Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL-SPECTROSCOPY
Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
ISSN 1936-1327 · eISSN 1936-1335 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 2008
Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry: CAS Zone 2 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.32; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, together about 28% of its articles. Its main subfields are Spectroscopy and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry provides a perspective on the field of analytical chemistry. The journal draws from disciplines as diverse as biology, physics, and engineering, with analytical chemistry as the unifying theme.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL-SPECTROSCOPY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry10.8%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.4%
- Electrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsChemistry7.8%
- Biosensors and Analytical DetectionEngineering7.5%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry6.3%
- Analytical Chemistry and SensorsChemical Engineering6%
- Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsEngineering5%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 8.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 8.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 360OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 10.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 431 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| 2025 | 24 | 23 | 219 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 432 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 592 |
| 2022 | 14 | 12 | 496 |
| 2021 | 23 | 16 | 814 |
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 acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1936-1327
- Electronic ISSN
- 1936-1335
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry is in Zone 2 of Chemistry, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Chemistry, Analytical / Spectroscopy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.32; CiteScore 12.1, h-index 106.
Which databases index Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .