Journal profile · Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Journal of Chemical Education
ISSN 0021-9584 · eISSN 1938-1328 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1924
Journal of Chemical Education: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.95; transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 171 days to acceptance (80 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 688 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Chemical Education is published by American Chemical Society and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Various Chemistry Research Topics, History and advancements in chemistry and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, together about 70.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Chemical Education advances chemistry teaching and learning and chemistry education research addressing laboratory experiments curricula and pedagogies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Thomas A. HolmePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Various Chemistry Research TopicsChemistry46.9%
- History and advancements in chemistryChemistry16.8%
- Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringEnvironmental Science7%
- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryChemistry3.9%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences2.9%
- Innovative Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences2.7%
- Chemical Safety and Risk ManagementChemical Engineering2.4%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | 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
- 2.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70LetPub ·
- h-index
- 198OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9,407OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 639LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 55,219 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 633 | 242 | 196 |
| 2025 | 688 | 296 | 1,912 |
| 2024 | 703 | 260 | 4,606 |
| 2023 | 616 | 239 | 6,960 |
| 2022 | 535 | 116 | 6,144 |
| 2021 | 562 | 105 | 8,451 |
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
171 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 118 days – 217 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (80 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 185 days
- Sample
- 80 articles with submission and acceptance dates (93 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 12 monthsLetPub ·
- 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
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
- 1924
- ISSN
- 0021-9584
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-1328
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 103, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chemical Education
What CAS zone is Journal of Chemical Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Chemical Education is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / Education, Scientific Disciplines. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Chemical Education?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.95; CiteScore 5, h-index 198.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Chemical Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 80 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 171 days (interquartile range 118–217 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 months; 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 Journal of Chemical Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Chemical Education is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Chemical Education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Chemical Education 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: .