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Journal of Molecular Science is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.4). Published by Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University.
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ISSN 1000-9035Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry (miscellaneous) | 132 / 137 | 4th | Q4 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 187 / 194 | 3rd | Q4 |
| Inorganic Chemistry | 84 / 86 | 2nd | Q4 |
| Organic Chemistry | 210 / 215 | 2nd | Q4 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.4.
Journal of Molecular Science is Q4 in Chemistry (miscellaneous) (rank 132 of 137), Q4 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 187 of 194) and Q4 in Inorganic Chemistry (rank 84 of 86), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Molecular Science 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 0.4, quartile Q4, 4th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.123, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 5.
Journal of Molecular Science is published by Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University. Its ISSN is 1000-9035.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Molecular Science has an h-index of 2 and a 2-year mean of 0.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.4, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #117 of 132 Scopus journals in Chemistry (miscellaneous).
Journal of Molecular Science published 36 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.
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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