Stephen K. Ritter is the best-kept secret for the success of five ACS journals! Most readers and authors of our journals do not realize that there is a dedicated and talented team behind the scenes. As the Senior Managing Editor of Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallics, Organic Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, and Organic Process Research & Development over the years, Steve is the epitome of what was needed in this wide-ranging role. All of us can attest to his great competency and professionalism but, even more, to his calm, friendly, diplomatic, and always supportive personality, in spite of the huge amount of work he tackled every day. Steve has performed magic when he responded immediately to all our many questions─usually along with a suggestion on how to answer an author’s or reviewer’s query, how to invite Guest Editors, or how to find an even better way to start an editorial... This being said: we will try it without Steve’s help this time, as Steve is retiring this month. We want to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU of course, but we also thought we should let our journals’ readers know who has been the constant in 30 years of successful publishing at ACS in general and those journals in particular. Editors─including Editors-in-Chief─come and go, while the ACS staff remains. They therefore accompany several─or, as in this case, many─different Editors-in-Chief and need to determine their specific needs in the day-to-day business and also to help develop the journal over the long run. In this regard, Steve has been terrific! We cannot recall a single instance in which his thoughts have not been spot on (why did not we come up with those ideas ourselves...?) and led to the right course in navigating a difficult conversation or arriving at the best decision in an inconclusive case. Steve guided all of us throughout our overlapping service and gave us incredible peace of mind in our daily workflow, individually and together with our teams. Steve was born in North Carolina, USA. He completed his studies at Western Carolina University with a B.S. in industrial chemistry (1986), a B.A. in technical writing and editing (1989), and an M.S. in nuclear chemistry (focusing on Rn assessment, 1990). He received a Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from Wake Forest University in 1993 and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Idaho in the field of main-group fluorine chemistry to develop new polymers. Steve started his career at the American Chemical Society as Assistant Editor at Chemical & Engineering News in 1994, and over the years was promoted to Senior Editor. His expertise, and thus, his role as an Editor spanned the topics of inorganic chemistry, energy, and environmental science which included green chemistry, biomass conversion, natural resource management, and sustainability. He is credited with more than 1,400 published articles. (1) As of January 2018, Steve has been working for ACS Global Journals Development as Managing Editor for the core ACS inorganic and organic journals named above, for which he has served as Senior Managing Editor until May 2024. Steve has had a long track record of being an outstanding spokesperson for organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemistry and has clearly communicated and popularized complex scientific concepts to a more general audience for decades. Highlights at Chemical & Engineering News include: coverage of successes in green chemistry (10.1021/cen-09526-scitech1), exploring the origins of a global sparteine shortage (10.1021/cen-09517-scitech1), understanding the chemical bond (10.1021/cen-09441-scitech1), and (at the time) new rules for electron counting (10.1021/cen-v079n023.p104)─a favorite of inorganic and organometallic chemists. He also wrote or cowrote several Editorials in the journals he was affiliated to, e.g., one together with the former Editor-in-Chief of Inorganic Chemistry William B. Tolman on the journal’s 60th anniversary (10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03580). Fortunately, Steve’s science writing continues as he has been an author very recently of a book (together with Dennis N. Stamires) entitled ‘Toward Success in Biomass Conversion to Affordable Clean Energy’─how timely! (1) Steve’s talent as a writer (cf., the B.A.) and as a precise situational analyst greatly contributes to everything he does. We have had great times with Steve in our monthly and Editorial Team meetings, at the Editors Conferences (including joint breakfast conversations and late-night discussions), in our personal conversations about the journals but─very importantly─also well beyond. Steve is a person you absolutely want as a co-worker and friend; he is always in good mood and has a delightful sense of humor. He never seeks to be the center of attention, but he is actually central to all of our work and we will miss him greatly. We wish him the best as he embarks on the next chapter of his chemical journey! THANK YOU, STEVE! This article references 1 other publications. This article has not yet been cited by other publications. This article references 1 other publications.

