SynOpen

SynOpen is published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG 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 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions, together about 22.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Editorial BoardSynOpen is an international, single-anonymized peer-reviewed, open access journal reporting current research results in chemical sciences in full paper, letter and review format.Target readershipSynOpen caters to a wide-range of chemists throughout industry and academia. We publish articles from across the chemistry portfolio, as long as synthesis or synthetic methods are one of the research focal points. People citing the work published in SynOpen come from all over the world and from a range of scientific disciplines.Subject scopeMain areas covered in SynOpen:Synthetic methodologiesAsymmetric synthesis and catalysisCatalytic methods for synthesisInorganic and organometallic synthesisNatural products synthesis and total synthesisMedicinal chemistry and drug designBiosynthesis and biocatalysisSynthetic photochemistrySynthetic electrochemistrySolid-state synthesisPolymer synthesisSupramolecular synthesis and self-assemblyMechanochemistryAutomation in synthesisComputational methods in synthesis and machine learningProcessing techniques and scalabilityRecycling processes and sustainable synthesisArticle TypesThe following article types are published in SynOpen:Original Papers cover original research which has not been previously published, except in the form of an abstract or preliminary communication.Letters are preliminary reports of new research results whose significance to the scientific community justifies rapid communication.Reviews and Short Reviews are critically evaluated recent developments and updates in a specific area of high interest to the readership providing a concise assessment of the current state of the art and an outlook on future developments.Graphical Reviews provide a concise overview of a current topic, highlighting historical background/origins of a research area and cutting-edge contributions along with the most recent developments. Text should be limited to a minimum. In preparing graphical reviews, authors should ask themselves how they would prepare lecture notes on the topic. For an example, see here. Authors wishing to submit a graphical review are requested to first contact Prof. Thierry Ollevier.Spotlights (up to 3 template-based pages, including tables and graphics) highlight the preparation and uses of selected reagents and methods in current research, so the bulk of references should be from the recent literature (2018 onward). It is a review-type article and therefore should not contain any unpublished res

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC

Editor-in-chief Département de ChimiePublisher website

Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 9%); most named Mainland China 3, United States 3, India 3, France 3, Italy 3 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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Database indexing

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SCIEPublisher website

Other: EBSCO, ProQuest

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.37LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.52LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

18OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

55OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

24LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

about 6 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 6 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Country or region

Germany

Language

English

ISSN

2509-9396

Official links

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