Editorial Cite This: Chem. Res. Toxicol. XXXX, XXX, XXX−XXX
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A New Editorial Team for CRT
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eginning in January 2018, CRT will have a new Editor-inChief, Professor Shana Sturla of ETH, Zürich. I am very happy that the ACS has selected her because she has superb qualifications. Her outstanding research career has encompassed not only traditional areas of strength for CRT, such as carcinogen and toxicant DNA interactions, but also the newer and rapidly developing areas of systems toxicology and computational approaches. I am certain that Professor Sturla will maintain the high quality of manuscripts in CRT that our readers have come to expect. I would like to thank the Associate Editors of CRT who have brought their outstanding expertise and unmatched dedication to the review process and are directly responsible for two of the journal’s key characteristicshigh quality and relatively rapid review times. The Associate Editors find the reviewers, read and evaluate the manuscript and its reviews, and make a final decision on acceptance, revision, or rejection. It is demanding work that is performed in addition to their “day jobs”. Professor Lisa Peterson has served the journal for 5 years, Professor Judy Bolton for 18 years, and Professor Fred Guengerich for 28 years. Special recognition goes to Professor Paul Hollenberg, a Founding Editor of the journal who has also been Features Editor and has served CRT for 31 years. The continuity in Associate Editors is certainly an important factor in CRT’s success. Special thanks goes to Maggie Martyr of the CRT journal office in Minnesota who has efficiently handled all technical aspects of the manuscript submission and review process. Maggie has also contributed immensely to the organization of the Division of Chemical Toxicology meetings, which occur every year at the Fall ACS National Meeting. I also thank Abigail Druck Shudofsky who writes the Spotlight section, which appears in each issue. She has been very efficient and punctual in finding significant and interesting papers and summarizing the data in a readable manner. Many people have asked me why this change is occurring. It was dictated by the ACS Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications, which in 2016 reviewed “the editorial health and progress of CRT”. They concluded that “greater geographic, gender, and topic diversity” would be healthy for the journal. We sincerely hope that CRT will continue in its place as the leading journal focusing on chemical mechanisms of toxicity and that the strong interaction between CRT and the Division of Chemical Toxicology will continue to prosper.
Views expressed in this editorial are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the ACS.
Stephen S. Hecht*
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Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00318 Chem. Res. Toxicol. XXXX, XXX, XXX−XXX
