Acta Chimica Slovenica is the Slovenia

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n scientific journal

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 with the highest impact factor

Impact factor

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 (IF). In 2009, the Web of Science

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 reported it to be 0.841. The journal is published quarterly in 1200 copies and is supervised by an international board of editors. It comprises two parts. The first part contains rigorously peer-reviewed scientific and expert articles from the various fields of chemistry

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, written in English and accompanied by abstracts

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 in Slovene. The second part, written in Slovene, contains societal news: lists of newly conferred academic degrees, reports on the work of the sections of the Slovenian Chemical Society, expert articles and book review

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s, and news on conferences

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and other meetings. The journal and the articles published since 1998 are also available online.