Metallomics in 2010—Thank you to our authors and referees

2010 has been another excellent year for Metallomics! We have doubled the number of issues published from 6 to 12, and I am pleased to say, this has been accompanied by articles of excellent quality, which has really helped to establish the journal even further.

As we reach the end of our second year, we would particularly like to extend our thanks to all our authors and referees for their support, and hope that we can count on this again in 2011.

We have also seen the range of research areas that the subject of Metallomics covers, and this has been demonstrated by the breadth of articles that we have published. Some of our most popular articles this year have included a Critical Review from Claudia Blindauer and Ralf Schmid on the cytosolic metal handling in plants (DOI: 10.1039/c004880a), cysteine proteaseas as targets for metal-based drugs by Simon Fricker (DOI: 10.1039/b924677k) and functional metal ions in nucleic acids by Jens Müller (DOI: 10.1039/c000429d).

Issue 2 of this year was a themed issue featuring research that was presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Metallomics, which was held in 2008 in Cincinnati. In 2011, the 3rd International Symposium on Metallomics (ISM 2011) is being held in Münster, Germany, and we are very pleased to say that Metallomics will be publishing a themed issue from this conference once again. Metallomics is very much a developing area, and we look forward to seeing the growth of the ISM meetings alongside the journal.

Next year we can also look forward to several other themed issues in the journal. These include an issue dedicated to the study of ‘Metals in Neurodegenerative Diseases’. This issue is being guest edited by David Brown from the University of Bath, and will include an excellent selection of reviews and primary research articles on this topic. This will be followed by an issue on Cytochromes, guest edited by Advisory Board member Norbert Jakubowski and Peter Roos from the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Germany.

At the beginning of November, the 2nd Metallomics Research Forum was held in Kyoto, Japan. The subject of metallomics developing quickly in Japan and the journal has already published several excellent articles from Japanese researchers. To acknowledge the strength of the field here, we will be publishing a themed issue in 2011 to highlight the growth of metallomics in Japan. This themed issue is being guest edited by Editorial Board member Hiroki Haraguchi and Hiroyuki Yasui from Kyoto Pharmaceutical University.

As well as being involved with several conferences this year around the world, we have also increased our profile online. So if you ‘tweet’, you can now also follow the latest news about Metallomics on Twitter (http://twitter.com/metallomics) or read and comment on our blog, which can be found on the journal homepage, www.rsc.org/metallomics.

Alternatively, if you have any feedback on Metallomics or ideas of how you would like to see the journal develop with the community, please do not hesitate to mailto:metallomics-RSC@rsc.org and I would be happy to discuss them. The journal team will also be attending several conferences throughout 2011, so we hope that we have the opportunity to meet you at one of these. You can find details of these on the journal homepage or newsletter (sign up for this by visiting http://www.rsc.org/ej_alert).

I hope that you enjoy reading this last issue of Metallomics in 2010, and we look forward to hearing from you in 2011.

May Copsey, Editor

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