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Industrial Chemistry & Materials
ISSN 2755-2608 · eISSN 2755-2500 · Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Bimonthly · Founded 2022
Industrial Chemistry & Materials: CAS Zone 1 · Engineering (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 15.7 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 11 weeks (community reports); 84 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Industrial Chemistry & Materials is published by Royal Society of Chemistry and is classed under Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, together about 23.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Industrial Chemistry & Materials (ICM) publishes significant innovative research and major technological breakthroughs in all aspects of industrial chemistry and materials, focusing on the important innovation of the low-carbon chemical industry, energy and functional materials. Chemical industry and materials science is entering a new green, high-value and intelligent era. ICM features application-driven chemistry and functional materials innovation. We hope this journal will be the premier home for papers related to industrial chemistry and materials, with a vision of stimulating inspiration, solving problems, and accelerating the application of science and technology.Professor Suojiang Zhang, Editor-in-Chief, Industrial Chemistry & Materials
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): chemistry, chemical engineering, functional materials, energy, etc.
Editor-in-chief Suojiang ZhangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 25%); most named Mainland China 1, India 1, Spain 1, Australia 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy10.9%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science6.5%
- Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesEnergy6.3%
- Fuel Cells and Related MaterialsEngineering5.7%
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionChemical Engineering5.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Mathematics, Computing, and Information ProcessingComputer Science5.5%
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsEnergy5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceScopusINSPECCASPublisher website
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 (publisher) 2025
- 15.7Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 104OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 272 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 33 |
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | 737 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | 592 |
| 2023 | 70 | 70 | 3,173 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8 | 339 |
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 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Data sharing
We want our authors and readers to trust the research that is published in our journals. Follow our guidance for best practice and reproducibility of experimental data, including recommended repositories. Find out more
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Find out more about open access at the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review model
Single-anonymised: reviewers are anonymous and author names and affiliations are known to reviewers. Double-anonymised: both the authors’ and reviewers’ identities are anonymous (opt in at submission). Transparent: the editor’s decision letter, reviewers’ comments, and authors’ response for all versions of the manuscript are published alongside the article (opt in at any point prior to acceptance)…
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
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2022
- ISSN
- 2755-2608
- Electronic ISSN
- 2755-2500
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Industrial Chemistry & Materials
What CAS zone is Industrial Chemistry & Materials in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Industrial Chemistry & Materials?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 15.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Industrial Chemistry & Materials?
Authors report an average review time of about 11 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Industrial Chemistry & Materials based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (1), India (1) and Spain (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Industrial Chemistry & Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Industrial Chemistry & Materials is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, Scopus, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Industrial Chemistry & Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Industrial Chemistry & Materials is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .