Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Current Microwave Chemistry
ISSN 2213-3356 · eISSN 2213-3364
Current Microwave Chemistry: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 74 days to acceptance (28 articles, last 24 months); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Microwave Chemistry is in Zone 4 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications, Synthesis and biological activity and Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles, together about 51.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and ApplicationsChemistry19.6%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry16.1%
- Multicomponent Synthesis of HeterocyclesChemistry15.6%
- Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsChemistry8.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Chemical Synthesis and ReactionsChemistry4.3%
- Synthesis and Biological EvaluationChemistry3%
- 14-3-3 protein interactionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | 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
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 322 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 58 |
| 2023 | 21 | 2 | 97 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1 | 47 |
| 2021 | 22 | 3 | 61 |
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
74 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 100 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 182 days (28 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 245 days
- Sample
- 28 articles with submission and acceptance dates (33 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- 2213-3356
- Electronic ISSN
- 2213-3364
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Microwave Chemistry
What CAS zone is Current Microwave Chemistry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Microwave Chemistry is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Current Microwave Chemistry?
Based on the dates recorded on 28 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 74 days (interquartile range 51–100 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 Current Microwave Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Microwave Chemistry is indexed in ESCI.
Is Current Microwave Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Current Microwave Chemistry is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .