Journal profile · SPECTROSCOPY
Mass Spectrometry Letters
ISSN 2233-4203 · eISSN 2093-8950 · Korean Society for Mass Spectrometry · Korea, Republic of
Mass Spectrometry Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 15 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mass Spectrometry Letters is published by Korean Society for Mass Spectrometry and is in Zone 4 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, together about 41.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Spectroscopy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SPECTROSCOPY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry19.5%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry11.8%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
- Advanced Proteomics Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry7.1%
- Analytical chemistry methods developmentChemistry5%
- Advanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesEngineering4.1%
- Hormonal and reproductive studiesMedicine3.5%
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and SafetyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Spectroscopy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 218 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Korean Society for Mass Spectrometry
- Country or region
- Korea, Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2233-4203
- Electronic ISSN
- 2093-8950
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mass Spectrometry Letters
What CAS zone is Mass Spectrometry Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mass Spectrometry Letters is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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.
How long does peer review take at Mass Spectrometry Letters?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Which databases index Mass Spectrometry Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mass Spectrometry Letters is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Mass Spectrometry Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Mass Spectrometry Letters is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .