Wiley News Release: Wiley-VCH Expands its Partnership with Asian Chemical Societies (For Immediate Release)

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Wiley-VCH Expands its Partnership with Asian Chemical Societies


Weinheim, Germany, June 8, 2006 -- Wiley-VCH today announced the 
cooperation with the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry 
and the Chemical Society Located in Taipei, China as partner 
societies for the new publication, Chemistry -- An Asian Journal.

Chemistry -- An Asian Journal will now be published on behalf of 
six Asian chemical societies: the Chinese Chemical Society, the 
Chemical Research Society of India, the Chemical Society of 
Japan, the Korean Chemical Society, the Singapore National 
Institute of Chemistry, and the Chemical Society Located in 
Taipei, China. In addition, the new publishing venture is 
supported by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (German Chemical 
Society; GDCh).

Wolfram Koch, Executive Director of the GDCh, stressed that the 
GDCh is a proud supporter of Chemistry -- An Asian Journal. "We 
are convinced that Chemistry -- An Asian Journal will become one 
of the leading journals in chemistry, similar to its European 
counterpart, Chemistry -- A European Journal. We are in 
particularly happy that our colleagues from the Singapore 
National Institute of Chemistry and the Chemical Society Located 
in Taipei, China, have now also joined this new and promising 
journal project."

Chunli Bai, President of the Chinese Chemical Society, added that 
"the inauguration of Chemistry -- An Asian Journal and the 
participation of the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry 
and the Chemical Society Located in Taipei, China are milestones 
marking a new beginning in the alliance of Asian chemists."

Chemistry -- An Asian Journal is a sister journal of Chemistry -- 
A European Journal (published on behalf of the Editorial Union of 
European Chemical Societies) and Angewandte Chemie (published on 
behalf of the GDCh). The new journal will appear monthly in print 
and electronically through Wiley InterScience 
(http://www.interscience.wiley.com) from July 2006 onwards and 
publish full papers and reviews from all areas of chemistry.

To submit manuscripts to Chemistry -- An Asian Journal and to 
read more about the journal, please visit 
http://www.ChemAsianJ.org

For more information about the societies, please visit their 
respective websites:

Chinese Chemical Society (http://www.ccs.ac.cn)
Chemical Research Society of India (http://www.crsi.org.in)
Chemical Society of Japan (http://www.chemistry.or.jp)
Korean Chemical Society (http://www.kcsnet.or.kr)
Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (http://www.snic.org.sg)
Chemical Society Located in Taipei, China (http://www.ccs.sinica.edu.tw)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (http://www.gdch.de)

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