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Impact factor: 60.615*
Time to first decision (all decisions): 46.8 days**
Time to first decision (peer reviewed only): 46.8 days***
Chair: Jennifer Love
Indexed in MEDLINE and Science Citation Index
Open access publishing options available
Chem Soc Rev (Chemical Society Reviews) is the Royal Society of Chemistry's leading reviews journal. We publish high-impact, authoritative and reader-friendly review articles covering important topics at the forefront of the chemical sciences.
We welcome and encourage proposals for reviews from members of the research community. If you are interested in writing a review, you can download a proposal form via the links below:
Scope
Chem Soc Rev publishes review articles covering important topics at the forefront of the chemical sciences. Reviews should be of the very highest quality and international impact. We particularly encourage international and multidisciplinary collaborations among our authors.
Our scope covers the breadth of the chemical sciences, including interdisciplinary topics where the article has a basis in chemistry. Topics include:
- Analytical chemistry
- Biomaterials chemistry
- Bioorganic/medicinal chemistry
- Catalysis
- Chemical Biology
- Coordination Chemistry
- Crystal Engineering
- Energy
- Sustainable chemistry
- Green chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Inorganic materials
- Main group chemistry
- Nanoscience
- Organic chemistry
- Organic materials
- Organometallics
- Physical chemistry
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Synthetic methodology
- Theoretical and computational chemistry
ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship
This Lectureship recognises mid-career researchers, within 9–15 years of their PhD, who have made a significant contribution in their independent academic career.
Appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path.
This award is presented annually. Nominations open in the autumn and close in late winter.
Nominations are welcome from anyone and are to be sent to the Editorial Office with details explaining the reason for their nomination. Self-nomination is not permitted.
Nomination details required:
- A one-page CV for the nominee, including a summary of their education, dates of key career achievements, a list of up to five of their top independent publications, total numbers of publications and patents, and other indicators of esteem, together with evidence of career independence.
- A recommendation letter, including the name, contact details and website URL of the nominee.
- Two supporting letters of recommendation from two independent referees. These should not be someone from the same institution or the candidate’s post doc or PhD supervisor.
- A copy of the candidate’s best publication to date (as judged by the nominator).
- The nominator and independent referees should comment on the candidate’s presenting skills.
The nominations are then shortlisted by a selection panel from the ChemSocRev Editorial Board, with a winner chosen from this shortlist.
The recipient of this award receives: the opportunity to present at 3 different locations over a 12-month period, with at least one event taking place at an international conference, and a contribution of up to £1,500 to cover associated travel and accommodation costs. Also, a certificate and an invitation to submit a review article to ChemSocRev.
Latest recipient: Professor Jun Lu (Argonne National Laboratory)
Meet the team
Find out who is on the editorial and advisory boards for the Chem Soc Rev journal.
Chair
Jennifer Love, University of Calgary, Canada
Associate editors
Louise Berben, University of California Davis, USA
Rebecca Goss, University of St Andrews, UK
Giulia Grancini, University of Pavia, Italy
Zhong-Qun Tian, Xiamen University, China
Editorial board members
Osamu Ishitani, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Tatjana Parac-Vogt, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jong Seung Kim, Korea University, Korea
Raghavan B. Sunoj, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Dave Adams, University of Glasgow, UK
David Amabilino, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain
Ivan Aprahamian, Dartmouth College, USA
Parisa A. Ariya, McGill University, Canada
Tom Baker, University of Ottawa, Canada
Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge, UK
Anne-Marie Caminade, University of Toulouse, France
Rui Cao, Shaanxi Normal University, China
Peng Chen, Peking University, China
Kelly Chibale, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Ib Chorkendorff, The Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow, UK
Huw Davies, Emory University, USA
Wim Dehaen, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
William Dichtel, Northwestern University, USA
Yves Dufrêne, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Antonio Echavarren, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain
Karen Faulds, University of Strathclyde, UK
David Fermín, University of Bristol, UK
Elena Fernández, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Miriam Freedman, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Philip A Gale, The University of Sydney, Australia
Jinlong Gong, Tianjin University, China
Duncan Graham, University of Strathclyde, UK
Stefan Grimme, Universität Bonn, Germany
Dirk Guldi, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Michaele Hardie, University of Leeds, UK
Patrick Holland, Yale University, USA
Katherine Holt, UCL, UK
Feihe Huang, Zhejiang University, China
Rafal Klajn, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Chao-Jun Li, McGill University, Canada
Jinghong Li, Tsinghua University, China
Yan Li, Peking University, China
Norberto Peporine Lopes, CEMMO, Brazil
Connie Lu, University of Minnesota, USA
Rafael Luque, Cordoba University, Spain
Uday Maitra, Indian Institute of Science, India
Anna Mapp, University of Michigan, USA
Nazario Martín, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Ruben Martin, Institute of Chemical of Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain
Feliu Maseras, Institute of Chemical of Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain
Fiona Meldrum, University of Leeds, UK
Shirley Meng, University of California San Diego, USA
Johannes Messinger, Umeå University, Sweden
Cristina Nevado, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Elizabeth Nolan, MIT, USA
Martin Oestreich, TU Berlin, Germany
Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia, Canada
Elaine O'Reilly, University College Dublin, Ireland
Rachel O'Reilly, University of Birmingham, UK
Mario Pagliaro, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Alissa Park, Columbia University, USA
Eric Rivard, University of Alberta, Canada
Gregory Robinson, University of Georgia, USA
Peter Roesky, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Vincent Rotello, University of Massachusetts, USA
Paolo Samori, University of Strasbourg, France
Clément Sanchez, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
Hélder A. Santos, University of Helsinki, Finland
Christian Serre, ENS, France
Injae Shin, Yonsei University, South Korea
Rint Sijbesma, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
David Spring, University of Cambridge, UK
Benzhong Tang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
James Tucker, University of Birmingham, UK
Peng Wang, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China
Tim Warren, Georgetown University, USA
Mike Wasielewski, Northwestern University, USA
Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Helma Wennemers, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Stephen Withers, University of British Columbia, Canada
Vivian Yam, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Nagoya University, Japan
Makoto Yamashita, Nagoya University, Japan
Haw Yang, Princeton University, USA
Kentye Yong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Juyoung Yoon, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Shuli You, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Guihua Yu, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Claudio Zannoni, University of Bologna, Italy
Haoli Zhang, Lanzhou University, China
Richard Kelly, Executive Editor, 0000-0003-2380-9315
Chris Harding, Deputy Editor
Danny Andrews, Development Editor
Jade Holliday, Editorial Assistant
Helen Saxton, Editorial Production Manager
Becky Webb, Senior Publishing Editor
Matthew Bown, Publishing Editor
Alice Beaumont, Publishing Editor
Laura Cooper, Publishing Editor
Emily Cuffin-Munday, Publishing Editor
Konoya Das, Publishing Editor
Clare Fitzgerald, Publishing Editor
Alan Holder, Publishing Editor, ORCID 0000-0001-5228-877X
Donna Smith, Publishing Editor, ORCID 0000-0002-1337-2327
Laura Smith, Publishing Editor
Natalie Ford, Publishing Assistant
Jeanne Andres, Publisher
Journal guidelines
The following guidelines are journal specific. For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article and Resources for authors pages, the content of which is relevant to all of our journals.
For accepted proposals or invited submissions, authors are encouraged to submit their full manuscript on the Royal Society of Chemistry article template, which is available to download here.
Open access publishing options
Chem Soc Rev is a hybrid journal and gives authors the choice of publishing their research either via the traditional subscription-based model or instead by choosing our gold open access option.
Gold open access
For authors who want to publish their article gold open access, Chem Soc Rev charges an article processing charge (APC) of £1800 (+ any applicable tax). Our APC is all-inclusive and makes your article freely available online immediately, permanently, and includes your choice of Creative Commons licence (CC BY or CC BY-NC) at no extra cost. It is not a submission charge, so you only pay if your article is accepted for publication.
Learn more about publishing open access.
Read & Publish
If your institution has a Read & Publish agreement in place with the Royal Society of Chemistry, APCs for gold open access publishing in Chem Soc Rev may already be covered.
Check if your institution is already part of our Read & Publish community.
Please use your official institutional email address to submit your manuscript; this helps us to identify if you are eligible for Read & Publish or other APC discounts.
Traditional subscription model
Authors can also publish in Chem Soc Rev via the traditional subscription model without needing to pay an APC. Articles published via this route are available to institutions and individuals who subscribe to the journal. Our standard licence allows you to make the accepted manuscript of your article freely available after a 12-month embargo period. This is known as the green route to open access.
Readership information
Chem Soc Rev has a truly international readership, from emerging investigators to eminent scientists working in across all areas of the chemical sciences.
Subscription information
Chemical Society Reviews is part of collections RSC Gold and General Chemistry.
Online only 2022: ISSN 1460-4744, £1,165 / $1,849
*2021 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2022)
**The median time from submission to first decision including manuscripts rejected without peer review from the previous calendar year
***The median time from submission to first decision for peer reviewed manuscripts from the previous calendar year
Contact us
- Email:
- Richard Kelly
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- Helen Saxton
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