Journal profile · Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chinese Chemical Letters
ISSN 1001-8417 · eISSN 1878-5964 · Elsevier · PEOPLES R CHINA · Monthly · Founded 1990
Chinese Chemical Letters: CAS Zone 1 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 9.13; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 84 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 1,418 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chinese Chemical Letters is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 1 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials and Advancements in Battery Materials, together about 19.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The official journal of the Chinese Chemical SocietyChinese Chemical Letters (CCL) (ISSN 1001-8417) was founded in July 1990. The journal publishes preliminary accounts in the whole field of chemistry, including inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer chemistry, applied chemistry, etc., satisfying a real and urgent need for the dissemination of research results, especially hot topics. The journal does not accept articles previously published or scheduled to be published. To verify originality, your article may be checked by the originality detection service CrossCheck.The types of manuscripts include the original researches and the mini-reviews. The experimental evidence necessary to support your manuscript should be supplied for the referees and eventual publication as Electronic Supplementary Information. The mini-reviews are written by leading scientists within their field and summarized recent work from a personal perspective. They cover many exciting and innovative fields and are of general interest to all chemists.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Xuhong QianPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 420 in mainland China (about 94%); most named Mainland China 420, Hong Kong, China 4, Macau, China 3, United States 3, Australia 3 (447 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesEnergy7.2%
- Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMaterials Science6.3%
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering6.2%
- Molecular Sensors and Ion DetectionChemistry5.2%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering5.1%
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering5.1%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
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
- 9.13LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 9.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 16.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 16.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,129OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,186LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 13,635 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,028 | 20 | 565 |
| 2025 | 1,418 | 57 | 6,873 |
| 2024 | 1,215 | 68 | 14,967 |
| 2023 | 1,054 | 65 | 21,670 |
| 2022 | 1,045 | 36 | 26,232 |
| 2021 | 1,044 | 28 | 38,926 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
84 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 2.3 months
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2.3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 84 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | JPY 2,000 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- CNY 2,000
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 papers5, by deadline
- Bioinorganic ChemistryDeadline
- Immunomodulatory Biomaterials: Beyond Delivery FunctionDeadline
- 8th CCL YSADeadline
- AI for ChemistryDeadline
- Safety Battery for Advanced ApplicationsDeadline
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted2
- mini-reviewsChinese Chemical Letters publishes both papers containing new research results as well as mini-reviews.Length not stated
- short preliminary accountsChinese Chemical Letters publishes short preliminary accounts in all areas of chemistryLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Generative AI disclosure required Model summary
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
Competing interest disclosure Model summary
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles includ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor'…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening via Crossref Similarity Check Model summary
To verify compliance, your article may be checked by Crossref Similarity Check and other originality or duplicate checking software.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 1001-8417
- Electronic ISSN
- 1878-5964
- Society / sponsor
- Chinese Chemical Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chinese Chemical Letters
What CAS zone is Chinese Chemical Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Chinese Chemical Letters is in Zone 1 of Chemistry, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Chinese Chemical Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9.13; CiteScore 16.6, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Chinese Chemical Letters?
The publisher reports about 84 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 2.3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Chinese Chemical Letters?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Chinese Chemical Letters based?
Of the 447 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 420 (about 94%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (420), Hong Kong, China (4) and Macau, China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Chinese Chemical Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chinese Chemical Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Chinese Chemical Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Chinese Chemical Letters is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .