npj Heritage Science—the onward journey

Abstract

In 2012, Jan Kuras, publishing editor for Chemistry Central, visited me in Bristol. At the time he had helped establish Chemistry Central Journal which was the first broadly based OA (Open Access) journal in chemistry, now rebranded as BMC Chemistry , and I was one of the section editors. We had published two successful article collections based around heritage science. Jan was looking to develop new ideas for child journals. He had already helped establish Journal of Cheminformatics in 2009, which continues to be a very successful leading journal.

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