Journal profile · Chemistry-Chemistry (all)
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry
ISSN 2149-0120 · Turkish Chemical Society · Turkey
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry: fully open access; APC about USD 50; review about 125 days (submission to final decision, publisher); 23 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry is published by Turkish Chemical Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, Synthesis and biological activity and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, together about 22% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry (JOTCSA) is an open-access, paid (article processing charges, APC, effective from 11(3); see the price information page for more details), and double-blind peer-reviewed publication of the Turkish Chemical Society (Society's website). Our aim is to serve the chemical community with a high-quality open-access journal. The author gives the right to publication to the journal, as they sign a form (copyright transfer form) and our journal runs according to Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives license (see bottom of page for more information).Please see the Pre-review, peer review and editing processes page on the right to plan your submission if you have pressing matters like application to associate professorship title, because normally the submission takes 3 to 5 months to finish. Our journal accepts all papers for evaluation, provided that they are in a field of chemistry. The fields include, but not limited to: analytical chemistry, biochemistry, computational chemistry, electrochemistry, food chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and physical chemistry. Chemistry education papers are kindly directed to the Chemistry Education journal (JOTCS-C), available at https://dergipark.org.tr/jotcsc. The journal has a policy with Jisc (formerly Sherpa/Romeo), allowing authors to deposit versions of their work. The authors give the right to the journal to publish their work, and then they abide to CC-BY-NC-ND license thereafter. Last Update Time: July 22, 2026 Period Months February May August November
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry-Chemistry (all)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Türkiye 3, United Kingdom 2 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science8.2%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry7.5%
- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryChemistry6.4%
- Analytical chemistry methods developmentChemistry5.4%
- Metal complexes synthesis and propertiesMedicine5%
- Coagulation and Flocculation StudiesEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsChemistry4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Chemistry | Q3 | 246/402 | 38th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
TR DizinPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2023
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2022
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2021
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2020
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2019
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2018
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.25Publisher website ·
- SJR (publisher) 2024
- 0.23Publisher website ·
- SJR (publisher) 2023
- 0.21Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.38Publisher website ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2024
- 0.41Publisher website ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2023
- 0.32Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 151OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 970 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 89 | 89 | 766 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 967 |
| 2024 | 119 | 119 | 806 |
| 2023 | 115 | 115 | 637 |
| 2022 | 88 | 88 | 548 |
| 2021 | 101 | 101 | 480 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
125 dayssubmission to final decision · community reports about 5 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision
- 125 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 52 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 50 / USD 50 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Plagiarism
- Conflicts of interest
Vancouver citation style Model summary
We are using the "Vancouver" citation style
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism check with Intihal.net, max similarity ~20-25%, single source max 5% Model summary
We are using Intihal.net (formerly, we used iThenticate) plagiarism software and our maximum allowed score for the document is, depending on the conditions of the article, about 20-25%.
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
- Turkish Chemical Society
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2149-0120
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry?
The publisher reports about 125 days (submission to final decision); authors report an average review time of about 5 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 50.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .