Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, APPLIED-ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
ISSN 1947-5438 · eISSN 1947-5446 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Founded 2010
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: CAS Zone 1 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 13.1; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Process Optimization and Integration, Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, together about 19.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering aims to provide a perspective on the broad field of chemical (and related) engineering. It addresses advances in applied chemistry and biology, with a focus on concepts, old and new materials, and/or processes. The journal draws from disciplines as diverse as biology, physics, and engineering, with development of chemical products and processes as the unifying theme.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, APPLIED-ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Process Optimization and IntegrationEngineering6.7%
- Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsEngineering6.3%
- Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationEngineering6.3%
- Machine Learning in Materials ScienceMaterials Science5.7%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science5.3%
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Crystallization and Solubility StudiesMaterials Science4.7%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 1 |
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
- 13.1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 13.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 20.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 291OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 382 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
| 2025 | 23 | 21 | 143 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 273 |
| 2023 | 18 | 17 | 982 |
| 2022 | 25 | 20 | 973 |
| 2021 | 28 | 17 | 1,611 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
- AI use Use of Machine Learning and Large Language Models in Chemical Information Extraction
Yufan Chen, Yuxuan Zhang, Haifan Zhou, Ching Ting Leung and Hanyu Gao Vol. 17 (2026), pp. 417–441
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
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2010
- ISSN
- 1947-5438
- Electronic ISSN
- 1947-5446
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is in Zone 1 of Engineering, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Chemistry, Applied / Engineering, Chemical; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 13.1; CiteScore 20.9, h-index 100.
Which databases index Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .