Feature Papers to Celebrate the Landmarks of Catalysts

Catalysis is a critical scientific field that underpins much of the world’s chemical industry. For example, it is often quoted that catalysis plays a role in 90% of all industrial chemical products. This importance has led to numerous academic journals and specialized conferences on the subject, as practitioners seek outlets to publish their cutting-edge research on catalysis. Catalysts started in 2011 with the goal of providing an open-source outlet for outstanding research on catalysis. In its first few years, Catalysts has enlisted the help of an active editorial board and hard-working guest editors to establish itself as a high-quality forum for catalysis papers. A primary focus has been to get Catalysts included in the major citation indices in order to provide its authors with the visibility and impact they desire. Recently, that goal was achieved, as Catalysts was selected for inclusion in Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). In addition, Catalysts received its first impact factor in 2015. These are major milestones for the journal, and are worthy of celebration. This issue is being published in recognition of these achievements. It is an opportunity to celebrate Catalysts’ beginnings, and a way to look forward to its future. Nineteen articles from pre-eminent scholars in catalysis have been compiled in this special issue, representing a wide range of topics. This diversity is representative of the field of catalysis in general, as it touches so many areas of scholarship. In this special issue, you can find articles on catalyst synthesis[1–4], modeling of reaction kinetics on catalysts [5], polymerization [6], photocatalysts [7,8], oxidation catalysis [9], biomass conversion [10–14], electrochemistry [15], fuel cell catalysis [16], computational catalysis [17,18], and hydrogen production [19]. Highlights include: