SynOpen is Fast, Fair, and Flexible

Editor-in-Chief SynOpen

Abstract

Dear readers, dear colleagues,

After five years as a member of the Advisory Board of SynOpen, I am delighted to have been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

SynOpen is a sister journal of SYNTHESIS and Synlett. It is an international open access journal reporting on recent research in the chemical sciences since 2017. As many of you may already know, the scope of the journal covers mainly, but not exclusively, the areas of synthesis, catalysis, organometallic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, photochemistry, sustainable chemistry, polymers, and materials synthesis. SynOpen uses a unique crowd-sourced peer review system called "Select Crowd Review", which provides a very fast peer review service to its authors, with first decisions in as little as 72 h. The journal offers the opportunity to publish both experimental and theoretical studies, and aims at publishing high quality work that deserves to be considered for publication in an open access format.

Looking back at 2022, SynOpen has started to collect articles in thematic areas to make content more discoverable for the readers. Last year, three main thematic areas were highlighted: Catalysis, Bioactive Target Molecules, and Mild and Sustainable Synthetic Transformations.

This year, the Associate Editors and I are committed to reaching a broader readership within the chemistry community by welcoming articles that focus on interdisciplinary research areas alongside the traditional synthetic contributions that the journal currently features. This approach is in keeping with the SynOpen motto: Fast, Fair, and Flexible.

Flexibility is key in the fast-moving world of science. Authors within the chemistry community working in interdisciplinary areas can choose from a variety of publication formats when publishing in SynOpen, depending on their needs. The journal welcomes articles such as Graphical Reviews, Reviews and Short Reviews, Spotlights, Original Articles, Letters, Practical Synthetic Procedure (PSP). Graphical Reviews and Spotlights are unique formats proposed in our journal.

Readers can access articles published in SynOpen on Thieme-connect, the journal’s official content site, or access the Editor’s Choices below:

Development of a Continuous Photochemical Benzyne-Forming Process [1]

by Cormac Bracken , Andrei S. Batsanov , and Marcus Baumann 

A Catalytic, Oxidative Synthesis of Olivetol, Methyl Olivetolate and Orthogonally Protected Methyl Ether Derivatives [2]

by David Hurem, Benjamin J. Macphail, Rina Carlini, Jason­ Lewis, and James McNulty

Atropisomerism in Styrene: Synthesis, Stability, and Applications­[3]

by Jia Feng and Zhenhua Gu 

C–H Bond Functionalization of Amines: A Graphical Overview of Diverse Methods [4]

by Subhradeep Dutta, Bowen Li , Dillon R. L. Rickertsen, Daniel A. Valles, and Daniel Seidel

[Cu(bcp)(DPEphos)]⁺: A Versatile and Efficient Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst and Photosensitizer [5]

by Samuel Oger , Hajar Baguia, Tuan-Anh Phan, Titouan Teunens, Jérôme Beaudelot, Cécile Moucheron, and Gwilherm Evano 

Simple and Efficient Synthesis of Allyl Sulfones through Cs₂CO₃-Mediated Radical Sulfonylation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman Adducts with Thiosulfonates [6]

by Angothu Shankar, Md. Waheed, and Raju Jannapu Reddy

In addition to a fast and flexible peer review service offered by SynOpen, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board members of SynOpen are committed to fairness to authors and to providing them with customer service with a personal touch. You can read more about the benefits for authors of publishing in Thieme Chemistry journals on the ­official website.

Numerous studies have shown that Open Access publishing offers a number of benefits, including increased citation, faster impact, and compliance with Open Access mandates.

In order to give greater recognition to our community, we will be launching a Best Paper Award for SynOpen this year. SynOpen is indexed in both Scopus and Web of Science, where it is part of the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). According to a Clarivate announcement, in 2023 “all Web of Science Core Collection™ journals will receive a Journal Impact Factor (JIF)™.” Thus, we are all excited and looking forward to SynOpen's first impact factor this summer. We ask for your continued support and contribution to SynOpen and look forward to your next submissions.

Conflict of Interest

The author declares no conflict of interest.

• References

• 1 Bracken C, Batsanov AS, Baumann M. SynOpen 2021; 5: 29
• 2 Hurem D, Macphail BJ, Carlini R, Lewis J, McNulty J. SynOpen 2021; 5: 86
• 3 Feng J, Gu Z. SynOpen 2021; 5: 68
• 4 Dutta S, Li B, Rickertsen DR. L, Valles DA, Seidel D. SynOpen 2021; 5: 173
• 5 Oger S, Baguia H, Phan T.-A, Teunens T, Beaudelot J, Moucheron C, Evano G. SynOpen 2021; 5: 141
• 6 Shankar A, Waheed Md, Jannapu Reddy R. SynOpen 2021; 5: 91

Publication History

Article published online:
03 April 2023