Jan Reedijk discusses how citation metrics are pushing editors, referees, and authors into strategic and sometimes unethical behavior

Citations And Ethics

Design Effective Figures for Scientific Publications
A brief guide to designing effective figures for the scientific paper created by University of Washington scientists

Strontiumtetrazolate – Molecule of the Week
More environmental friendly, less soot and poisonous components producting fireworks

Sensitive and Selective Dopamine Sensor
New way to immobilize graphene on modified gold electrode results in highly sensitive detection of dopamine

Novel Type of Supramolecular Interaction
Novel type of supramolecular interaction, with the two “antagonistic” binding models cation–π and lone pair–π fused into one found

New Year’s Greetings from GDCh President
Professor B. Albert, the new GDCh (German Chemical Society) president, introduces herself to the membership

Sound Approach to Copper Hydride
Sonochemical approach reduces a copper(II) solution in the first example of metal hydride formation using ultrasound

US Investigates Beneficial Uses of CO2
Overview on US department of Energy's R&D program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through beneficial uses of carbon dioxide

Green Polymerization
Ring-opening polymerization of DL-lactide in supercritical CO2 can be carried out at much lower temperature than conventional reaction

Dielectrophoresis – Exponential Growth
Dielectrophoresis is experiencing an exponential growth as one of the main microfluidic tools of choice, allowing