Journal profile · Chemistry, Organic
Heterocyclic Communications
ISSN 0793-0283 · eISSN 2191-0197 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1995
Heterocyclic Communications: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.09; fully open access; APC about USD 1,808; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 4 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Heterocyclic Communications is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH 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 Synthesis and biological activity, Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation, together about 37.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Heterocyclic Communications (HC) is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal publishing preliminary communications, research articles, and reviews on significant developments in all phases of heterocyclic chemistry, including general synthesis, natural products, computational analysis, considerable biological activity and inorganic ring systems. Clear presentation of experimental and computational data is strongly emphasized. Heterocyclic chemistry is a rapidly growing field. By some estimates original research papers in heterocyclic chemistry have increased to more than 60% of the current organic chemistry literature published. This explosive growth is even greater when considering heterocyclic research published in materials science, physical, biophysical, analytical, bioorganic, pharmaceutical, medicinal and natural products journals. There is a need, therefore, for a journal dedicated explicitly to heterocyclic chemistry and the properties of heterocyclic compounds.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Organic
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry16%
- Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsChemistry11.4%
- Synthesis and Biological EvaluationChemistry9.8%
- Multicomponent Synthesis of HeterocyclesChemistry6%
- Synthesis and Reactions of Organic CompoundsChemistry5.8%
- Synthesis of heterocyclic compoundsChemistry5.3%
- Synthesis of Organic CompoundsMedicine5.1%
- Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and ActivitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
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: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Organic | Zone 4 |
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: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.09LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 386OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,235 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 45 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 70 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 138 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 163 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,600 | — | — |
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
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 0793-0283
- Electronic ISSN
- 2191-0197
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Heterocyclic Communications
What CAS zone is Heterocyclic Communications in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Heterocyclic Communications 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 4 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Heterocyclic Communications?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.09; CiteScore 4, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Heterocyclic Communications?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; 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.
Which databases index Heterocyclic Communications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Heterocyclic Communications is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Heterocyclic Communications open access, and what is the APC?
Heterocyclic Communications is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,808.
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: .