Journal profile · Spectroscopy
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
ISSN 0749-1581 · eISSN 1097-458X · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1985
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry: CAS Zone 3 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.06; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,440; median 78 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 131 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd 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 Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications, Molecular spectroscopy and chirality and NMR spectroscopy and applications, together about 42.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Spectroscopy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MRC is devoted to the rapid publication of papers which are concerned with the development of magnetic resonance techniques, or in which the application of such techniques plays a pivotal part. Contributions from scientists working in all areas of NMR, ESR and NQR are invited, and papers describing applications in all branches of chemistry, structural biology and materials chemistry are published. The journal is of particular interest not only to scientists working in academic research, but also those working in commercial organisations who need to keep up-to-date with the latest practical applications of magnetic resonance techniques.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Spectroscopy
Editor-in-chief Roberto R. GilPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United States 15, United Kingdom 5, India 5, Mainland China 4, Germany 4 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry17.2%
- Molecular spectroscopy and chiralityChemistry16.2%
- NMR spectroscopy and applicationsPhysics and Astronomy9.5%
- Electron Spin Resonance StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry5.7%
- Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallographyMaterials Science4.6%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine3.6%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
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 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | 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
EI CompendexMEDLINEPubMedINSPECCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 2.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,390OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 131LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 109Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 248,474Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,628 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 45 | 13 |
| 2025 | 131 | 69 | 199 |
| 2024 | 96 | 54 | 227 |
| 2023 | 103 | 74 | 537 |
| 2022 | 95 | 31 | 404 |
| 2021 | 129 | 48 | 1,037 |
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
78 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 123 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 95 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (216 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 73%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 73%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Open 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,440 / EUR 3,700 / GBP 2,960 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 10
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- letterLetter — correspondence. Communication to the editor regarding any aspect of Magnetic Resonance that does not fall into any of the other categories of letter ma…Length not stated
- perspectivePerspectives. A Perspective is a lightly referenced scholarly opinion piece about current or future directions in a field.Length not stated
- reviewReview (Invitation Only). Reviews should provide a broad and accessible summary of a topic, focusing primarily on recent literature and novel, timely topics whi…Length not stated
- tutorialTutorials. Tutorial articles provide a source of information that goes beyond that conveyed in a normal research or review article.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Disclosing the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section. Find more details on Wiley's AI guidelines for researchers and Wiley's AI policy in full in the Best Practices Guidelines on…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions (CRediT)
This journal requires details of all authors' contributions to the work by providing CRediT (Contribution Roles Taxonomy) information during submission. This information provided will be used to automatically generate an author contribution statement that will be published with the final article. You can learn more about CRediT and read an explanation of contribution roles on Wiley's CRediT inform…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Expects Data Sharing
Data sharing expected; data accessibility statement required. Model summary
MRC expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper. Visit re3data.org or fairsharing.org to help identify registered and certified…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement If the Open Access option is not selec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open Access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With Open Access, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon pub…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review TRANSPARENT PEER REVIEW
Transparent peer review pilot; reviewer reports linked on Publons. Model summary
This journal is participating in a pilot on Peer Review Transparency. By submitting to this journal, authors agree that the reviewer reports, their responses, and the editor’s decision letter will be linked from the published article to where they appear on Publons in the case that the article is accepted. Authors have the opportunity to opt out during submission, and reviewers may remain anonymou…
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 and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0749-1581
- Electronic ISSN
- 1097-458X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 64, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
What CAS zone is Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry is in Zone 3 of Chemistry, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / Chemistry, Physical / Spectroscopy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.06; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 98.
How long does peer review take at Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 78 days (interquartile range 58–123 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 73% (2025). 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 Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 10; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), United Kingdom (5) and India (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,440.
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: .