The Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal established in 2005. It is published by BioMed Central on behalf of the Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences, a German non-profit foundation. The editor-in-chief is Peter Seeberger (Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces).
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 2.517.
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