Wiley-VCH, part of the scientific and technical publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and the Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES) have announced the launch of the Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, the second pan-Asia society chemistry journal after Chemistry – An Asian Journal, launched by ACES and Wiley-VCH in 2006.
ACES is an association of 13 chemical societies in Asia and the Pacific region. The Society is joined by the Korean Society of Organic Synthesis for the publication of the Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (www.AsianJOC.org).
The journal will publish strictly peer-reviewed primary and secondary research in all aspects of organic chemistry. The first issue will appear in print and online in Wiley Online Library in the autumn of 2012 and will be published monthly thereafter. The Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry is a sister journal of the European Journal of Organic Chemistry, which is published by Wiley-VCH and ChemPubSoc Europe, the sister organisation of ACES in Europe.
The Editorial Board is co-chaired by Sung Ho Kang from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon), Keiji Maruoka from Kyoto University, and Deqing Zhang from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing), whose combined and extensive expertise in organic chemistry reflects the broad scope of the Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. Kang, Maruoka, and Zhang are joined by a host of distinguished organic chemists on the Editorial and International Advisory Boards to ensure that the journal is of the highest possible standard.
Among others, Nobel Laureates Ei-ichi Negishi (2010), Akira Suzuki (2010), and Ryoji Noyori (2001) will support the new journal as members of the Honorary Board.
