New Journal of Chemistry
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New Journal of Chemistry (NJC) is a peer review
Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

ed scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 publishing original (primary) research and review articles from across the chemical sciences. NJC is published monthly 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...

 (RSC) and is owned by CNRS. It was previously called Nouveau Journal de Chimie.

The editors of NJC are Denise Parent (CNRS) and Sarah Ruthven (RSC). According to the Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports
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, the journal has a 2009 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 3.009.

Owner society

NJC is owned by Centre national de la recherche scientifique of France, and has been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry since 1998.

Subject coverage

NJC publishes new and emerging multidisciplinary work in the chemical sciences, including:
Supramolecular chemistry
Chemistry for materials and applications
Catalysis
Catalysis
Catalysis is the change in rate of a chemical reaction due to the participation of a substance called a catalyst. Unlike other reagents that participate in the chemical reaction, a catalyst is not consumed by the reaction itself. A catalyst may participate in multiple chemical transformations....

Chemistry for biology
Biology
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 and medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....

Chemistry of polymers and dendrimers
Organic synthesis
Organic synthesis
Organic synthesis is a special branch of chemical synthesis and is concerned with the construction of organic compounds via organic reactions. Organic molecules can often contain a higher level of complexity compared to purely inorganic compounds, so the synthesis of organic compounds has...

 of complex molecules
Chemical physics and theory

Article types

Research papers (which contain original scientific work that has not been published previously)

Letters (original scientific work that is of an urgent nature and that has not been published previously)

Perspectives (invited from younger prize-winning scientists who present their work and ideas, setting these in the context of the work of others)

Interfaces (written by pairs of collaborating scientists from different disciplines on their common field of research, to demonstrate the benefits of collaborative research and facilitate dialogue between communities)

See also

  • Chemical Communications
    Chemical Communications
    Chemical Communications, known as ChemComm, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry . It contains communications of significant work from across the chemical sciences. It also includes feature articles...

  • Chemical Society Reviews
    Chemical Society Reviews
    Chemical Society Reviews is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing review articles on topics of current interest in chemistry. Its predecessors were Quarterly Reviews, Chemical Society and Royal Institute of Chemistry, Reviews...

  • List of scientific journals in chemistry
  • List of scientific journals

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