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Journal of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.9), DOAJ. Published by Chinese Society for Mass Spectrometry.
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ISSN 1004-2997Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Chinese Society for Mass Spectrometry
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 207 / 243 | 15th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.9.
Journal of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society is Q4 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (rank 207 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4, 15th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.144, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 13.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$784 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.
Journal of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society is published by Chinese Society for Mass Spectrometry. Its ISSN is 1004-2997.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #209 of 222 Scopus journals in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
Journal of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society published 7 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 40. 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.
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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