Opening the Editor’s Black Box: Insider Tips for Successful Submissions

Greta Heydenrych and Nathalie Weickgenannt

After a short presentation on the strong partnership between GDCh and Wiley-VCH by Nathalie Weickgenannt, Executive Editor of Angewandte Chemie, Greta Heydenrych, Editor of ChemPhysChem, will share insider tips for successful submissions in a workshop that is specifically tailored to the needs of master and PhD students and postdocs.

Publishing papers in reputed journals is an integral part of the research cycle. In this workshop, we will open the Editor's black box by giving tips on how to prepare your manuscript for submission and improve your chances for successful publication. Topics to be covered include:

• How do I simplify my writing and improve the presentation of my results?
• How do I choose the right journal for submission?
• What do Editors and referees look for?
   

Curriculum Vitae von Greta Heydenrych

Promotion in Chemie in 2005 an der Stellenbosch University (Südafrika) bei Jan Dillen und Helgard Raubenheimer. Post-docs bei Len Barbour (Stellenbosch University) und Gernot Frenking (Philipps-Universität Marburg). Seit 2007 bei Wiley-VCH in der Redaktion von ChemPhysChem tätig, seit 2011 Chefredakteurin von ChemPhysChem. Seit 2014 Chefredakteurin von ChemElectroChem und seit 2016 Chefredakteurin von ChemPhotoChem.

Curriculum Vitae von Nathalie Weickgenannt

Nathalie Weickgenannt studied chemistry at the University of Oxford, completing her MChem degree with research into chiral fluorinating reagents in the group of Véronique Gouverneur. She then obtained her PhD in the field of organocatalysis under the supervision of Frank Glorius (WWU Münster). She joined Angewandte Chemie in 2013 and was promoted to Executive Editor of the journal in 2020. On the executive committee, she is responsible for the scientific and editorial content of the journal and for peer review and editorial decision-making.