About the Journal

The Short History of Croatica Chemica Acta

Croatica Chemica Acta was founded in 1927.

The name of the journal has changed several times:

Year Name
1927 – 1938 Arhiv za hemiju i farmaciju
1938 Arhiv za hemiju i tehnologiju
1938 – 1941 Arhiv za kemiju i tehnologiju
1941 – 1945 Kemijski vjestnik
1946 – 1956 Arhiv za kemiju
1956 – Croatica Chemica Acta

 

Editors-in-Chief from its beginnings in 1927:

Year Editor-in-Chief
1927 – 1933 Vladimir Njegovan (1884-1971)
1934 – 1939 Franjo Hanaman (1878-1941)
1939 – 1940 Stanko Miholić (1891-1960)
1941 – 1945 Mladen Deželić (1900-1989)
1946 – 1953 Stanko Miholić (1891-1960)
1953 – 1980 Božo Težak (1907-1980)
1980 – 1985 Siniša Maričić (1926-2017)
1985 – 1994 Vladimir Simeon (1939-2017)
1995 – 2005 Nenad Trinajstić (1936-2021)
2006 – 2015 Nikola Kallay (1942-2015)
2015 – 2025 Olga Kronja (1953-2025)
2025 – Vladislav Tomišić (Acting Editor-in-Chief)

 

Croatica Chemica Acta was present online since March 1996.

The idea of a website was initiated by Nenad Trinajstić (Editor-in-Chief at that time) in February, 1996. Shortly after that, in March 1996, the first version of this web site was built and made public by Marija Herceg Rajačić and by Bono Lučić.