Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry

Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry is published by National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemsitry 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 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Heavy metals in environment and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, together about 24.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry is biannual publication by National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. Journal covers fields of pure and applied analytical chemistry, environmental, material, agricultural and food chemistry, geochemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, development and modification of instruments and techniques with potentials in environmental sciences. The Journal started publishing in year 2000 with the title, 'Pakistan Journal of Analytical Chemistry', later title was changed to its current in the year 2006. ISSN: 1996-918X; E-ISSN:2221-5255. This is an 'Open Acess Journal', you can share, copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format provided that articles are properly cited. We follow Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Full details on the licensing are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode All published articles are available free to readers for online reading or download at www.pjaec.pk; www.ceacsu.edu.pk; and https://doaj.org/. Article Processing charges of Rs. 25,000/- per accepted article (Rs. 5,000/- initially as handling charges and Rs. 20,000/- after acceptance of manuscript) for National and USD 150/- for international authors, respectively. (applies for submissions received after 1st Sepetember 2024) All articles are assigned 'digital object identifier' number. Linking of references through CrossRef has been initiated from year Vol 17(2). Accelerated Publication option If speed is crucial in your publishing strategy, our Accelerated Publication options are here to assist. These options are applicable to a limited number of articles and can facilitate faster publication of your research. It's important to note that opting for accelerated peer review does not mean compromising the quality of the review process. We ensure that the same high standards of review are maintained. By choosing Accelerated Publication, you can achieve the following benefits: Align your publishing timeline with conferences, new methodologies/processes to communicate Maintain a competitive advantage by swiftly bringing your discoveries to the market. Expedite the peer review process without compromising on the quality or rigor of the review. Publication time: 90 days from submission to online publication. These timelines rely on authors making revisions and returning required paperwork on schedule.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

Editor-in-chief Amber Rehana SolangiPublisher website

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Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.14LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

14OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

25OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.37OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

98.63%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

25LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

about 15 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication

90 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 20 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double 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.

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• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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Publisher

National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemsitry

Country or region

Pakistan

Language

English

ISSN

1996-918X

Electronic ISSN

2221-5255

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
• Editorial board ↗DOAJ
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