About the Journal

The official journal of the Association of Czech Chemical Societies published since 1876

ISSN 1213-7103 (on-line), 0009-2770 (printed), 1803-2389 (CD-ROM)

Journal abbreviation: Chem. Listy

Published in Czech, Slovak, and English (invited papers only)

Open Access

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative) definition of open access.

Use of the journal content is governed by the Creative Commons BY 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 International) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and copying of the work in any medium, provided the work title, authors, source and license are properly credited.

Scope

  • Reviews on the development in chemistry and related fields (biochemistry, environmental science, material science, education, pharmaceutics, food science, information science)
  • Original papers on laboratory technique and methods
  • Papers related to industrial chemistry
  • Reviews of new books and software products
  • Discussions on the problems of concern in chemical community
  • Personal news, meetings, editorial remarks, lectures

Readers

  • Academic teachers and students
  • R&D
  • Industrial management
  • Medical and hygiene staff
  • Governmental agencies
  • Environmental inspection

Impact Factor

  • Current Impact Factor is 0.6 (JCR 2023)
  • Impact Factor (IF) development:

Information

For information about manuscripts, subscriptions, and advertisement feel free to contact the editorial office or members of the Editorial Board

Peer Review Policy

Before the review process, all manuscripts are first screened by the editorial office to determine their general suitability for the journal. Submissions found unsuitable (style, length, topic, lack of originality) are rejected at this stage.

The journal has a policy of Anonymous Peer Review. Suitable reviewers are selected by the editorial board to ensure that there is no conflict of interest.

Reviewers take into account the following issues:

  • the originality of the paper
  • contribution to the field
  • appropriateness of the methodology
  • adequate presentation of results
  • correctness of conclusions
  • correct and exhaustive response to previous reviewers' comments
  • compliance with ethical issues
  • correct academic style and adequate language

The reviewers' recommendations are sent to the corresponding author as soon as the reviews are available. Depending on the nature of the changes, a revised version of the manuscript may be sent back to the reviewers for further suggestions and approval. The final decision to accept or reject the paper rests with the editor-in-chief or the handling editor. After acceptance of the final version, proofs are sent to the corresponding author, and each article awaits completion of the current issue or any later issue for which the article may be deemed suitable.

The review process can take 4–6 weeks depending on the availability of reviewers. Average number of weeks between article submission and publication is usualy 16.

References and Indexing

Journal Chemické listy is referred by Chemical Abstracts, Chemical Titles, Current Contents, Science Citation Index. It is also indexed in the international databases Web of Science (WOS), Scopus, Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA), Google Scholar.

Publication fees

Under standard conditions, articles in Chemicke Listy are published free of charge (Article Processing Charge (APC) = 0 CZK).

For articles that are to be accompanied by acknowledgements to the granting agency(ies), a gratuity fee of 1700 CZK per grant is required from the authors.

In case of accelerated publication, the paper is printed (after successful review and editorial procedure) within 2 months. A fee of 1000 CZK per printed page is charged for this service.

Colour printing is charged a one-off fee of 5000 CZK.

Pricing

Annual price for 2025 (Vol. 119, 12 issues) international subscription is 96.00 € (shipping & handling not included).

For ordering or further information contact editorial office.