They are the Editors, the Advisory Board members, and myself. We rely on a strong Editorial management based in Weinheim, whose motivations can be appreciated by reading the parallel office editorial message. The owners of the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry are several European Chemical Societies, chaired by the German Chemical Society. It is a European-based journal, but intends to be recognized on a worldwide scale as a forum for the publication of important work, as demonstrated by the increasing number of papers from outside Europe and from the changing composition of the Advisory Board. We aim for excellency.
Excellency implies that the content of the journal is of the highest quality in the field.
But excellency also means targeting problems at the frontiers of Science. This is the challenge for the coming years. As Editors, we must be correct in predicting where Science goes, and we must be able to attract important and timely publications. A first move has been that of appointing the Advisory Board members from the growing areas of Inorganic Chemistry. We hope that they perform their duties with joy and enthusiasm.