Journal profile · Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
ISSN 2058-9689 · Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.19; hybrid open access; median 95 days to acceptance (10 articles, last 24 months); 125 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering is published by Royal Society of Chemistry and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Machine Learning in Materials Science, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 22.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering provides a hub for cutting-edge research into how understanding of molecular properties, behaviour and interactions can be used to design and assemble better materials, systems, and processes to achieve specific functions. These may have applications of technological significance and help address global challenges.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Machine Learning in Materials ScienceMaterials Science8.1%
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsChemistry7.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science6%
- Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMaterials Science5.8%
- Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsEngineering4.8%
- Supramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsMaterials Science4.7%
- Mathematics, Computing, and Information ProcessingComputer Science4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 4 |
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
- 3.19LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 495OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 80LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,346 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 50 | 24 |
| 2025 | 125 | 81 | 238 |
| 2024 | 129 | 74 | 589 |
| 2023 | 148 | 78 | 1,153 |
| 2022 | 191 | 43 | 2,219 |
| 2021 | 125 | 28 | 1,448 |
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
95 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 79 days – 127 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (10 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 106 days
- Sample
- 10 articles with submission and acceptance dates (11 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Front cover Open Access
Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. (2026) 11 (9): 821–822. https://doi.org/10.1039/D6ME90031C Abstract View articletitled, Front cover Open the PDF for Front cover in another window
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
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2058-9689
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
What CAS zone is Molecular Systems Design & Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Chemistry, Physical / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary / Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Molecular Systems Design & Engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.19; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at Molecular Systems Design & Engineering?
Based on the dates recorded on 10 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 95 days (interquartile range 79–127 days). 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 Molecular Systems Design & Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Molecular Systems Design & Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .