Editorial pubs.acs.org/crt
Continuing Excellence for Chemical Research in Toxicology
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about which the author has expertise. As examples, they may introduce new ideas, propose original models, demonstrate imaginative correlations of data, or invoke controversy. Perspectives may contain an element of opinion. We are particularly interested in Perspectives that present statistical trends, for example, on the incidence of a particular disease over time, and address potential reasons for the change. If you have an idea for a Review or Perspective, please contact Paul Hollenberg. We also encourage Rapid Reports. This is a short manuscript type reserved for timely topics of unusual interest. The journal will make every effort to return a final decision within three weeks of receipt. When you have truly exciting data, you want to get it published as soon as possible. Rapid Reports will do this. See the journal Web site for more details on this manuscript type. Of course, we also want you to submit high quality Articles. The current environment is challenging and competitive for any journal. We are fortunate to be an American Chemical Society publication. Just one visit to the journal Web site will convince any reader of the continued superior quality of ACS journals. The features you will find there are truly outstanding, as is the processing and formatting of manuscripts. Funding for our research is increasingly difficult to obtain, whether we are in an academic, government, or industrial setting. We need to continue to attract younger investigators, students and postdoctoral fellows, to our field and our journal. So, please encourage your younger colleagues to visit the Web site, read the journal, and submit their work here. We particularly welcome papers written by newcomers to the field. We promise rapid and fair reviews. As we begin this new journey in the next phase of CRT’s development, let us all work together to keep it at the very top of its field.
he founding Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Research in Toxicology, Professor Lawrence J. Marnett, has made a superb and lasting contribution to the field with his stewardship of this journal for the past 25 years. In the mid 1980s, he was perceptive enough to visualize a new journal devoted to chemical aspects of toxicology, a critically important research area that was not the focus of any other periodical. The fact that this journal has thrived and is today a recognized leader in its field can be attributed to Marnett’s remarkable vision, ambition, and extraordinary dedication. We are all indebted to him for stimulating quality research in chemical toxicology with this premier journal. As the new Editor-in-Chief, I feel challenged to maintain his high standard and to keep CRT at the top of its field. I am encouraged every time I visit the journal Web site and scan the current “Articles as Soon as Publishable” list. The papers that I see there are interesting and uniformly of high quality. I want to read them all! Professor Marnett assembled an outstanding team of Associate Editors. Professor Paul Hollenberg, the current features editor, was a cofounding editor who helped nurture the newborn journal. Professors Fred Guengerich (24 years of service), Judy Bolton (12 years), and Chris Bradfield (10 years) have also contributed mightily, along with the editorial staff at Vanderbilt, Carol Rouzer, writer of the “Spotlight” and “In This Issue” features, and Stephen Doster, who coordinates all reviews and other administrative activities. Fortunately, Professors Guengerich, Bolton, and Hollenberg will continue as Associate Editors, along with Professor Lisa Peterson. The journal office will move to the University of Minnesota. When Professor Marnett was asked about his future vision for the journal, he responded, “advancing the understanding of the impact of chemical and biological agents on human health.” I agree completely with this broad vision, recognizing that it does depart somewhat form the original goal of the journal as it is far more expansive. We are seeking quality, hypothesis-driven studies on all aspects of research on mechanisms of toxicity and related phenomena. The journal has traditional strength in chemical aspects of toxicology. We hope to maintain that strength but also want to broaden our scope. Please send us your best papers, remembering how important it is to reach an interested audience, those who actually visit the Web site and read this journal regularly, rather than just doing a keyword search for their favorite topic. In addition to our traditional areas, we encourage manuscripts in related research domains such as chemical genetics, systems toxicology, computational toxicology, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, exposomics, nanotoxicology, epigenetics, microbial chemistry, signal transduction, receptor biochemistry, apoptosis and autophagy, and developmental toxicology, among others. We encourage our readers to submit reviews and perspectives. Reviews can focus on recent results and can be relatively short, starting with a quick overview of the field and some critical references, then delving more deeply into recent developments, or they can be more lengthy reviews of a particular field. Perspectives are discussions of particular issues © 2013 American Chemical Society
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Stephen S. Hecht, Editor-in-Chief
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Published: January 18, 2013 1
dx.doi.org/10.1021/tx300497e | Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2013, 26, 1−1
