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Celebrating WesTEC 2022 with Dow Canada

02 Dec 2022

The Royal Society of Chemistry was proud to again support and celebrate the 31^st Western Canada Operations Technical Excellence Conference (WesTEC), hosted by Dow Chemical, which is also marking its 125^th anniversary.

This year’s theme of “Mapping the Path2Zero,” highlights the essential role of companies in addressing climate change by moving towards a goal of net zero emissions. Dow has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, and has already unveiled their plans to build a first of its kind net zero carbon integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site in Fort Saskatchewan. As in previous years, the 2022 WesTEC was an opportunity to highlight the outstanding work in this area being done at Dow Canada, and the Royal Society of Chemistry was glad to be a part of that recognition.

The Royal Society of Chemistry was thrilled to sponsor two awards at the 2022 WesTEC: Best Presentation: Nail Hagar, as well as Best Exhibit: Pabbi Grover and Jordan Gabert. Congratulations to all three winners!

Best Presentation: Nail Hagar

From left to right: Tonya Stockman, R&D/TS&D Director; Nail Hagar; Diego Ordoñez, Dow Canada President

Best Exhibit: Jordan Gabert, Pabbi Grover

From left to right: Jordan Gabert; Pabbi Grover; Lindsay Michalski, Senior Reliability Director; Jessica Gonzales, Global Process Automation Director

Additionally, the Royal Society of Chemistry would like to congratulate Professor Emeritus Dr. Milton Lee of Brigham Young University, and previous member of Analytical Method‘s Editorial Board, for receiving the Distinguished External Leader in Science and Technology. Dr. Lee is pictured below with Dr. Jim Luong, R&D Fellow Dow Canada and current Analytical Methods Advisory Board member. Dr. Lee was honored at the 2022 WestTEC, where he delivered an award address to attendees sharing his wisdom gained throughout his distinguished career.

Distinguished External Leader in Science and Technology: Milton Lee

From left to right: Jim Luong, R&D Fellow Dow Canada; Milton Lee, Professor Emeritus Brigham Young University

The Royal Society of Chemistry would like to congratulate all the award recipients at WesTEC 2022, as well as celebrate Dow Canada’s 175th anniversary. We are proud to partner with Dow Canada and celebrate its innovations.

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RSC Desktop Seminar with Dalton Transactions

27 Oct 2022

We are pleased to announce an upcoming webinar in the RSC Desktop Seminar series that will be hosted with Dalton Transactions.

The free, 1 hour webinar will be chaired by the Editorial Board Chair of Dalton Transactions, Professor Russell Morris (University of St Andrews, UK), and will feature two research talks on the field of metal-organic frameworks:

Professor Sascha Ott (Uppsala University, Sweden; Dalton Transactions Editorial Board member) : “Electron hopping charge transport and molecular electrocatalysis in metal-organic frameworks”

Dr. Ilich Ibarra (UNAM, Mexico; Dalton Transactions Advisory Board member): “Chemically stable supramolecular candidates for the capture of SO2 and H2S: from the oxidation of SO2 to the unusual formation of polysulfides”

The webinar will be held on November 10th, at 9 AM CST/3 PM GMT. To register for the event, follow this link to the RSC Events page for the webinar.

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RSC Desktop Seminar Series – The Interface of Chemistry & Biology

19 Oct 2022

Newly announced, the RSC Desktop Seminar Series continues with a selection of events focused on The Interface of Chemistry & Biology.

Jointly supported by RSC Chemical Biology, RSC Advances, ChemComm, Chemical Science, and Molecular Omics, these seminars will feature authors and Editorial Board members from each of these journals discussing their research in areas that blend the fields of chemistry and biology.

Follow the links below to register for the events, and be sure to follow the RSC Chemical Biology blog to learn about new seminars in the series as they are announced:

RSC Desktop Seminar with ChemComm – Register Here

Join us on Wednesday 26th October 2022, at 15:00 GMT / 10:00 EST

Featuring Prof. Mingxu You, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, and Prof. Amanda Hargrove, Duke University, USA

RSC Desktop Seminar with Chemical Science – Register Here

Join us on Thursday 17th November 2022, at 15:00 GMT / 10:00 EST

Featuring Prof. Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge, UK, and Prof. Dorothea Fiedler, Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) and Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

RSC Desktop Seminar with RSC Advances – Register Here

Join us on Thursday 24th November 2022, at 11:00 GMT / 16:30 IST

Featuring Prof. Surajit Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India, and Dr. Christine Beemelmanns, Hans-Knoll Institute, Germany

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Biomaterials Science Lectureship 2023 Nominations Now Open

06 Oct 2022

The Biomaterials Science Lectureship has recognized early career researchers in the field of biomaterials since 2014, spotlighting these outstanding scientists’ contributions to the field. The nomination period for the 2023 Lectureship is now open, closing on December 31^st 2022.

To be nominated, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:

Be an independent researcher, PhD students and postdoctoral research associates are not eligible
Be actively pursuing research within the biomaterials field, and have made a significant contribution to the field
Be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path)

For more details about the selection process, past winners, and how to submit nominations, click below or follow this link to the Biomaterials Science blog post with more information.

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2022 Energy & Environmental Science Lectureship Nominations Open

05 Oct 2022

Nominations for the 2022 Energy & Environmental Science Lectureship are now open!

The Lectureship is to recognize and support researchers in the early stage of their independent career working in an energy research topic within the scope of Energy & Environmental Science, and provide a platform to showcase their research to a wider scientific community. The EES Lectureship is awarded through a nominations process, with nominations of candidates open to the community.

The winner of the EES Lectureship will receive a £1,000 honorarium and will be given the opportunity to attend and present their research at a leading international conference, as well as contribute a Review-type article to Energy & Environmental Science.

The criteria for the Lectureship are:

The candidate’s research area must be within the scope of Energy & Environmental Science
Shortlisted candidates must have published in Energy & Environmental Science in the past 3 years
Candidates should be at an early stage of their independent career (generally within 10 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break, for example for childcare leave, or followed an alternative study path).

For more information, follow this link and learn how to submit your nomination by November 30th, 2022.

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Materials Science Emerging Investigators

05 Oct 2022

The Journals of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C recently released their 2022 Emerging Investigators collections, highlighting the best work from materials chemists in the early stages of their independent career. These collections cover the research areas of energy and sustainability (JMC-A), biology and medicine (JMC-B), and optical, magnetic, and electronic devices (JMC-C).

The contributing investigators were selected by experts in their fields and were chosen based on the potential of their work to influence the future directions of materials chemistry throughout their forthcoming careers.

Congratulations to all of the outstanding researchers featured, and click the links below to discover the work of these rising stars in materials chemistry!

Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Emerging Investigators

Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Emerging Investigators

Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Emerging Investigators

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Peer Review Week 2022

22 Sep 2022

This week (September 19-23, 2022) is Peer Review Week, an annual event celebrating and discussing the role of peer review in scholarly communication. This year’s theme is “Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research,” and the posts, webinars, and resources shared this week will cover this vitally important aspect of peer review.

To see a full list of events being held by publishers, authors, editors, reviewers, and more, take a look at the full list of events for this year. Also, join the discussion about Peer Review Week on Twitter using #PeerReviewWeek22.

If you want to learn more about the Royal Society of Chemistry’s approach to peer review, read our article written for this year’s Peer Review Week, with perspectives from Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors, as well as more information about the peer review process for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journals, including how you can become a peer reviewer.

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Congratulations to the RSC Best Poster Prize Winners at the 2022 Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium

20 Sep 2022

The Royal Society of Chemistry, through Chemical Science, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, and RSC Chemical Biology, was pleased to support the Tri-Institutional Ph.D. Program in Chemical Biology‘s 18th annual symposium, held on Thursday, September 8th, 2022.

The symposium featured a poster session with submissions from researchers across the academic spectrum, with outstanding presenters receiving the Royal Society of Chemistry Best Poster Prize. These exemplary winners were recognized in-person at the symposium and will receive a £50 book voucher from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

We would like to congratulate this year’s prize recipients!

Ayala Carl, The Rockefeller University

Ilana Kotliar, The Rockefeller University

Ifeh Akano, The Sloan Kettering Institute

Lingling Cheng, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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RSC Desktop Seminar Lectureship Series

13 Jul 2022

With the announcement of the RSC Desktop Seminar Lectureship Series, we are proud to highlight the American scientists that have been selected. The outstanding scientific work conducted by the journal lectureship award winners will be featured at a series of free, virtual seminars, with the 2022 RSC Desktop Seminar Lectureship Series beginning soon. Each session will highlight two scientific talks from either two recent lectureship award winners, or one recent winner and a journal board member.

The full Lectureship Series details can be found on the RSC Publishing blog, but we would like to especially spotlight those seminars with American scientists:

Biomaterials Science Lectureship

Wednesday, July 20th, 1:00 PM EST

Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship

Thursday, July 21st, 8:00 AM EST

Polymer Chemistry Lectureship

Wednesday, July 27th, 4:00 PM EST

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Updated Impact Factors in 2021

06 Jul 2022

Each year, Clarivate releases the Journal Citation Report (JCR), containing updated impact factors for peer-reviewed journals. In 2021, RSC showed great increases in impact factor across much of the portfolio, with some of the largest growth and highest impact journals shown in the graphic above. Furthermore, many of our journals now stand at their 5-year (and all-time) high!

In addition to this advance, we are also excited to announce that our new journal, RSC Medicinal Chemistry, has received its first impact factor (3.47) – a milestone that requires a certain number of articles and citations gathered over the first two or four years of its publication. You can learn more about how impact factors are calculated and the variables that determine its first issuance on the Clarivate webpage. Another of our new journals, Nanoscale Advances, showed a >20% increase over its first impact factor that was released in 2020! A full report of RSC journals’ impact is available here (Clarivate subscription required).

We are happy to share our performance in this year’s JCR, and we look forward to carrying this growth into the future.

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