''The Journal of Organic Chemistry'', colloquially known as ''JOC'', is a
peer-review
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ed
scientific journal for original contributions of fundamental research in all branches of theory and practice
in
organic and
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. It is published by
the publishing arm of the
American Chemical Society
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, with 24 issues per year. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal had a 2017
impact factor
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of 4.805 and it is the journal that received the most cites (100,091 in 2017) in the field of
organic chemistry
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.Clayden, ...
.
According to
Web of Knowledge (and as December 2012), eleven papers from the journal have received more than 1,000
citations, with the most cited paper having received 7,967 citations. The current
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Scott J. Miller from Yale University.
Indexing
''J. Org. Chem.'' is currently indexed
in:
See also
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Organic Letters
''Organic Letters'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in organic chemistry. It was established in 1999 and is published by the American Chemical Society. In 2014, the journal moved to a hybrid open access publishin ...
*
Organometallics
''Organometallics'' is a biweekly journal published by the American Chemical Society. Its area of focus is organometallic and organometalloid chemistry. This peer-reviewed journal has an impact factor of 3.837 as reported by the 2021 Journal Cit ...
References
External links
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American Chemical Society academic journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1936
Biweekly journals
1936 establishments in the United States
Organic chemistry journals
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