Journal profile · Engineering, Chemical
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
ISSN 0021-9568 · eISSN 1520-5134 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1956
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 104 days to acceptance (19 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 395 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 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 Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic properties of mixtures and Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions, together about 46.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data reports relevant comprehensive and robust thermophysical properties and phase equilibria for well-defined chemical systems obtained from experiment or computation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Chemical
Editor-in-chief J. Ilja SiepmannPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phase Equilibria and ThermodynamicsEngineering16.8%
- Thermodynamic properties of mixturesChemical Engineering15.5%
- Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous SolutionsChemical Engineering14.1%
- Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular StructureChemistry11.2%
- Crystallization and Solubility StudiesMaterials Science6.5%
- Ionic liquids properties and applicationsChemical Engineering6.2%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry5%
- Carbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesEngineering2.9%
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 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Thermodynamics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Thermodynamics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Thermodynamics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 114LetPub ·
- h-index
- 200OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11,958OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 457LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 20,356 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 340 | 63 | 146 |
| 2025 | 395 | 73 | 916 |
| 2024 | 408 | 77 | 1,912 |
| 2023 | 361 | 72 | 2,677 |
| 2022 | 375 | 48 | 2,848 |
| 2021 | 415 | 57 | 4,115 |
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
104 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 67 days – 114 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (19 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 113 days
- Sample
- 19 articles with submission and acceptance dates (28 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 2.3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%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
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1956
- ISSN
- 0021-9568
- Electronic ISSN
- 1520-5134
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 71, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
What CAS zone is Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / Engineering, Chemical / Thermodynamics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 200.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data?
Based on the dates recorded on 19 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 104 days (interquartile range 67–114 days); authors report an average review time of about 2.3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”. 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 Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 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: .