Journal profile · EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
ChemKon
ISSN 0944-5846 · eISSN 1521-3730
ChemKon: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 3,140; median 83 days to acceptance (11 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 83% (journal website); 84 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ChemKon is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Various Chemistry Research Topics and Biomedical and Chemical Research, together about 41.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
CHEMKON, gegründet 1994, hat ihren Ursprung in den Mitteilungen der GDCh-Fachgruppe Chemieunterricht und ist eine Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh). Jede Ausgabe bietet praxisnahe Informationen über Chemieunterricht und Chemiedidaktik.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringEnvironmental Science16.5%
- Various Chemistry Research TopicsChemistry12.9%
- Biomedical and Chemical ResearchMedicine12.3%
- Education Methods and TechnologiesSocial Sciences9%
- History and advancements in chemistryChemistry7.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Diverse Specialized Academic ResearchEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 45Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 60,612Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,269 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 28 | 2 |
| 2025 | 84 | 40 | 13 |
| 2024 | 75 | 42 | 32 |
| 2023 | 74 | 43 | 57 |
| 2022 | 110 | 49 | 115 |
| 2021 | 101 | 20 | 168 |
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
83 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 38 days – 102 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 42 days (11 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 110 days
- Sample
- 11 articles with submission and acceptance dates (137 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)
- 83%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 83%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,140 / EUR 2,630 / GBP 2,420 | — | — |
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
- ISSN
- 0944-5846
- Electronic ISSN
- 1521-3730
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ChemKon
What CAS zone is ChemKon in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ChemKon is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education, Scientific Disciplines. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ChemKon?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at ChemKon?
Based on the dates recorded on 11 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 83 days (interquartile range 38–102 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 83% (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.
Which databases index ChemKon?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ChemKon is indexed in ESCI.
Is ChemKon open access, and what is the APC?
ChemKon is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,140.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .