Journal profile · Chemical Engineering-General Chemical Engineering
Chem & Bio Engineering
ISSN 2836-967X · American Chemical Society · USA · Monthly · Founded 2024
Chem & Bio Engineering: impact factor 8.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,500; median 76 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); 97 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chem & Bio Engineering is published by American Chemical Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Gender, Feminism, and Media and Gothic Literature and Media Analysis, together about 23.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Chem & Bio Engineering is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes significant advances in cutting-edge areas of chemical and biological engineering. The field of chemical and biological engineering faces emerging challenges of developing efficient and sustainable solutions in areas such as manufacturing, energy, environmental stewardship, and healthcare. In this regard, Chem & Bio Engineering aims to be a premier journal for chemical and biological engineers to share and discuss innovative and inspirational research that seeks to address these multifaceted challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Advanced catalysis engineering for energy, health, and sustainability. Advanced separation with novel adsorbents/membranes, process design and integration, and applications for gas separation, water purification, energy storage, biomedical devices, etc. Advanced synthesis and scalable processes. Biomedical engineering and synthetic biology. Computer-aided discovery, design, and optimization of functional (bio)molecules, materials, and processes Materials engineering for energy harvesting & storage, information storage & processing, flexible electronics, diagnosis & therapy, etc. Sustainable engineering. APCs for manuscripts submitted by December 31, 2026 are covered by the journal if they are accepted after peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemical Engineering-General Chemical Engineering
Editor-in-chief Qilong RenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsChemistry9.1%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences7%
- Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisSocial Sciences7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7%
- Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesSocial Sciences7%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science7%
- Covalent Organic Framework ApplicationsMaterials Science5.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 8.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 8.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 205,514Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 297 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82 | 82 | 30 |
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | 427 |
| 2024 | 118 | 118 | 1,927 |
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
76 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 102 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 86 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (150 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
- First decision after review
- 35.8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 76 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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 3,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 / EUR 0 / GBP 0 / JPY 0 / CHF 0 / CAD 0 / AUD 0 | — | — |
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
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- USA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2024
- ISSN
- 2836-967X
- Society / sponsor
- Zhejiang University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 3, Issue 8 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chem & Bio Engineering
What is the impact factor of Chem & Bio Engineering?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 8.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Chem & Bio Engineering?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 76 days (interquartile range 58–102 days). 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 Chem & Bio Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chem & Bio Engineering is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Chem & Bio Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Chem & Bio Engineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,500.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .