Journal profile · Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society
ISSN 0019-4522 · eISSN 2667-2847 · Indian Chemical Society · INDIA · Monthly · Founded 1928
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society: CAS Zone 3 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.36; subscription journal; APC about USD 1,600; review about 95 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 823 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society is published by Indian Chemical Society and is in Zone 3 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 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, together about 21.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes peer-reviewed research articles, reviews, notes and communications in the major areas of Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry, Industrial and Applied & Engineering Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Soil Chemistry, Agricultural Chemistry, Sensor Science, Natural products etc.Fundamental theoretical and Experimental research work in these areas of chemistry will be considered for publication.Next to the regular issues, the Indian Chemical Society publishes thematic special issues containing invited scientific original contributions and reviews, conference proceedings of the Annual Convention (November-December) and honour issues. All special content will also be published after a thorough peer review process.The Journal of the Indian Chemical Society is the official publication of the Indian Chemical Society, founded in 1924, and is published in collaboration with Elsevier.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Ganapati D. YadavPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named India 34, United States 6, Canada 4, Mainland China 2, Taiwan, China 2 (67 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry7.8%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science7%
- Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesEnergy6.8%
- Metal complexes synthesis and propertiesMedicine5.5%
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsEnergy5.1%
- Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationMaterials Science4.6%
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactionsChemistry4.4%
- Nonlinear Optical Materials ResearchMaterials Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.36LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 680OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 805LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,377 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 735 | 70 | 386 |
| 2025 | 823 | 46 | 3,129 |
| 2024 | 437 | 25 | 3,097 |
| 2023 | 239 | 15 | 2,547 |
| 2022 | 543 | 25 | 8,493 |
| 2021 | 316 | 23 | 4,718 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 2 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".
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 95 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,600 / EUR 1,500 / GBP 1,280 / JPY 198,450 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
- SusChemE 3.0Deadline
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted9
- communicationsThe Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes research articles, reviews, notes and communicationsLength not stated
- mini reviewThe Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes research articles, reviews, notes and communicationsInstructions for Submission of Review ArticlesThe journ…Length not stated
- mini reviewsThe journal welcomes timely authoritative reviews from experts including mini reviews.Length not stated
- notesThe Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes research articles, reviews, notes and communicationsLength not stated
- research articleThe Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes research articles, reviews, notes and communicationsInstructions for Submission of Review ArticlesThe journ…Length not stated
- research articlesThe Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes research articles, reviews, notes and communicationsLength not stated
- reviewThe Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes research articles, reviews, notes and communicationsInstructions for Submission of Review ArticlesThe journ…Length not stated
- review articleThe Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes research articles, reviews, notes and communicationsInstructions for Submission of Review ArticlesThe journ…Length not stated
- reviewsThe Journal of the Indian Chemical Society publishes research articles, reviews, notes and communicationsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'License Agreement' (see more information on this). Permitted third party reuse of open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license.Author rightsAs an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work. More information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
This journal offers authors a choice in publishing their research:Subscription• Articles are made available to subscribers as well as developing countries and patient groups through our universal access programs.• No open access publication fee payable by authors.• The Author is entitled to post the accepted manuscript in their institution's repository and make this public after an embargo period …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions are typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themse…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
preprints can be shared anywhere at any time Model summary
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Green open access
Authors can share their research in a variety of different ways and Elsevier has a number of green open access options available. We recommend authors see our open access page for further information. Authors can also self-archive their manuscripts immediately and enable public access from their institution's repository after an embargo period. This is the version that has been accepted for public…
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
- Indian Chemical Society
- Country or region
- INDIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1928
- ISSN
- 0019-4522
- Electronic ISSN
- 2667-2847
- Society / sponsor
- Indian Chemical Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Indian Chemical Society
What CAS zone is Journal of the Indian Chemical Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society is in Zone 3 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 the Indian Chemical Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.36; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Indian Chemical Society?
The publisher reports about 95 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of the Indian Chemical Society?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of the Indian Chemical Society based?
Of the 67 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (34), United States (6) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of the Indian Chemical Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of the Indian Chemical Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society is a subscription journal. APC about USD 1,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .