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Compounds is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2673-6918Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | 44 / 144 | 69th | Q2 |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 99 / 256 | 61st | Q2 |
| Chemistry (miscellaneous) | 68 / 137 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.8.
Compounds is Q2 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (rank 44 of 144), Q2 in Materials Science (miscellaneous) (rank 99 of 256) and Q2 in Chemistry (miscellaneous) (rank 68 of 137), by CiteScore 2025.
Compounds 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 4.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.494, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,207 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.
Compounds is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2673-6918.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Compounds has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 4.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 141 Scopus journals in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).
Compounds published 62 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from Brazil (12.9%), United States (10.3%) and Mexico (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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