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Organic Letters Template

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About the Organic Letters format

Organic Letters is a peer-reviewed journal published by American Chemical Society, covering Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods. Over its lifetime it has published 45,896 papers, which have received 1,932,564 citations.

PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (ACS)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
(1) Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Organic Letters 2023, 12, 45–58.

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Publishes research inCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
ISSN1523-7052
Citation impact (2-yr)4.36
h-index268
i10-index36,099
Top institutions publishing hereChinese Academy of Sciences
Journal websitepubs.acs.org
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Papers published in Organic Letters per year

1.7K
2014
1.6K
2015
1.9K
2016
1.8K
2017
1.9K
2018
2.2K
2019
1.9K
2020
1.9K
2021
1.8K
2022
1.9K
2023
2.1K
2024
2.6K
2025

Citation impact of Organic Letters by publication year

88.1K
2014
79.8K
2015
79.9K
2016
76.4K
2017
70.5K
2018
74.7K
2019
54.9K
2020
44.1K
2021
32.4K
2022
24.9K
2023
17.5K
2024
8K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Organic Letters

Synthesis and Activity of a New Generation of Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Coordinated with 1,3-Dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene Ligands

Matthias Scholl, Sheng Ding, Choon Woo Lee et al. · 13 Aug 1999

[formula: see text] A new family of 1,3-dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene-substituted ruthenium-based complexes 9a-c has been prepared starting from RuCl2(=CHPh)(PCy3)2 2. These air- and water-tolerant complexes were shown to exhibit an increased ring-closing metathesis activity at elevated temperature when compared to that of the parent complex 2 and the previously developed complex 3. In many instances the activity…

3,423 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Polytriazoles as Copper(I)-Stabilizing Ligands in Catalysis

Timothy R. Chan, Robert Hilgraf, K. Barry Sharpless et al. · 30 Jul 2004

Polytriazolylamines were synthesized by the copper(I)-catalyzed ligation of azides and alkynes. The C3-symmetric derivative, TBTA, was shown to be a powerful stabilizing ligand for copper(I), protecting it from oxidation and disproportionation, while enhancing its catalytic activity.

1,497 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Which NICS Aromaticity Index for Planar π Rings Is Best?

Hossain Fallah‐Bagher‐Shaidaei, Chaitanya S. Wannere, Clémence Corminbœuf et al. · 2 Feb 2006

Five increasingly sophisticated aromaticity indexes, based on nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICS), were evaluated against a uniform set of aromatic stabilization energies (ASE) for 75 mono- and polyheterocyclic five-membered rings. While acceptable statistical correlations were given by all of the NICS methods, the most fundamentally grounded index, NICS(0)pizz (based on the pi contribution to the out-of-plane…

1,240 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Organic Letters template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Organic Letters format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Organic Letters template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official American Chemical Society format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Organic Letters use?
Organic Letters uses Superscript numbered (ACS) references, shown as superscript numerals in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: (1) Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Organic Letters 2023, 12, 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Organic Letters?
No. DocuGuru generates the achemso LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a American Chemical Society-ready Organic Letters document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Organic Letters template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Organic Letters format with correct headings, figures, tables, and superscript citations.
What is Organic Letters?
ACS journal (achemso). It is a chemistry journal, published by American Chemical Society.
Can I export a submission-ready Organic Letters PDF?
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