About the Journal

CROATICA CHEMICA ACTA (Abbrev.: Croat. Chem. Acta) is an international journal devoted to the publication of papers from all fields of chemistry. Four issues are published annually. It is published by the Croatian Chemical Societywith co-publishers Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, and Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb since 1927.

Editor-in-Chief: It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our longtime (2015–2025) Editor-in-Chief, Prof. emerita Olga Kronja, who passed away on November 29, 2025. Professor Kronja was a esteemed member of the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb

Acting Editor-in-Chief until elections will be Professor Vladislav Tomišić from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

All Issues since 1950 are available online, free of charge, archived in the Hrčak, a common platform for Croatian Open Access journals, managed by the University Computing Centre SRCE.

CROATICA CHEMICA ACTA publishes Original scientific papersNotesPreliminary communicationsAuthor’s reviewsReviewsFeature articlesConference papersEssays and Data bank contributions. In the appendix, the Journal publishes Letters to the EditorBook reviewsObituaries and Croatian Chemical Society news.

The Journal is indexed in Chemical Abstracts Plus (CAPlus)Science Citation Index (SCI)Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)Current Contents – Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (CC),  SCOPUSEBSCOhost – Academic Search CompleteProQuestDirectory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)Portal of Croatian Scientific Journals (HRČAK)

CROATICA CHEMICA ACTA is supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth of the Republic of Croatia.