Journal profile · Chemistry, Organic
Current Organic Chemistry
ISSN 1385-2728 · eISSN 1875-5348 · Bentham Science Publishers B.V. · NETHERLANDS · Monthly · Founded 1997
Current Organic Chemistry: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.48; subscription journal; median 58 days to acceptance (63 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 94 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Organic Chemistry is published by Bentham Science Publishers B.V. and 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 Chemical Synthesis and Reactions, Synthesis and biological activity and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, together about 24.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Organic
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chemical Synthesis and ReactionsChemistry8.7%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry8.6%
- Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.6%
- Multicomponent Synthesis of HeterocyclesChemistry7.1%
- Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsChemistry6.3%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisChemistry5.4%
- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryChemistry4.9%
- Asymmetric Synthesis and CatalysisChemistry4.7%
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, Organic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Organic | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Organic | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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
- 2.48LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 116OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,088OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.01%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 105LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,981 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 1 | 17 |
| 2025 | 94 | 2 | 205 |
| 2024 | 174 | 12 | 763 |
| 2023 | 168 | 7 | 1,101 |
| 2022 | 106 | 4 | 975 |
| 2021 | 143 | 22 | 1,644 |
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
58 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 49 days – 79 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 228 days (63 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 299 days
- Sample
- 63 articles with submission and acceptance dates (221 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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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
- Publisher
- Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1385-2728
- Electronic ISSN
- 1875-5348
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Organic Chemistry
What CAS zone is Current Organic Chemistry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Organic Chemistry is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Organic. 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 Current Organic Chemistry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.48; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 116.
How long does peer review take at Current Organic Chemistry?
Based on the dates recorded on 63 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 58 days (interquartile range 49–79 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 Organic Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Organic Chemistry is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Current Organic Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Current Organic 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, Publisher website; 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: .