Communications Chemistry is an open access journal from Nature Portfolio publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the chemical sciences. Research papers published by the journal represent significant advances bringing new chemical insight to a specialized area of research. We also aim to provide a community forum for issues of importance to all chemists, regardless of sub-discipline. Scope includes, but is not limited to, the core subject areas of analytical, inorganic, organic, physical and materials chemistry, and covers the broad spectrum of chemical research including chemical biology, catalysis, computational chemistry, energy materials, green chemistry, environmental chemistry, medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, chemical nanoscience and surface chemistry. We also consider submissions from adjacent research fields where the central advance of the study is of interest to chemists, for example biochemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and nanoscience. The submission and review processes are managed by our in-house professional editors supported by our Editorial Board Members, who provide technical expertise across the breadth of the chemical sciences. We are committed to rapid dissemination of important research results. Articles are published on a continuous basis with minimal time from acceptance to publication.