South African journal of chemistry (ISSN: 0379-4350)

Description

The South African Journal of Chemistry, published by the South African Chemical Institute, has been publishing high quality papers, in all fields of Chemistry for over 50 years. The Journal went fully electronic in 2000 and is freely available through open access online (http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/che...).
SAJChem applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to manuscripts we publish. This license was developed to facilitate open access  namely, free immediate access to, and unrestricted reuse of, original works of all types. Under this license, authors agree to make articles legally available for reuse, without permission or fees, for virtually any purpose. Anyone may copy, distribute or reuse these articles, as long as the author and original source are properly cited. Additionally, the journal platform (http://www.journals.co.za/sajchem/ ) that SAJChem uses to publish research articles is Open Access.
It is a CAS-abstracted publication and is listed in Current Web Contents. It has retained its status as an accredited publication with the South African Department of Higher Education and Training.
The journal publishes short communication, full research papers and review articles in all branches of chemistry. In 2013 the journal published 46 articles comprising 289 journal pages. All manuscripts are subjected to a rigorous peer review process by the Scientific Editors listed below:
Organic Chemistry
- Dr Tricia Naicker
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Naickert1-AT-ukzn.ac.za
- Professor Willem van Otterlo
Stellenbosch University
wvo-AT-sun.ac.za
- Dr Leigh-Anne Fraser
Director & CSO, Cerulent (Pty) Ltd.
leigh-anne.fraser-AT-cerulent.com
- Dr Edwin Mmutlane
University of Johannesburg
edwinm-AT-uj.ac.za
Physical Chemistry
- Professor Bice Martincigh
University of KwaZulu-Natal
martinci-AT-ukzn.ac.za
- Professor Jeanet Conradie
University of the Free State
ConradJ-AT-ufs.ac.za
Analytical Chemistry
- Professor Luke Chimuka
University of the Witwatersrand
Luke.Chimuka-AT-wits.ac.za
- Dr Patricia Forbes
University of Pretoria
Patricia.Forbes-AT-up.ac.za
Inorganic Chemistry
- Professor Simon Lotz
University of Pretoria
Simon.Lotz-AT-up.ac.za
- Dr Daniela Bezuidenhout
University of Pretoria
daniela.bezuidenhout-AT-up.ac.za
Chemical Education
- Professor John Bradley
University of the Witwatersrand
John.Bradley-AT-wits.ac.za
Computational Chemistry
- Dr Gerhard Venter
University of Cape Town
gerhard.venter-AT-uct.ac.za
Nanotechnology
- Professor Neerish Revaprasadu
University of Zululand
RevaprasaduN-AT-unizulu.ac.za
- Professor Kaushik Mallick
University of Johannesburg
kaushikm-AT-uj.ac.za
The scientific editors are conscious of the need to improve the average time to publication, and are constantly seeking the cooperation of their referees in reducing the time taken to process their manuscripts, consistent with the maintenance of the highest standards of the peer review system.