About Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry is the RSC journal which publishes research and reviews on synthetic, biomolecular and physical organic chemistry. The scope of the journal covers all organic aspects of: synthetic methodology, chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, natural product chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, macromolecular chemistry, theoretical chemistry and catalysis.

Article types:

Communications: Urgent accounts of highly-important new research. Up to 6 journal pages in length.

Full papers: Full accounts of important original research. Full papers may be an expansion of work previously published in a Communication; however, the new work reported must represent a significant extension on what was previously published.

Perspectives: Concise and critical reviews of key topics in organic chemistry. Easy-to-read and covering current areas of interest, rather than comprehensive reviews of the literature.

Emerging Areas: Short, forward-looking feature articles on particularly topical subjects.      

Key benefits to publishing in OBC include:

• Competitive impact factor of 3.696
• Fast publication
• Optional Accepted Manuscript publication - have the unedited version of your article published shortly after acceptance
• Easy submission and manuscript tracking online 
• Choice of submission routes - authors can choose either the Cambridge Editorial Office or submission to an Associate Editor
• Free colour online, and in print where it enhances understanding
• High exposure - top papers highlighted in the wider scientific press 
• Broadest organic audience - synthetic, physical and biomolecular
• Indexed in MEDLINE and other major databases  

Author guidelines

A link to the RSC Journal Policy section of the website is below. General guidelines for submission to RSC journals are available there to download, and a link to additional guidelines for submitting to OBC is further down the page. Authors wishing to submit a Perspective or Emerging Area article to the journal should also take note of the downloadable guidelines below.