Journal profile · Environmental Sciences
Chemosphere
ISSN 0045-6535 · eISSN 1879-1298 · Elsevier Ltd · ENGLAND · Weekly · Founded 1972
Chemosphere: impact factor 8.44; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,010; median 93 days to acceptance (113 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 72%; 761 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chemosphere is published by Elsevier Ltd. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, together about 28.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pollution. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Chemosphere is an international journal designed for the publication of original communications on chemicals in the environment. Chemosphere, as a multidisciplinary journal, offers maximum dissemination of investigations related to environmental pollution including all aspects of the identification, quantification, behavior, fate, environmental toxicology, treatment, and remediation of contamination in the bio-, hydro-, litho- and atmosphere.Chemosphere will publish: Original communications (research papers) describing important new discoveries or further developments in relevant fields of investigation Short communications Letters to the Editor Special, themed issues on relevant topics All papers should demonstrate a high level of novelty, originality and uniqueness. The following sections and subject fields are included:Environmental ChemistryThis section will publish manuscripts dealing with fundamental processes in the environment that are related to the behavior, fate, analysis, and alteration of organic and inorganic contaminants focused on the dynamics of contaminants in environmental compartments such as water, soil, sediment, particulate matter, organisms, consumer products, industrial products, dust and indoor/outdoor air. Only studies that are of significance to an international audience or lend themselves to interpretation at the global level should be submitted. Topics of specific interest include, but not limited to, are: All aspects of emerging contaminants, persistent organic pollutants (e.g., PFAS, flame retardants, PCBs, dioxins, chlorinated paraffins), micro- and nanoplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, other industrial chemicals, endocrine disruptors, etc. All aspects of trace metals, organometals, metalloids (e.g., arsenic) and radionuclides Environmental fate studies including transport, biodegradation, bioaccumulation, transformation and mineralisation of chemicals, deposition, atmospheric (photo)chemical processes, hydrolysis, redox processes and adsorption/desorption Novel environmental analytical methods Environmental modelling and quantitative structure-activity relationships to study fate and environmental dynamics Monitoring studies presenting new strategies, reports of novel contaminants, findings or interpretations of interest for an international readership Passive sampling (in air and water) Non-target and suspect screening Effect-directed analysis Natural marine toxins Cyanotoxins Nanopolymers, nanocomposites Air polluti
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science14.1%
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Environmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science6.3%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Advanced oxidation water treatmentEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesEnergy4.3%
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science3.8%
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)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE for editorial reasons on 16 December 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 8.44LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 21.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 21.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 212LetPub ·
- h-index
- 386OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39,961OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 10.6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,190LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 50,909 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 279 | 128 | 178 |
| 2025 | 761 | 330 | 3,981 |
| 2024 | 2,912 | 846 | 37,731 |
| 2023 | 3,356 | 807 | 79,444 |
| 2022 | 3,938 | 733 | 140,790 |
| 2021 | 3,803 | 717 | 183,489 |
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
93 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 68 days – 127 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (113 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 101 days
- Sample
- 113 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,507 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3.9 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 72%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 105 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 8 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,010 / EUR 3,750 / GBP 3,210 / JPY 497,360 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 4,010 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websitePolicy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 4,010 (excluding taxes). The amount you pay may be reduced during submission if applicable.Review this journal’s open access policy.
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
- Elsevier Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 1972
- ISSN
- 0045-6535
- Electronic ISSN
- 1879-1298
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chemosphere
What is the impact factor of Chemosphere?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.44; CiteScore 21.1, h-index 386.
How long does peer review take at Chemosphere?
Based on the dates recorded on 113 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 93 days (interquartile range 68–127 days); authors report an average review time of about 3.9 months; the community-reported acceptance is “72%”. 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 Chemosphere?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chemosphere is indexed in Scopus.
Is Chemosphere open access, and what is the APC?
Chemosphere is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,010.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .