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International Journal of Molecular Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10), WoS SCIE. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 1422-0067Verify ISSN ↗1661-6596Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Cost to publish: About US$3,499 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inorganic Chemistry | 9 / 86 | 90th | Q1 |
| Organic Chemistry | 26 / 215 | 88th | Q1 |
| Spectroscopy | 11 / 81 | 87th | Q1 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 26 / 194 | 86th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 139 / 1022 | 86th | Q1 |
| Molecular Biology | 66 / 414 | 84th | Q1 |
| Catalysis | 21 / 74 | 72nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences is Q1 in Inorganic Chemistry (rank 9 of 86), Q1 in Organic Chemistry (rank 26 of 215) and Q1 in Spectroscopy (rank 11 of 81), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 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 10, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 90th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.316, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 365.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,499 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 Molecular Sciences is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its print ISSN is 1422-0067 and its online ISSN is 1661-6596.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal per Scopus.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences has an h-index of 428 and a 2-year mean of 6.78 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 85 Scopus journals in Inorganic Chemistry.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences published 12,346 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 17,479. 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 China (23.2%), Russia (10.1%) and Poland (8.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 167 retracted papers are recorded (1.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 12 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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