Journal profile · Chemistry, Organic
Tetrahedron Letters
ISSN 0040-4039 · eISSN 1873-3581 · Elsevier Ltd · ENGLAND · Weekly · Founded 1959
Tetrahedron Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Chemistry (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.41; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,610; review about 1.3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 413 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tetrahedron Letters is published by Elsevier Ltd 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 Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, together about 28.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organic Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Organic
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry MethodsChemistry9.7%
- Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.6%
- Asymmetric Synthesis and CatalysisChemistry9.4%
- Chemical Synthesis and ReactionsChemistry6.8%
- Oxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsChemistry5.4%
- Carbohydrate Chemistry and SynthesisChemistry5%
- Fluorine in Organic ChemistryPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.2%
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsChemistry4%
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, Organic | 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, Organic | 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, Organic | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 1.41LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 159LetPub ·
- h-index
- 237OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 72,599OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.99%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 320LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 106,772 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 259 | 63 | 59 |
| 2025 | 413 | 65 | 450 |
| 2024 | 441 | 130 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 472 | 76 | 1,680 |
| 2022 | 586 | 85 | 2,866 |
| 2021 | 723 | 117 | 5,154 |
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)
- about 1.3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
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 3,610 / EUR 3,380 / GBP 2,890 / JPY 447,750 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 1959
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-3581
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tetrahedron Letters
What CAS zone is Tetrahedron Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tetrahedron Letters is in Zone 4 of Chemistry, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Organic. 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 Tetrahedron Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.41; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 237.
How long does peer review take at Tetrahedron Letters?
Authors report an average review time of about 1.3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 Tetrahedron Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tetrahedron Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Tetrahedron Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Tetrahedron Letters is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,610.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .