Chemistry Central Explained

Parent:	Springer Science+Business Media
Status:	Defunct (2015)
Founded:	August 22, 2006
Distribution:	Open access
Publications:	Scientific journals
Topics:	Chemistry
Url:	www.chemistrycentral.com

Chemistry Central was a scientific publisher specializing in open access publications in chemistry. It was established on August 22, 2006^[1] and was operated by BioMed Central. Along with BioMed Central and the now-defunct PhysMath Central, Chemistry Central was part of "Open Access Central", representing open access publishing in life science and medicine, physics and maths, and chemistry, respectively.^[2] When Springer acquired the BioMed Central Group in 2008, Chemistry Central was transferred with it.^{[3] [4]}

At the end of 2015 the Chemistry Central brand was retired, with the existing journals transferring to the SpringerOpen portfolio.^[5] In January 2019, Chemistry Central Journal was renamed BMC Chemistry and brought within the BMC Series journals.^[6]

Publications

• Journal of Cheminformatics
• Chemistry Central Journal
• Journal of Systems Chemistry
• Geochemical Transactions
• Heritage Science
• Sustainable Chemical Processes
• Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

References

1. Web site: Next stop, Chemistry Central. Bradley. David. August 22, 2006. Sciencebase. 2009-07-31.
2. Web site: Open Access Central. 28 November 2016. 2 February 2007. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20070202211201/http://www.openaccesscentral.com/. 2 February 2007.
3. Web site: BioMed Central sold to Springer The Scientist Magazine®. The Scientist. 28 November 2016.
4. Web site: Springer Acquires BioMed Central Group (BMC). www.springer.com. 2016-11-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307222017/http://www.springer.com/gp/partners/society-zone-issues/springer-acquires-biomed-central-group--bmc-/4408. 2016-03-07. dead.
5. Web site: Chemistry Central journals to transfer to SpringerOpen. www.springeropen.com. SpringerOpen. 14 October 2016.
6. Web site: Chemistry Central Journal evolves to BMC Chemistry. 28 November 2018 . 6 September 2019.