Dalton Transactions: The journal for the research community
Last year we celebrated Dalton Transactions’ 40th anniversary. I hope that you have had an opportunity to read the excellent papers that we published throughout the year to celebrate this milestone, the highlight perhaps being the 40th anniversary themed issue authored by Editorial and Advisory Board members past and present which was published as issue 40, including Perspectives from Peter Scott (Approaches to the synthesis of optically pure helicates, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 10268–10277 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11423A), Peter Edwards and Ekke Hahn (Synthesis and coordination chemistry of macrocyclic ligands featuring NHC donor groups, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 10278–10288 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10864F), Lars Kloo (Liquid electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 10289–10303 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11023C), Seiji Ogo (The development of aqueous transfer hydrogenation catalysts, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 10304–10310 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10544B) and a Frontier by Neil Champness (The future of metal–organic frameworks, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 10311–10315 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11184A).We also celebrated the journal's 40th year through the organization of two Dalton Transactions Symposia. The first, the Dalton Transactions Younger Researchers’ Symposium, was held in September in Warwick, UK, and this provided an opportunity for post-graduates to present their own work to their peers. The meeting was a great success, perhaps summed up with this comment from one of the attending delegates, ‘It was one of the best conferences I've been to!’. The second journal symposium in 2011 was the 3rd Dalton Transactions International Symposium held at Osaka and Kyushu Universities in November organized by Shinobu Itoh and Seiji Ogo, with the theme of bioinorganic chemistry. Three speakers from outside Japan (Nils Metzler-Nolte, Chris Orvig and Erwin Reisner) joined local speakers (Shinobu Itoh, Shun Hirota, Takashi Hayashi, Kazuya Kikuchi, Seiji Ogo, Yoshi Hisaeda, Yoshinori Naruta and Tsutomu Katsuki) for two days of inspirational bioinorganic chemistry.
It is the people involved with the journal that help make Dalton Transactions the success that it is. This year we see some changes to the faces behind the journal. We say a fond farewell to Chris Orvig, whose term as Chair of the Editorial Board finished at the end of 2011. Chris’ guidance, support and leadership during his four-year term have played an invaluable contribution to the journal's successes in recent years. We will all miss working with you, Chris!
We welcome Philip Mountford (University of Oxford, UK) as the next Editorial Board Chair. Philip has been a strong supporter of the journal, as a referee and an author, over the years, and we are delighted that he will be even more involved with the journal. Many readers will know Philip for his research in the field of organometallic chemistry and the use of organometallic compounds for catalysis.
Dalton Transactions profiles Professor Philip Mountford, the new Chair of the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board
Philip Mountford gained a D. Phil. degree at the University of Oxford (1986 to 1989) under the supervision of Professor M.L.H. Green. He remained at Oxford as a Junior Research Fellow until 1992 and then accepted a faculty position at the University of Nottingham. In 1998 he returned to Oxford where he is Professor of Chemistry. His research interests centre around studies of the bonding and stoichiometric and catalytic reactivity of organometallic and related compounds of the early transition and lanthanide metals, and, more recently, the alkaline-earth metals. This research has a particular emphasis on compounds with metal–nitrogen multiple bonds, olefin polymerization and ring-opening polymerization towards “green” polymers. An author of ca. 230 publications and patents, Philip is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a past recipient of the RSC's Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship. He has been a Visiting Professor at several European universities and recently served as Acting Head of Inorganic Chemistry in Oxford. | ||||||
Philip Mountford writes, ‘I am delighted and honoured to be taking over from Chris Orvig as Chair of the Editorial Board of Dalton Transactions at such an exciting time in the journal's history. Chris has been an excellent, proactive and vigorous Chair and is a tough act to follow. He himself is one of a series of talented former Chairs including, most recently, Guy Orpen, David Cole-Hamilton and Paul Walton.
