The Canadian Journal of Chemistry (fr. Revue canadienne de chimie) is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 published by NRC Research Press

NRC Research Press

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. It is the official journal the Canadian Society for Chemistry

Chemical Institute of Canada

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. Papers are loaded to the Web in advance of the printed issue and are available in both pdf and HTML formats.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by the following services: Chemical Abstracts

Chemical Abstracts Service

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, ChemInform, Chemistry Citation Index, Compendex

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, Current Contents

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, Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts, GeoRef

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, INIS Atomindex

International Nuclear Information System

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, Methods in Organic Synthesis

Methods in Organic Synthesis

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, Referativny Zhurnal

Referativny Zhurnal

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, and the Science Citation Index

Science Citation Index

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

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is 1.423.