Family Values and Ethical Responsibilities

1 Positive trends: We have just concluded a very successful year in which the journal celebrated its 10th anniversary. This issue marks the first of a new era for Chemistry—A European Journal. As a consequence of the continued growth of the journal, which is illustrated in Figure 1, we will publish 36 issues this year. The additional capacity will allow us to provide you with even more excellent chemistry from around the world. The international distribution of manuscripts submitted to the journal is outlined in Figure 2. A comparison of the submission data extrapolated for 2005 with the final data for 2004 reveals the following positive trends: major increases were seen for China (+35 %), India (+100 %), Japan (+34 %), Sweden (+90 %), the UK (+52 %), and the USA (+30 %). Overall, the number of submissions rose by more than 23 %. Growth in the number of pages published in Chemistry—A European Journal. Change over the last year in the international distribution of submissions to Chemistry—A European Journal. The Partners comprise the 13 European countries of the 14 Chemical Societies that co-own Chemistry—A European Journal. The growth and the continued improvement in the journal is also evident from the fact that the Impact Factor rose further to 4.517. We have also managed to shave an additional three weeks off our publication times in comparison with the end of year figures for 2004. In addition, the full-text downloads for articles in Chemistry—A European Journal have risen over the last year by approximately 40 %; this rise is attributed not only to the increased number of articles published (+7 %), but also to the increased quality of the papers published and to the increased accessibility of the journal through its various publishing channels. The top 10 downloaded Concept Articles and Full Papers published in 2005 are presented in Tables 1 and 2. These data clearly illustrate the breadth of chemistry and its related disciplines covered by Chemistry—A European Journal, and the top authors who are publishing in the journal. Title Authors Citation Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Metal Nanostructures: The Case of Silver Y. Xia et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 454 Carbohydrates as the Next Frontier in Pharmaceutical Research P. H. Seeberger, D. B. Werz Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 3194 Photocontrollable Self-Assembly S. Yagai et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 4054 Supported Ionic Liquid Catalysis C. P. Mehnert Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 50 Controlled Switchable Surface J. Kong et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 2622 Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Metallic Nanostructures in Solution M. Tsuji et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 440 Carbohydrate Microarrays: An Advanced Technology for Functional Studies of Glycans I. Shin et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 2894 A Modular Approach to DNA-Programmed Self-Assembly of Macromolecular Nanostructures K. V. Gothelf, R. S. Brown Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 1062 Receptor-Assisted Combinatorial Chemistry: Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Drug Discovery J. L. Gleason, R. J. Kazlauskas et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 1708 Illuminating Zinc in Biological Systems C. Brückner et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 38 Title Authors Citation Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Ketone Enolates B. Trost, G. M. Schroeder Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 174 Hierarchical Self-Assembly of a Bow-Shaped Molecule Bearing Self-Complementary Hydrogen Bonding Sites into Extended Supramolecular Assemblies J.-M. Lehn et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 662 A Simple Hydrothermal Route to Large-Scale Synthesis of Uniform Silver Nanowires Y. Qian et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 160 Crystal Overgrowth on Gold Nanorods: Tuning the Shape, Facet, Aspect Ratio, and Composition of the Nanorods P. Yang et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 910 Synthesis, X-ray Crystal Structures, and Gas Sorption Properties of Pillared Square Grid Nets Based on Paddle-Wheel Motifs: Implications for Hydrogen Storage in Porous Materials K. Kim et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 3521 Self-Assembled Nanotapes of Oligo(p-phenylene vinylene)s: Sol-Gel-Controlled Optical Properties in Fluorescent π-Electronic Gels S. J. George, A. Ajayaghosh Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 3217 Diaminocarbene- and Fischer-Carbene Complexes of Palladium and Nickel by Oxidative Insertion: Preparation, Structure, and Catalytic Activity A. Fürstner et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 1833 Water-Soluble Molecular Capsules: Self-Assembly and Binding Properties M. Crego-Calama, D. N. Reinhoudt et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 298 Cascade Alkenyl Amination/Heck Reaction Promoted by a Bifunctional Palladium Catalyst: A Novel One-Pot Synthesis of Indoles from o-Haloanilines and Alkenyl Halides J. Barluenga et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 2276 The Versatile, Efficient, and Stereoselective Self-Assembly of Transition-Metal Helicates by Using Hydrogen-Bonds S. G. Telfer, R. Kuroda Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 57 Responsible authors and referees: The enormous influx of submissions to Chemistry—A European Journal, as well as to the other top journals in the European family, places additional pressure on the peer-review process. Thus, first and foremost, I would like to thank all those referees and Board members for their time and effort in maintaining the standards of Chemistry—A European Journal. With the help of our conscientious reviewers we are able to process papers quickly and efficiently. In addition, however, we have been made aware of a number of cases in which a minority of authors do not abide by the generally accepted ethical guidelines for publishing in top scientific journals. Such behavior is unacceptable and puts extra pressure on the peer-review system. I would, therefore, like to take this opportunity to remind all our authors of their obligations when submitting a paper to Chemistry—A European Journal. The passage highlighted is taken directly from our Notice to Authors (www.chemeurj.org). The authors must inform the Editor of manuscripts submitted, soon to be submitted, or in press at other journals that have a bearing on the manuscript being submitted to Chemistry. Chemistry—A European Journal does not publish manuscripts that have already appeared in print or electronically. If the manuscript is a revised version of a manuscript previously rejected by Chemistry—A European Journal the author must inform the Editor about the previous submission in the cover letter and explain in detail the changes that have been made. The Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research issued by the American Chemical Society are followed and applied by the editors of Chemistry—A European Journal. These guidelines are of course not only applicable to Chemistry—A European Journal, but should be applied to all submissions to any journal. We now regularly check submissions to the family of journals published by Wiley-VCH (Chemistry—A European Journal, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, the European Journal of Organic Chemistry, the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ChemBioChem, ChemPhysChem, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, and our newest journal ChemMedChem) to establish whether a paper has previously been submitted to another member of the family. Unfortunately, particularly in the case of the first three journals listed, there has been an ever-increasing number of cases in which authors have simply resubmitted the same paper to another journal in the family without taking into consideration the comments of the referees. Fortunately, this early detection of such cases helps to reduce the burden on the peer review system. This behavior, which has become easier to detect within the large families of journals published by Wiley-VCH, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the American Chemical Society, is detrimental to the improvement and progress of science. This unacceptable behavior is of course somewhat more difficult to detect when papers are resubmitted to another publisher. However, it is amazing how often in such cases at least one of the referees selected by the top journals has already seen the paper. 1 The electronic age: Behind the scenes there have also been several improvements to the functionality of Wiley InterScience, and work has been progressing to provide our readers with the complete works of Chemistry—A European Journal in an electronic form. 1 Citation tracking is a new feature in Wiley InterScience that allows users to see who's citing who, or perhaps more interestingly, who's citing you. Unlike traditional reference linking that allows users to see content referenced by the article authors, citation tracking allows readers to see links to content that cites the article as well, provided the citations are deposited in the CrossRef forward-linking database, which is currently used by the majority of the major publishers. The feature is available in Wiley InterScience to users who have a license to view the full-text of an article. The feature displays a list of other articles that have cited the article that you are currently reading. 1 1 Chemistry Societies Backfile Collection: This collection, which will be available at the beginning of 2006, comprises material from Angewandte Chemie (1887–1997), Liebigs Annalen (1832–1997), Chemische Berichte (1868–1997), as well as the formative years of Chemistry—A European Journal (1995–1997). Liebigs Annalen and Chemische Berichte are among the forerunners of the European Journal of Organic Chemistry and the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, two of the other highly successful members of the European family of journals. This backfile collection is the largest collection published by Wiley InterScience, and contains about 134 900 articles filling over 872 000 pages. The articles are presented with the article body in PDF and header material and references in HTML, which allows both internal (i.e., within Wiley InterScience) and external (CrossRef/DOI, PubMed, ISI Web of Science, CAS, etc.) linking. This Backfile Collection complements the “Chemistry Backfile Collection”, which contains materials from a range of 12 chemistry journals, and the “Angewandte Chemie Backfile Collection”, which contains the early years of the International Edition of the journal. Both these collections are already available and are being applied extensively, as apparent from the download figures. Among the benefits for researchers is the ability to carry out much more efficient searching routines, which allows those interested to examine the foundations of research and to unearth forgotten and lost data. The ever-increasing amount of digitalized data and improved searching routines means that there should be no excuses for not carrying out comprehensive literature searches prior to submitting papers to top scientific journals. Hopefully, this will help to reduce the burden on the peer review system. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Extended family: Two new members of the family of chemistry journals published at Wiley-VCH will be launched in 2006. Both journals, ChemMedChem, which is now available, and Chemistry—An Asian Journal, which will appear in the summer, have strong backing from the respective participating chemical societies. ChemMedChem, a new journal at the interface of chemistry, biology, and medicine, is co-owned by the Società Chimica Italiana and the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker; Chemistry—An Asian Journal, a new full-paper forum for the dissemination of top Asian chemistry, as well as contributions from around the globe, is co-owned by the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), the Korean Chemical Society (KCS), and the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). These two new journals illustrate the strong collaborations between Wiley-VCH and top chemistry societies throughout the world. Extended coverage: This issue reaffirms our commitment to provide our readers with the best chemistry from Europe and around the world. The Concept Articles feature work on “Chirality Transfer from Silicon to Carbon” by Martin Oestreich (p. 30) and on “Electrochemical Deposition onto Self-Assembled Monolayers: New Insights into Micro- and Nanofabrication” by Roberto C. Salvarezza et al. (p. 38). The frontispiece for the Full Paper section features work on the total synthesis of eleutherobin by Cesare Gennari et al. (p. 51). We are again proud that this issue contains several important contributions from members of our Editorial Board, namely from Pavel Hobza (p. 280), Claudio Toniolo (p. 251), Susan E. Gibson (p. 138), Tien-Yau Luh (p. 324), Gerhard Wegner (p. 118), and the Chairman of our Editorial Board Jan-Erling Bäckvall (p. 225). The cover for this issue features work from J. Fraser Stoddart, James R. Heath, and Jan O. Jeppesen et al. (p. 261) on some of the results that were presented in the lecture given by Fraser Stoddart at the Symposium to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Chemistry—A European Journal. Another speaker at the Chemistry event, namely José Barluenga, also has a paper featured in this issue (p. 303). The above-mentioned papers clearly illustrate the breadth of coverage provided by the journal. United Europe: This year will see the 1st European Chemistry Congress, a conference that is supported by all the national chemical sciences organizations of Europe. The event, which will feature plenary lectures by six Nobel Laureates, over 100 top-level lectures, and 100 short oral communications, will take place in Budapest, Hungary, August 27–31, 2006. Details of the conference can be found under: www.euchems-budapest2006.hu. Family matters: To ensure the smooth transition from 24 to 36 issues, the Editorial team of Chemistry—A European Journal has been strengthened by the arrival of Dr. Claire Barrie, an Organic Chemist who studied at the University of Reading, UK, and Dr. Mary Farrell, a Physical Chemist who studied at Dublin City University, Ireland. And finally, to close on a family note, in the truest sense, our best wishes go to Meike Blaschke, our Production Manager, who is currently on maternity leave. Given all the above, this will be another exciting and eventful year for all those involved in the European family of journals. Neville Compton Editor

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