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ChemSci2023: Leaders in the Field

The ChemSci2023: Leaders in the Field symposium took place at JNCASR, Bangalore, in January and showcased the rapidly growing chemistry community in India, focusing particularly on young and early career researchers. The symposium was organised by the RSC India team, along with the input of Chemical Science, Associate Editor George Subi.

Our Executive Editor, May Copsey, and Associate Editors, Serena DeBeer and Steve Goldup, were in attendance at this exciting event which acted as a forum for sharing developments within the Indian chemistry community.

May Copsey

May Copsey, Executive Editor

 

 

“I was delighted to attend this Symposium again in person after a couple of years of online, and it really lived up to all expectations. My greatest impression from the meeting was of the enthusiasm for research and discussion coming from the younger researchers who were attending the meeting. The science presented throughout the Symposium was so exciting. It really emphasized to me the world-class chemical science research that is being done in India, and I’m excited about what we can expect to see from this next generation of leaders in the future.”

 

 

 

Steve Goldup, Associate Editor

Steve Goldup, Associate Editor

 

“The ChemSci Leaders in the Field symposium was my first trip to India and I was incredibly impressed by the quality of science I saw. Of course, at Chemical Science we regularly receive excellent manuscripts from groups based in India, but seeing talk after talk from outstanding Indian scientists during the symposium really hammered home the quality of research being carried out in the country. I was also extremely impressed by the calibre of the students and postdocs during the poster sessions, all of whom explained their results enthusiastically and clearly, and were able to discuss both the details of their experiments and the wider context of their work.”

 

Serena DeBeer, Associate Editor

Serena DeBeer, Associate Editor

 

 

 

“The opportunity to participate in the ChemSci Leaders in the Field symposium in India was a truly wonderful experience. I was really impressed by all the exciting science, the great talks and the lively discussions. The opportunity to get to know many of India’s rising stars in the chemical sciences, and also to meet so many talented students, was a real highlight. And last but certainly not least, the extremely kind hospitality of our hosts made me feel very welcome and is very much appreciated. I very much look forward to returning to India again soon!”

 

 

 

 

Many students took part in the ChemSci2023: Leaders in the Field symposium, including Anju A K,  who received a “Best Poster” prize for her research. We wish Anju the best with developing and continuing her research in this exciting area!

Anju A K, JNCASR, India

                      Anju A K, JNCASR, India

 

 

“I had a great time enjoying all wonderful and exciting scientific sessions. The symposium had an excellent line-up of the speakers who talked about their amazing scientific contributions to the cutting-edge research.

The poster session was also engaging where I could interact with students from different institutes explaining their unique research works. I was also so fortunate to take part in the poster session and discuss about my research problem with eminent scientists. The work I explained in my poster was on ‘a through-space donor-acceptor charge-transfer approach to control between different triplet harvesting pathways’. The fruitful discussions also helped me to get some insights to carry out my project forward.

I consider myself blessed and honoured to participate in the symposium and thank Chemical Science and Royal Society of Chemistry for giving me this wonderful opportunity.”

 

 

 

The team is already looking forward to the 2024 ChemSci: Leaders in the Field meeting which will continue to showcase the excellence of research across the chemical sciences from India.

 

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Chemical Science HOT Articles: February 2023

We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for February 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

You can explore our full 2023 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection here!

 

Browse a selection of our February HOT articles below:

Binding of exogenous cyanide reveals new active-site states in [FeFe] hydrogenases
Maria Alessandra Martini, Konstantin Bikbaev, Yunjie Pang, Christian Lorent, Charlotte Wiemann, Nina Breuer, Ingo Zebger, Serena DeBeer, Ingrid Span, Ragnar Bjornsson, James A. Birrell and Patricia Rodríguez-Maciá
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Computational evaluation of halogen-bonded cocrystals enables prediction of their mechanochemical interconversion reactions
Lavanya Kumar, Katarina Leko, Vinko Nemec, Damian Trzybiński, Nikola Bregović, Dominik Cinčić and Mihails Arhangelskis
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Direct formation of amide/peptide bonds from carboxylic acids: no traditional coupling reagents, 1-pot, and green
Kaitlyn M. Freiberg, Rahul D. Kavthe, Rohan M. Thomas, David M. Fialho, Paris Dee, Matthew Scurria and Bruce H. Lipshutz
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Multiscale quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry
Huan Ma, Jie Liu, Honghui Shang, Yi Fan, Zhenyu Li and Jinlong Yang
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Bond modulation of MoSe2+x driving combined intercalation and conversion reactions for high-performance K cathodes
Ting Lei, Mingyuan Gu, Hongwei Fu, Jue Wang, Longlu Wang, Jiang Zhou, Huan Liu and Bingan Lu
Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 2528-2536

