Journal profile · Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Organometallics
ISSN 0276-7333 · eISSN 1520-6041 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Biweekly · Founded 1982
Organometallics: CAS Zone 3 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.33; transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 49 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 367 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Organometallics is published by American Chemical Society 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 Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds, together about 40.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Organometallics reports research in organic and inorganic chemistry on the synthesis structure reactivity and applications of novel organometallic compounds.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Editor-in-chief Paul J. ChirikPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisChemistry23.1%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisChemistry9.5%
- Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsChemistry8.2%
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsChemistry6%
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsChemistry5.6%
- Coordination Chemistry and OrganometallicsChemistry5.6%
- Organoboron and organosilicon chemistryChemistry4.9%
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysisChemical Engineering3.8%
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, Inorganic & Nuclear | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Organic | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Organic | Zone 2 |
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, Inorganic & Nuclear | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Organic | Zone 2 |
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
- 2.33LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 162LetPub ·
- h-index
- 213OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25,980OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.79%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 312LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 31,714 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 291 | 111 | 102 |
| 2025 | 367 | 145 | 653 |
| 2024 | 411 | 156 | 1,623 |
| 2023 | 407 | 152 | 3,160 |
| 2022 | 444 | 99 | 4,247 |
| 2021 | 500 | 125 | 6,148 |
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
49 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 40 days – 71 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 8 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 60 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (140 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)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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
Transformative journalLetPub
A subscription journal moving to full open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,500 | — | — |
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
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Biweekly
- Founded
- 1982
- ISSN
- 0276-7333
- Electronic ISSN
- 1520-6041
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 17 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Organometallics
What CAS zone is Organometallics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Organometallics is in Zone 3 of Chemistry, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear / Chemistry, Organic. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Organometallics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.33; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 213.
How long does peer review take at Organometallics?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 49 days (interquartile range 40–71 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 Organometallics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Organometallics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Organometallics open access, and what is the APC?
Organometallics is a transformative journal. APC about USD 4,500.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .