Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Chemistry

ISSN 2090-9063 · eISSN 2090-9071 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

Journal of Chemistry: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.22; fully open access; APC about USD 2,380; median 207 days to acceptance (108 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 19% (journal website); 87 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor3.22Latest value listed by LetPub
CAS zoneZone 4 · Chemistry2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 3 · Chemistry
Review time207 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 108 articles, last 24 months · Crossref
APCUSD 2,380Fully open access
Acceptance19%From the journal's website
Articles per year872025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Chemistry is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Synthesis and biological activity, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal and Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds, together about 24.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Chemistry is an open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles on all aspects of fundamental and applied chemistry, including biological, environmental, forensic, inorganic, organic, physical and theoretical.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Synthesis and biological activityChemistry11.5%
  2. Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science7.2%
  3. Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsChemistry6%
  4. Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryChemistry5.3%
  5. Multicomponent Synthesis of HeterocyclesChemistry5.2%
  6. Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry5.2%
  7. Analytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsChemistry5.1%
  8. Metal complexes synthesis and propertiesMedicine4.7%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorChemistryZone 4
MinorChemistry, MultidisciplinaryZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
LevelCategoryZone
MajorChemistryZone 3
MinorChemistry, MultidisciplinaryZone 3

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorChemistryZone 4
MinorChemistry, MultidisciplinaryZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

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
3.22LetPub ·
Impact factor (publisher)
4Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
7.3LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
7.3Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.58LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.89LetPub ·
h-index
24LetPub ·
h-index
106OpenAlex ·
i10-index
2,674OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
3.15OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
0%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
100%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
85LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,779 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202616916978
20258787215
2024101101833
20232312311,448
20223733734,229
20213193195,802

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 Crossref · to

207 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 130 days – 316 days

Acceptance to online
median 29 days (108 articles)
Submission to online
median 244 days
Sample
108 articles with submission and acceptance dates (252 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
19%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
33 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 29 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

Fully open accessDOAJ

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 2,380 / GBP 1,590 / EUR 1,880YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 2,160 / EUR 1,880 / GBP 1,590——
LetPubUSD 2,000Yes—
Publisher websiteYes, amount not published——

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)

What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted7
  1. original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  2. research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  3. research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
  4. reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  5. review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  6. reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
  7. systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Copyright retained; open access articles under Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint servers accepted; not considered to compromise novelty. Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

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
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
2090-9063
Electronic ISSN
2090-9071
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chemistry

What CAS zone is Journal of Chemistry in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Chemistry is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Chemistry?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.22; CiteScore 7.3, h-index 106.

How long does peer review take at Journal of Chemistry?

Based on the dates recorded on 108 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 207 days (interquartile range 130–316 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19%. 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 Chemistry?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Chemistry is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Journal of Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?

Journal of Chemistry is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,380.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .