ActaChimicaSlovenica
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Janez Košmrlj
Dear Colleagues
It is indeed a great pleasure and a privilege for me to introduce to 
you Acta Chimica Slovenica (ACSi) in its new and attractive design. The 
Acta, initially titled Proceedings of the Slovenian Chemical Society, has been 
published by the Slovenian Chemical Society since 1951. At the time of its 
inception and for years since the initial aim of the journal was to enable 
Slovenian researchers in the field of pure and applied chemistry to publish 
their results. 
In recent times, ACSi has gained popularity within the international 
chemical community. ACSi is now abstracted/indexed by Chemical 
Abstracts, Science Citation Index®, Current Contents® (Physical, Chemical 
& Earth Sciences), ISI Alerting Services®, Chemistry Citation Index®. 
Since the beginning of the new millennium the journal has been included 
in Science Citation Index® and in a short period of two years ACSi has 
achieved an impact factor of 0.5.
ACSi publishes reviews, scientific and technical articles, as well as 
short communications in the chemical and closely related areas of research. 
Acceptance of a manuscript is based on an evaluation of its scientific 
merit as judged by national and international peer review. In the appendix 
section, book reviews, industrial achievements, announcements, and 
society news are published. The journal is published quarterly and full text 
versions of papers published since 1998 to date are available free of cost at 
http://acta.chem-soc.si.
ACSi will continue its mission to provide a venue for domestic and 
regional authors to publish their results in. It will also serve as a publishing 
venue for the international chemical community. With the continued 
growth in research results submitted for publication in journals world 
wide, it can only be anticipated that smaller journals like ACSi will gain 
substantially as well in the next few years. It is the intent of the Editors and 
the Editorial Board to increase substantially not only the impact factor of 
ACSi but also the visibility of the journal in wide-ranging, state-of-the-art 
research areas.
In this context several projects have been initiated to increase the 
overall quality of the journal. For example, beginning January 2004 ACSi 
has appointed a team of Associate Editors, and beginning 2005 this team 
has become international. Well-established scientists have joined the 
editorial board, and their assistance will contribute to our endeavor in 
making ACSi an increasingly successful journal. To celebrate these early 
successes, we have decided to continue publishing the journal in both the 
printed and electronic versions in a new, contemporary design.
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With the support from established scientists, reviewers, a dedicated 
editorial team, the publisher, and sponsors I am confident that Acta 
Chimica Slovenica has entered new and exciting times in the new 
millennium. I thank everyone involved in this effort, and also thank all 
contributors to the Acta in advance for their support of the journal.
Sincerely,
Janez Košmrlj
Editor-in-Chief
February 21, 2005
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