''Chinese Chemical Letters'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of chemistry. It was established in 1990 and is published by

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on behalf of the Chinese Chemical Society. The

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is Xu-Hong Qian (

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

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* Science Citation Index Expanded *

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According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 4.632.

Coercive citations

In 2015, it was reported by

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that the journal offered to waive their

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for authors whose articles would be cited more than 6 times (apparently including self-citations) in the first two years after publication. This practice is known as

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. In a reaction, the editorial office stated that this episode "was totally due to the inappropriate English expression of our newly joined editor" and that " e publication fee waiver based on the citations has been eliminated."

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/chinese-chemical-letters/ Monthly journals Chemistry journals English-language journals Academic journals established in 1990 Elsevier academic journals