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Central European Journal of Chemistry

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Manuscripts should be submitted to CEJC via online submission system Editorial Manager . Authors should register themselves first as new users and then upload their manuscripts. In case of any technical problems, please contact the Managing Editor of Central European Journal of Chemistry (Dr. Masha Dorogova,mdorogova@versita.com ).

 Previously used system Editool is no longer available for new submissions.
 

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After submission authors are asked to send as soon as possible the Transfer of Copyright Agreement as scanned document by email to the Managing Editor of the journal.

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Resources

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Paper Writing Guide
Research Article Template
Citing References

Your contribution

We greatly appreciate the time and effort given by reviewers in evaluating papers for publication in our journal. Thanks to your contribution, Central European Journal of Chemistry authors receive fast, fair and comprehensive review.   

Our standards

  • our reviewers are kindly requested to deliver reports in 3-4 weeks, 
  • communications are intended to be published in 6-7 weeks from receipt, research and review papers in 8-9 weeks, unless they need major revision by authors
  • research articles and communications are reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three
  • we pay special attention to receive unbiased, fair opinions; special policies govern allocation of reviewers to articles
  • whenever submission qualifies for publication but needs substantial revision, reviewers are asked to give comprehensive opinion on necessary improvements      

Peer review guidelines

Please read these guidelines carefully before you report on any article. You can learn here how our whole peer-review system works. 

Tools

We encourage reviewers to use our online submission system Editorial Manager. You may log in at http://www.editorialmanager.com/cejc/. The system manual for referees is available on the Editorial Manager page. If using the online system is not convenient for you, please contact the Editor by email.

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Impact Factor for

2011 - 1.073
2010 - 0.991

Editor-in-Chief

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University 

Managing Editor 

Masha Dorogova, Poland 

Senior Associate Editor

Emilia Fornal, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

Associate Editors

Lilla Bóbics, Hungary 
Łukasz Cieśla, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Dariusz Guziewski, University of Lodz, Poland
Agata Jakóbik-Kolon, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Eric Marceau, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Awal Noor, The University of Bayreuth, Germany
Grzegorz Piechota, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Giovanni P. Rachiero, University of Basel, Switzerland
Agnieszka Ruebenbauer, Jagiellonian Universty, Poland
Denis Svechkarev, Institute for Chemistry at Kharkov V. N. Karazin National University, Ukraine

Editorial Advisory Board:

Sergei Aldoshin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Alexandru T. Balaban , Texas A&M University, USA
Robert Bergman, University of California, USA
Roland Boese, University of Essen, Germany
Ronald Breslow, Columbia University, USA
Michel Che, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
David C. Clary, University of Oxford, UK
Graham Cooks, Purdue University, USA
Elias J. Corey, Harvard University, USA
Robert Crabtree, Yale University, USA
Karl Freed, University of Chicago, USA
Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University, USA
Janusz Jurczak, Warsaw University and Institute of Organic Chemistry, Poland
Martin Karplus, Harvard University, USA
Alexei Khokhlov, Moscow State University and Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russia
Tamas Kiss, University of Szeged, Hungary
Alexander M. Klibanov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Jacek Klinowski, University of Cambridge, UK
Shu Kobayashi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Pavel Kratochvil, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Yuan T. Lee, Academia Sinica,Taiwan
Janusz Lipkowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Stephen J. Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Goverdhan Mehta, Indian Institute of Science, India
Marian Mikolajczyk, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Poland
William H. Miller, University of California, USA
Achim Müller , University of Bielefeld, Germany
Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University, USA
Stanislaw Penczek, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Poland
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India
Thomas Rauchfuss, University of Illinois, USA
Vladimir Sklenar, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Edward I. Solomon, Stanford University, USA
Frigyes Solymosi, University of Szeged, Hungary
Karel Stulik, Charles University, Czech Republic
Stefan Toma, Comenius University, Slovakia
Barry Trost, Stanford University, USA
Donald Truhlar, University of Minnesota, USA
Karel Ulbrich, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Fosong Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
George Whitesides, Harvard University, USA
Mitchell Winnik, University of Toronto, Canada
Hisashi Yamamoto, University of Chicago, USA
Yoshinori Yamamoto, Tohoku University, Japan
Richard N. Zare, Stanford University, USA
Qi-Feng Zhou, Peking University, China

 

Editors:

Analytical Chemistry
Paraskevas D. Tzanavaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Constantinos K. Zacharis , Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece

Bioanalytical Chemistry
Silvana Andreescu, Clarkson University, USA

Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry
Assaf Friedler, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Biochemistry and Biotechnology 
Costel C. Darie, Clarkson University, USA
Jan Tkac, Institute of Chemistry, Slovakia

Biophysics and Chemical Physics in Biology
Iveta Waczulikova, Comenius University, Slovakia

Catalysis
Benjamin Dietzek, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
Arpad Molnar, University of Szeged, Hungary

Coordination Chemistry
Olaf Kuhl, University of Greifswald, Germany

Chemical Kinetics and Reactivity
Krzysztof Bobrowski , Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Poland

Chemical Physics
Indrek Renge, University of Tartu, Estonia

Crystallography
Nikolai N. Kolesnikov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Electrochemistry
Laszlo Peter, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

Environmental Chemistry
Aleksander Astel, Pomeranian Academy, Poland
Christophoros Christophoridis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Andrey O. Doroshenko, V.N.Karazin National University, Ukraine

Inorganic Chemistry
Zoran Mazej , Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Snezana Zaric , University of Belgrade, Serbia

IR and Raman Spectroscopy
Boris V. Lokshin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Macromolecules and Polymers
Mircea Teodorescu, Bucharest Polytechnic University, Romania

Materials
Csaba Balazsi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary 
Janos Szepvolgyi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

NMR Spectroscopy
Shamil Latypov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Organic Chemistry
Eugenijus Butkus, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Organometallic Chemistry
Cristian Silvestru, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Wai-Yeung Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Photochemistry
Victor I. Danilov, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine

Physical Chemistry
Catinca Secuianu, Imperial College London, UK
Tatiana Shvareva, University of California, USA

Physical Organic Chemistry
Mirjana Eckert-Maksic, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia

Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry
Karin Popa, "Al.I. Cuza" University, Romania
Tatiana Shvareva, University of California, USA

Solid State Chemistry,
Nikolai N. Kolesnikov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Sofoklis Makridis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece

Surface Chemistry and Colloids
Victoria Dutschk, University of Twente, Netherlands 
Jose Luis Toca-Herrera, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria

Surpramolecular Chemistry and Nanochemistry
Aharon Gedanken, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Jerzy Langer, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Carlo Adamo, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France
Christiana Mitsopoulou, National and Kapodistrian  University of  Athens, Greece
Stanislaw Romanowski, University of Lodz, Poland

Computational Chemistry, Chemometrics and QSAR
Robert Fraczkiewicz, Simulations Plus, Inc., USA

 

Language Editors:

Saeed Alzghari, Texas Tech University, USA
Dan Bolintineanu, University of Minnesota USA
Gerald Buffone , Chipola College in Marianna, USA
Kingsley K. Donkor , Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Marie Frusher, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, UK
Victoria Guarisco, Macon State College, USA
Laura Harris, Cranfield University Affiliate, UK
Joseph Paul Hickey , College of Alameda, USA
Heidi Huttunen-Hennelly, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Markita Landry, University of Illinois, USA
Xiaofei Ma, University of Maryland, USA
Monika Marciniak, University of Washington, USA
Barbara Migaj , Grant MacEwan College, Canada
Rebecca Milburn, Institute of Technology&Advanced Learning, Canada
Maria Andreyna Navarro, Indiana University, USA
Ewa Papajak, University of Minnesota, USA 
Archana Parashar, University of Alberta, Canada
Monica Ramirez, Broward College, USA
Fredrick Sauls, King's College, USA
Beena Thomas, University of Alberta, Canada
Corey M. Thompson, Florida State University, USA
Andrew Try, Macquarie University, Australia
Rachel Tundel, Columbia University, USA
Mathew Varkey, University of Alberta, Canada
Michael Wentzel, University of Minesota, USA

Technical Editor:

Jakub Czubik, Poland

Managing Editor
Masha Dorogova
mdorogova@versita.com