Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL-ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Electrocatalysis
ISSN 1868-2529 · eISSN 1868-5994 · Springer US · UNITED STATES · 6 issues per year · Founded 2010
Electrocatalysis: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.23; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,090; median 125 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 78 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Electrocatalysis is published by Springer US 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 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications and Fuel Cells and Related Materials, together about 47.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Electrocatalysis is cross-disciplinary in nature, and attracts the interest of chemists, physicists, biochemists, surface and materials scientists, and engineers. Electrocatalysis provides the unique international forum solely dedicated to the exchange of novel ideas in electrocatalysis for academic, government, and industrial researchers. Quick publication of new results, concepts, and inventions made involving Electrocatalysis stimulates scientific discoveries and breakthroughs, promotes the scientific and engineering concepts that are critical to the development of novel electrochemical technologies. Electrocatalysis publishes original submissions in the form of letters, research papers, review articles, book reviews, and educational papers. Letters are preliminary reports that communicate new and important findings. Regular research papers are complete reports of new results, and their analysis and discussion. Review articles critically and constructively examine development in areas of electrocatalysis that are of broad interest and importance. Educational papers discuss important concepts whose understanding is vital to advances in theoretical and experimental aspects of electrochemical reactions. Electrocatalysis invites submissions in subject areas including but not limited to: theoretical and experimental aspects of the mechanisms and kinetics of electrochemical reactions; electrochemical generation of gases; electrochemical reactions in fuel cells; electrosynthesis, organic electrochemistry, and electrocatalytic hydrogenation; electrochemical reactions taking place at matrix-supported electrocatalysts; electrode reactions occurring in electrochemical sensors; electrochemical degradation of pollutants. The Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors and Referees rigorously review submissions to ensure that the journal maintains the highest levels of originality, integrity , and international readership.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL-ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Editor-in-chief Gregory Jerkiewicz M.EngPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 14%); most named Canada 2, Mainland China 1, Japan 1, Germany 1, Switzerland 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy23.4%
- Electrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsChemistry14.2%
- Fuel Cells and Related MaterialsEngineering10.1%
- Advanced battery technologies researchEngineering8.7%
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsEngineering7.7%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science4.2%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science3.5%
- Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesEnergy3.2%
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 | Electrochemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Electrochemistry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Electrochemistry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.23LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 575OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 150Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 184,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,060 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 12 | 25 |
| 2025 | 78 | 13 | 239 |
| 2024 | 60 | 11 | 339 |
| 2023 | 55 | 12 | 507 |
| 2022 | 109 | 16 | 1,270 |
| 2021 | 65 | 14 | 1,130 |
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
125 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 171 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 141 days
- Sample
- 44 articles with submission and acceptance dates (174 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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
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 4,090 / EUR 3,090 / GBP 2,690 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted1
- editorialSingle-blind peer review This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. Additional Information for Peer Review Process This journal is guided by the S…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
Manuscript submission implies original work, not under consideration elsewhere, approved by co-authors and authorities. Model summary
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Authors must ensure data, materials, software, and code support published claims and comply with field standards. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Permission required from copyright owners for previously published material. Model summary
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
Open access publishing information available on Open access publishing page. Model summary
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Electrocatalysis, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Additional Information for Peer Review Process
Single-anonymized peer review process; reviewers are not identified to authors except at reviewer's request. Model summary
This journal is guided by the Springer Portfolio editorial Peer Review Policy. The following types of contribution to this journal are peer-reviewed: Research, Correspondence, Review, and Perspective. Correspondence contributions are comments on already published papers made by readers and responses written by the respective authors. The decision to publish correspondence is made by the Editor-in-…
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- Founded
- 2010
- ISSN
- 1868-2529
- Electronic ISSN
- 1868-5994
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Electrocatalysis
What CAS zone is Electrocatalysis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Electrocatalysis is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Electrochemistry / Chemistry, Physical. 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 Electrocatalysis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.23; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at Electrocatalysis?
Based on the dates recorded on 44 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 125 days (interquartile range 83–171 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Electrocatalysis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Electrocatalysis based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (2), Mainland China (1) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Electrocatalysis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Electrocatalysis is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Electrocatalysis open access, and what is the APC?
Electrocatalysis is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,090.
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: .