Editorial

Abstract

Dear colleagues, This issue of the RESTAURATOR is being published during special times. Our words may reach you at home, during quarantine, at your workplace which may have changed, or at your studio with fewer projects as planned in your order book. We do hope that you stay healthy and that your professional prospects have not worsened considerably. Securities which we have taken for granted have suddenly vanished and our perspectives have shifted. However, one realization seems to prove true more than ever before: the importance of scientific research. We clearly see that it is not only essential to conduct research, but to also share research results and to base decisions on the outcome of transparent studies. In this respect, we want to thank our authors, reviewers and our board for making this publication possible – even during times of constraints and instability. Those of you who have visited our journal homepage will have noticed that the design of the page has changed. We think that searching the homepage has become more convenient and while currently, it is still partly under construction with new changes and guideline upcoming, we hope that you enjoy our new homepage as well! It is always worth visiting because in each issue there is one open access contribution, carefully selected to highlight research results published in RESTAURATOR. The current issue features contributions that had to wait for being printed a bit longer than usual due to our last year’s thematic issue on the history in conservation and teaching. The topics of the current issue range from a technical note on improving paper stability after converting blackened lead white with hydrogen peroxide by Raab et al. to a novel labelling technique to proof ownership by Krejčí et al. and to an analytical study to research the crystallinity of various handmade Chinese papers as a fundament to evaluate the crystallinity’s role in durability of paper.