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Communications Chemistry launch video

The editorial and publishing team at Communications Chemistry talk about their plans for the journal.

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Luke Batchelor
Previous Chief Editor, Communications Chemistry (2017-2019)
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The editors and publisher of Communications Chemistry discuss the positioning of the journal in the Nature Research family. We highlight the aims, scope, publishing model and editorial processes at the journal, as well as introducing our Editorial Board.


www.nature.com/commschem

Go to the profile of Luke Batchelor
Luke Batchelor
Previous Chief Editor, Communications Chemistry (2017-2019)
I joined Nature Research in 2012 as an editor handling a range of topics in chemistry and materials science for Nature Communications. There I subsequently managed the inorganic and physical chemistry team, before becoming Chief Editor of Communications Chemistry in 2017. Prior to joining Nature Research I obtained my PhD in inorganic chemistry at the University of Manchester, with postdoctoral work at Université Paris Sud XI. I am based in the London office. Luke left Springer Nature in July 2019.

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