International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering is published by Walter de Gruyter and is in Zone 4 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, Fluid Dynamics and Mixing and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, together about 23.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal The current volume of The International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering is open access via Subscribe to Open (S2O). All accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons license at no cost to authors. Learn more about De Gruyter Brill’s Subscribe to Open program.ObjectiveThe International Journal of Chemical R eactor Engineering covers the broad fields of theoretical and applied reactor engineering. The IJCRE covers topics drawn from the substantial areas of overlap between catalysis, reaction and reactor engineering. The journal is presently edited by Hugo de Lasa and Mozahar Hossain counting with an impressive list of Editorial Board leading specialists in chemical reactor engineering. Authors includen otable international professors and R&D industry leaders. TopicsChemical reaction engineeringSingle-phase and multi-phase reactor designCatalytic reactorsOperation and control of chemical reactorsNew chemical reactor concepts for green chemical processesFluid mechanics and fluid dynamicsComputational fluid dynamicsLow and high pressure and temperature chemical reactor operation.Article formatsOriginal research and development articles, research and special e vents reports, book reviews etc. Information on Submission ProcessSubmit Article Your Benefits Your BenefitsRich publishing tradition at De Gruyter reaching 2002One of the leading journals in chemical reactors engineeringPrestigious Editorial BoardExcellent and up-to-date research and development articlesAhead of print publishingNotable Authors: international professors from Imperial College London, the Norwegian School of Science and Technology, and Bayer CorporationUpcoming Special IssuesSpecial Issue to Honor Dr. Jose Ricardo Gomez RomeroSpecial Issue for the 2025–6th IEC MexicoComplete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost. History HistoryOne issue/year, updated continuouslyContent available since 2003 (Volume 1, Issue 1)ISSN: 1542-6580

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Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

1.47LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

1.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

2.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

2.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.25LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.37LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

29LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

55OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

729OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.54OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

3.13%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

127LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

ISSN

2194-5748

Electronic ISSN

1542-6580

Official links

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