In early 2011 Joan Brennecke, the new Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (JCED) at that time, invited me to join the journal’s team as an Associate Editor. My immediate reaction was, “I am not an experimentalist.” However, as I reflected on my four decades-plus experience as an applied thermodynamicist, I appreciated (again) the paramount importance of accurate, reliable, and unambiguous experimental data in science and chemical technology. In a paper delivered in 2009 at the 20th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics,(1) I pointed out that experimental data enable the development of accurate and reliable thermophysical property correlations that are essential for process design, optimization, and troubleshooting, and guide their form and structure. The tongue-in-cheek “Laws of Industrial Thermodynamics”(2) that Herbert Klotz and I published in Chemical Engineering Progress emphasize the critical significance of the underlying data for thermophysical property correlations used in industry. Like many other chemical technologists, I have been frustrated by ambiguous data (for example, What exactly is a Bunsen coefficient? Why are data presented only in charts?), and lack of valid uncertainties. It was then I decided that it would be a worthwhile professional service to help ensure that data published in JCED and other thermodynamics journals are “validated, reliable, and trustworthy.”(3) I enthusiastically accepted the offer to contribute to this special journal as an Associate Editor.(4) It was an honor to be a member of the editorial team that worked hard to maintain and improve the quality of JCED. Joan has already published our team’s goals and accomplishments over this period,(5) so I will not repeat them. However, I would like to emphasize the invaluable contributions of the NIST Statistical Editors,(3) first Rob Chirico and then Eugene Paulechka. Their deep knowledge of experimental procedures, comprehensive access to databases, and attention to detail caught errors and identified problems with instruments and practices prior to a work’s publication and ensured well-grounded uncertainties. I am gratified that good reporting practices for thermophysical and thermochemical property measurements(6) are increasingly recognized as essential to the creation of lasting knowledge. I was impressed and reassured by the support from ACS Publications. The managing editors (Tammy Hanna followed by Rhea Williams) kept us editors abreast of business issues (e.g., time to publication), ensured internal communication, and provided us with background data as needed. They also appreciated and advocated to ACS management the unique or special features of JCED.(3) The remote support provided by Jack Nestor (Technica Editorial Services) and his associates (Kat Larson followed by David Andrews) streamlined my editorial tasks through their understanding of ACS Paragon Plus, their efficiency in processing manuscripts, and prompt responses to my (many) requests. I thank the ACS Production team of professionals who work behind the scenes to get the details in the final publications right. Being a JCED Associate Editor provided a revealing experience into the difficult and painstaking effort that authors put into producing their publications, whether it be measurement or computational data, or reviewing data and demonstrating how they are an essential foundation of chemical science and technology. Over time, I learned to gauge how effectively authors understand their tools (instruments or scientific analyses)—the overwhelming majority of authors conduct their work with dedication, integrity, and skill. I appreciated contributing to the process of transforming measurements and analyses into a defined package of knowledge. It is important for authors, reviewers, and editors to consider that dissemination of this knowledge benefits from not parceling the data over multiple publications. Peer review is indeed “at the core of scientific publishing.”(7) As a JCED Associate Editor, I witnessed first-hand the significant effort that reviewers put into their reports—and often, re-reviews—and how it resulted in improved quality of the manuscripts. I urge everyone, senior graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and technologists in government laboratories and industry, to take the time to provide this essential service to the profession. The role of Associate Editor enabled me to uniquely contribute to JCED in two particular areas where I aimed to make improvements. An area in which I have worked extensively in my professional projects involves vapor–liquid equilibria (VLE), and I usually handled submissions in this area. My experience is that thermodynamic validation of VLE data is pivotal. I guided authors to the authoritative publication of Wisniak, Ortega, and Fernández,(8) discouraged the use of the Herington test for reasons outlined by Wisniak et al., and encouraged the use of charts to display and evaluate the data trends and patterns. I also published a complementary JCED editorial,(9) which emphasized the use of distribution coefficients (such as K-values and relative volatilities) to ensure that the analysis covers the important low-concentration regions. Papers on solid solubility are very important to JCED because of their value for scientific and technological purposes, but measurement and analysis can be challenging. In view of the importance of this category of experimental data, I invited Erich Königsberger to write an editorial that presents the various experimental techniques and outlines proper protocols and analyses.(10) These two editorials(9,10) provide an efficient way to convey concise information to authors, reviewers, and editors. It is gratifying to see that both publications have received significant numbers of views (downloads) and citations. It has been quite an interesting and rewarding journey with JCED. I hope that my decade-long tenure as Associate Editor has made improvements and impact on the Journal, and I convey my best wishes to Ilja Siepmann and his team as they continue to evolve and improve JCED. Views expressed in this editorial are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the ACS. Views expressed in this editorial are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the ACS.
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对《化学与工程》数据编辑服务十年的思考

2011 年初，当时的Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data ( JCED )新任主编 Joan Brennecke邀请我加入该杂志的团队，担任副主编。我的直接反应是，“我不是实验主义者。” 然而，当我回顾我作为应用热力学家的四年多的经验时，我（再次）认识到准确、可靠和明确的实验数据在科学和化学技术中的重要性。在 2009 年第 20 届国际化学热力学会议上发表的一篇论文中，(1) 我指出，实验数据有助于开发准确可靠的热物理特性相关性，这对于过程设计、优化和故障排除至关重要，并且引导它们的形式和结构。Herbert Klotz 和我在Chemical Engineering Progress 上发表的诙谐的“工业热力学定律”(2)强调了工业中使用的热物理特性相关性的基础数据的关键意义。像许多其他化学技术人员一样，我一直对含糊不清的数据感到沮丧（例如，本生系数到底是什么？为什么数据只显示在图表中？）以及缺乏有效的不确定性。那时我决定这是一项有价值的专业服务，以帮助确保在JCED 中发布的数据和其他热力学期刊是“经过验证的、可靠的、值得信赖的”。(3) 我热情地接受了作为副主编为这本特殊期刊投稿的提议。(4) 很荣幸成为编辑团队的成员。很难保持和提高JCED的质量. Joan 已经公布了我们团队在此期间的目标和成就，(5) 不再赘述。然而，我想强调 NIST 统计编辑的宝贵贡献，(3) 首先是 Rob Chirico，然后是 Eugene Paulechka。他们对实验程序的深入了解、对数据库的全面访问以及对细节的关注，在作品出版之前就发现了错误并确定了仪器和实践的问题，并确保了有充分根据的不确定性。我很高兴热物理和热化学特性测量 (6) 的良好报告实践越来越被认为是创造持久知识的必要条件。ACS Publications 的支持给我留下了深刻的印象并让我放心。执行编辑（Tammy Hanna，其次是 Rhea Williams）让我们的编辑及时了解业务问题（例如，出版时间），确保内部沟通，并根据需要向我们提供背景数据。他们还赞赏并倡导 ACS 管理的独特或特殊功能JCED .(3) Jack Nestor（Technica 编辑服务部）和他的同事（Kat Larson 随后是 David Andrews）提供的远程支持通过他们对 ACS Paragon Plus 的理解、处理稿件的效率以及对我的（许多）请求。我感谢 ACS 制作团队的专业人士，他们在幕后工作以确保最终出版物中的细节正确。成为JCED副主编对作者在发表论文时所付出的艰辛和艰辛的努力提供了启发性的经验，无论是测量数据还是计算数据，或者审查数据并证明它们如何成为化学科学和技术的重要基础。随着时间的推移，我学会了衡量作者如何有效地理解他们的工具（仪器或科学分析）——绝大多数作者以奉献、正直和技巧开展工作。我很欣赏为将测量和分析转换为定义的知识包的过程做出的贡献。对于作者、审稿人和编辑来说，重要的是要考虑到不将数据分散到多个出版物中，从而使这些知识的传播受益。同行评审确实是“科学出版的核心。JCED副主编，我亲眼目睹了审稿人在他们的报告中付出的巨大努力——通常是重新审稿——以及它如何提高了手稿的质量。我敦促每个人，包括高级研究生、博士后、教师和政府实验室和行业的技术人员，花时间为这个行业提供这项必不可少的服务。副主编的角色使我能够为JCED做出独特的贡献在我打算改进的两个特定领域。我在我的专业项目中广泛工作的一个领域涉及汽液平衡 (VLE)，我通常处理该领域的提交。我的经验是 VLE 数据的热力学验证至关重要。我引导作者阅读 Wisniak、Ortega 和 Fernández 的权威出版物，(8) 出于 Wisniak 等人概述的原因不鼓励使用 Herington 检验，并鼓励使用图表来显示和评估数据趋势和模式。我还发表了一篇补充 JCED 社论，(9) 强调了分配系数（例如K-值和相对波动率）以确保分析涵盖重要的低浓度区域。关于固溶度的论文对JCED非常重要，因为它们具有科学和技术用途的价值，但测量和分析可能具有挑战性。鉴于此类实验数据的重要性，我邀请 Erich Königsberger 撰写一篇社论，介绍各种实验技术并概述适当的方案和分析。 (10) 这两篇社论 (9,10) 提供了一种有效的方式来传达向作者、审稿人和编辑提供简明信息。令人欣慰的是，这两份出版物都获得了大量的浏览量（下载量）和引用量。JCED是一段非常有趣和有益的旅程. 我希望我在副主编的十年任期内对期刊有所改进和影响，并向 Ilja Siepmann 和他的团队表示最良好的祝愿，因为他们将继续发展和改进JCED。本社论中表达的观点是作者的观点，不一定是 ACS 的观点。本社论中表达的观点是作者的观点，不一定是 ACS 的观点。
本文引用了 10 篇其他出版物。