It is over 20 years since, as a graduate student with Malcolm Green, my first full paper was published in J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. I never imagined then that I would have the chance to help contribute to its development. Fast-forward to today and we see that Dalton has just celebrated its 40thanniversary as one of the world's premier journals in inorganic chemistry, and its reputation grows year on year. Its main themes cover the widest spectrum, namely: organometallics and catalysis; biological inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry; solid-state and coordination chemistry; inorganic solid state and materials; computational chemistry and mechanistic studies. The breadth and depth of coverage provided by the members of the Editorial and Advisory Boards of the journal are impressive. Their support and commitment to the journal, and in particular the four-strong team of Associate Editors (John Arnold, Guo-Xin Jin, Dan Mindiola and Russell Morris) and Regional Associate Editor Shinobu Itoh who now assist the Cambridge office to help ensure a vibrant future in terms of quality, scope and range of the articles, communications and reviews you will find in every issue of Dalton Transactions. And it is not just these different types of articles that Dalton Transactions publishes. Its key role in theDalton Discussions series remains an important part of the conference landscape. The high-quality Themed Issues serve as must-read works of reference (most recently, for example, covering self-assembly, computational chemistry, pincer ligands and organometallic catalysis).
My term of office is the standard four year one. During this period I will strive, together with Jamie Humphrey and the RSC editorial team, the Editorial Board and Advisory Board, to not only maintain but exceed Dalton Transactions’ current position and its reputation for quality papers, fair and robust refereeing, excellent technical support and impressive submission to publication times. I very much look forward to working with them and with all of you in realising this aim. Please do not hesitate to contact me, Jamie Humphrey or any member of the Editorial Board if you have suggestions for improving the journal in any regard. This is an internationally leading journal and we continue to strive for excellence at that level for all of our readers and contributors.′
There have been a number of changes in the Editorial Board structure over the last couple of years, and a number of Editorial Board members now also have the role of Associate Editors as Philip mentions above, and are happy to receive articles for consideration for publication. Full details of the journal's Associate Editors and their Editorial Offices are given in Table 1.
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| John Arnold | Guo-Xin Jin | Dan Mindiola | Russell Morris | Shinobu Itoh |
| University of California, Berkeley, USA | Fudan University, Shanghai, China | Indiana University, Bloomington, USA | University of St. Andrew's, UK | Regional Associate Editor for Japan |
We thank Editorial Board members Sylviane Sabo-Etienne and Ian Manners, whose terms both concluded at the end of 2011, for all their efforts and support for the journal during past years. Their advice and support have been significant in the development of the journal.
A number of members of the community have also contributed to the journal by being Guest Editors for the journal's popular themed issues. In 2011 the following were Guest Editors: Masahiro Yamashita (New Talent: Asia), Duncan Wass and Neil Robertson (Contributions of Inorganic Chemistry to Energy Research), Stephen Faulkner and Nick Long (Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging and Therapy), John Arnold and Pete Scott (d0 Organometallics in Catalysis), Gerard van Koten and Bert Klein Gebbink (Pincers and other Hemilabile Ligands), Chris Orvig (40th anniversary issue), Stuart MacGregor (Computational Chemistry of Inorganic Systems) and Thorri Gunnlaugsson and Paul Kruger (Self-assembly in Inorganic Chemistry).
Look out for the planned topical themed issues in 2012, organised by the following: Russell Morris (Coordination Chemistry in the Solid State), Kathy Franz (Metals in Medicine: Therapeutics (non-cancer)), John Arnold and Dan Mindiola (New Talent: The Americas), Doug Stephan (Frustrated Lewis Pairs), Mike Ward (Dalton Discussion 13: Inorganic Photophysics and Photochemistry), Lee Cronin and Deliang Long (Polyoxometallates) and Masahiro Yamashita (Molecule-based Quantum Magnets).
The journal is completed by the people working in the RSC offices in Cambridge, where Dalton Transactions is looked after by a team of professional editors (Fig. 1): Jamie Humphrey (Editor), Ruth Doherty (Deputy Editor), Caroline Burley (Senior Publishing Editor), Matt Cude (Development Editor), Rachel Cooper, Debora Giovanelli, Helen Lunn, Amy Middleton-Gear, Kirsty Muirhead, Jen Newton, Michael Parkin and Andrew Shore (Publishing Editors) and Kate Bandoo and Jane Orchard (Publishing Assistants).
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| Fig. 1 The Dalton Transactions Editorial Team (clockwise from top left: Rachel Cooper, Jen Newton, Ruth Doherty, Jamie Humphrey, Caroline Burley, Kate Bandoo, Andrew Shore, Michael Parkin, Helen Lunn, Kirsty Muirhead, Amy Middleton-Gear and Debora Giovanelli (missing are Matt Cude and Jane Orchard). | ||
People are central to the success of Dalton Transactions, and I hope very much that you will continue to be involved with the journal, as authors, readers, referees and Editorial Board members. We look forward to your continued support.
Jamie Humphrey
Editor, Dalton Transactions
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