Journal profile · ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

Journal of Combustion

ISSN 2090-1968 · eISSN 2090-1976 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

Journal of Combustion: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,100; review about 20 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 33% (journal website); 5 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.

Impact factor1.3From the journal's website, latest value
CAS zoneZone 4 · Engineering2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 4 · Engineering
Review timeabout 20 weeksCommunity average; too few article dates (6)
APCUSD 1,100Fully open access
Acceptance33%From the journal's website
Articles per year52025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Combustion is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 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 Combustion and flame dynamics, Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies and Fire dynamics and safety research, together about 49.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Combustion is an open access journal dedicated to publishing research focusing on on all aspects of combustion science, both practical and theoretical. This includes, fuels, dentonators, flames and fires, energy transfer, physical phenomena and combustion chemistry.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

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

  1. Combustion and flame dynamicsEngineering19.6%
  2. Advanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesChemical Engineering19.2%
  3. Fire dynamics and safety researchEngineering11.1%
  4. Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesEngineering8%
  5. Combustion and Detonation ProcessesEngineering5.8%
  6. Biodiesel Production and ApplicationsEngineering5.6%
  7. Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science3.8%
  8. Vehicle emissions and performanceEngineering3.8%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, ChemicalZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, ChemicalZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

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)
1.3Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
1.9LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
1.9Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.23LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.46LetPub ·
h-index
29OpenAlex ·
i10-index
72OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.64OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
0%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
100%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
4LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 193 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026330
2025550
2024337
2023111
20229937
20217764

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

Too few articlesOnly 6 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median

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 20 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
33%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
55 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 20 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 1,100 / GBP 740 / EUR 960YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 1,000 / EUR 870 / GBP 740——
LetPubUSD 925Yes—
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)

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, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, 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

No concurrent submission; not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere. Model summary

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

Data availability statement required. Model summary

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 by authors; CC BY 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 ·
Open access

Open access journal Model summary

Journal of Combustion is an open access journal

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

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 ·
Plagiarism

iThenticate CrossCheck used for plagiarism detection. Model summary

This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprints accepted; preprint should be cited. 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
2090-1968
Electronic ISSN
2090-1976
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Combustion

What CAS zone is Journal of Combustion in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Combustion is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Chemical. 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 Combustion?

The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 29.

How long does peer review take at Journal of Combustion?

Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 33%. 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 Combustion?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Combustion is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.

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

Journal of Combustion is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,100.

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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .