At the Royal Society of Chemistry, our board members play indispensable roles in maintaining the quality and relevance of our journals. As some members’ terms come to an end, we welcome a new set of editorial and advisory board members to guide us into the future. We would like to offer a warm welcome to these researchers and to thank them graciously for their work at RSC.
Every year, we compile a list of the most successful manuscripts – judged by number of citations – published in RSC journals. Recently, we presented our Highly Cited Author certificates to those researchers whose work published in 2020 was within the top 3% of all cited articles in 2021. We take pride in the work published in our journals and are grateful to authors for continuing to choose us as the host for their most exceptional findings. This year, we have more than 150 researchers from North and South America who made the list, which you will find below.
Written by Elizabeth Magalhaes
A satellite office of RSC Americas, the Brazilian office in São Paulo, has been operating since 2012 and represents the whole portfolio in the region including all of South America. Now, after the worst (we hope) of the pandemic, we are re-assessing our approach in the region. The main partner in the community is the Brazilian Chemical Society, SBQ. At the beginning of 2022, RSC president Tom Welton gave a webinar to SBQ to reflect on Sustainability, which has become a prominent subject from 2022 onwards in the Brazilian Community.
Most of our publications in Brazil come from the local chemistry community, totalling nearly 500 at RSC. More and more, research in this area has become multidisciplinary, so following Biochemistry, Materials, Food Engineering, and Energy topics has played an important role in pursuing submission leading to publications locally. This movement has been essential in times where national funding has become an issue in Brazil and other Latin American countries. Other sources of funding, such as applications through innovation, are paving initial steps to enable research despite major cuts in governments’ science budgets.
Our goal in the region is to keep RSC relevant and to continue to be a trustworthy source for quality publications. To perform best in our aims, we support the most important local meetings in our communities, general or specific, to better understand the local environment. We look for opportunities to find engaged authors and editors, as well as to enlighten the future generation. We recently came back from one of the largest events in the area, the 45th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society. This conference was an opportunity to showcase our portfolio in full, including journals, books, databases, and other campaigns on Diversity and Inclusion. Our marketing stand attracted attention and was an effective point of contact for researchers.
At the conference, we presented a How-to-Publish talk with 3 of our local editorial board members in an interactive section. A highlight of the trip was the second annual awarding of the so-called JP RSC RASBQ prize, organized in partnership with SBQ. This award recognizes two young researchers for their scientific competence and quality of work, providing them with funding to attend international conferences and to boost their initial careers as professionals by covering research costs. More about the award and this year’s recipients can be found here (in Portuguese).
Yet there is still more to come, and this year we will sponsor and/or attend focus events and meetings in Materials, Analytical, Inorganic, Medicinal, and Organic Chemistry, including ICCST 15 – the International Conference on the Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium. Watch this space!
Recently, Nanoscale presented their 2022 Emerging Investigators collection, highlighting the rising stars of nanoscience and nanotechnology research. All the contributors were recommended by experts in these fields, and each have demonstrated work with the potential to shape the future of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Follow the links below to read some of the very best work from these nanoscientists early in their independent career. Congratulations to all of the featured researchers on their important work to the field so far!
| Read the Collection | Meet the Scientists |
The Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship, JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship, and Lab on a Chip & Dolomite Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship awards have opened their nominations. These awards recognize researchers whose work has made significant contributions to the various fields of chemistry covered in the scope of the respective journals.
Each award recipient will receive the opportunity to present their work at a leading international conference, with a monetary contribution toward their associated travel and accommodation. The nomination period for all three awards is open until July 31st, 2022.
For more details on each award, see below.
Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship
Nominees must be at an early stage of their independent professional career (within ~10 years of completion of their Ph.D.) and have made a significant contribution to the progress of analytical chemistry. The winner will be selected by a panel of Analyst Editorial Board members and will receive up to £2,000 to cover travel to present a lecture at an international conference.
JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship
Nominees must be at an early stage of their independent professional career (within ~10 years of completion of their Ph.D.) and have made a significant contribution to the progress of atomic spectrometry. The winner will be selected by a panel of JAAS Editorial Board members and will receive up to £2,000 to cover travel to present a lecture at an international conference.
Lab on a Chip & Dolomite Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship
Nominees must be at an early-mid stage of their independent professional career (within ~15 years of completion of their Ph.D.) and have made a significant contribution to the progress of miniaturized systems. The winner will be selected by a panel of Lab on a Chip Editorial Board members and a representative from Dolomite. and will receive up to $3,000 to cover travel to present a lecture at µTAS.
We are pleased to introduce three new RSC journals: EES Catalysis, RSC Sustainability, and Sustainable Food Technology.
All three journals are gold open access, and will have their article processing fees (APCs) waived until mid-2025, so you can publish your research openly without cost. Submissions will open for each journal in Summer 2022.
Click the images below to find out more information about each journal and to stay up to date with their developments as they move forward.
The accuracy and quality of chemical science literature is only possible through the hard work of dedicated reviewers. We would like to thank all those who have contributed to the peer review process this past year, and especially recognize those from the Americas selected as Outstanding Reviewers. These reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness, and quality of reports completed over 2021.
For a full list of the Outstanding Reviewers of 2021 from over 130 countries, please click here.
Update: The webinar on Thursday, March 24th has been cancelled due to exceptional circumstances. We apologize for any inconvenience. However, the webinar on Tuesday, March 29th will occur as scheduled.
The first issue of Digital Discovery is coming soon, and to mark the occasion we are excited to announce two desktop seminars. These free 90 minute seminars will feature the authors and editors of Digital Discovery and discuss the exciting experimental and computational work being performed to accelerate scientific progress.
Please see below for the seminars’ details, including scheduled times, featured speakers, and links to registration.
If you are unable to attend during their scheduled times but are still interested, simply register and you will receive the recorded seminars afterwards.
Tuesday, March 29th – 18:00 BST (1:00 PM EDT/10:00 AM PDT)
| Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik
University of Toronto, Canada Editor-in-Chief, Digital Discovery Title: “Computer Vision for Self-Driving Labs.” |
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| Andrea Angulo
New York University, USA Title: “Leveraging Machine Learning Approaches to Optimize Organic Electrosynthesis.” |
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| Professor Lilo D. Pozzo
University of Washington, USA Editorial Board Member, Digital Discovery Title: “Materials Acceleration for All through Open Hardware.” |
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Register for Tuesday, March 29th
Thursday, March 24th – 9:00 UTC (5:00 AM EDT/2:00 AM PDT)
(Cancelled)
| Professor Yuya Oaki
Keio University, Japan Title: “Sparse modeling for small data (SpM-S) toward digital discovery in chemistry and materials science.” |
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| Professor Ekaterina V. Skorb
ITMO University, Russia Editorial Board Member, Digital Discovery Title: “Digital Discovery at Infochemistry Scientific Center of ITMO University.” |
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| Professor Evgeny A. Pidko
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Title: “High throughput computational screening and reaction network analysis for homogeneous catalysis with transition metal complexes.” |
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Additional Information
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The Royal Society of Chemistry are pleased to continue our support and celebrate the 30th annual Western Canada Operations Technical Excellence Conference (WesTEC), hosted by Dow Canada. This year’s theme, “Driving 30 Years of Technical Excellence”, captured the spirit of WesTEC: discovery, momentum, and continuous improvement and advances.
We are delighted to be invited again this year by Analytical Methods Editorial Board member Dr. Jim Luong to contribute a congratulatory letter and sponsor the Best Presentation and Best Exhibit Prizes at the WesTEC 2021 event. Through these efforts, the Royal Society of Chemistry is honored to recognize the skill and excellence across the breadth of Dow Canada.
Best presentation award winners: Kristie Ann Bell, Christon Wilson
From left to right: Jaime Curtis-Fisk, Senior R&D Leader, Kristie Ann Bell, Christon Wilson, Tonya Stockman, R&D/TS&D Director
Best Exhibit Award Winner: Ingrid Montpetit
From left to right: Catherine Costin, Vice-President of Dow Canada and Site Director and Ingrid Montpetit, AB Ops Learning Leader
As with many across the global chemical science community, Dow employees have tirelessly and
successfully worked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, having been designated an essential service by
the government of Canada. The RSC is proud to partner with our colleagues at the Canadian Society for Chemistry to acknowledge and support their ongoing efforts.
Congratulations again on the occasion of the 30th WesTEC conference. We look forward to ongoing
innovation and collaboration for another 30 years, and beyond.
We are pleased to support the 29th annual Western Canada Operations Technical Excellence Conference (WesTEC) hosted by Dow Canada, continuing from previous years. Despite 2020 being an atypical year with the COVID-19 situation, many Dow employees continued to innovate and drive excellence in science and technology for a better future.
This year, we were delighted to be invited again by Analytical Methods Advisory Board member Dr. Jim Luong to contribute a congratulatory letter and sponsor the Best Lecture and Best Poster Prizes at the WesTEC 2020 event.
Best Lecture Award winners Allison De Man and Jerome Wong with Catherine Costin Vice-President of Dow Canada and Site Director
Best Poster Award winners Wade Osicki and Todd Blumentrath (not pictured) with Catherine Costin, Vice-President of Dow Canada and Site Director
Congratulations to everyone for their research and development achievements!
