三位编辑畅想Chem Catalysis未来发展

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催化是提高化学品生产效率和可持续性发展的关键技术，是推进可再生能源、医疗保健和环境科学研究的核心。面对日益增加的相关领域科学研究，Cell Press细胞出版社顺势推出旗下第一本聚焦催化领域全方向的专刊Chem Catalysis，受到了来自催化界的广泛关注。

Chem Catalysis旨在将来自学术界和工业界的多个领域的研究人员聚集在一起，增进我们对现有催化系统的理解，发展新型催化剂以扩展当前的知识，并将基本催化见解与现实世界连接起来，造福社会。

我们非常荣幸，能够在编辑团队组建完成之际，向大家介绍各位成员。各位编辑也希望能够借此机会，让您更了解她们。小编对Chem Catalysis的三位编辑进行了一次采访，请她们与大家分享她们对Chem Catalysis的愿景。

Chem Catalysis与其他期刊相比有何独到之处？

Ilaria:Chem Catalysis 旨在打通催化领域均相、异相、生物催化等不同方向，不同学术团体之间的壁垒，发表相关的原创研究、综述、观点（perspectives）、评论、意见（opinion）等。我们通过文章的学术讨论，将学界、工业界等不同相关团体连接在一起，进行合作，突显推动领域发展和解决社会挑战时互利共赢的重要性。Chem Catalysis 的同行评审过程公平、高效，这得益于我们才华横溢、经验丰富的内部编辑团队。他们紧密合作，确保客观、及时地处理每份稿件。Cell Press 内部不断发展的物理科学生态系统，为我们提供了巨大的帮助，让我们能够与Chem和Joule等知名刊物进行交叉推广。我们也会在合适的时机，努力将那些能够引起学界广泛兴趣的文章能够得到更多地报道。

化学家心目中的好期刊是什么样的？
Christine: 化学家们希望期刊能够提供该领域最关键的发现与进展，它应该是经过同行评审的、客观的、具有代表性的概述。对于Chem Catalysis这样的特定领域期刊而言，则应该是能够发表有可能使催化界受益的杰出研究。这些研究要么能显著推动当前学科知识发展，具有学术价值；要么能推动基础催化研究实际应用，能够造福社会。也需要能够解决催化方面工业界和学术界面临的主要限制与挑战，实质性地推进未来研究并激励下一代科学家发展。

什么样的催化论文是好论文？
Yanfei: 一篇好的催化方向的论文，最重要的是要包含四要素——I. D. E. A.：“Inspiration”（好的催化研究总能以其创新性、及时性、严谨性激励和推动新的变革）、“Discovery”（新的催化剂、催化体系、表征手段的发现必须对催化学界产生广泛影响）、“Essence”（对反应机理的透彻研究会给未来工作更多洞见）、“Ambition”（我们期盼更多针对人类社会挑战的切实可行的解决方案）。

为何Cell Press会是催化领域期刊的好归宿？

Ilaria: Cell Press 经过过去五年的发展，已经成长为一家全科学出版机构，并陆续为物理科学界推出了几本高质量的期刊。从一开始的Chem，到后来的Joule、Matter、Cell Reports Physical Sciences，Cell Press通过学术出版帮助众多学科的科学家接触到了广大读者。编辑团队由经验丰富、才华横溢的编辑组成，他们在化学、材料科学和物理学方面具有广泛的专业知识，各编辑团队会定期合作，确保每份投稿都能得到客观、及时的处理。催化界是可以从Cell Press的出版中获益的。Cell Press具有公认的编辑质量、高效严格的同行评审、所有期刊共同带来的卓越声誉，这确保了我们的论文符合最高的出版标准，并在出版后能够具有广泛的影响力。

促使你从事化学行业的初心是什么？
Yanfei: 想要了解事物变化本质的好奇心。

Christine: 化学具有无穷的魅力，它能直接应用于材料、能源、工业、药理等领域。我一直对了解如何批判性地思考科学以及如何创造性地应用以前的知识来解决新的问题很感兴趣。化学重大发展所带来的内在创造力，会给我很大启发。

