Best open-access journals for Organic Chemistry

1. 1
   Chemical Science

   6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry

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2. 2
   Molecules

   4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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3. 3
   Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

   5.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV

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4. 4
   BMC Chemistry

   4.6 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central

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5. 5
   Results in Chemistry

   4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV

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6. 6
   Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry

   2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis

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7. 7
   Journal of Chemistry

   2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation

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8. 8
   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

   2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences

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9. 9
   ChemistryOpen

   2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · WileyOpen

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10. 10
    Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Medknow

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11. 11
    Journal of Oleo Science

    1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Japan Oil Chemists' Society

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12. 12
    Baghdad Science Journal

    0.9 cites/paper · Q2 · College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad

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13. 13
    Heterocyclic Communications

    3.4 cites/paper · Q3 · De Gruyter

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14. 14
    South African Journal of Chemistry

    1.6 cites/paper · Q3 · Sabinet

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15. 15
    Comptes Rendus Chimie

    1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Elsevier BV

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16. 16
    Main Group Metal Chemistry

    1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · De Gruyter

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17. 17
    Journal of Chemical Research

    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · SAGE Publishing

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18. 18
    Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

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19. 19
    Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia

    1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Chemical Society of Ethiopia

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20. 20
    Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry

    0.9 cites/paper · Q3

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21. 21
    Indonesian Journal of Chemistry

    0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · Gadjah Mada University

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22. 22
    Moroccan Journal of chemistry

    0.8 cites/paper · Q3

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23. 23
    Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Brazilian Chemical Society

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24. 24
    CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry

    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Swiss Chemical Society

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25. 25
    Acta chimica slovenica

    0.6 cites/paper · Q3 · Slovenian Chemical Society

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26. 26
    Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society

    0.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Sociedad Chilena de Química

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27. 27
    RASAYAN Journal of Chemistry

    0.4 cites/paper · Q3

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28. 28
    Heteroatom Chemistry

    0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Wiley

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29. 29
    Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society

    1.0 cites/paper · Q4 · Serbian Chemical Society

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30. 30
    Croatica Chemica Acta

    0.9 cites/paper · Q4 · Croatian Chemical Society

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31. 31
    YAKUGAKU ZASSHI

    0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

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32. 32
    Asian Journal of Chemistry

    0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · ASIAN PUBLICATION CORPORATION

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33. 33
    ARKIVOC

    0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · ARKAT USA, Inc.

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34. 34
    Molbank

    0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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35. 35
    Journal of university of Anbar for pure science

    0.2 cites/paper · Q4

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36. 36
    IUCrData

    0.2 cites/paper · Q4 · International Union of Crystallography

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37. 37
    Arabian Journal of Chemistry

    4.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Elsevier BV

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38. 38
    Oriental Journal Of Chemistry

    1.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Oriental Scientific Publishing Company

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39. 39
    European Journal of Chemistry

    0.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

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40. 40
    Journal of Scientific Research

    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Rajshahi University

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