In Celebration of Volume 80 of the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

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Editorial

In Celebration of
Volume 80 of the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

  This year, the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (BCSJ) celebrates Volume 80 since its founding in 1926. On this occasion, we are publishing a series of “Vol. 80 Commemorative Accounts” throughout the year. More than 20 prominent chemists worldwide have already accepted our invitation. These special accounts deal with their own cutting-edge research in various fields and will appear in every issue. The “Vol. 80 Commemorative Accounts” are to be accompanied by a pertinent “cover picture” on the back cover. We express our sincere gratitude to all who have accepted our invitation:
  Hector Abruna (Cornell University, USA), Markus Albrecht (RWTH Aachen, Germany), Didier Astruc (University Bordeaux I, France), Guy Bertrand (University of California, Riverside, USA), Kankan Bhattacharyya (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India), Robert Bittl (Free University of Berlin, Germany), Erick M. Carreira (ETH, Switzerland), Arnout Ceulemans (University of Leuven, Belgium), Kwang S. Kim (POSTECH, Korea), Sunggak Kim (KAIST, Korea), Toyoki Kunitake (RIKEN, Japan), Steven V. Ley (University of Cambridge, UK), Stefan Matile (University of Geneva, Switzerland), E. W. “Bert” Meijer (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), Keiji Morokuma (Kyoto University, Japan), Ei-ichi Negishi (Purdue University, USA), Shi-Ming Peng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Manfred T. Reetz (Max-Planck-Institute, Germany), Robin Rogers (The University of Alabama, USA), Gunji Saito (Kyoto University, Japan), Victor Snieckus (Queen’s University, Canada), Fraser Stoddart (UCLA, USA), T. M. Swager (MIT, USA), Zhenfeng Xi (Peking University, China), Hisashi Yamamoto (University of Chicago, USA).

  The BCSJ has long been a good media for chemists to publish their best articles. The top five most cited papers listed below include well known chemical aspects.

No. 1, times cited 860 (as of December 6, 2006)
“Rapid Esterification by Means of Mixed Anhydride and Its Application to Large-Ring Lactonization”
J. Inanaga, M. Yamaguchi,^* et al., BCSJ 1979, 52, 1989.

No. 2, times cited 682
“Topological Index: Newly Proposed Quantity Characterizing Topological Nature of Structural Isomers of Saturated Hydrocarbons”
H. Hosoya, BCSJ 1971, 44, 2332.

No. 3, times cited 553
“The Preparation of Alkyltrimethylammonium-Kanemite Complexes and Their Conversion to Microporous Materials”
T. Yanagisawa, C. Kato,^* et al., BCSJ 1990, 63, 988.

No. 4, times cited 491
“Nickel-Phosphine Catalyzed Grignard Coupling Reaction. I. Cross-Coupling of Alkyl, Aryl, and Alkenyl Grignard Reagents with Aryl and Alkenyl Halides: General Scope and Limitations”
K. Tamao, M. Kumada,^* et al., BCSJ 1976, 49, 1958.

No. 5, times cited 432
“Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Decomposition of Phenol over TiO₂ Powder”
K.-i. Okamoto^* et al., BCSJ 1985, 58, 2015.

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  In addition, one of Kenichi Fukui’s most important papers concerning the Frontier Electron Theory, entitled “Theory of Substitution in Conjugated Molecules,” for winning the Nobel Prize in 1981 was published in 1954, Vol. 27, p. 423. Ryoji Noyori, 2001 Nobel Prize laureate, has also contributed an account concerning stereoselective synthesis via dynamic kinetic resolution, in 1995, Vol. 68, p. 36, which is among the most cited papers over the past ten years.

  In recent few years, several new features have been introduced to improve the international prestige of the journal. (1) Electronic online submission through the web site http://www.csj.jp/journals/bcsj/esub/ is working well. (2) Electronic archive of all back issues has been established around the middle of last year. (3) Free-access is available for manuscripts by payment of a certain submission fee. (4) BCSJ Award Article which is selected from all articles in each issue, accompanied by a cover picture free of charge, and is also available on our web site as an “open-access article” free of charge. (5) Full-color printing, which is free of charge, is now available not only for the graphical abstract, but also for schemes and figures in text.

  Thus, the BCSJ has various advantages over other journals as a truly international medium for the publication of exciting results in all fields of chemistry, and it will be further strengthened internationally by the Vol. 80 project mentioned above.

  Finally, we thank all the members of the Honorary Advisory Board and the Advisory Board for their kind support of the BCSJ. All members of the Editorial Board and the Editorial Staff are pleased to help with the publication of high quality papers submitted from all over the world to the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan.
  On behalf of the Editorial Board and the Editorial Staff, I wish you a Happy New Year 2007.

Kohei Tamao
Editor-in-Chief
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

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Already published
Gunji Saito
(No.1 issue)
Ei-ichi Negishi
(No.2 issue)
Toyoki Kunitake
(No.3 issue)
Hisashi Yamamoto
(No.4 issue)
Markus Albrecht
(No.5 issue)
Sunggak Kim
(No.5 issue)
Zhenfeng Xi
(No.6 issue)
Kankan Bhattacharyya
(No.6 issue)
Stefan Matile
(No.6 issue)
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Arnout Ceulemans
(No.7 issue)
Guy Bertrand
(No.7 issue)

Hector Abruna
Didier Astruc
Robert Bittl
Erick M. Carreira
Kwang S. Kim
Steven V. Ley
E. W. “Bert” Meijer
Keiji Morokuma
Shi-Ming Peng
Manfred T. Reetz
Robin Rogers
Victor Snieckus
Fraser Stoddart
T. M. Swager

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