Getting to Know Editors and Authors: The Humans Behind the Screen

Fourteen guests from all over Europe and editors of Chemistry Europe journals met for two days to discuss trends and challenges in publishing and to get to know each other during networking breaks and a social evening. The third Chemistry Europe Early Career Researchers Meeting was held on invitation by the Chemistry Europe societies at the Wiley-VCH offices in Weinheim, Germany. It was a great success and a very fruitful exchange, as some of the participants described below.

The idea of the meeting was to connect the next generation of chemists with the editors of Chemistry Europe journals and ChemistryViews, Chemistry Europe’s science news magazine. The goal was to discuss challenges in publishing and science communication, exchange ideas and best practices, and clarify expectations for editors, authors, and reviewers, and how mutual support can work. The meeting featured a combination of workshops and talks covering topics such as society publishing, peer review, advanced writing, open access, AI, and the promotion of one’s own research.