Chemical Society Reviews is a bimonthly peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 publishing review articles

Literature review

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 on topics of current interest in chemistry

Chemistry

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. Its predecessors were Quarterly Reviews, Chemical Society (1947–1971) and Royal Institute of Chemistry, Reviews (1968–1971). The editor-in-chief is Robert Eagling.

The journal is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...

 and has a 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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 of 26.583, ranking it as the journal with the second highest impact factor

Impact factor

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 in the "General Chemistry" category.

Chemical Society Reviews publishes occasional themed issues on new and emerging areas of research in the chemical sciences. These issues are edited by a guest editor who is a specialist in their field. Since 2005, Chemical Society Reviews has published reviews on topics of broad appeal, termed "social interest" reviews, such as articles on art conservation, forensics

Forensics

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, and automotive fuels.

Chemical Society Reviews is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE

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Article types

Chemical Society Reviews publishes "Tutorial reviews" and "Critical reviews". The former are written to be of relevance both to the general research chemist who is new to the field, as well as the expert, whereas the latter aim to provide a deeper understanding of the topic in hand, but retain their accessibility through an introduction written for the general reader.