Journal of Molecular Structure

Journal of Molecular Structure is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Metal complexes synthesis and properties, Synthesis and biological activity and Crystallography and molecular interactions, together about 24.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Molecular Structure is dedicated to the publication of full-length articles and review papers, providing important new structural information on all types of chemical species including:• Stable and unstable molecules in all types of environments (vapour, molecular beam, liquid, solution, liquid crystal, solid state, matrix-isolated, surface-absorbed etc.) • Chemical intermediates • Molecules in excited states • Biological molecules • Polymers.The methods used may include any combination of spectroscopic and non-spectroscopic techniques, for example:• Infrared spectroscopy (mid, far, near) • Raman spectroscopy and non-linear Raman methods (CARS, etc.) • Electronic absorption spectroscopy • Optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism • Fluorescence and phosphorescence techniques • Electron spectroscopies (PES, XPS), EXAFS, etc. • Microwave spectroscopy • Electron diffraction • NMR and ESR spectroscopies • Mössbauer spectroscopy • X-ray crystallography • Charge Density Analyses • Computational Studies (supplementing experimental methods)Some examples of studies which are Out-of-Scope and will not be considered by the journal :• Studies dealing with glasses, particles and other materials with little content about molecular structure • Characterization of materials using microscopy techniques• Studies focusing on synthesis procedures or evaluation of bioactivity of molecules without significant relationship with molecular structure • Studies reporting crystal structures as the main or sole result, without significant complementary analysis or interpretation• Studies reporting crystal structures along with only docking results but no biochemical confirmation• Routine spectroscopic studies • Purely theoretical studies without any experimental results, including theoretical structure analyses (these could be submitted to the journal Computational and Theoretical Chemistry)• Studies on commercially available compounds need to bring significant novelty in the findings We encourage publications combining theoretical and experimental approaches. The structural insights gained by the studies should be correlated with the properties, activity and/ or reactivity of the molecule under investigation and the relevance of this molecule and its implications should be discussed.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Physical

Editor-in-chief Christian JelschPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 12%); most named India 10, Poland 9, Mainland China 8, Germany 7, United States 4 (67 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

4.83LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

4.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

8.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

8.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.65LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.02LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

89LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

210OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

22,307OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

5.43OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

14.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

6.92%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

3,379LetPub · 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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 2.5 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

4 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

32 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

86 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

2 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Elsevier

Country or region

NETHERLANDS

Language

Multi-Language

Frequency

Semimonthly

Founded

1967

ISSN

0022-2860

Electronic ISSN

1872-8014

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website