Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0538-8066Verify ISSN ↗1097-4601Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,700 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inorganic Chemistry | 52 / 86 | 40th | Q3 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 126 / 194 | 35th | Q3 |
| Organic Chemistry | 140 / 215 | 35th | Q3 |
| Biochemistry | 308 / 448 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1969–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.2.
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics is Q3 in Inorganic Chemistry (rank 52 of 86), Q3 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 126 of 194) and Q3 in Organic Chemistry (rank 140 of 215), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 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 3.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 40th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.306, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 81.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,700 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.
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 0538-8066 and its online ISSN is 1097-4601.
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.
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics has an h-index of 119 and a 2-year mean of 1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #62 of 85 Scopus journals in Inorganic Chemistry.
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics published 66 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 140. 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (21.3%), China (18.2%) and Pakistan (7.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 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.
Comments load as you scroll here.