Ilaria: 我着迷于自然界，我想了解事物在最基本的层面是如何运作的。

化学界可以怎样助力Chem Catalysis的发展？
Christine: 化学界可以为化学催化做出贡献。化学界可以通过提交他们最有影响力的研究来推动Chem Catalysis的发展。我们期刊的大部分前页（综述、观点、意见）都是编辑邀稿，但我们也很乐意接受和评估此类文章的提案。如果研究者不确定稿件是否适合Chem Catalysis时，可以与我们联系，进行投稿前咨询。可以通过[e-mail]随时联系我们。

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1.What will Chem Catalysis offer that other journals don’t? 

Ilaria: Chem Catalysis aims to bridge the gap between different scientific communities that contribute to the broad field of catalysis (homogeneous, heterogeneous and bio-catalysis). It will also bring academia and industry closer together to show how they both try to solve societal challenges. We will publish research articles, reviews and perspectives, but also commentaries and opinion pieces. Our aim with the discussion pieces, is to bring different communities together to collaborate and show how complementary approaches are important in driving the field forward. We guarantee a fair and fast peer-review process thanks to our in-house talented and experienced editors, who work closely together to ensure that each submission is considered fairly and promptly. Finally, we offer great visibility at publication, thanks to the growing physical sciences ecosystem within Cell Press, which enables cross promotion with established titles such as Chem and Joule. Where appropriate, we will work with our press office team to ensure that  articles of broader interest will get coverage in the wider media.

2.What are chemists looking for in a journal? 

Christine: Chemists are looking for journals to provide a peer-reviewed, unbiased, representative overview of the most crucial findings and advances in the field. For a field specific journal such as Chem Catalysis, it is imperative that all the published content has the potential to benefit the catalysis community by publishing outstanding research that significantly expands the current knowledge and connects fundamental catalysis insights to the real world for the benefit of society. Furthermore, it is important to address the primary limitations and challenges that face industrial and academic catalysis in order to significantly advance future research and inspire the next generation of scientists. 

3.What makes a great catalysis paper?

Yanfei: All that counts is the IDEA:  Inspiration (to inspire the community with innovative, timely, and rigorous investigations), Discovery (to report novel results with the potential to impact the wider catalysis community), Essence (to provide meaningful insights on the mechanism of the catalysis reactions), Ambition (to target practical solutions for the challenges society will be confronted with in the future). 

4.Why is Cell Press a good home for a catalysis-focused journal? 

Ilaria: In the past five years Cell Press has grown into an all-science publisher with the launch of several high-quality journals for the physical sciences community. Starting with Chem and followed by Joule, Matter and Cell Reports Physical Sciences; Cell Press has helped scientists across a large spectrum of disciplines to get published and reach a large audience. The editorial teams consist of highly experienced and talented editors with broad expertise in chemistry, materials science and physics, who regularly collaborate  to ensure that each submission is considered fairly and promptly. The catalysis community can benefit from publishing with Cell Press because of the recognized quality of the editorial process, the quick and rigorous peer review process and the outstanding reputation of all Cell Press journals, which ensures our papers have to meet the highest publication standards and post publication will have a wide reach. 

5. What inspired you to pursue a career in chemistry? 

Yanfei: Curiosity to understand the nature of the way things are changing. 

Chrissy: Chemistry is such a fascinating area of science that has directly application to materials, energy, industry, pharmacology, and more. I have always been interested in understanding how to think critically about science and how to apply former knowledge creatively in order to solve new problems, and I am very inspired by seeing the inherent creativity associated with major advances in chemistry. 

Ilaria: I am fascinated by nature, and I want to understand how things work at the very fundamental level.

6.How can the chemistry community contribute to Chem Catalysis? 

Christine: The chemistry community can contribute to Chem Catalysis by submitting their most impactful research. Most of our front matter (Reviews, Perspectives, opinion pieces) is commissioned but we would be delighted to receive proposals for these articles, that will be evaluated by the editorial team. We are always open to receiving pre-submission inquiries, when scientists are in doubt about the suitability of their papers for Chem Catalysis, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us! [e-mail] 

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