Small Changes, Big Impact

12 years ago, Small was launched in response to the emerging community in the field of nano/micro science and technology. As a journal reporting research in areas under rapid development, Small has been evolving continuously over the past decade, not only reflected by the growing impact and number of publications, but also the increasing awareness of Small as a brand itself. For instance, two Small Science Symposiums were organized within the last year. One was held in Hong Kong, co-organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Baptist University and Wiley, with topics focusing on flexible and wearable devices (Figure 1). The other was held at Beijing International Convention Center as an independent session of ChinaNano (Figure 2). Our intention in organizing such symposia is to gather some of the very-best international scientists in the field of nano/micro science and technologies, building up a platform for discussing state-of-art findings and exploring future collaboration opportunities for the attendees. Hundreds of people including our authors, readers and referees showed up to both symposiums, which reflects our close tie with the research community. Accordingly, the Small Young Innovator Awards were presented during the symposium. Based on the vote of a review committee consisting of board members, Prof. Xinliang Feng (Dresden University of Technology), Prof. Guihua Yu (The University of Texas at Austin), Prof. Hailin Peng (Peking University) and Prof. Yan Yu (University of Science and Technology of China) won this prize last year. All winners also gave excellent talks at the Small Sciences Symposium, and received a warm response from the audience. We would like to thank the collaborators and advisory board members for their support during those successful events, and this symposium together with the Small Young Innovator Awards will be presented again this year. In addition, as a sister journal of Small, Small Methods was officially published last year. It reports significant advances in methods applicable to all areas of materials science, biomedical sciences, chemistry, and physics, focused on the “small” scale. The topic of this new journal is even broader than Small, and the initial response from the community has been very positive. Following Small Methods, Advanced Therapeutics, Advanced Theory and Simulations, and Advanced Quantum Technologies will be launched this year, and join as new members of the Advanced and Small families. All of the above mentioned journals are now open for submissions. Accompanied by the transition from print to digital media of scientific results, we would like to announce that Small will discontinue the regular subscription of the print version, and adopt a “print-on-demand” policy starting from this year. Authors will enjoy the use of color figures in their articles without extra payment. You may also notice that the editorial team can now bring your research to life in a video abstract, featured on the Wiley Online Library and Advanced Science News. If you choose to order this service, we can highlight the most important aspects of your research article in a 2 to 3 minute video, which is designed specifically to help promote your research and maximize the impact of your work. In the digital age, we have also noticed that online author identity is an important issue. Thus, ORCID is increasingly recognized as a much-needed solution to this problem, especially in some Asian countries such as China and Korea. While use of an ORCID identifier is currently optional but recommended, in a few months it will become compulsory for submissions to all “Advanced” journals. We therefore recommend that you register for your ORCID now (www.orcid.org) if you have not already done so. In short, Small will continue to remain responsive to the community and serve the needs of our readers. As has always been the case, we would like to express our gratitude to all authors and reviewers for providing the support and feedback necessary for us to publish materials of such consistently high quality.