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Discover Chemistry is an open access journal publishing research from all areas of chemical science including interdisciplinary topics. Publication costs for Discover Chemistry are covered by Springer Nature until 31 December 2025. Authors whose articles are accepted for publication up to and including that date will not pay an article-processing charge. Note that the APC-free period does not apply to other Discover series journals, or to any journal to which your article may be transferred if not accepted in Discover Chemistry. Current charge: £0/$0/€0  Standard charge: £890.00/$1240.00/€1040.00 

  • Indexed in DOAJ.
  • Considers articles from a broad range of chemistry disciplines.
  • Topics include inorganic, organic, physical, applied chemistry, chemical biology and more.    
  • A Discover journal focused on speed of submission and review, service, and integrity.

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  • Topical Collections

    The journal publishes guest-edited Topical Collections on emerging hot topics of relevance to all aspects of chemistry. Our Topical Collections allow readers to quickly identify research on subject areas of particular interest to them.

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3005-1193
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  5. DOAJ
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  7. EBSCO
  8. Google Scholar
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  10. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  11. Portico
  12. ProQuest
  13. TD Net Discovery Service
  14. Wanfang
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