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Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.1), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 1093-3263Verify ISSN ↗1873-4243Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,940 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 31 / 131 | 76th | Q1 |
| Spectroscopy | 23 / 81 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 63 / 194 | 67th | Q2 |
| Materials Chemistry | 112 / 327 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1997–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.1.
Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling is Q1 in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (rank 31 of 131), Q2 in Spectroscopy (rank 23 of 81) and Q2 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 63 of 194), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 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 6.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.498, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 90.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,940 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 Molecular Graphics and Modelling is published by Elsevier Inc. Its print ISSN is 1093-3263 and its online ISSN is 1873-4243.
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.
Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling has an h-index of 97 and a 2-year mean of 2.65 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #39 of 100 Scopus journals in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design.
Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling published 283 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 362. 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 (2026), authors are most often from India (19.2%), China (16%) and Saudi Arabia (7.6%).
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.
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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