Journal profile · Chemistry-Organic Chemistry
Organic Syntheses
ISSN 0078-6209 · eISSN 2333-3553 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual
Organic Syntheses: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; community-reported acceptance: easy; 88 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Organic Syntheses is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. 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 Chemical Synthesis and Reactions, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, together about 28.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Since 1921, Organic Syntheses has provided the chemistry community with detailed, reliable, and carefully checked procedures for the synthesis of organic compounds. Some procedures describe practical methods for the preparation of specific compounds of interest, while other procedures illustrate important synthetic methods with general utility. Each procedure is written in considerably more detail as compared to typical experimental procedures in other journals, and each reaction with its characterization data has been repeated several times and carefully "checked" for reproducibility in the laboratory of a member of the Board of Editors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry-Organic Chemistry
Editor-in-chief Darren DixonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chemical Synthesis and ReactionsChemistry11.2%
- Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry8.5%
- Asymmetric Synthesis and CatalysisChemistry7.7%
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsChemistry6%
- Fluorine in Organic ChemistryPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.2%
- Oxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsChemistry3.8%
- Synthesis and Reactivity of Sulfur-Containing CompoundsChemistry3.8%
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, Organic | 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, Organic | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,239OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,422 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 88 | 30 | 31 |
| 2024 | 58 | 24 | 36 |
| 2023 | 50 | 18 | 56 |
| 2022 | 26 | 18 | 86 |
| 2021 | 26 | 25 | 58 |
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 acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Annual
- ISSN
- 0078-6209
- Electronic ISSN
- 2333-3553
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Organic Syntheses
What CAS zone is Organic Syntheses in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Organic Syntheses is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Organic. 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.
Which databases index Organic Syntheses?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Organic Syntheses is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Organic Syntheses open access, and what is the APC?
Organic Syntheses 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, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .