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Chemical Communications
Chemical Communications is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Quick answers
Is Chemical Communications indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present (also 1965–1968), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.2.
What quartile is Chemical Communications in Scopus?
Chemical Communications is Q1 in Metals and Alloys (rank 32 of 182), Q1 in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (rank 31 of 141) and Q1 in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (rank 74 of 318), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Chemical Communications?
Chemical Communications 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 7.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.907, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 397.
Who publishes Chemical Communications and what is its ISSN?
Chemical Communications is published by Royal Society of Chemistry. Its print ISSN is 1359-7345 and its online ISSN is 1364-548X.
Is Chemical Communications covered under ONOS in India?
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.
Is Chemical Communications in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Chemical Communications open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Chemical Communications? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Chemical Communications has an h-index of 403 and a 2-year mean of 4.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #33 of 164 Scopus journals in Metals and Alloys.
403
h-index
4.3
2-yr mean citations
55,288
i10-index
78,910
works indexed
3,237,837
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#33 of 164Top 21%Metals and Alloys
#34 of 128Top 27%Surfaces, Coatings and Films
#66 of 269Top 25%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Papers published per year
Chemical Communications published 3,435 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 3,791. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials
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.
Who publishes in Chemical Communications? — latest 100 articles, 2026
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (57.3%), India (7.3%) and Japan (5.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Chemical Communications? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 83 retracted papers are recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers83 · 1.1 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone flagged
Author concentration57.3% of recent authorship from China
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.
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