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Organic Chemistry Frontiers

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There are no fees to submit to or publish in this journal. As a hybrid journal, authors can choose to publish their article either through the journal's subscription model or as gold open access. Authors who choose the option to publish open access will be charged an APC of £3,100. If you choose open access you may be able to publish in this journal, with no APC to pay, if your institution has an open access agreement with us. You can use our Journal Finder to find out if your institution has an agreement and which journals are included. Check for agreements Read more about payments and funding for information on APCs, discounts, waivers, and open access agreements.

Organic Chemistry Frontiers belongs to the Frontiers journal portfolio, an enterprising collaboration between the Chinese Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. The Frontiers project aims to publish a series of high impact, quality chemistry journals that showcase the very best research from China, Asia and the rest of the world to an international audience.

For each journal title, the intention is to collaborate with a top Chinese institute in the relevant field. For Organic Chemistry Frontiers, this is the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC).

Scope

Organic Chemistry Frontiers publishes high-quality research from across organic chemistry. Emphases are placed on studies that make significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry by reporting either new or significantly improved protocols or methodologies.

Topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Organic synthesis
Development of synthetic methodologies
Catalysis
Natural products
Functional organic materials
Supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry
Physical and computational organic chemistry

Readership

Academic and industrial scientists from organic chemistry, natural products research, material science, catalysis, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, theoretical chemistry, and other disciplines where involve knowledge in organic chemistry.

Journal Impact Factor

4.5 (2025)

First decision time (all)

13 days

First decision time (peer reviewed)

23 days

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Indexing

eISSN: ISSN 2052-4129

Indexed in: Scopus, Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), CAS

Publication frequency: 24 issues per year

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Article processing charge (APC)

There are no fees to submit to or publish in this journal.

As a hybrid journal, authors can choose to publish their article either through the journal's subscription model or as gold open access. Authors who choose the option to publish open access will be charged an APC of £3,100.

If you choose open access you may be able to publish in this journal, with no APC to pay, if your institution has an open access agreement with us. You can use our Journal Finder to find out if your institution has an agreement and which journals are included.

Check for agreements

Read more about payments and funding for information on APCs, discounts, waivers, and open access agreements.

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Article types

Organic Chemistry Frontiers publishes:

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Highlights
Tutorial accounts
Methods
Chemistry frontiers
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Comments

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