The decision made by the Académie des sciences to provide since January 1, 2020 a fully open access worldwide to its well-established publications Comptes Rendus, including of course Comptes Rendus Chimie (“diamond model”) was acclaimed by the entire scientific community, authors and readers alike.
Most of you are familiar with our editorial policy. Chemistry is a very rich and diverse science, and we aim to cover all its aspects, from fundamental concepts to applications, whether in the core of the discipline or at the frontiers with other disciplines. We publish original research articles and accounts (short reviews focused on the authors’ recent scientific contributions), preliminary communications that typically describe novel and important results, as well as historic chronicles. The work should be of high general interest or outstanding specialized interest. Furthermore, thematic issues coordinated by one or many guest editor(s) (upon invitation or spontaneous suggestions) are particularly attractive and welcome by our readers because they allow an easy and efficient assessment of rapidly expanding fields of research. We are most grateful to our authors and guest editors because they are responsible for the success of this journal and its increasing visibility.
The thematic issues published in 2023 covered the following topics:
- Louis Pasteur: to celebrate his 200th anniversary, various articles were published here in collaboration with Comptes Rendus Biologie, the Notes Académiques de l’Académie d’agriculture de France, and the Bulletin de l’Académie vétérinaire, which illustrated his contributions to chemistry, biology, medicine, and agriculture
- Materials and Clean Processes for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Applications (Guest Editors: Mejdi Jeguirim, Patrick Dutournié)
- Chemical Ecology – Chemical Mediation in the Environment (Guest Editors: Anne-Geneviève Bagnères, Olivier Thomas)
- Chemical Biology (Guest Editors: Marie Lopez, Elisabetta Mileo, Eric Defrancq, Agnes Delmas, Boris Vauzeilles, Dominique Guianvarch, Christophe Biot)
As practised by most major scientific journals and in order not to overload our referees unduly, only submissions considered by the Editorial office to potentially meet the criteria given above are sent out to referees. We are fully aware that this policy can generate frustrations, but this is the only way to proceed given the number of submissions received by the Editorial Office. To be able to rely on high-level scientific referees with an ethic that lives up to their task is essential for a scientific journal and we know that these colleagues are being increasingly solicited. We sincerely thank them for their contribution to the success of Comptes Rendus Chimie and we are particularly grateful to our 10 most active referees listed in Table 1.
| Janine Cossy (ESPCI Paris, France) |
| Pierre Grandclaudon (ENSC Lille, France) |
| Salah Jellali (Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman) |
| Ralph Puchta (University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Germany) |
| Olivier Thomas (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland) |
| Abdeslam-Hassen Meniai (University of Constantine 3, Algeria) |
| Ryan Osterloh (University of Houston, USA) |
| Edouard Freund (former R&D director at Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil-Malmaison, France) |
| Monika Jain (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, India) |
| Besma Khiari (National School of Engineers of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia) |
The quality and diversity of the contributions published in Comptes Rendus Chimie explains the international awareness they have generated, with most views originating from the USA, France, China and India (source: Centre Mersenne). The 15 most viewed and downloaded articles in 2023 are listed in Tables 2 and 3, respectively.
| Title |
Authors |
| Huiles essentielles et chiralité moléculaire |
Louisa Aribi-Zouioueche, Françoise Couic-Marinier |
| Les noms des éléments nous racontent leur histoire |
Pierre Avenas |
| Tableau périodique des éléments chimiques et actinides |
Robert Guillaumont |
| The influence of particle(s) size, shape and distribution on cake filtration mechanics—a short review |
S. S. Haramkar, G. N. Thombre, S. V. Jadhav, B. N. Thorat |
| Les scénarios énergétiques à l’épreuve du stockage des énergies intermittentes |
Marc Fontecave, Dominique Grand |
| Théorie cinétique de l’équilibre chimique |
Mathieu Lazerges, Sylvain Marque |
| Scanning electron microscopy—a powerful imaging technique for the clinician |
D. Bazin, E. Bouderlique, M. Daudon, V. Frochot, J.-P. Haymann, E. Letavernier, F. Tielens, R. Weil |
| Louis Pasteur face à la maladie du ver à soie (1865–1870) : du chimiste au biologiste |
Yves Carton |
| Louis Pasteur : de la physico-chimie à la biologie |
Hervé This |
| Urinary tract infection inducing stones: some clinical and chemical data |
M. Daudon, M. Petay, S. Vimont, A. Deniset, F. Tielens, J.-P. Haymann, E. Letavernier, V. Frochot, D. Bazin |
| Randall’s plaque as the origin of idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formation: an update |
E. Van de Perre, D. Bazin, V. Estrade, E. Bouderlique, K. M. Wissing, M. Daudon, E. Letavernier |
| Whitlockite structures in kidney stones indicate infectious origin: a scanning electron microscopy and Synchrotron Radiation investigation |
D. Bazin, R. J. Papoular, E. Elkaim, R. Weil, D. Thiaudière, C. Pisapia, B. Ménez, N. S. Hwang, F. Tielens, M. Livrozet, E. Bouderlique, J.-P. Haymann, E. Letavernier, L. Hennet, V. Frochot, M. Daudon |
| The crucial contribution of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in medicine |
D. Bazin, E. Foy, S. Reguer, S. Rouzière, B. Fayard, H. Colboc, J.-P. Haymann, M. Daudon, C. Mocuta |
| Cystinuria and cystinosis are usually related to L-cystine: is this really the case for cystinosis? A physicochemical investigation at micrometre and nanometre scale |
D. Bazin, M. Rabant, J. Mathurin, M. Petay, A. Deniset-Besseau, A. Dazzi, Y. Su, E. P. Hessou, F. Tielens, F. Borondics, M. Livrozet, E. Bouderlique, J.-P. Haymann, E. Letavernier, V. Frochot, M. Daudon |
| Le foisonnement éolien : les limites d’un mix électrique à forte proportion d’énergies renouvelables intermittentes |
Dominique Grand, Marc Fontecave |
| Title |
Authors |
| Huiles essentielles et chiralité moléculaire |
Louisa Aribi-Zouioueche, Françoise Couic-Marinier |
| Deciding which is the best 1H NMR predictor for organic compounds using statistical tools |
W. H. Mah, N. H. A. Nazuan, W. S. Yeap, F. H. Fakharudin, I. Faye, C. D. Wilfred |
| Synthesis and characterization of original fluorinated bis-cyclic carbonates and xanthates from a fluorinated epoxide |
A. Alaaeddine, V. Ladmiral, W. El Malti, L. Haydar, S. Caillol, B. Améduri |
| Editorial January 2023 for Comptes Rendus Chimie |
Pierre Braunstein |
| Preparation of hyperbranched 4-dimethylaminopyridine catalyst for the efficient synthesis of vitamin E succinate |
H. Li, T. Zhang, K. Tang, B. Li, X. Zhang, B. Zhao, J. Wang |
| Liquid–liquid extraction: thermodynamics–kinetics driven processes explored by microfluidics |
F. Olivier, A. A. Maurice, D. Meyer, J-C. P. Gabriel |
| Scanning electron microscopy—a powerful imaging technique for the clinician |
D. Bazin, E. Bouderlique, M. Daudon, V. Frochot, J.-P. Haymann, E. Letavernier, F. Tielens, R. Weil |
| Zeolite-based catalysis for isobutene conversion into chemicals and fuel additives. A review |
Vasile Hulea |
| The crucial contribution of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in medicine |
D. Bazin, E. Foy, S. Reguer, S. Rouzière, B. Fayard, H. Colboc, J.-P. Haymann, M. Daudon, C. Mocuta |
| Nickel oxide-based catalysts for ethane oxidative dehydrogenation: a review |
Ştefan-Bogdan Ivan, Adriana Urdă, Ioan-Cezar Marcu |
| Tableau périodique des éléments chimiques et actinides |
Robert Guillaumont |
| Louis Pasteur bactériologiste : de l’atténuation de la virulence à la vaccination |
Henri Monteil |
| Théorie cinétique de l’équilibre chimique |
Mathieu Lazerges, Sylvain Marque |
| Different routes of MgAl–LDH synthesis for tailoring the adsorption of Pb(II) pollutant from water |
M. Mureseanu, A. Eliescu, E.-C. Ignat, G. Carja, N. Cioatera |
| Using micro computed tomographic imaging for analyzing kidney stones |
J. C. Williams, J. E. Lingeman, M. Daudon, D. Bazin |
The most cited articles in 2023 are listed in Table 4.
| Title |
Authors |
| Sacrificial electron donor reagents for solar fuel production |
Yann Pellegrin, Fabrice Odobel |
| Green solvents from ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents to natural deep eutectic solvents |
H. Vanda, Y. Dai, E. G. Wilson, R. Verpoorte, Y. H. Choi |
| Some aspects of green solvents |
Katharina Haeckl, Werner Kunz |
| Hexavalent chromium quantification in solution: Comparing direct UV-visible spectrometry with 1,5-diphenylcarbazide colorimetry |
Arnaud Sanchez-Hachair, Annette Hofmann |
| Removal of fluoride from groundwater using natural clay (kaolinite): Optimization of adsorption conditions |
N. Nabbou, M. Belhachemi, M. Boumelik, T. Merzougui, D. Lahcene, Y. Harek, A. A. Zorpas, M. Jeguirim |
| Water as a green solvent combined with different techniques for extraction of essential oil from lavender flowers |
A. Filly, A. S. Fabiano-Tixier, C. Louis, X. Fernandez, F. Chemat |
| Synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical properties and industrial applications of amino acid surfactants: A review |
D. B. Tripathy, A. Mishra, J. Clark, T. Farmer |
| Light-induced spin crossover — Solution and solid-state processes |
G. Chastanet, M. Lorenc, R. Bertoni, C. Desplanches |
| Comprehensive morpho-constitutional analysis of urinary stones improves etiological diagnosis and therapeutic strategy of nephrolithiasis |
M. Daudon, A. Dessombz, V. Frochot, E. Letavernier, J.-P. Haymann, P. Jungers, D. Bazin |
| Occurrence, fate and removal efficiencies of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) discharging in the coastal environment of Algiers |
Amine Elmouatezz Bellah Kermia, Djamila Fouial-Djebbar, Mohamed Trari |
| Thermodynamical aspects of the spin crossover phenomenon |
William Nicolazzi, Azzedine Bousseksou |
| Limonene as an agro-chemical building block for the synthesis and extraction of bioactive compounds |
M. Aissou, Z. Chemat-Djenni, E. Yara-Varon, A.-S. Fabiano-Tixier, F. Chemat |
| Low-cost ceramic membranes: Synthesis, classifications, and applications |
Mansour Issaoui, Lionel Limousy |
| Spin-crossover nanoparticles and nanocomposite materials |
Lionel Salmon, Laure Catala |
| Nanosized zeolites: Quo Vadis? |
Svetlana Mintova, Julien Grand, Valentin Valtchev |
We wish to congratulate our authors for their scientific success and are proud to contribute enhancing the visibility of their work through a fully Open Access worldwide journal!
Of course, our authors, guest editors and referees are responsible for the success of this journal and its increasing visibility and we are most grateful to them for their commitment and welcome their suggestions to ensure that this journal meets their needs and expectations.
Finally, I would like to warmly thank the members of the editorial board of Comptes Rendus Chimie, the editorial and production staff, in particular
Julien Desmarets (scientific secretary), for their support and cooperation.
I wish you all a fruitful and scientifically most rewarding and successful New Year and look forward to receiving your manuscripts!
Pierre Braunstein
Editor-in-Chief
Strasbourg
braunstein@unistra.fr
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