Organic Letters
Last updated ISSN 1523-7052
Organic Letters is published by American Chemical Society in chemistry. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,500.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Organic Letters concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods
- Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
- Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
- Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
- Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
- Radical Photochemical Reactions
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
Key facts
| Publisher | American Chemical Society |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1523-7052, 1523-7060 |
| Subject area | Chemistry |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,500 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 46,113 |
| Publishing since | 1875 |
| Journal website | pubs.acs.org/journals/orlef7/index.html |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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