tech startup launched by Oxford University scientists, with direction that ‘doing science’ will go in the 21st century.” an exceptionally organized software platform. “This really appears to be the perfect solution for most research- “We’d been listening closely to researchers’ needs, taking their ers,” agrees ACS ChemWorx product manager and physical requests to heart: simplicity, cohesion, integration,” remembers chemist Judy Chen, Ph.D. “It allows them to highlight, annotate, Tegen. “And then here’s this colwiz research software and search documents quickly and easily with direct access to that does exactly what we need—a solution for orga- ACS Publications, and it speeds up collaboration with their col- nizing the multiple aspects of the research lifecycle.” leagues—scattered across the globe—through shared reference Of course, the colwiz technology libraries, calendars, and events.” wasn’t complete on its own. Case In addition, ACS ChemWorx helps users auto-format and insert in point: researchers use dozens citations, and generate bibliographies. Users can even track of different tools to manage their submitted ACS manuscripts in the ACS ChemWorx their workflow—with Publishing Center. “One of the features I’m personally most excited about is the integration of ActiveView PDF,” says ACS marketing manager
14 / The ACS Publications Magazine and ACS ChemWorx team member Jamie Liu. “ACS ChemWorx users can open a PDF, annotate it on the spot, and then save the edited PDF (with all its annotations and metadata) right into “We need the reference library in one click.” community input, In addition, Liu notes her team’s enthusiasm for ACS ChemWorx productivity features—including the ability to manage lab calendars, events, and any number of because the goal group activities on a single screen. of ACS ChemWorx One other feature that’s creating its share of buzz around the ACS water coolers is ACS ChemWorx Drive: a place for researchers to store all their has always been files together with their refer- ence libraries, so that all of community the information about “This is where we a project is contained believed we could really enhancement.” in a single file structure. leave our mark.Not just “We talk about a lot interacting with authors after of great features, they’re ready to submit, but helping but the best feature them beforehand, and throughout of ACS ChemWorx is that it’s constantly the entire process, so that evolving,” says Liu. they’ll have the best chance “We’re urging research- of getting published ers everywhere to go try- in an ACS journal.” out the platform and send us their ideas for additional functionality. We need commu- nity input, because the goal of ACS ChemWorx has always been community enhancement.” With that goal in mind, it was critical to Tegen, Liu, and the rest of the ACS ChemWorx team that their basic product be (and remain) a free tool that benefits researchers everywhere. At the same time, power users will have the ability to pay for premium features and storage space.
Sarah Tegen, Director, “Ultimately, this is about helping our scientists be successful— ACS Publications Editorial Operations with faster, more efficient research, collaboration, and publish- ing,” concludes Tegen. “It’s no secret that success in science depends on peer-reviewed publishing. And we’re very fortunate at ACS to have the world’s best scientists turn to us for trusted information, great customer service, and visibility.” Tegen flashes a smile and says: “I remember the first time I wrote a manuscript—sitting there with a blank computer screen, trying to figure out where to begin. I would have given my right arm for something like ACS ChemWorx. Maybe I could have even gotten some sleep.” Try ACS ChemWorx for free at www.acschemworx.org
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Analytical Chemistry Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Sweedler with researchers New Editorial from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Activity in Asia Academy of Sciences. Since July 2012, Norah Xiao has served as Manager for Editorial Development in Asia at ACS Publications. Q: Tell us about your role at ACS Publica- tions. NX: It’s my honor and privilege to build strategic alliances and strengthen ACS Publications’ relationships with Asian scientists, research institutions, and professional associations. Stronger relationships between ACS Publications and Asia will not only benefit Asian and American scientists, but also the world by improving the global communication of important research originating in Asia. A Message from Norah Xiao to Chinese Researchers
Q: What are your key objectives right now? it’s no substitute for face-to-face visits. I’ve Q: What were some of the highlights already made two trips to Asia since joining of this trip? NX: I intend to… ACS Publications and plan to take many NX: During the course of the trip, two new more in order to visit key scientists and re- • Strengthen the bonds between Asian Editorial Advisory Board Members, Prof. search institutions, attend conferences, and researchers and ACS Publications. Huwei Liu from Peking University and organize and administrate ACS Publica- Prof. Hanfa Zhou from Institute of Chemi- • Help and encourage Asian researchers tions events throughout Asia. to publish their important findings in cal Physics, and one new Associate Editor ACS Journals. Q: Tell us about some of your recent were identified forAnalytical Chemistry. activities in Asia. In addition, one new Associate Editor, • Increase Asian representation on the Prof. Chunhai Fan from Shanghai Insti- NX: In September, I accompanied Prof. Editorial Boards of all ACS Journals. tute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy Jonathan Sweedler, the new Editor-in- of Sciences, and two Editorial Advisory • Identify opportunities to partner with Chief for Analytical Chemistry, on his Board Members, Prof. Deqing Zhang from key Asian scientific societies on proj- first editorial development trip to China. Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy ects to support and advance global It was also my first trip to Asia in my new of Sciences and Prof. Jian Pei from Peking research needs, including the develop- ACS Publications capacity. We visited top University, were identified forACS Applied ment of new journals. research institutions in China, includ- Materials & Interfaces. I welcome them all Q: How do you plan to meet your objectives? ing the Institute of Chemistry Chinese to ACS Publications and look forward to Academy of Sciences, Peking University, NX: While telecommunications has made it working with them to build manuscript and Tsinghua University. easy to correspond with Asian colleagues, submissions from China.
