Journal profile · Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Structural Chemistry
ISSN 1040-0400 · eISSN 1572-9001 · Springer US · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1990
Structural Chemistry: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.29; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,990; median 53 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 242 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Structural Chemistry is published by Springer US 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 Crystallography and molecular interactions, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies and Free Radicals and Antioxidants, together about 27.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Structural Chemistry is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original research papers that cover the condensed and gaseous states of matter and involve numerous techniques for the determination of structure and energetics, their results, and the conclusions derived from these studies. The journal overcomes the unnatural separation in the current literature among the areas of structure determination, energetics, and applications, as well as builds a bridge to other chemical disciplines. Ist comprehensive coverage encompasses broad discussion of results, observation of relationships among various properties, and the description and application of structure and energy information in all domains of chemistry. We welcome the broadest range of accounts of research in structural chemistry involving the discussion of methodologies and structures,experimental, theoretical, and computational, and their combinations. We encourage discussions of structural information collected for their chemicaland biological significance. However the following structure report submissions are not encouraged:Accounts of crystal and molecular structures from diffraction techniques or reports of spectra and their assignments and, similarly, computational structure determinations (if they do not contain meaningful discussions of structures and energetic or comparisons with related systems or new methodologies).Specifically, submissions that do not show the chemical or biological significance of the structural information collected are not suitable for submission to Structural Chemistry.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, Hungary 4, Poland 3, India 2, Germany 2 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Crystallography and molecular interactionsChemistry11.7%
- Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesPhysics and Astronomy10%
- Free Radicals and AntioxidantsChemistry5.5%
- Metal complexes synthesis and propertiesMedicine5.4%
- Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular StructureChemistry4.9%
- Crystal structures of chemical compoundsChemistry4.6%
- Chemical Reaction MechanismsChemistry4%
- Nonlinear Optical Materials ResearchMaterials Science3.8%
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, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Crystallography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Crystallography | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Crystallography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.29LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 67OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,720OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 231LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 431,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,897 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 220 | 48 | 104 |
| 2025 | 242 | 48 | 531 |
| 2024 | 176 | 36 | 679 |
| 2023 | 150 | 40 | 972 |
| 2022 | 257 | 87 | 2,445 |
| 2021 | 174 | 33 | 1,656 |
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 Crossref · to
53 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 39 days – 70 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (107 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 70 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (521 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 5.3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,990 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted8
- book reviewReview Article, Research (formerly known as Original Research), Brief Report, Editorial, Book Review, In Memoriam, Obituary References Authors are asked to incl…Length not stated
- brief reportReview Article, Research (formerly known as Original Research), Brief Report, Editorial, Book Review, In Memoriam, Obituary References Authors are asked to incl…Length not stated
- editorialReview Article, Research (formerly known as Original Research), Brief Report, Editorial, Book Review, In Memoriam, Obituary References Authors are asked to incl…Length not stated
- in memoriamReview Article, Research (formerly known as Original Research), Brief Report, Editorial, Book Review, In Memoriam, ObituaryLength not stated
- obituaryReview Article, Research (formerly known as Original Research), Brief Report, Editorial, Book Review, In Memoriam, ObituaryLength not stated
- original researchReview Article, Research (formerly known as Original Research), Brief Report, Editorial, Book Review, In Memoriam, Obituary References Authors are asked to incl…Length not stated
- researchReview Article, Research (formerly known as Original Research), Brief Report, Editorial, Book Review, In Memoriam, ObituaryLength not stated
- review articleReview Article, Research (formerly known as Original Research), Brief Report, Editorial, Book Review, In Memoriam, Obituary References Authors are asked to incl…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
Manuscript submission implies originality, not under consideration elsewhere, and approval by co-authors and institution Model summary
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability
Optional data availability statement encouraged Model summary
This journal encourages authors to provide an optional statement of data availability in their article. Data Availability Statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found, including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Data availability statements can also indicate whether …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Permission required for previously published material Model summary
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Structural Chemistry, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Single-blind peer review Model summary
This journal is guided by the Springer Portfolio editorial peer review policy. The following types of contribution to this journal are peer-reviewed: Research, Review, Brief Report Editorials and all forms of published correction may also be peer-reviewed at the discretion of the editors. Other contributed articles are not usually peer-reviewed. Nevertheless, articles published in these sections, …
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 1040-0400
- Electronic ISSN
- 1572-9001
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Structural Chemistry
What CAS zone is Structural Chemistry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Structural Chemistry is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / Chemistry, Physical / Crystallography. 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 Structural Chemistry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.29; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 67.
How long does peer review take at Structural Chemistry?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 53 days (interquartile range 39–70 days); authors report an average review time of about 5.3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Structural Chemistry?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Structural Chemistry based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), Hungary (4) and Poland (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Structural Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Structural Chemistry is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Structural Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Structural Chemistry is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,990.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .