Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications is an internationally known chemistry journal. The journal is published by the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The Academy is the leading non-university public research institution in the Czech Republic...

, Although traditionally its highest strength has been in organic chemistry

Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...

, it covers all fields of chemistry

Chemistry

Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....

. The journal name is usually abbreviated Coll. Czech CC or CCCC

It was founded in 1929 by the under the tile Chemické Listy, the title changed in 1939 to Collection tschechischer chemischer Forschungsarbeiten = Collection des travaux chimiques tchèques = Collection of Czech Chemical Communications, for one volume, and then was suspended until 1947, when it resumed publication as Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications

, the editor-in-chief is Michal Hocek. For 2008, the impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

of the journal is 0.78.