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Journal of Ionic Liquids is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2772-4220Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 123 / 307 | 60th | Q2 |
| Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) | 51 / 106 | 52nd | 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 4.3.
Journal of Ionic Liquids is Q2 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 123 of 307) and Q2 in Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 51 of 106), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Ionic Liquids 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 4.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.464, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 15.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,490 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 Ionic Liquids is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2772-4220.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Ionic Liquids has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 3.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #86 of 291 Scopus journals in Environmental Science (miscellaneous).
Journal of Ionic Liquids published 56 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 96 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from India (19.8%), United States (17.1%) and Japan (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (9.5 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.
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