New editors on Journal of Chemometrics

Abstract

I am greatly honored to have been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Chemometrics. I am pleased and enthusiastic to contribute to the history of a journal that has been around since the very early days of chemometrics, and I will do my best to drive it into new developments. I would like to express my warm and sincere thanks to the outgoing Editor-in-Chief, Age Smilde, for his contribution, leadership and confidence, and my deepest gratitude to Ru Qin Yu who has for many years very actively and served with dedication the Journal as Editor. Building upon the legacy and tradition of my renowned predecessors, and on the significant progress made over the past few years under Age's editorship, I will strive to maintain the excellence of Journal of Chemometrics, attracting impactful papers and disseminating new information in our field. With Anna de Juan from the University of Barcelona and Hailong Wu from the University of Hunan, the Journal welcomes two new Editors who will complete an engaged team of worldwide international experts serving as members of the editorial and advisory boards. Without losing our identity, we will work to address new trends in data science in chemistry and identify challenging applications of chemometrics. We will continue to expand the space for topical publications, to solicit the best scientific findings through tutorials, perspective papers and feature issues from authors investigating new topics towards novel frontiers, attracting young researches and recognizing their early work. We will also increase our efforts to establish and implement reproducible research and data accessibility. With the help of a dedicated Wiley managing team, the publication cycle will be improved. Authors will continue benefiting from helpful feedback provided by a broad pool of highly competent and dedicated reviewers, who are the pillars of the journal's high quality and reputation. We greatly value their commitment to the journal. With the aim of enduring the success of Journal of Chemometrics, we will always welcome your comments, suggestions and feedback. I look forward to interacting with you on a Chemometric occasion.