Improved production of class I lanthipeptides in Escherichia coli
Hyunji Lee, Chunyu Wu, Emily K. Desormeaux, Raymond Sarksian and Wilfred A. van der Donk
Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 2537-2546

 

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2022 Chemical Science symposium round up

 

Did you attend the 2022 Chemical Science symposium on sustainable synthesis and catalysis? Catch up on the excitement in Andrei and Paolo’s joint round up of the event, as co-chairs of the conference alongside Ning Jiao.

In early November of 2022 the Royal Society of Chemistry convened an international conference dedicated to sustainability in chemical synthesis. The event was headlined by David MacMillan (2021 Chemistry Nobel Laureate) of Princeton University, who shared his lab’s recent advances in photoredox catalysis. Given Dave’s involvement with Chemical Science as the founding Editor-in-Chief, his talk was particularly meaningful and had set the tone for the rest of the conference. What followed was a series of lectures on a broad range of topics under the umbrella of sustainability. Matt Gaunt of Cambridge University described his lab’s efforts to site-selectively modify oligonucleotides. Danielle Schultz of Merck presented her team’s collaborative effort with the Sarlah lab of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to synthesize complex cyclic peptide natural products for medicinal chemistry applications. Daniele Leonori was able to dazzle the audience with his lab’s imaginative use of nitroarenes in organic synthesis. Shannon Stahl of the University of Wisconsin delivered a brilliant lecture that described his lab’s inroads in catalytic biomass processing using oxidation catalysis. Following his talk, Anne McNeil of the University of Michigan highlighted the role of electrochemistry in converting halogenated polymeric waste materials into value-added products.

The second day of the symposium kicked off with a session dedicated to organocatalysis. Takashi Ooi of Nagoya University took the floor and demonstrated his lab’s ongoing efforts to design new organocatalysts, while the subsequent lecture by Bin Tan of Southern University of Science and Technology focussed on asymmetric access to chiral biaryl molecules. Anat Milo from Ben-Gurion University shared her lab’s data-driven approaches to chiral organic catalyst design.

Moving on to other sustainable methods driven by light, Debabrata Maiti of IIT Bombay surprized the crowd with his mild conditions for photochemical palladium-catalyzed C-H activation. After that, Tim Noël of the University of Amsterdam presented his work in flow photochemistry, which is an integral part of our future when it comes to new ways of running chemical transformations. The second part of the day focused on biocatalytic strategies. Francesca Paradisi, Nicholas Turner, and Alison Narayan discussed strategies to evolve enzymes and use them for making useful molecules.

No conference is complete without an engaging poster session and this RSC event was no exception: throughout the two-day conference the participants had a chance to mingle with each other and enjoy posters. Like the selection of talks, the science described in the poster session represented a broad range of research topics and was a testament to the diversity of contributors. Several students were selected from the poster presentations and had a chance to present their work in exciting 5-minute segments.

Overall, the 2022 Chemical Science symposium on ‘Sustainable synthesis and catalysis’ offered a unique opportunity for networking and discussing the synthetic chemistry of the future. The hybrid meeting, hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry in the beautiful Burlington House in London, was part of the Chemical Science symposia, which are held annually to discuss fast moving fields of chemical research. We are already looking forward to meeting you at the 2023 symposium.

 

Andrei Yudin Chemical Science Associate Editor Paolo Melchiorre Chemical Science Associate Editor

Andrei Yudin
Chemical Science Associate Editor

Paolo Melchiorre
Chemical Science Associate Editor

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Chemical Science Reviewer Spotlight – February 2023

To further thank and recognise the support from our excellent reviewer community, we are highlighting reviewers who have provided exceptional support to the journal over the past year.

This month, we’ll be highlighting Katherine Bujold, Sabrina Conoci, Tierui Zhang and Junpei Yuasa. We asked our reviewers a few questions about what they enjoy about reviewing, and their thoughts on how to provide a useful review.

Katherine Bujold, McMaster University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katherine Bujold, McMaster University. Katherine’s research group focuses on the synthesis and development of chemically modified DNA nanostructures for biological applications. More specifically, the group is studying how backbone modifications and biocompatible ligands can facilitate the cell entry and/or cell surface of nucleic acid-based nanostructures.

Tierui Zhang, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tierui Zhang, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Tierui’s research focuses on the discovery of novel solar-responsive nanomaterials for the sustainable conversion of resource molecules such as water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen into fuels and valuable chemicals.

 

Sabrina Conoci, University of Messina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sabrina Conoci, University of Messina. Sabrina’s work involves the development of bio-nano-technologies for medical applications including PCR-free nucleic acids detection, cancer research and regenerative medicine

 

Junpei Yuasa, Tokyo University of Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Junpei Yuasa, Tokyo University of Science. Junpei’s research interests include metal assemblies exhibiting chiroptical properties, such as circularly polarized luminescence (CPL).

 

What encouraged you to review for Chemical Science?

Sabrina Conoci: I was encouraged to review because Chemical Science is a top journal with cutting-edge research papers.

 

What piece of advice would you give your past self when preparing your first review?

Tierui Zhang:  I would like to suggest my past self develops his review skills by learning from excellent reviews. He should treat every manuscript with care and respect and give comments clearly, thoughtfully, and productively.

 

What do you enjoy most about reviewing?

Junpei Yuasa: I am always happy to review papers from Chemical Science, because I can learn a lot of new techniques and chemistry insights from the high quality manuscripts submitted to the journal.

Tierui Zhang: By reviewing, I can catch up with the state-of-the-art works in research fields I am interested in, which is important to identify the orientation and direction of my research.

 

What has been your biggest learning point from reviewing?

Katherine Bujold: It is important to give clear and constructive feedback for suggested improvements to the paper. This way, the authors will have an easier time making the proposed changes to their manuscript.

 

Tune in next month to meet our next group of #ChemSciReviewers!

 

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How can you publish in Chemical Science for free?

Get to know our flagship journal

In this blog post, we explain how our journal, Chemical Science, can support you as a member of the scientific community. Learn more about our diamond open access policy, our video series, ChemSci Voices, and our blog series, Reviewer Spotlight.

What does it mean to be diamond open access?

Chemical Science is an innovative journal made up of people who are passionate about chemistry. We are always thinking of new ways to support you and build upon our purpose – to help the chemical science community make the world a better place.

To aid this mission, we believe that opening up research to everyone is crucial. The work we publish is impactful. It can inspire new discoveries, change how people look at the planet, and challenge standard thinking. Everyone deserves to have access to this research as it could benefit us all, and this is why Chemical Science has been open access since 2015.

We also take things one step further. Our diamond open access policy means that you can publish in Chemical Science for free. The submission process remains the same as any other Royal Society of Chemistry journal. We cover any article processing charges if your work is accepted, so you can make an impact without any barriers.

This is ChemSci’s back story, and why we publish your research diamond open access.

Get to know more about ChemSci.

How can diamond open access benefit you?

Diamond open access publishing benefits everyone. It means that you can read all of our articles and publish with us for free. By removing barriers, we foster collaboration between disciplines and welcome anyone around the world to publish with us.

Need extra information? Learn more about diamond open access.

Introducing ChemSci Voices

The chemical science community is a thriving network of incredible scientists. We publish work in a broad range of areas and from researchers all over the world. But how can we make sure that everyone has a chance to be heard?

ChemSci Voices is a new video series that gives researchers a platform to talk about their discoveries. We are interested in hearing every voice from around the globe. Help us celebrate and promote your future discoveries.

Watch our new ChemSci Voices videos.

What is our Reviewer Spotlight?

Our peer reviewers have a significant impact on the work we publish, helping us make sure that every article is accurate and of high quality. Our blog series, Reviewer Spotlight, recognises this important work and highlights some of the benefits of being a reviewer.

If you have ever been interested in becoming a reviewer, we recommend reading some of our blog posts. You can learn what our reviewers enjoy about assessing research and how this work contributes to their career paths.

Read our Reviewer Spotlight blog.

Become a peer reviewer.

 

We want to thank everyone – our authors and peer reviewers – for being part of our journey to an open, equitable society where science can thrive.

 

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Chemical Science HOT Articles: Janaury 2023

We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for January 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

You can explore our full 2023 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection here!

 

Browse a selection of our January HOT articles below:

The spatial distribution of cobalt phthalocyanine and copper nanocubes controls the selectivity towards C2 products in tandem electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
Min Wang, Anna Loiudice, Valery Okatenko, Ian D. Sharp and Raffaella Buonsanti
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Compact hydrophilic electrophiles enable highly efficacious high DAR ADCs with excellent in vivo PK profile
Philipp Ochtrop, Jahaziel Jahzerah, Paul Machui, Isabelle Mai, Dominik Schumacher, Jonas Helma, Marc-André Kasper and Christian P. R. Hackenberger
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Germanium hydrides as an efficient hydrogen-storage material operated by an iron catalyst
Yoshinao Kobayashi and Yusuke Sunada
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

In vivo singlet state filtered nuclear magnetic resonance: towards monitoring toxic responses inside living organisms
Daniel H. Lysak, Flavio V. C. Kock, Salvatore Mamone, Ronald Soong, Stefan Glöggler and Andre J. Simpson
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

BOINPYs: facile synthesis and photothermal properties triggered by photoinduced nonadiabatic decay
Lizhi Gai, Ruijing Zhang, Xiuguang Shi, Zhigang Ni, Sisi Wang, Jun-Long Zhang, Hua Lu and Zijian Guo
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Low-cost machine learning prediction of excited state properties of iridium-centered phosphors
Gianmarco G. Terrones, Chenru Duan, Aditya Nandy and Heather J. Kulik
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

From symmetry breaking to symmetry swapping: is Kasha’s rule violated in multibranched phenyleneethynylenes?
K. Swathi, Meleppatt Sujith, P. S. Divya, Merin Varghese P, Andrea Delledonne, D. K. Andrea Phan Huu, Francesco Di Maiolo, Francesca Terenziani, Andrea Lapini, Anna Painelli, Cristina Sissa and K. George Thomas
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

 

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January 2023 Chemical Science Reviews & Perspectives

Welcome to January’s Perspective & Review round up!

Our on-going 2023 Chemical Science Perspective & Review Collection showcases all of the Perspective and Review articles published in Chemical Science in 2023. You can find our 2022 collection here.

We hope you enjoy reading and as always, all of our articles are open access so you can easily share your favourites online and with your colleagues.

Explore the full collection!

 

Designing strategies and enhancing mechanism for multicomponent high-entropy catalysts
Haitao Xu, Zeyu Jin, Yinghe Zhang, Xi Lin, Guoqiang Xie, Xingjun Liu and Hua-Jun Qiu
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 771-790

Synchrotron radiation based operando characterization of battery materials
Ashley P. Black, Andrea Sorrentino, François Fauth, Ibraheem Yousef, Laura Simonelli, Carlos Frontera, Alexandre Ponrouch, Dino Tonti and M. Rosa Palacín
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Sustainable and practical formation of carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds employing organo-alkali metal reagents
Lu-Qiong Huo, Xin-Hao Wang, Zhenguo Zhang, Zhenhua Jia, Xiao-Shui Peng and Henry N. C. Wong
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Regulation of the Si/Al ratios and Al distributions of zeolites and their impact on properties
Jialiang Li, Mingkun Gao, Wenfu Yan and Jihong Yu
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

 

Chemical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry

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Wishing you a happy Year of the Rabbit!

From all of us here at Chemical Science, we would like to wish you a Happy Year of the Rabbit! In celebration we are delighted to present a special collection of our most popular recent articles, highlighting the work of authors from across China.

Chemical Science Happy New Year

You can find the full collection here and we have highlighted a selection of these below.

Read our Chinese New Year collection here

We also have four dedicated Chinese Associate Editors: Prof. Jinlong Gong at Tianjin University, Prof. Zaiping Guo at the University of Adelaide, Prof. Ning Jiao at Peking University and Prof. Yi-Tao Long at Nanjing University.

Professor Gong is interested in heterogeneous catalysis and kinetics with a focus on catalytic conversions of small molecules, production of hydrogen energy, and syntheses and applications of nanostructured catalytic materials. Professor Guo’s research interests include the design and application of electrode materials and electrolyte for energy storage and conversion, including rechargeable batteries, hydrogen storage, and fuel cells. Professor Jiao’s current research efforts are focused on new methodology development in atom-incorporation reactions, first-row transition metal catalysis and inert chemical bonds functionalization, and the synthesis of bioactive compounds and drug discovery. Professor Long is interested in the development of new electrochemical measurement methods to reveal the characteristics and dynamics of single entities.

 

Prof. Jinlong Gong Prof. Zaiping Guo
Prof. Jinlong Gong Prof. Zaiping Guo
Prof. Ning Jiao Prof. Yi-Tao Long
Prof. Ning Jiao Prof. Yi-Tao Long

 

We are pleased to send along their best wishes to our authors, reviewers, and readers.

 

Prof. Jinlong Gong: 衷心感谢各位读者、作者、编委和朋友对Chemical Scienc

e的厚爱与支持,何其有幸,年岁并进!启一元复始,待四序更新,衷心祝福大家大展宏兔,兔步青云,奋发兔强,万事顺遂!

Prof. Zaiping Guo: 副主编郭再萍向大家拜年了,感谢作者,审稿人,以及读者朋

友们一直以来对Chemical Science的支持, 在兔年到来之际,我们衷心的期待与您的进一步合作,携手再创一个丰收的2023!祝大家新年快乐,身体健康,工作顺利,万事如意!

Prof. Ning Jiao: 感谢大家长期以来对 Chemical Science的支持和帮助!兔年就要到了,衷心祝愿所有关心 Chemical Science的朋友们新的一年大展宏“兔”、工作“兔”飞猛进!恭祝大家新春愉快!身体健康!阖家幸福!皆得所愿!

Prof. Yi-Tao Long: 感谢Chemical Science的读者、作者、编委及广大朋友的厚爱,新的一年我们将更加努力,期待大家的继续关注和支持。恭祝各位老师兔年吉祥,身体健康,万事如意!

 

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Chinese New Year Special Collection Highlights:

 

NIR TADF emitters and OLEDs: challenges, progress, and perspectives
Xiao, Yuxin; Wang, Hailan; Xie, Zongliang; Shen, Mingyao; Huang, Rongjuan; Miao, Yuchen; Liu, Guanyu; Yu, Tao; Huang, Wei
Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 8906-8923
Review Article

Cu-catalyzed enantioselective decarboxylative cyanation via the synergistic merger of photocatalysis and electrochemistry
Yuan, Yin; Yang, Junfeng; Zhang, Junliang
Chem. Sci., 2022, 14, 705-710
Edge Article

Surfactant-chaperoned donor–acceptor–donor NIR-II dye strategy efficiently circumvents intermolecular aggregation to afford enhanced bioimaging contrast
Han, Tianyang; Wang, Yajun; Xu, Jiajun; Zhu, Ningning; Bai, Lang; Liu, Xiangping; Sun, Bin; Yu, Chenlong; Meng, Qinglun; Wang, Jiaqi; Su, Qi; Cai, Qing; Hettie, Kenneth S.; Zhang, Yuewei; Zhu, Shoujun; Yang, Bai
Chem. Sci., 2022, 14, 13201-13211
Edge Article

Exhaustive Baeyer–Villiger oxidation: a tailor-made post-polymerization modification to access challenging poly(vinyl acetate) copolymers
Ma, Pengfei; Plummer, Christopher M.; Luo, Wenjun; Pang, Jiyan; Chen, Yongming; Li, Le
Chem. Sci., 2022, 14, 11746-11754
Edge Article

We hope you enjoy reading this selection of articles from our collection celebrating the Chinese New Year.

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Chemical Science Reviewer Spotlight – January 2023

To further thank and recognise the support from our excellent reviewer community, we are highlighting reviewers who have provided exceptional support to the journal over the past year.

This month, we’ll be highlighting Esther Heid, Nicholas White, Sarit Agasti and Sharon Neufeldt. We asked our reviewers a few questions about what they enjoy about reviewing, and their thoughts on how to provide a useful review.

Esther Heid, Technische Universität Wien.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esther Heid, Technische Universität Wien. Esther’s research focuses on machine learning and heuristics to describe the properties of molecules and chemical reactions.

Nicholas White, Australian National University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas White, Australian National University. Nicholas’ group are focussed on supramolecular chemistry. They are particularly interested in systems that can self-assemble in water, for example cage molecules and hydrogen bonded frameworks.

Sarit Agasti, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarit Agasti, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). The central theme of Sarit’s research is ‘Molecular recognition in synthetic systems. Areas of application include super-resolution imaging, sensing, and developing new approaches for delivering and activating therapeutic materials.

 

Sharon Neufeldt, Montana State University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon Neufeldt, Montana State University. The Neufeldt lab’s research focuses on mechanistic organometallic chemistry, with a particular interest in controlling the selectivity of transition metal catalysts.

 

What encouraged you to review for Chemical Science?

Sharon Neufeldt: Chemical Science publishes a lot of work that is relevant to my group’s research interests, so I am generally interested in supporting this journal through peer review. Furthermore, my experience publishing in Chem. Sci. was really amazing – we received the most constructive and thorough reviewer comments I’ve ever had, which gave me a deeper appreciation of this journal’s review process.

