Chemical Science

Last updated ISSN 2041-6520

Chemical Science is published by Royal Society of Chemistry in chemistry. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.

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What it publishes

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Key facts

PublisherRoyal Society of Chemistry
ISSN2041-6520, 2041-6539
Subject areaChemistry
AccessOpen access
Article processing chargeNot published
Indexed inWeb of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ
Articles published21,357
Publishing since1873
Journal websitewww.rsc.org/chemicalscience

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