Hot research topics in the biomass catalysis section of the catalysts journal in 2018 and 2019

In recent years, many researchers have contributed to the “Biomass Catalysis” section of the journal Catalysts (MDPI). With this Editorial, we would like to acknowledge all contributions published so far highlighting, in particular, the top 10 high-cited papers in the two-year period 2018–2019 that can be considered, rightly so, as hot topics in the field of biomass catalysis research. Most recent advances in the catalytic conversion of biomass into valuable platform chemicals will be discussed in the following paragraph emphasizing, at the same time, the remaining challenges in this field.