Nicholas White: I think reviewing is an important part of the job. I submit papers and expect people to review them, so it’s only fair that I return the favour. I really like reviewing for Chemical Science in particular because most of the papers I review are high quality and interesting – they’re papers I’ll end up reading any way so it’s fun to review them.

 

What do you enjoy most about reviewing?

Esther Heid: I enjoy helping researchers improve their work by providing constructive comments. Furthermore, it is exciting to read about the newest research before it is actually published.

Sarit Agasti: Besides reading science first-hand, I enjoy giving critical thinking to an experimental outcome or an unusual finding. The thing about being a reviewer is that you get to clarify your doubts directly from the authors-which is precious.

 

What advice would you give a first-time author looking to maximise their chances of successful peer review?

Nicholas White: Minimise the hype! Reviewers are researchers themselves and can see through it straight away. Personally, if a paper starts with two paragraphs of hyperbole about improbable applications or changing the world or “paradigm shifts,” I get pretty grumpy. I’d much rather read a paper that probes an important question, is open about its limitations and comes to valid conclusions than one that makes outlandish claims. I’d also suggest being selective with your citations, huge lists of citations just make it harder to find the really relevant prior work.

Sharon Neufeldt: It’s so important to clearly articulate why your research matters and how it represents an advance in knowledge or application. If a reviewer happens to be one of the small number of other researchers in the world working on nearly the same thing, they will immediately recognize the importance without you having to spell it out. However, it’s more likely that one or more of your reviewers will be pretty unfamiliar with the specifics of the research area and can’t easily appreciate why your work is exciting unless you make it obvious.

 

What makes a paper truly stand out for you when reviewing a paper?

Esther Heid: In my opinion, high-quality manuscripts should be compelling, reproducible, and supported by data. A great piece of research might not get published if it is written poorly, has no clear message or is described insufficiently, thus constructing a compelling story is a must. A manuscript that is not reproducible due to missing information or code cannot produce a large impact on the community. Finally, a bold conclusion that is not or only partially supported by data might prove false later and hinder scientific advancement.

 

What has been your biggest learning point from reviewing?

Esther Heid: When writing a manuscript, I try to look at it also from the perspective of a reviewer: Is the message clear, interesting, and supported by data? Is the given information enough to reproduce all results? Through reviewing, I learned to focus on these important points.

 

How do you balance reviewing with your other activities?

Sarit Agasti: I usually give a few thorough readings before I am ready to write the comments. I try to include the reading part within my daily schedule of reading newly published articles. Once I am prepared to write the comments, I book the earliest empty slot in my calendar and finish the review.

Tune in next month to meet our next group of #ChemSciReviewers!

 

If you want to learn more about how we support our reviewers, check out our Reviewer Hub.

Interested in joining our ever-growing reviewer community? Apply here now!

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Chemical Science HOT Articles: December 2022

We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for December 2022. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our December HOT articles below:

Multiple C–C bond formation upon electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 by an iron-based molecular macrocycle
Si-Thanh Dong, Chen Xu and Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

The anti-breast cancer stem cell properties of gold(i)-non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug complexes
Alice Johnson, Chibuzor Olelewe, Jong Hyun Kim, Joshua Northcote-Smith, R. Tyler Mertens, Ginevra Passeri, Kuldip Singh, Samuel G. Awuah and Kogularamanan Suntharalingam
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Vacancy-cluster-mediated surface activation for boosting CO2 chemical fixation
Wenxiu Liu, Lei Li, Wei Shao, Hui Wang, Yun Dong, Ming Zuo, Jiandang Liu, Hongjun Zhang, Bangjiao Ye, Xiaodong Zhang and Yi Xie
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Streptocyanine as an activation mode of amine catalysis for the conversion of pyridine rings to benzene rings
Tatsuya Morofuji, Shota Nagai, Airi Watanabe, Kota Inagawa and Naokazu Kano
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence with dual-emission and pressure-induced bidirectional shifting: cooperative effects of intramolecular and intermolecular energy transfer
Chenyue Zhao, Zhipeng Ding, Yibin Zhang, Zhigang Ni, Shijun Li, Shaolong Gong, Bo Zou, Kai Wang and Ling Yu
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

On-surface synthesis of non-benzenoid conjugated polymers by selective atomic rearrangement of ethynylarenes
Alejandro Jiménez-Martín, Federico Villalobos, Benjamin Mallada, Shayan Edalatmanesh, Adam Matěj, Juan M. Cuerva, Pavel Jelínek, Araceli G. Campaña and Bruno de la Torre
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
 

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