Journal profile · Crystallography
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
ISSN 1542-1406 · eISSN 1563-5287 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Semimonthly
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.64; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 37 days (first decision after review, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 140 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics and Conducting polymers and applications, together about 37.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Established in 1966, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals is a world-leading journal publishing original research papers in both an experimental and theoretical nature in three areas of specialization: liquid crystals, molecular crystals, and low-dimensional solids. These cover, but are not limited to: Liquid Crystals: Structure LC Chemistry Thermotropics Lyotropics Polymeric LC LC Colloids Biological and Bioinspired LC Physical properties (dielectric, ferroelectric, etc.) Optics and Nonlinear Optics Interfacial Phenomena Nanostructures and metamaterials Modeling and Simulations Machine Learning and AI Molecular Crystals: Structure Chemical Physics Organic Crystals Spectroscopy Energy and charge transfer Optical phenomena Radiation effects Machine Learning and AI Low-dimensional Solids: Structure Electronic properties Magnetic properties Optical properties Transport phenomena Thin films Machine Learning and AI The journal publishes research articles, invited review articles, and book reviews. In all three areas, experimental manuscripts describing both preparation and properties will be considered. The journal will also consider articles in a range of subject areas where applications may have particular relevance for the liquid crystals and molecular crystals communities. For example, but not limited to soft matter, polymers, nanoscience and nanotechnology, quantum dots, machine learning, AI recognition and other AI technologies including deep learning study for materials research. Articles that describe determination of crystal structure alone are not encouraged unless some solid state forces (hydrogen bonding, charge transfer, etc.) are playing a significant role and/or some solid state properties of the materials are measured. Review articles, unless invited by the journal's Editor should be submitted to Liquid Crystals Reviews : https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tlcr20 If your submission contains and discusses a new crystal structure, uploading the original cif(s) together with the structure factors and the checkcif file is obligatory. Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and if found suitable for further consideration, will be peer-reviewed by independent and anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single-anonymized. Publishing Ethics The journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Crystallography
Editor-in-chief Francesco SimoniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 1, Italy 1, Croatia 1, Slovenia 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMaterials Science23.1%
- Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsEngineering7.4%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science7.2%
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes ResearchEngineering5.4%
- Molecular spectroscopy and chiralityChemistry5.1%
- Photonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy4.9%
- Surfactants and Colloidal SystemsChemistry4.7%
- Photochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryMaterials Science4.1%
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 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Crystallography | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
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 | Crystallography | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
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 |
| Minor | Crystallography | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, 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
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost (various), Genamics JournalSeek, OCLC ArticleFirst Electronic Collections Online, ProQuest (various), Clarivate Analytics Current Chemical Reactions Database, VINITI RAN Referativnyi Zhurnal, World Ceramics Abstracts
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
- 0.64LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.21Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.28Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,578OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 28.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 140LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 103,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 103,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,536 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 140 | 7 | 21 |
| 2025 | 140 | 1 | 123 |
| 2024 | 149 | 12 | 234 |
| 2023 | 199 | 27 | 409 |
| 2022 | 265 | 12 | 787 |
| 2021 | 241 | 9 | 973 |
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
37 daysfirst decision after review · community reports about 3 months
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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- book reviewsThe journal publishes research articles, invited review articles, and book reviews.Length not stated
- invited review articlesThe journal publishes research articles, invited review articles, and book reviews.Length not stated
- research articlesThe journal publishes research articles, invited review articles, and book reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
COPE member, CrossCheck used Model summary
The journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of the Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilizes CrossCheck for all journals.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the disc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Initial appraisal by Editor-in-Chief, then peer review by independent anonymous referees Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and if found suitable for further consideration, will be peer-reviewed by independent and anonymous expert referees.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- ISSN
- 1542-1406
- Electronic ISSN
- 1563-5287
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 770, Issue 12 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
What CAS zone is Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / Crystallography / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. 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 Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.64; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals?
The publisher reports about 37 days (first decision after review); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 43% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (1), Italy (1) and Croatia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals open access, and what is the APC?
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .