Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
ChemistryMethods
ISSN 2628-9725 · John Wiley & Sons
ChemistryMethods: CAS Zone 3 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,020; median 59 days to acceptance (45 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 73% (journal website); 150 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ChemistryMethods is published by John Wiley & Sons and is in Zone 3 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography and Machine Learning in Materials Science, together about 25.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Spectroscopy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
In such a regulated scientific community, ensuring efficient and adaptable procedures that are fit for purpose has never been more essential. Chemistry–Methods publishes high-impact and reliable processes in chemistry and life sciences, including chemical or biochemical methods and instrument development. With trial-and-error as an integral part of scientific discovery, we support you with solid methodological research that can be applied and innovated. We help the community to inspire across chemistry and the life sciences with multidisciplinary experimental and theoretical methods research. We understand the huge pressures the scientific community is facing every day and we want to support you. Chemistry Europe is an association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries. Run by chemists, for chemists — we evaluate, publish, disseminate, and amplify the scientific excellence of chemistry researchers from around the globe.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United States 8, United Kingdom 7, Germany 7, Mainland China 4, Italy 4 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationEngineering11.7%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry7.3%
- Machine Learning in Materials ScienceMaterials Science6.7%
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry5.4%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science5%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Advanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry5%
- Electrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsChemistry4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECCASPublisher 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 (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 120LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 120Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 216,194Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 554 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 115 | 115 | 27 |
| 2025 | 150 | 150 | 403 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 128 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | 333 |
| 2022 | 74 | 74 | 649 |
| 2021 | 97 | 97 | 2,870 |
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 Crossref · to
59 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 35 days – 86 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (45 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 91 days
- Sample
- 45 articles with submission and acceptance dates (250 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 73%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 73%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 73 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 24 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 3,020 / GBP 2,240 / EUR 2,600 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,750 / EUR 2,370 / GBP 2,040 | — | — |
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 websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Ethical guidelines for publication of chemical research Model summary
Ethical Guidelines for the Publication of Chemical Research
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
- John Wiley & Sons
- ISSN
- 2628-9725
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 ChemistryMethods
What CAS zone is ChemistryMethods in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ChemistryMethods is in Zone 3 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ChemistryMethods?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at ChemistryMethods?
Based on the dates recorded on 45 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 59 days (interquartile range 35–86 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 73% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of ChemistryMethods based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (8), United Kingdom (7) and Germany (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ChemistryMethods?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ChemistryMethods is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ChemistryMethods open access, and what is the APC?
ChemistryMethods is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,020.
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: .