Journal profile · Engineering, Chemical
Adsorption Science & Technology
ISSN 0263-6174 · eISSN 2048-4038 · SAGE Publications Inc. · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1984
Adsorption Science & Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.81; fully open access; APC about USD 1,500; review about 4.5 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Adsorption Science & Technology is published by SAGE Publications Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis, together about 35.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Adsorption Science & Technology is a SCIE and SCOPUS indexed Open Access Journal that publishes original research and reviews on all aspects of adsorption and desorption, from fundamental mechanisms to industrial applications in energy, environment and advanced materials. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).Submission information Submit your manuscript today at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/adt. Please see the Submission Guidelines tab (on the right side of this page) for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.Open access Article Processing Charge (APC) informationThe APC for this journal is $2000.Publication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC). The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.Research4Life countries are eligible for a discount on the APC fee. Check out if your country is eligible for this discount - https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibility/The article processing charge (APC) is payable only if your article is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Tax-exempt status can be indicated by providing appropriate registration numbers when payment is requested. Please see further details here.Contact Please direct any queries to Rachel.Jones@sagepub.co.ukGuest Editors or Special Collection Information:For more information about the journal and the opportunity to be an Editorial Board Member and/or a Guest Editor for a Special Issue, please contact -ashwini.appandairaj@sagepub.in
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Chemical
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 6, India 5, United Kingdom 3, Saudi Arabia 3, Mainland China 2 (37 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science20.8%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science7.7%
- Mesoporous Materials and CatalysisMaterials Science6.6%
- Zeolite Catalysis and SynthesisChemistry5.4%
- Analytical chemistry methods developmentChemistry5%
- Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsEngineering4.6%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry4.2%
- Carbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesEngineering4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.81LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,070OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 87.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,534 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 55 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 117 |
| 2023 | 131 | 131 | 943 |
| 2022 | 190 | 190 | 4,063 |
| 2021 | 93 | 93 | 1,497 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4.5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,000 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted11
- brief communicationView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. · Original Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the j…Length not stated
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- opinionView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. · Original Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the j…Length not stated
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- short communicationView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. · Original Research Article- Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the j…Length not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Adsorption Science & Technology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy: preprint-posted manuscripts considered; enter preprint DOI at submission; do not post updated versions during peer review. Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1984
- ISSN
- 0263-6174
- Electronic ISSN
- 2048-4038
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Adsorption Science & Technology
What CAS zone is Adsorption Science & Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Adsorption Science & Technology is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Applied / Engineering, Chemical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Adsorption Science & Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.81; CiteScore 11.9, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Adsorption Science & Technology?
Authors report an average review time of about 4.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Adsorption Science & Technology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Adsorption Science & Technology based?
Of the 37 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), India (5) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Adsorption Science & Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Adsorption Science & Technology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Adsorption Science & Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Adsorption Science & Technology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .