Journal profile · Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Afinidad
ISSN 0001-9704 · eISSN 2339-9686 · Asociacion de Quimicos del Instituto Quimico de Sarria · SPAIN · Bimonthly
Afinidad: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.52; hybrid open access; no APC; median 96 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Afinidad is published by Asociacion de Quimicos del Instituto Quimico de Sarria and is in Zone 4 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation and Synthesis and biological activity, together about 24.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Afinidad. Journal of Chemical Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Chemistry is a diamond open access and peer-reviewed journal published by the AIQS. It was founded in 1921. The journal publishes three issues per year. All articles are freely accessible online, with no publication fees for authors, reinforcing our commitment to open science and knowledge sharing. The journal is indexed in WoS, SCOPUS, Dialnet, and Google Scholar
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Water Quality Monitoring and AnalysisEnvironmental Science11.4%
- Synthesis and Biological EvaluationChemistry7%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry6.3%
- Biofuel production and bioconversionEngineering5.8%
- Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsChemistry4.8%
- Human Rights and ImmigrationSocial Sciences4.1%
- Soil Science and Environmental ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Analytical Chemistry and SensorsChemical Engineering3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, WoS, DialnetPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.52LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,144 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 1 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 18 |
| 2024 | 23 | 20 | 53 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 44 |
| 2022 | 16 | 15 | 22 |
| 2021 | 18 | 0 | 9 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
96 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 55 days – 140 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (75 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 117 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (332 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Diamond open access, peer-reviewed, no publication fees for authors Model summary
Afinidad. Journal of Chemical Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Chemistry is a diamond open access and peer-reviewed journal
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
- Asociacion de Quimicos del Instituto Quimico de Sarria
- Country or region
- SPAIN
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0001-9704
- Electronic ISSN
- 2339-9686
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Afinidad
What CAS zone is Afinidad in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Afinidad is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Afinidad?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.52; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 12.
How long does peer review take at Afinidad?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 96 days (interquartile range 55–140 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Afinidad?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Afinidad is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Afinidad open access, and what is the APC?
Afinidad is a hybrid journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .