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Chem is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 30.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 2451-9294Verify ISSN ↗2451-9308Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$9,350 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry (medical) | 1 / 78 | 99th | Q1 |
| Biochemistry | 6 / 448 | 98th | Q1 |
| Chemical Engineering (all) | 4 / 270 | 98th | Q1 |
| Environmental Chemistry | 3 / 157 | 98th | Q1 |
| Chemistry (all) | 9 / 402 | 97th | Q1 |
| Materials Chemistry | 10 / 327 | 97th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 30.4.
Chem is Q1 in Biochemistry (medical) (rank 1 of 78), Q1 in Biochemistry (rank 6 of 448) and Q1 in Chemical Engineering (all) (rank 4 of 270), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Chem is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 30.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 6.508, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 188.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$9,350 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Chem is published by Elsevier Inc. Its print ISSN is 2451-9294 and its online ISSN is 2451-9308.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Chem has an h-index of 213 and a 2-year mean of 12.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 30.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 77 Scopus journals in Biochemistry (medical).
Chem published 294 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 328. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 74 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (32.7%), United States (22.2%) and South Korea (5.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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