RSC Sustainability: outstanding peer reviewers
Celebrating some of the individuals making significant contributions to the chemical sciences through peer review.
Every one of our peer reviewers makes a significant contribution to great science. Each year, our editorial team recognises peer reviewers who have gone above and beyond.
2025
Join us in celebrating our outstanding peer reviewers for 2025.
Dr Rainer Hoefer, Editorial Ecosiris, Germany, 0000-0003-1104-3578
Dr Jun-ichi Kadokawa, Kagoshima University, Japan, ORCID 0000-0001-8813-1950
Professor Avtar Matharu, University of York, United Kingdom, ORCID 0000-0002-9488-565X
Dr Francesco Brandi, ICCOM-CNR, Italy, ORCID 0000-0002-6765-6755
Dr Laszlo Szabo, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan, ORCID 0000-0003-4268-4423
Dr Xian-Lei Shi, Tianjin University, China, ORCID 0000-0003-4703-6601
Dr Zhimin Xue, Beijing Forestry University, China, ORCID 0000-0001-6554-8788
Dr Samir Chikkali, National Chemical Laboratory, India, ORCID 0000-0002-8442-1480
Previous years
Dr Francesco Brandi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (CNR – ICCOM), ORCID 0000-0002-6765-6755
Dr Fabrice Gallou, Novartis Pharma AG, ORCID 0000-0001-8996-6079
Dr Hu Li, Guizhou University, ORCID 0000-0003-3604-9271
Dr Shinji Kudo, Kyushu University, ORCID 0000-0003-0002-796X
Professor Padmanabhan Sambandam, Vel Tech Rangarajan, ORCID 0000-0003-4813-975X
Dr Israel Cano, Complutense University of Madrid, ORCID 0000-0003-3727-9327
Dr Xiaofu Sun, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, ORCID 0000-0003-3044-0106
Dr Sohrab Zendehboudi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, ORCID 0000-0001-8527-9087
Dr Maurice Collins, University of Limerick, ORCID 0000-0003-2536-4508
Professor Ulf-Peter Apfel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, ORCID 0000-0002-1577-2420
Professor Laura Bulgariu, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, ORCID 0000-0002-2213-9228
Dr Fabrice Gallou, Novartis Pharma, ORCID 0000-0001-8996-6079
Professor Dr Rafał M. Łukasik, Łukasiewicz Centre – Łukasiewicz Research Network, ORCID 0000-0002-7805-5744
Professor Song Luo, University of Delaware, ORCID 0000-0001-8754-346X
Professor Doug MacFarlane, Monash University, ORCID 0000-0001-5963-9659
Professor Bice Martincigh, University of KwaZulu-Natal, ORCID 0000-0003-1426-5328
Professor Avtar Matharu, University of York, ORCID 0000-0002-9488-565X
Dr Tiancheng Mu, Renmin University of China, ORCID 0000-0001-8931-6113
Dr Yoshinao Nakagawa, Tohoku University, ORCID 0000-0002-1390-0310
Please note that we only list outstanding reviewers who have opted to have their names published in this recognition.
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