18 / The ACS Publications Magazine Caption: Analytical Chemistry Editor-in- Chief Jonathan Sweedler with newly ap- pointed Editorial Advisory Board Member Huwei Liu at Peking University.
Norah Xiao Q: Which Asian conferences have you attended? NX: I’ve attended several, including the US-China Analytical Chemistry Workshop and the 6th Asian Biological Caption: Analytical Chemistry Editor-in- Inorganic Chemistry Conference. During Chief Jonathan Sweedler participates in the Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry a discussion with researchers from Peking University. Conference, I worked with ACS market- ing colleagues to sponsor two poster awards. Many congratulations to our winners Mr. Atsutoshi Yokoyama from Ewha Womans University and Ms. Yau- Tse Angel Lai from the University of Hong Kong. Q: What’s next on your agenda? NX: Many things. I’m planning to attend a number of Asian conferences and meetings, including the National Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan, from March 22 – 25, 2013, in Kyoto, and the Korean Chemical Society’s National Con- ference, from April 17 – 19, 2013, in Seoul. If anyone who is planning to be there would like to meet with me to discuss opportunities to collaborate with ACS Publications, please contact me before- hand so we can set up a meeting time. “Stronger relationships between Attention Asian Scientists! ACS Publications and Asia will If you’re interested in partnering not only benefit Asian and Ameri- with ACS Publications, Norah can scientists, but also the world Xiao wants to hear from you! by improving the global commu- Contact her phone: +1-202-872-7882 nication of important research e-mail at: [email protected] originating in Asia.”
global / 19 ACS Editors in India: Nurturing the next chemical giant.
India’s desire to solve its own problems with homegrown technologies is producing world-class research. ACS hopes to continue to be a leading choice to publish it. During a recent visit to the country, ACS and Indian chemists find there is much they can learn from each other.
They sit on opposite sides of the globe, yet India and the Unites States of America are strengthening their chemistry connection apace. In October 2012, a lorry-load of American Chemical Society editors and staff arrived in India for a furiously-paced tour of the country’s chemistry research institutes. The reason? To gauge the temperature of chemical research in India, to meet researchers face to face, and give advice to potential journal article authors — all in the hope that stron- ger links between the two countries could be forged. That isn’t to say that India wasn’t already on ACS’s radar. There is a rich history of chemis- try in India, brought home by the delegation’s visit to the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences (IACS) in Kolkata, which Susan King, senior vice president of the ACS Journals Publishing Group and part of the delegation, describes as “a unique honor in a journey that visited leading Indian academic and research centers”. This institution, the home of the Raman Spectrometer, was recognized by the ACS as an International Chemical Landmark way back in 1998. More recently, the number of submissions to ACS journals from India continues to rise. In 2011 alone ACS journals published over 1,000 articles from Indian researchers. Anirban Mahapatra, from the ACS Journals Publishing Group, who helped to organize the trip, says that manuscript submissions from Indian institutions to ACS journals have grown faster than submissions from many other countries. Mahapatra puts this down in part to govern- ment investment in science and technology in India. “The size of technical output from India has doubled in recent years,” he says. “We’re looking at major growth in terms of sci- ence and published research.” There’s no better time to get involved with Indian scientists, and ACS journals hope to offer the right venues to publish their research.
20 / The ACS Publications Magazine ACS Editors in India: Nurturing the next chemical giant. By Katharine Sanderson
The ACS editorial team in front of Faculty Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
ACS editors in india / 21 “The size of technical output from India has doubled in recent years. We’re looking at major growth in terms of science and published research.”
O R1 The delegation of 12 editors and 3 ACS staff members had two 1 weeks to tour the country and managed to visit 13 institutions O R in 7 different cities. While they were there, their workshops and seminars were attended by some 3,000 local scientists. R2 HO COOR One of those institutes was the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pune, which the delegation visited towards the end of a long and OR 2 O R 1 action-packed trip. “They were literally exhausted but they had an R excellent time at NCL Pune,” says Rahul Banerjee, a crystallographer O from NCL who helped organize the ACS on Campus event. “The scientific discussion was extraordinary,” he adds. 2 R Banerjee says that it was crucial for journal editors to visit Indian researchers in their own research environment, so that those editors can appreciate better what kind of facilities and resources Indian chemists have available to them. Often article referees or journal editors ask for extra experiments to be done. Having editors see what is possible in person will help them know under what conditions authors conduct research, he says. Robin Rogers, Editor-in-Chief of Crystal Growth & Design, agrees. “You really need to go and experience the science in the context of the culture of India in order to develop a really strong appreciation of the people and what they are really accomplishing there,” he says. “I am continually impressed with the level of science in India and what’s happening in the country in terms of the growth of people, resources, and in understanding of the importance of science to the Indian economy.” Many of the 3,000 researchers that greeted the ACS team were stu- dents, who now have a better idea about what it means to publish in ACS journals, and how to go about it. “We want them to submit their work and we want them to feel comfortable about it,” says Mahapatra. According to Banerjee, this personal advice is invalu- able for young researchers. “ACS Editors talked about when and where to publish a result and how to write a cover letter,” he says. Of course, all this information, including the scope of each jour- nal, is available online, but the personal touch is special. “It is very true that researchers often don’t read the scope of journals,” says Banerjee. “When you hear from a person involved in the journal it’s completely different.” The ACS editors were also able to give Indian students a flavor of life in a US lab and a chance to discuss research ideas. “Students in Over 500 participants gathered at the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune for the first ACS On Campus event in India.
22 / The ACS Publications Magazine 1ST EVER IMPACT FACTOR: 3.355
EDITOR DENNIS 6 WEEKS ARTICLE IN CHIEF SUBMISSION GROWTH C. LIOTTA TO PUBLICATION SPEED IN 2011 67%
Follow the journal today at pubs.acs.org/r/follow Introduced in 2010, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters recorded its first ever Impact Factor in 2011 of 3.355* ranking it #12 among all journals in Medicinal Chemistry and first among its competitors. The journal publishes brief communications on experimental or theoretical results of exceptional timeliness in all aspects of medicinal chemistry (pure and applied) and its extension into pharmacology.
*As reported in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports® by Thomson Reuters. Editors interacted with students and researchers at thirteen institutions in seven different cities
India want to know life in another country, they’d like to get a feel of a different culture,” he says. “But people are very much willing to come back.” There is a strong sense of community among Indian chemists. “Scientists are well aware of trends in their field and in the country even outside their respective fields; the Indian scientific community is well integrated,” Mahapatra says. The desire to investigate science and technologies for local needs is very apparent in India: “I had long recognized India as a power- house for chemistry research through the scale of investment in R&D, the sheer size of manpower, and the breadth of chemistry covered in articles from labs in India,” says King. “My impression was reinforced in this visit when I observed the commitment of chemists in academia to give back to the community writ large through both their research and their outreach to schools.”Many of the projects the ACS team learned about had direct local applications, King says. Projects including investigating solar power and fuel cells to meet the country’s growing energy needs or developing pheromones to provide India’s farmers with an “India is trying to ecological and economical solution to pest control. By meeting with swathes of keen chemists, ACS benefits from grow,” says Banerjee. more than just a rise in manuscripts. There has also been a boost to the number of Indian researchers appointed to editorial “We would really like advisory boards since the October visit, says King. Mahapatra notes that as a direct follow-up to this recent visit, to have ACS with us”. more trips have already been planned. “Outreach is a continuous activity,” he says. Banerjee agrees and is hopeful that ACS’s links with India will continue to grow. “I hope they keep on doing these trips every year,” he says.
24 / The ACS Publications Magazine The Most Cited Journal in Chemistry 408,307 Citations
2011 Editor Peter IMpact articles J. Stang Factor 9.907 published 3,176
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Edcritosswrialo Exrdcelles puzzncele / 29 The Most-Cited Journals in the Chemical & Related Sciences Overall, ACS Publications received more than 2 million total citations in 2011, posted a #1 ranking in 16 subject categories in either Impact Factor and/or total citations, and had 16 journals with an Impact Factor of 5 or greater. There is only one choice for staying current with the published research in your field, and that is the publisher with more #1 rankings than any other publisher in the chemical and related sciences, including all 7 chemistry categories as reported in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports® (from Thomson Reuters, 2012).
Accounts of ACS Applied Materials Chemical Research & Interfaces ACS Chemical Biology 39,664 Citations 4,646 Citations 2,681 Citations
IMpact IMpact IMpact Factor 21.640 Factor 4.525 Factor 6.446
ACS Chemical ACS Medicinal Neuroscience Chemistry Letters ACS Nano Analytical Chemistry 310 Citations 511 Citations 22,409 Citations 95,262 Citations IMpact IMpact IMpact IMpact #1 Factor Factor Factor Factor analytical 3.676 3.355 11.421 5.856 chemistry
Biochemistry Bioconjugate Chemistry Biomacromolecules 92,130 Citations 13,657 Citations 21,280 Citations
IMpact IMpact IMpact Factor 3.422 Factor 4.930 Factor 5.479
Chemistry of Materials Chemical Research Chemical Reviews Crystal Growth & Design of Toxicology 69,926 Citations 10,444 Citations 103,702 Citations 19,082 Citations
IMpact IMpact IMpact IMpact Factor 7.286 Factor 3.779 Factor 40.197 #1 Factor 4.720 Multidisciplinary chemistry
Energy & Fuels Environmental Science Industrial Engineering & Technology & Chemistry Research 15,619 Citations 82,897 Citations 34,547 Citations
IMpact IMpact IMpact Factor 2.721 Factor 5.228 #1 #1 Factor 2.237 #1 environmental environmental chemical engineering sciences engineering
Journal of Agricultural Journal of the American Inorganic Chemistry & Food Chemistry Chemical Society 82,190 Citations 71,104 Citations 408,307 Citations
IMpact IMpact IMpact Factor 4.601 #1 Factor 2.823 #1 #1 #1 Factor 9.907 inorganic #1 Multidisciplinary Applied food science & multidisciplinary chemistry agriculture chemistry technology chemistry
2011 Total See more on the 2011 results for Citations 2,000,000+ ACS Publications at pubs.acs.org/r/jcr Journal of Journal of Chemical & Chemical Education Engineering Data 6,089 Citations 13,268 Citations
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Journal of Chemical and Journal of Chemical Journal of Information Modeling Theory and Computation Medicinal Chemistry 11,209 Citations 8,327 Citations 56,481 Citations IMpact #1 IMpact IMpact #1 Factor 4.675 computer science, Factor 5.215 Factor 5.248 medicinal interdisciplinary chemistry applications
Journal of The Journal of The Journal of Physical Natural Products Organic Chemistry Chemistry A 18,661 Citations 98,614 Citations 53,462 Citations IMpact IMpact #1 IMpact Factor 3.128 Factor 4.450 organic Factor 2.946 chemistry
The Journal of Physical The Journal of Physical The Journal of Physical Journal of Chemistry B Chemistry C Chemistry Letters Proteome Research 118,812 Citations 60,782 Citations 4,695 Citations 16,282 Citations IMpact #1 IMpact IMpact IMpact physical #1 Factor 3.696 Factor 4.805 Factor 6.213 physics, atomic, Factor 5.113 chemistry molecular & chemical
Langmuir Macromolecules Molecular Pharmaceutics 103,776 Citations 93,776 Citations 4,416 Citations
IMpact IMpact IMpact #1 Factor 5.167 #1 Factor 4.782 Factor 4.186 materials science, polymer science multidisciplinary
Nano Letters Organic Letters Organic Process Organometallics Research & Development 75,287 Citations 68,838 Citations 3,609 Citations 39,562 Citations
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