Journal profile · Engineering, Chemical
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
ISSN 0888-5885 · eISSN 1520-5045 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Weekly · Founded 1909
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.95; transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 105 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 2,052 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research is published by American Chemical Society and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Process Optimization and Integration and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics, together about 24.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research reports experimental computational or theoretical research on applied chemistry and chemical and biomolecular engineering.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Chemical
Editor-in-chief Michael BaldeaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Science9.5%
- Process Optimization and IntegrationEngineering7.9%
- Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsEngineering7%
- Advanced Control Systems OptimizationEngineering6.7%
- Carbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesEngineering5.6%
- Catalysis and Oxidation ReactionsChemical Engineering5.5%
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesEngineering5.4%
- Catalysts for Methane ReformingChemical Engineering4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 3.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 197LetPub ·
- h-index
- 301OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 31,770OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,916LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 47,070 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,622 | 260 | 853 |
| 2025 | 2,052 | 405 | 8,412 |
| 2024 | 1,939 | 340 | 15,601 |
| 2023 | 1,891 | 349 | 22,922 |
| 2022 | 1,738 | 238 | 29,321 |
| 2021 | 1,719 | 319 | 35,903 |
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 PubMed · to
105 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 79 days – 133 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (177 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 2.6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
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
Transformative journalLetPub
A subscription journal moving to full open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,500 | — | — |
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
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 1909
- ISSN
- 0888-5885
- Electronic ISSN
- 1520-5045
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 65, Issue 36 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
What CAS zone is Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Chemical. 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 & Engineering Chemistry Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.95; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 301.
How long does peer review take at Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 103 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 105 days (interquartile range 79–133 days); authors report an average review time of about 2.6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research open access, and what is the APC?
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research is a transformative journal. APC about USD 4,500.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .