Journal profile · Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Russian Chemical Reviews
ISSN 0036-021X · eISSN 1468-4837 · Turpion Ltd. · RUSSIA · Monthly · Founded 1960
Russian Chemical Reviews: CAS Zone 2 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.94; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Russian Chemical Reviews is published by Turpion Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Chemistry in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, together about 24.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Russian Chemical Reviews is a cover-to-cover translation of the monthly review journal Uspekhi Khimii, one of the leading Russian scientific journals in chemistry, founded in 1932. It provides easy access to the achievements of chemists from Russia and the other countries of the former Soviet Union. Founded in 1932, Russian Chemical Reviews aims to publish timely and important review articles covering most aspects of modern chemistry, including: Chemical physics Physical chemistry Computational and theoretical chemistry Catalysis Coordination chemistry Analytical chemistry Organic, organometallic and organoelement chemistry Chemistry of macromolecules Applied chemistry Biochemistry, bio-organic chemistry and biomolecular chemistry Medicinal chemistry Materials chemistry, nanochemistry, nanostructures Environmental chemistry.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryChemistry11%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry7.2%
- Catalysis and Oxidation ReactionsChemical Engineering6.1%
- Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular StructureChemistry5%
- Chemical Reaction MechanismsChemistry4%
- Free Radicals and AntioxidantsChemistry4%
- Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition ReactionsChemistry3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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
- 6.94LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 120OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,792OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,398 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 9 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 170 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 657 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 752 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 422 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 1,523 |
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 review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Turpion Ltd.
- Country or region
- RUSSIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1960
- ISSN
- 0036-021X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-4837
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Russian Chemical Reviews
What CAS zone is Russian Chemical Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Russian Chemical Reviews is in Zone 2 of Chemistry, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Chemistry. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Russian Chemical Reviews?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.94; CiteScore 10.5, h-index 120.
How long does peer review take at Russian Chemical Reviews?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Russian Chemical Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Russian Chemical Reviews is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Russian Chemical Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Russian Chemical Reviews is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .