Editorial

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Dear Readers, Dear Authors, Dear Reviewers, A new year has begun and, in addition to what feels like the same old thing as 2020, it also brings anniversaries and news. This year we have a lot to celebrate: In 2021, VCH, formerly Verlag Chemie celebrates its 100th anniversary. Founded in 1921 by the German Chemical Society (Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, DChG) and the Association of German Chemists (Verein Deutscher Chemiker, VDCh) together with the Association for the Protection of the Interests of the Chemical Industry, VCH has had to adapt and evolve over the years to many changes both in the scientific world and in publishing. Throughout this time, it has always remained relevant to the research communities it has served and continues to serve. Who could imagine a digital world back then? Who thought about open access? Another anniversary we are celebrating in 2021 is 25 years of Wiley-VCH. In 1996, VCH became part of the Wiley family. This gave VCH the opportunity to better adapt to future challenges and opened the door to offer our services worldwide. We are also celebrating 2 years of Project DEAL in 2021. For this milestone in open access (OA) publishing, Wiley was in the vanguard. The signing of the OA agreement with Project DEAL led to other OA agreements, e.g., with Norway, Sweden (Bibsam), Finland (FinELib) and the UK (Jisc), enabling many authors to publish their articles freely accessible to everybody thus increasing their visibility. Last but not least, ChemBioEng Reviews celebrates its first year of impact factor (3.83), which we eventually received last year. This would not have been possible without you, our authors, reviewers and readers. It was also based on the hard work of our Deputy Editor, Cordula Buse, who has sadly left Wiley-VCH to take on new challenges. We owe her our heartfelt thanks. This brings us to the news that 2021 holds, the personnel changes. New to the ChemBioEng Reviews team and handling your manuscripts is Dr. Arno Knappschneider. He joined Wiley-VCH in 2016 as part of the editorial team of Chemie Ingenieur Technik and Chemical Engineering & Technology. In 2019 he transferred to the team of Angewandte Chemie, where he was handling the peer review for solar cell and crystallography themed manuscripts. In autumn 2020 he joined the chemical engineering team in Weinheim again. We wish you all the best for 2021 and as we say in Germany: “Man soll die Feste feiern, wie sie fallen” (One should celebrate when one has the chance). Be on the lookout for the special events that Wiley's Anniversary Committee is planning and preparing. Yours sincerely, Arno Knappschneider (Associate Editor) and Barbara Boeck (Editor-in-Chief) Arno Knappschneider Barbara Boeck