CHE 4953: Chemical Writing (Aguilar)

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NOTE: To find the Impact Factor of journals in ScienceDirect, from your results page, click on the title of the article you are interested in to open the full record. Look for the journal name (above the title of the article), which should be a link. Then look for the About this Journal link.

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