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Editorial
Editorial January 2025 for Comptes Rendus Chimie
Pierre Braunstein
It is not only the usual time for wishing the best to
our families, friends and colleagues, and in particular
to all those who keep Comptes Rendus Chimie run-
ning smoothly and developing, but also for reflecting
on the past year. Ever since 1835, when the physicist
and then Permanent Secretary of the Academie des
sciences François Arago created the Comptes rendus
de l’Académie des sciences, this journal has attempted
and largely succeeded in being a stable and reputed
medium at the service of the scientific community.
By becoming since January 1, 2020 a fully Open Ac-
cess journal, free of charge for authors and readers
worldwide (no access fees, no downloading charges,
no page charges), Comptes rendus Chimie have in-
creased their attractivity and the positive feed-back
received from our authors, referees and readership
constitute a most pleasing encouragement. We are
doing our best to meet the demands of the interna-
tional scientific community, but we always welcome
suggestions to improve.
We all know that Chemistry is a very rich and
diverse science, with increasingly important and
fruitful interactions with life sciences, physics and
material sciences. This journal aims at cover-
ing all these aspects, whether of fundamental or
applied nature. We publish original research articles
and accounts (short reviews focused on the authors’
recent scientific contributions), preliminary com-
munications that typically describe novel and im-
portant results, as well as historic chronicles. Qual-
ity remains the only criteria on which the referees
and the editors base their recommendations and
decisions, respectively. More details are provided
in the Instructions to authors. In addition to spon-
taneous submissions, thematic issues coordinated
by one or many guest editor(s) (upon invitation or
spontaneous suggestions) are particularly welcome
as they meet increasing needs from our community.
They provide a concise and efficient assessment of
the state-of-the-art in rapidly expanding fields of
research, bring together in one place contributions
on related themes and often include results obtained
through international collaborations.
The thematic issues published in 2024 covered
very different topics, as illustrated below:
• French/Nordic Special Issue on Materials
and Coordination Chemistry, with Professors
Claude P. Gros (Université de Bourgogne)
and Abhik Ghosh (The Arctic University of
Norway) serving as Guest Editors.
• Women Chemists in France, coupled with a
breakfast organised in the Académie des sci-
ences to honour distinguished colleagues and
encourage more women to take a scientific
career. Inspired by the annual « Women
Breakfast » organised every year by IUPAC,
this event was a « first » for the Académie des
sciences and its success, thanks to the sup-
port of the Académie des sciences, will result
in a follow-up in 2025. This informal and
most enjoyable meeting and associated spe-
cial issue of the Comptes rendus Chimie were
beautifully coordinated by Professor Janine
Cossy (ESPCI Paris, PSL University), one of
our Associate Editors.
• Materials and Energy Valorization of Biomass
and Waste: The Path for Sustainability and
Circular Economy Promotion, with Profes-
sors Mejdi Jeguirim (University of Haute
Alsace, University of Strasbourg) and Salah
Jellali (Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat,
Oman) serving as guest editors;
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ii Pierre Braunstein
Table 1. Our 10 most active referees in 2024
Janine Cossy (ESPCI, Paris, France)
Juliette Martin (SEQENS, Nîmes, France)
Salah Jellali (Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman)
Monica Jain (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda, India)
Mejdi Jeguirim (Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, France)
Anh Quoc Khuong Nguyen (Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Meriem Belhachemi (Bechar University, Bechar, Algeria)
Besma Khiari (National School of Engineers of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia)
Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet (Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes, Mexico, Mexico)
Thierry Billard (CNRS – Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France)
Table 2. The 15 articles (published since 1 January 2021) most viewed in 2024 (data supplied by Centre
Mersenne—source: Google Analytics via Elastic statistics module—Kibana, consulted on 20/01/2025)
Title Authors
Huiles essentielles et chiralité moléculaire L. Aribi-Zouioueche; F. Couic-Marinier
Louis Pasteur face à la maladie du ver à soie
(1865–1870) : du chimiste au biologiste
Y. Carton
Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756–1832), agronome et
chimiste
J. Fournier
Chimie des substances naturelles et pharmacie :
à la croisée des chemins
M. A. Beniddir; E. Poupon
The influence of particle(s) size, shape and
distribution on cake filtration mechanics—a short
review
S. S. Haramkar; G. N. Thombre; S. V. Jadhav;
B. N. Thorat
Le foisonnement éolien : les limites d’un mix
électrique à forte proportion d’énergies
renouvelables intermittentes
D. Grand; M. Fontecave
Randall’s plaque as the origin of idiopathic calcium
oxalate stone formation: an update
E. Van de Perre; D. Bazin; V. Estrade; E. Bouderlique;
K. M. Wissing; M. Daudon; E. Letavernier
Solvent extraction of uranium from an acidic
medium for the front-end of nuclear fuel cycle:
from mechanisms understanding to innovative
process design
F. Giusti; E. Guerinoni; D. Lemire; M. Thimotée;
G. Arrachart; S. Dourdain; S. Pellet-Rostaing
Les scénarios énergétiques à l’épreuve du stockage
des énergies intermittentes
M. Fontecave; D. Grand
Louis Pasteur : de la physico-chimie à la biologie H. This
Louis Pasteur bactériologiste : de l’atténuation de la
virulence à la vaccination
H. Monteil
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Table 2. (continued)
Title Authors
Étude expérimentale et théorique d’un nouveau
composé halogène pnicture Hg12Sb6(Br5,186I6,814)
M. Kheit; S. Merazka; M. Kars; A. Gómez-Herrero;
T. Roisnel; M. Sidoumou
Urinary tract infection inducing stones: some
clinical and chemical data
M. Daudon; M. Petay; S. Vimont; A. Deniset;
F. Tielens; J.-P. Haymann; E. Letavernier; V. Frochot;
D. Bazin
Bioethanol production from coconut husk using
DES-NADES pretreatment and enzymatic
hydrolysis method
M. Yerizam; A. Miftahul Jannah; N. Aprianti;
Y. Yandriani; M. Rendana; A. Qonita Ernas;
J. Lowise Tamba
Pathologies related to abnormal deposits in
dermatology: a physico-chemical approach
H. Colboc; P. Moguelet; E. Letavernier; V. Frochot;
J.-F. Bernaudin; R. Weil; S. Rouzière; P. Senet;
C. Bachmeyer; N. Laporte; I. Lucas; V. Descamps;
R. Amode; F. Brunet-Possenti; N. Kluger;
L. Deschamps; A. Dubois; S. Reguer; A. Somogyi;
K. Medjoubi; M. Refregiers; M. Daudon; D. Bazin
Table 3. The 15 articles (published since 1 January 2021) most downloaded in 2024 (source: Centre
Mersenne)
Title Authors
Chimie des substances naturelles et pharmacie :
à la croisée des chemins
M. A. Beniddir; E. Poupon
Le limonène dans les huiles essentielles :
énantiomères et activités biologiques
L. Aribi-Zouioueche
Huiles essentielles et chiralité moléculaire L. Aribi-Zouioueche; F. Couic-Marinier
Non-covalent interactions in supported asymmetric
catalysis: a brief account
L. Ibos; E. Schulz
Le foisonnement éolien : les limites d’un mix
électrique à forte proportion d’énergies
renouvelables intermittentes
D. Grand; M. Fontecave
TiO2, ZnO and SnO2-based metal oxides for
photocatalytic applications: principles and
development
O. Ishchenko; V. Rogé; G. Lamblin; D. Lenoble;
I. Fechete
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Electrogeneration of non-electroactive and
non-conducting materials: a counterintuitive
concept for the functionalization and
nanostructuration of electrode surfaces
A. Walcarius
Development of antibacterial magnetic clay-based
nanocomposites for water treatment
M. Horue; F. Barraqué; M. L. Montes; M. Emilia
Zelaya-Soulé; C. Fernández Morantes; F. Camila
Urruchua; H. E. Correa; G. R. Castro;
M. A. Fernandez
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Table 3. (continued)
Title Authors
Experimental evidences of radicals production by
hydrodynamic cavitation: a short review
J.-A. Nöpel; F. Ayela
Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756–1832), agronome et
chimiste
J. Fournier
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Zeolite-based catalysis for isobutene conversion
into chemicals and fuel additives. A review
V. Hulea
About polyhedrane “cages” and their doubtful
supramolecular lodging capacity: a demonstration
by the absurd and a plea for free expression in
scientific journals
J. G. Riess
Preparation of hyperbranched
4-dimethylaminopyridine catalyst for the efficient
synthesis of vitamin E succinate
H. Li; T. Zhang; K. Tang; B. Li; X. Zhang; B. Zhao;
J. Wang
Table 4. The 15 most cited articles (all years) in 2024 (source: Web of Science as consulted on 20 January
2025)
Title Authors
Titanium dioxide photocatalysis: present situation and
future approaches
A. Fujishima; X. T. Zhang
Chemical solution deposition of electronic oxide films R. W. Schwartz; T. Schneller; R. Waser
Sacrificial electron donor reagents for solar fuel production Y. Pellegrin; F. Odobel
Carbohydrates as green raw materials for the chemical
industry
F. W. Lichtenthaler; S. Peters
Magnetic nano- and microparticles for metal removal and
environmental applications: a review
A. F. Ngomsik; A. Bee; M. Draye; G. Cote;
V. Cabuil
Green solvents from ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents
to natural deep eutectic solvents
H. Vanda; Y. Dai; E. G. Wilson; R. Verpoorte;
Y. H. Choi
Chimie douce: A land of opportunities for the designed
construction of functional inorganic and hybrid
organic-inorganic nanomaterials
C. Sanchez; L. Rozes; F. Ribot;
C. Laberty-Robert; D. Grosso; C. Sassoye;
C. Boissiere; L. Nicole
Dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanoparticles and their
applications to catalysis
Y. H. Niu; R. M. Crooks
Contributions of organic electrosynthesis to green chemistry H. J. Schaefer
A brief history of the contribution of metalloporphyrin
models to cytochrome P450 chemistry and oxidation
catalysis
D. Mansuy
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Table 4. (continued)
Title Authors
Metal-catalysed hydrocarbon oxidations G. B. Shul’pin
Rare-earth-doped glasses for fiber amplifiers in broadband
telecommunication
S. Tanabe
Design of functional nano-structured materials through the
use of controlled hybrid organic-inorganic interfaces
C. Sanchez; G. J. D. A. Soler-Illia; F. Ribot;
D. Grosso
Modeling of an equivalent circuit for dye-sensitized solar
cells: improvement of efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells
by reducing internal resistance
L. Y. Han; N. Koide; Y. Chiba; A. Islam;
T. Mitate
Use of ionic liquids in sol-gel; ionogels and applications A. Vioux; L. Viau; S. Volland; J. Le Bideau
• The special issue “French Research Network
on Hydrometallurgical Processes for Primary
and Secondary Resources”, coordinated by
Drs. Laurent Cassayre (CNRS, Université de
Toulouse, France) and Hervé Muhr (Univer-
sité de Lorraine, France) is in progress, with
9 articles published in 2024, and will expand
into 2025 with 4 more articles.
• Likewise for the Special Issue French Network
on Solvation, with Dr. Francesca Ingrosso
(Université de Lorraine, France) as Guest Ed-
itor, for which 7 articles have been published
in 2024, and a further 2 will be published in
2025.
We are most grateful to our guest editors for their
dedication and most valuable contributions and to
our authors for meeting the deadlines. They are re-
sponsible for the success of this journal and its in-
creasing visibility.
We rely on high-level scientific referees and know-
ing that they are increasingly solicited, we are par-
ticularly grateful to them for their efforts and contri-
butions to the success of Comptes Rendus Chimie. A
special thank you goes to our 15 most active referees
listed in Table 1.
I am pleased to report that the international
visibility of the publications in Comptes Rendus
Chimie is particularly significant in the USA, China,
France, Germany and Japan (data supplied by Centre
Mersenne—source: Google Analytics via Elastic sta-
tistics module—Kibana, consulted on 20/01/2025).
The 15 most viewed and downloaded articles in 2024
are listed in Tables 2 and 3, respectively.
The most cited articles (all years) in 2024 are listed
in Table 4.
We wish to congratulate our authors for their sci-
entific achievements and are proud to contribute en-
hancing the visibility of their work through a fully
Open Access worldwide journal!
Comptes Rendus Chimie were highlighted during
the excellent Annual Symposium and Awards Cer-
emony of the European Academy of Sciences, or-
ganised on 29 and 30 October 2024 in the wonder-
ful premises of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences by
Professor Armando J. L. Pombeiro (Instituto Superior
Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), a mem-
ber of our Scientific Board. The overall theme of
this international event was ‘Science for Sustainabil-
ity’, in line with the United Nations Sustainable De-
velopment Goals. We are most grateful to Professor
Armando J. L. Pombeiro for his efforts in promoting
Comptes Rendus Chimie.
Finally, it is my pleasure to warmly thank the as-
sociate editors and members of the editorial board
of Comptes Rendus Chimie, the editorial and produc-
tion staff, in particular Julien Desmarets (scientific
secretary), for their support and cooperation.
I wish you all a happy, fruitful and scientifically
most rewarding New Year and look forward to receiv-
ing your manuscripts!
Pierre Braunstein
Editor-in-Chief
Strasbourg
braunstein@unistra.fr


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