Journal profile · Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia
ISSN 1224-7154 · eISSN 2065-9520 · Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Catedra de Filosofie Sistematica · ROMANIA · Semiannual
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.54; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia is published by Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Catedra de Filosofie Sistematica 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 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, together about 18.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
2006-2024 old WEBSITE: https://chem.ubbcluj.ro/~studiachemia/ Publication History:Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai was founded in Cluj in 1955. Print Edition History:1957: Buletinul Universităţilor „V. Babeş” şi „Bolyai”, seria Ştiinţele Naturii, ISSN 0365-9216.1958-1961: Studia Universitatum Victor Babeş et Bolyai, series I, Matematica, Fizica, Chimie, ISSN 0578-5413, Tomus 3, nr.1 (1958) - Tomus 6, nr.2 (1961).1962-1974: Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai series Chemia, ISSN 0039-3401.1975-now: Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Chemia, ISSN 1224-7154. Aims and Scope:Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Chemia publishes fundamental studies in all phases of chemistry and chemical engineering. Coverage includes experimental and theoretical reports on quantitative studies of structure and thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanisms of reactions, inorganic, organic, organometallic chemistry, biochemistry, computational chemistry, solid-state phenomena, surface chemistry, chemical technology and environmental chemistry. The journal has been selected for coverage in Thomson Reuters products / Clarivate Analytics and custom information services beginning V. 53 (1) 2008, indexed and abstracted in:- Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch).- Chemistry Citation Index.- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition. Fully Open Access: Yes Language: English Publication fees: None Type of publication: scientific/academic Periodicity: quarterly (March, June, September, December) Open Access Policy: All articles published in Studia UBB Chemia are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share. The journal does not charge readers or their institutions for access (read, download, copy, distribute, print for research use, search, or link to the full texts of articles). Studia UBB Chemia does not charge authors any kind of publication fees or article processing charges. Authors can re/use the material however they want as long as it fits the NC ND terms of the license Creative Commons. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources. There is also a printed version of the journal (ISSN 1224-7154). Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement: The following Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement aligns with the recommendations of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics): Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the Code of Conduct for Jour
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief LUMINIŢA SILAGHI-DUMITRESCUPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine8.3%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry5.1%
- Analytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsChemistry4.9%
- Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMaterials Science4.7%
- Advanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesEngineering4.7%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsEngineering4.3%
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Chemistry Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
WoS-Journal.Info (WJI)Publisher website
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
- 0.54LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 810 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 49 | 1 |
| 2025 | 69 | 69 | 21 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | 38 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 80 |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | 120 |
| 2021 | 106 | 106 | 199 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted5
- anniversary momentsAnniversary Moments celebrate the life and work of prominent scholars and researches. It is not peer-reviewed and does not receive doi numbers. It should not ex…Length not stated
- in memoriamIn memoriam are manuscripts that honor a deceased personality. They are published in English and should not exceed 10 pages (in Studia UBB Chemia format).Length not stated
- introductions & argumentsIntroductions & Arguments present the main topics of the volume. They are not peer-reviewed, and do not receive doi numbers. They should not exceed 10 pages (in…Length not stated
- original research articlesThe journal publishes only original research articles.Length not stated
- review articlesReview articles can only be submitted by invitation Editors.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement:
The following Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement aligns with the recommendations of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics): Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers. Privacy Statement: The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will n…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Model summary
©Studia UBB Chemia. Published by Babeș-Bolyai University.Copyright info: Transfer of copyright agreement: When the article is accepted for publication, I, as the author and representative of the coauthors, hereby agree to transfer to Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai all rights, including those pertaining to electronic forms and transmissions, under existing copyright laws, except for the followin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy:
All articles published in Studia UBB Chemia are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Manuscripts should not exceed 20 pages Model summary
The manuscripts submitted for publication should not exceed 20 pages.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Manuscripts checked for plagiarism using Turnitin anti-plagiarism software Model summary
All authors confirm this manuscript is devoid of plagiarism of any form (i.e., direct plagiarism, self-plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, or accidental plagiarism) with respect to ideas, data, words, graphic materials or other forms of communication and understand that this manuscript will be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin anti-plagiarism software.
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
- Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Catedra de Filosofie Sistematica
- Country or region
- ROMANIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 1224-7154
- Electronic ISSN
- 2065-9520
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 71, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia
What CAS zone is Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. 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.
What is the impact factor of Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.54; CiteScore 1, h-index 15.
How long does peer review take at Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia open access, and what is the APC?
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Chemia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .