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ose ten pounds! Exercise more! Read more novels! Spend more time with family! Here at Inorganic Chemistry we have made our own New Year’s resolutions. The journal is currently in its fifth decade as the preeminent voice in the field, but it is only through continual self-evaluation and change that we maintain our strong tradition of excellence. The articles we publish reflect author interests and attitudes, which are shifting. The lines between traditional chemistry subfields are blurring, and the definition of inorganic chemistry continues to broaden, perhaps most noticeably to encompass more aspects of nano/materials chemistry and to include greater reliance on theoretical methods. Our primary New Year’s resolution is for the journal to adjust accordingly but for reasons that resonate with authors and readers and not in a precipitous fashion that might alienate those of us who continue to toil in more “traditional” inorganic chemistry subfields. You will have noticed a particularly visible change right away, which is the journal cover and logo. More than 15 years ago, previous Editor-in-Chief Richard Eisenberg replaced the traditional yellow and black cover and added the tagline “including bioinorganic chemistry” to recognize the importance of the biological aspects of inorganic chemistry. The decision to remove that tagline reflects my sense that this key subarea is now firmly established and that there are many important subfields, none of which, in my opinion, deserves special recognition over any other. Indeed, the breadth of the inorganic chemistry field is reflected in articles in the journal that include (and are not limited to) physical inorganic, materials, solidstate, organometallic, main-group, and bioinorganic chemistry and photo-, electro-, and magnetochemistry topics. With the simple new logo, we convey the acceptance of multiple definitions of the field and an openness toward new science that spans its full breadth. You may have also noticed changes in our team of Associate Editors. Let me first thank Chunhua Yan for his service as Associate Editor since 2013. He has done an excellent job handling articles primarily in the area of solid-state inorganic chemistry but will no longer continue in his post due to increased administrative responsibilities. Special appreciation is due to Kim Dunbar, who is stepping down after serving as Associate Editor for >15 years. Please join me in thanking Kim for her dedication to the community through her superb work for the journal. An outstanding chemist specializing in multiple topics at the interface of inorganic materials and biological chemistry, Kim has been a thoughtful Editor and effective advocate for the journal and for the field. In line with our resolution to reflect shifting interests and attitudes, we are bringing on board three new Associate Editors with wide-ranging expertise, especially in fields that are garnering significant global attention, such as solid-state, inorganic materials, main-group, and f-block coordination chemistry (see the ACS Axial post http://axial.acs.org/2017/11/01/inorganicchemistry-ae/; Figure 1). Hiroshi Kageyama received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Chemistry at Kyoto University (Ph.D. in 1998). After a stint as a Research © 2018 American Chemical Society
Figure 1. New Associate Editors Hiroshi Kageyama (left), Suzanne Bart (middle), and Brandi Cossairt (right).
Associate at the Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, he returned to Kyoto University as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry (2003−2009) and then a Professor in the Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering (2010− present). His research interests fall within the broad area of solid-state inorganic and materials chemistry, with emphases on iron oxides, complex anion chemistry, high-temperature superconductivity, oxide nanosheets, and geometrical frustrations in quantum magnets. The number of submissions in these areas has grown significantly in recent years, and Hiroshi’s cutting edge research in novel metal oxide materials with unusual magnetic properties makes him an ideal choice to handle a wide swath of manuscripts across the inorganic solid-state/materials field. Suzanne Bart received her B.S. in 2001 from the University of Delaware and her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2006, after having worked with Paul Chirik. After a postdoctoral stint with Karsten Meyer at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremburg, she began her independent career at Purdue University in 2008, where she is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry. Suzanne’s research interests are in the synthetic organometallic chemistry area, with emphasis on actinide chemistry projects focused on redoxactive ligands, low-valent uranium alkyls, and compounds with uranium−element multiple bonds, among other projects. Her expertise in actinide coordination chemistry and her strong background in the synthesis and characterization of novel organometallic compounds puts her in an ideal position to handle diverse submissions to the journal. In particular, as interest in f-element chemistry continues to grow, so has the need for a leading researcher in this area to serve as an Associate Editor. Brandi Cossairt received her B.S. (2006) from Caltech, after having worked with Jonas Peters, Jesse Beauchamp, and Anthony Hynes, and her Ph.D. in 2010 from MIT working with Kit Cummins. She did postdoctoral work with Jonathon Owen at Columbia University before joining the faculty at the University of Washington in 2012. Brandi’s research focuses on phosphide and arsenide colloidal nanoclusters, quantum dots, and other materials, as well as on the development of bimetallic catalysts for small-molecule conversions. Also notable is her additional background in main-group small-molecule chemistry. Importantly, Brandi will play a key role in handling the growing Published: January 2, 2018 1
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number of submissions to Inorganic Chemistry focused on inorganic materials and nanochemistry. These new Associate Editors bring fresh, diverse voices to the journal, which I anticipate will result in new initiatives, enhanced global impact, and even better collaboration with sister journals in the ACS portfolio. Please also welcome 11 new members of the Editorial Advisory Board (Table 1). They join an illustrious board
with diverse backgrounds and interests, whose expert opinions are instrumental in helping to shape future directions of the journal. The year 2017 saw an uptick in key statistics, many impactful publications, and a key new initiative aimed at enhancing the quality and accessibility of X-ray crystallographic data. The latest impact factor of 4.857 and total citations numbering 91499 with 1497 articles published represent a few indicators of the journal’s continuing excellence and impact. We published two collections of articles on forefront topics in 2017: Forums on Halide Perovskites (guest editors Wayne L. Gladfelter and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis; http://pubs.acs.org/toc/inocaj/56/ 1?ref=feature) and Advances in Main-Group Chemistry (guest editors Philip P. Power and Ching-Wen Chiu; http://pubs.acs.org/toc/inocaj/56/15?ref=feature). Articles from Inorganic Chemistry were also featured in Virtual Issues on Next Generation MRI Contrast Agents, Metal−Metal Bonds: From Fundamentals to Applications, and Engineered Biomolecular Catalysts (Figure 2). We also participated in other ACS publications portfolio-wide Virtual Issues, including the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in South America (http://pubs.acs.org/page/vi/iupac2017), the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Centenary Congress (http://pubs.acs.org/page/ vi/raci-centenary-congress), Hot Materials Chemistry in a Cool Country (http://pubs.acs.org/page/vi/csc100anniversary.html), and ACS Authors Advancing Cancer Research (http://pubs. acs.org/page/vi/advancingcancerresearch). Several new Forums and Virtual Issues are in the planning stages, so keep an eye out for them in 2018. We hope that these collections provide educational value and inspiration for many new scientific advances in the years to come! We resolve to publish many more such collections, and we welcome further suggestions from you, our readers, reviewers, and authors. ACS Publications implemented an important change related to the submission of and access to Crystallographic Information File (CIF) data in 2017. After a pilot program involving a partnership between Crystal Growth & Design and the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), the industry standard repository for organic and metal−organic CIF data, the new CIF workflow became permanent, and Inorganic
Table 1. New Members of the Editorial Advisory Board name
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Tapan Paine
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkatta, India Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany Dan Zhao National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Liang Deng Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China Mizuki Tada Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Jillian Dempsey University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Hiroki Oshio University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan Daniela Buccella New York University, New York, NY Stefanie Dehnen Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany Charlotte Williams Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Figure 2. Selected virtual issues published in 2017 that featured publications from Inorganic Chemistry.
Figure 3. Speakers at the Symposium in honor of Jonas Peters, the 2017 Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Awardee. From left to right: Jacqueline Barton, Christine Thomas, Christopher Cummins, Jonas Peters, T. Don Tilley, Harry Gray, Theodore Betley, and yours truly. 2
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Chemistry joined in April 2017 (see the ACS Axial post http://axial.acs.org/2017/04/10/cif-workflow/). The goal of the program is to ensure that CIF data are validated prepublication, so the information we provide to the scientific community is of high quality, is consistently accurate, and is readily accessible. This was a great time for the journal to get involved, as CCDC announced (https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/ News/List/2017-03-27-alliance-reshapes-crystallography-dataaccess/) in March 2017 their new partnership with the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD), which ensured simplified submission and access to inorganic CIF data in addition to organic and metal−organic information. The new CIF workflow provides a number of benefits to authors, readers, and reviewers, including a single location for submission that ensures a single version of record (minimizing errors during the review process), easy access to the data during review, a validation process prior to publication, and access to and visualization of the data with only one click postpublication. Inorganic Chemistry is proud to partner with the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry to sponsor the Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Award in recognition of extraordinary creativity, impactful research, and record of accomplishments in the field of inorganic chemistry. The recipient in 2017 was Jonas Peters (Caltech), who was honored at a symposium at the ACS National Meeting in Washington, D.C., that featured some outstanding speakers (Figure 3). Adding to the memories of the meeting was the mass exodus from the Convention Center to observe the partial solar eclipse! Nominations for the 2018 award are now being sought (deadline: January 15), and I urge all members of the community to submit nominations, especially for excellent candidates from diverse geographic regions, genders, and backgrounds. I will close by expressing my gratitude to you, the readers, authors, and reviewers of Inorganic Chemistry. Your participation is critical for the success of the journal as we aim to improve its reach and impact. Thanks also to the outstanding team of Associate Editors and ACS staff for their devotion to the goals of the journal: to attract and publish outstanding research. I wish you all luck in fulfilling your own personal New Year’s resolutions as we at the journal resolve to address your needs and best represent the broad and vibrant field of inorganic chemistry.
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William B. Tolman, Editor-in-Chief AUTHOR INFORMATION
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William B. Tolman: 0000-0002-2243-6409 Notes
Views expressed in this editorial are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the ACS.
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