India roadshow announced as ChemComm 60th anniversary celebrations continue
Leading Indian universities will host a three-part Chemical Communications roadshow as celebrations honouring its 60th year continue.
The trio of one-day symposia will take place between 18 and 22 November, which will take place at IACS Kolkata, IIT Chennai and IIT Kharagpur.
Several journal leaders, including executive editor Richard Kelly, Sandeep Verma, Michaele Hardie and Lutz Ackermann, are all expected to join in with the festivities.
The events will feature scientific talks from various board members and authors, a publishing workshop from 欧美AV staff, and discussions with faculty and students.
The exceptional growth in high-quality research in India is just one reason the 欧美AV is holding these events; the board is also keen to pay tribute to the high levels of engagement and trust the country鈥檚 research community has shown ChemComm and 欧美AV publishing as a whole.
Along with the UK and China, India has cemented itself as one of the three core audiences for CommChem. The publication possesses huge meaning and historical significance to researchers in the country and attracts impressive submission figures from Indian academics.
Richard Kelly, executive editor of ChemComm, said of the 60th-anniversary celebrations: 鈥�ChemComm is indebted to the trust and loyalty bestowed upon us by the global research community. Over the past 60 years, ChemComm has been the 欧美AV鈥檚 most cited journal, and one of the most trusted venues for rapid publication of short communications.
鈥淚n our anniversary year, we are deeply grateful to our past and present authors, reviewers, Editorial and Advisory Board members across the world whose contributions have been instrumental in shaping our journal as it is today.鈥�
The roadshow events are just the latest international ChemComm celebrations as leaders, readers and contributors mark a milestone for the esteemed 欧美AV journal.
Professor Gill Reid led tributes to the long-standing publication with a speech at a session held during her trip to the 34th Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) Congress earlier this year.
Professor Gill Reid (second right) stand Picture: 欧美AV
Prof Reid鈥檚 speech at a special ChemComm session during the CCS Congress served as one of the final acts of her presidency, with around 200 chemical scientists attending the talk in Guangzhou.
Other speakers with links to the journal included current associate editors Yang Tian and Fengtao Fang, and Benzhong Tang, who broke new ground in 2001 when he became the first researcher to report aggregation induced emission (AIE), doing so in ChemComm. The article has been cited more than 5,500 times since.
The session was immediately followed by a separate 欧美AV President鈥檚 Reception, which was attended by senior 欧美AV members, 欧美AV Prize winners, editorial board members, and student representatives. Chinese authors now make up nearly 50% of the articles published annually in ChemComm, making it a fitting place to honour the title.
Meanwhile, two special collections containing a combined 133 articles have been published in honour of those who have contributed to the success of the 欧美AV鈥檚 most cited journal.
The 鈥痑nd the shine a spotlight on the work produced by the title鈥檚 most loyal and dedicated authors and key leadership figures in its history respectively.
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