A Small yet Well‐Structured Step

As we pen this Editorial, it has been more than a year since we published the first issue of Small Structures in October 2020. The journal was launched with the ambition to become a premium interdisciplinary journal for researchers working in integrative and collaborative fields involving nano- and micro-scale structures. As we reflect back on the past year, it is unequivocal that the journal is achieving its goal. Small Structures has recently been included in the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science, Clarivate) in December 2021. We have received more than 350 submissions from across the globe and published well over 100 papers in 12 issues. In line with the broad scope of the journal, topics are wide-ranging, spanning from atomic structures, crystal structures, electronic structures, nano-/micro-structures, as well as device structures in multiple disciplines (energy storage and conversion, electronics, optics, and biomaterials etc.). To further highlight the diversity of our articles, in occasion of the journal's first anniversary, we have organized a series of virtual collections dedicating to hot topics of Small Structures, including Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage, Innovative Catalysis, Emerging Perovskite Materials and Applications, and Bioworld Structures. All the articles in these collections are free to read for a limited time and will be updated regularly with new contributions. At the time of writing, the articles in Small Structures have received full-text downloads surpassing 220,000 times, and already attracted over 1,000 citations in total. These numbers are still growing rapidly. Table 1 lists the top ten articles that have received the most attention from research communities. As Small Structures embarks on its third volume of publication, we have assembled a collection of excellent articles associated with batteries, electro-/photocatalysis, perovskites, photodetectors, and cancer therapy in the first issue. In 2022, we will also publish a special issue on metal-organic frameworks, with guest editors of Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University, Japan), Stefan Kaskel (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany), and Qiang Xu (Southern University of Science and Technology, China). The aforementioned achievements of Small Structures are due in no small part to the support and guidance from the high calibre researchers in our international Editorial Advisory Board. The trust of our authors in this new journal as well as the contributions of our reviewers — the key to establishing the high standard of publications that you expect from the Small family — have also fueled the journal's excellent start. We are sincerely grateful for this essential support. We also extend our gratitude to you, our readers, for your interest in Small Structures. Hope you will continue enjoying our articles.