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indicates that numerous European policy-makers support this shift, though some of the scientists who are impacted by this directional change have publicly voiced their concerns about the perceived impact of the proposed policy on academic freedom, as well as the potential career limitations that they and their students may face should the planned change be enacted. 4 Undoubtedly, this announcement will spur continued vigorous debate about how to best ensure a vibrant global scientific research community while continuing public, private, and philanthropic support for research. It remains to be seen what impact the announcement will have on scientific and scholarly publishing. ACS Catalysis is a hybrid journal that provides authors the choice and ability to publish open access, as do all other journals in the ACS portfolio. Regardless of how the global scientific publishing landscape evolves in the future, I wish to clearly state that no editorial changes, such as to the associate editors or external advisory teams, are planned at ACS Catalysis.5 The ACS Catalysis editorial team recognizes that the strength of the journal lies in its publication of the highest quality content by a diverse array of scientists from all corners of the globe. Our team of Associate Editors, our Editorial Advisory Board and our Early Career Advisory Board will continue to be populated by expert catalysis scientists and engineers from all over the world, including Europe, all of whom are practicing researchers. As catalysis scientists and engineers, we are a global community, and our ability to work together and speak the common language of science has been important in periods throughout history where government policies and actions have been significantly misaligned. As we look ahead to the next award celebrating outstanding work in catalysis, I wish to note that the call for nominations for the 2019 ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science was recently released [https://acspubs.formstack.com/forms/2019_acscatalysis_ lectureship] and those nominations must be received by November 1, 2018. This year, the award focuses on researchers working in heterogeneous catalysis. Now in its eighth year, the ACS Catalysis Lectureship will again recognize the remarkable achievements of a catalysis scientist or team of scientists that have made significant contributions over the last seven years. The 2019 Lectureship award will be presented in a symposium celebrating the recipient(s) at the 258th ACS National Meeting in San Diego, California (August 25−29, 2019) sponsored by the ACS Division of Catalysis Science and Technology. As a team of editors, we philosophically hold the position that when the global scientific community is united, catalysis, and science in general, most rapidly advances and best serves society. To this end, we will continue to both publish the top contributions in catalysis from around the world and seek guidance from our extended global community.
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n an honorary session in the Division of Catalysis Science and Technology at the 256th ACS National Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, the community celebrated Prof. Nicholas Turner’s contributions to the fields of biocatalysis and enzymology. Turner’s selection as the winner of the 2018 ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science was highlighted by his award address entitled “Design and evolution of new biocatalysts for organic synthesis” (Figure 1).
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Figure 1. Nicholas Turner (University of Manchester) delivers his award address at the 256th ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA.
Emblematic of the long and deep interactions between scientists in North America and Europe, 14 contributors hailing from England, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, Austria, Canada, and the United States (Figure 2) participated in the program as speakers, describing their own research while also commenting on the impacts of Turner’s decades of contributions to the field. The men and women speaking in the symposium all knew each other from a closely connected community, demonstrating a familiarity with, and appreciation of, one another’s work. While the community of scientists working in biocatalysis and enzymology is closely knit, recent political events have placed new challenges on our unity. On September 4, 2018, an announcement was made by “cOAlition S,” which is a network of 11 European research funders, revealing a “Plan S” that would require researchers funded by the array of supporting organizations to publish exclusively in fully Open Access Journals or on compliant Open Access Platforms by 2020.1−3 The significant number of signatories to the plan © 2018 American Chemical Society
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DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b03792 ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 9684−9685
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Figure 2. Participating speakers in the ACS Boston sessions honoring the achievements of Nicholas Turner of the University of Manchester. From left to right, back row: Huimin Zhao (Illinois), Gjalt Huisman (Codexis), Wolfgang Kroutil (Graz), Gideon Grogan (York), Jared Lewis (Indiana), Silvia Osuna (Girona), Joelle Pelletier (Montréal), John Wong (Pfizer); front row: Todd Hyster (Princeton), Alison Narayan (Michigan), Nicholas Turner (Manchester), Radka Snajdrova (Novartis), John Woodley (TU Denmark). Not pictured: Matthew Truppo (Merck).
Christopher W. Jones, Editor-in-Chief
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(1) https://www.scienceeurope.org/coalition-s/. (2) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06178-7. (3) http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/european-sciencefunders-ban-grantees-publishing-paywalled-journals. (4) https://forbetterscience.com/2018/09/11/response-to-plan-sfrom-academic-researchers-unethical-too-risky. (5) ACS Catalysis business practices are managed by ACS Publications, whereas ACS Catalysis editorial practices are the purview of the team of editors. The ACS Publications leadership team and ACS Catalysis editorial leadership team collaborate closely.
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