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Chemistry Africa is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 4.1), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 2522-5758Verify ISSN ↗2522-5766Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$3,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 110 / 194 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Environmental Chemistry | 92 / 157 | 41st | Q3 |
| Chemistry (miscellaneous) | 82 / 137 | 40th | Q3 |
| Catalysis | 50 / 74 | 33rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 4.1.
Chemistry Africa is Q3 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 110 of 194), Q3 in Environmental Chemistry (rank 92 of 157) and Q3 in Chemistry (miscellaneous) (rank 82 of 137), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Chemistry Africa is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 4.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 43rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.401, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 33.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 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.
Chemistry Africa is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2522-5758 and its online ISSN is 2522-5766.
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 Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Chemistry Africa has an h-index of 40 and a 2-year mean of 2.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #98 of 191 Scopus journals in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.
Chemistry Africa published 332 papers in 2025. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (32.7%), Morocco (11.7%) and Egypt (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 9 retracted papers are recorded (4.9 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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