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谢谢你，史蒂夫·里特！


Stephen K. Ritter 是五种 ACS 期刊成功的最保守的秘密！我们期刊的大多数读者和作者没有意识到幕后有一个敬业且才华横溢的团队。多年来，作为《无机化学》、《有机金属学》、《有机快报》、《有机化学杂志》和《有机工艺研究与开发》的高级执行编辑，史蒂夫是这一广泛角色所需人才的缩影。我们所有人都可以证明他的卓越能力和专业精神，但更重要的是，尽管他每天处理大量的工作，但他冷静、友好、外交和始终支持的个性。当史蒂夫立即回答我们所有的许多问题时，他就表现出了魔法——通常还会提出如何回答作者或审稿人的询问、如何邀请客座编辑，或者如何找到更好的方式来开始社论的建议……话虽这么说：这次我们将在没有史蒂夫帮助的情况下尝试，因为史蒂夫本月即将退休。当然，我们想借此机会向您表示感谢，但我们也认为我们应该让我们期刊的读者知道，在 ACS 30 年来的成功出版（特别是这些期刊）中，谁始终如一。包括主编在内的编辑们来来去去，而 ACS 的工作人员却留了下来。因此，他们伴随着几位（或者在本例中是许多）不同的主编，需要确定他们在日常业务中的具体需求，并帮助期刊的长期发展。在这一点上，史蒂夫真是太棒了！我们不记得他的想法没有被指出的任何一个例子（为什么我们自己不提出这些想法......？）并在艰难的对话中找到正确的方向，或在不确定的情况下做出最佳决定。史蒂夫在我们的重叠服务中为我们所有人提供了指导，并在我们的日常工作流程中（无论是个人还是与我们的团队一起）给了我们令人难以置信的安心。史蒂夫出生于美国北卡罗来纳州。他在西卡罗来纳大学完成了学业，并获得了学士学位。工业化学学士学位（1986），学士学位技术写作和编辑硕士学位（1989 年），以及硕士学位。核化学（重点关注 Rn 评估，1990 年）。他获得了博士学位。 1993年获得维克森林大学无机化学博士学位，随后在爱达荷大学进行主族氟化学领域的博士后研究，开发新型聚合物。 Steve 于 1994 年在美国化学会开始了他的职业生涯，担任《化学与工程新闻》的助理编辑，多年来晋升为高级编辑。他的专业知识以及他作为编辑的角色涵盖了无机化学、能源和环境科学等主题，其中包括绿色化学、生物质转化、自然资源管理和可持续性。他发表的文章超过 1,400 篇。 (1) 自 2018 年 1 月起，Steve 一直在 ACS Global Journals Development 工作，担任上述核心 ACS 无机和有机期刊的执行编辑，并担任高级执行编辑直至 2024 年 5 月。Steve 有着悠久的历史作为有机、无机和有机金属化学的杰出代言人，数十年来一直向更广泛的受众清晰地传达和普及复杂的科学概念。 《化学与工程新闻》的亮点包括：绿色化学成功报道 (10.1021/cen-09526-scitech1），探索全球金雀花短缺的根源（10.1021/cen-09517-scitech1），了解化学键（10.1021/cen-09441-scitech1），以及（当时）新的规则电子计数 (10.1021/cen-v079n023.p104) — 无机和有机金属化学家的最爱。他还在其所属期刊上撰写或共同撰写了多篇社论，例如与《无机化学》前主编 William B. Tolman 共同撰写的一篇社论，纪念该期刊创刊 60 周年 (10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03580)。幸运的是，史蒂夫的科学写作仍在继续，因为他最近（与丹尼斯·N·斯塔米雷斯）合着了一本题为“成功将生物质转化为负担得起的清洁能源”的书——多么及时！ (1) 史蒂夫作为作家（参见文学士学位）和精确的情境分析师的才能对他所做的一切做出了巨大贡献。我们在每月一次的编辑团队会议、编辑会议（包括联合早餐谈话和深夜讨论）、关于期刊的个人谈话中与史蒂夫一起度过了愉快的时光，但非常重要的是，我们的谈话还远不止这些。史蒂夫是一个你绝对想要成为同事和朋友的人。他总是心情愉快，并且有令人愉快的幽默感。他从不寻求成为关注的焦点，但他实际上是我们所有工作的核心，我们会非常想念他。我们祝愿他在开启化学之旅的新篇章时一切顺利！谢谢你，史蒂夫！本文参考了其他 1 篇出版物。这篇文章尚未被其他出版物引用。本文参考了其他 1 篇出版物。