The ''Journal of the American Chemical Society'' is a weekly

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that was established in 1879 by the

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. The journal has absorbed two other publications in its history, the ''Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry'' (July 1893) and the ''American Chemical Journal'' (January 1914). It covers all fields of

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. Since 2021, the

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Erick M. Carreira Erick M. Carreira is a Cuban-born American organic chemist and professor at ETH Zürich. He is known for his research group's work in total synthesis projects, particularly asymmetric synthesis of complex natural products. He became the edito ...

(

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). In 2014, the journal moved to a

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publishing model.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, ProQuest databases,

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, and the

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 16.383.

Editors-in-chief

The following people are or have been editor-in-chief: * 1879–1880 – Hermann Endemann * 1880–1881 –

Gideon E. Moore Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abi ...

* 1881–1882 – Hermann Endemann * 1882–1883 – ''Editorial Committee'' * 1884–1892 –

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* 1893–1901 – Edward Hart * 1902–1917 –

William A. Noyes William Albert Noyes (November 6, 1857 – October 24, 1941) was an American analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights, chaired the Chemistry Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Cha ...

Sr. * 1918–1949 – Arthur Lamb * 1950–1962 –

W. Albert Noyes Jr. William Albert Noyes Jr. (April 18, 1898 – November 25, 1980), commonly known as W. Albert Noyes Jr., was an American chemist known for his contributions to photochemistry. During World War II, he was a leader in U.S. defense research efforts. ...

* 1963–1969 – Marshall D. Gates Jr. * 1969–1975 – Martin Stiles * 1975–1981 – Cheves Walling * 1982–2001 –

Allen J. Bard Allen Joseph Bard (born December 18, 1933) is an American chemist. He is the Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair Professor and director of the Center for Electrochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. Bard is considered a "father of modern el ...

* 2002–2020 –

Peter J. Stang Peter John Stang (born November 17, 1941) is a German American chemist and Distinguished Professor of chemistry at the University of Utah. He was the editor-in-chief of the '' Journal of the American Chemical Society'' from 2002 to 2020. Biograp ...

* since 2021 –

References

External links

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