Journal profile · Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Langmuir
ISSN 0743-7463 · eISSN 1520-5827 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Weekly · Founded 1985
Langmuir: CAS Zone 2 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.45; transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 79 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 84%; 3,143 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Langmuir is published by American Chemical Society 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 Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, together about 27.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Langmuir highlights the science and application of systems and materials in which the interface dominates structure and function.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Gilbert C. WalkerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Surfactants and Colloidal SystemsChemistry12%
- Polymer Surface Interaction StudiesMaterials Science8.2%
- Molecular Junctions and NanostructuresEngineering7.5%
- Lipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityMaterials Science6.1%
- Pickering emulsions and particle stabilizationMaterials Science5.1%
- Force Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy4.9%
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPhysics and Astronomy4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 4.45LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 300LetPub ·
- h-index
- 425OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45,667OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 3,006LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 61,870 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,418 | 346 | 1,553 |
| 2025 | 3,143 | 490 | 14,446 |
| 2024 | 2,576 | 437 | 23,744 |
| 2023 | 1,948 | 380 | 25,207 |
| 2022 | 1,693 | 335 | 26,527 |
| 2021 | 1,641 | 345 | 31,099 |
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
79 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 60 days – 93 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (3 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 84 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (5,761 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 2.1 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 84%LetPub ·
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
Transformative journalLetPub
A subscription journal moving to full open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,500 | — | — |
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 websitePeer review
- Peer review
ASAP articles are edited and published online ahead of issue. Model summary
ASAP (as soon as publishable) articles are edited and published online ahead of issue.
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
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0743-7463
- Electronic ISSN
- 1520-5827
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42, Issue 35 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Langmuir
What CAS zone is Langmuir in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Langmuir is in Zone 2 of Chemistry, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Langmuir?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.45; CiteScore 6, h-index 425.
How long does peer review take at Langmuir?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 79 days (interquartile range 60–93 days); authors report an average review time of about 2.1 months; the community-reported acceptance is “84%”. 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 Langmuir?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Langmuir is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Langmuir open access, and what is the APC?
Langmuir is a transformative journal. APC about USD 4,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .