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MolBank is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 1422-8599Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 175 / 194 | 10th | Q4 |
| Organic Chemistry | 199 / 215 | 7th | Q4 |
| Biochemistry | 414 / 448 | 7th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.9.
MolBank is Q4 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 175 of 194), Q4 in Organic Chemistry (rank 199 of 215) and Q4 in Biochemistry (rank 414 of 448), by CiteScore 2025.
MolBank 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 0.9, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 10th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.142, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 13.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$603 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.
MolBank is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 1422-8599.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
MolBank has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 0.47 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #158 of 191 Scopus journals in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.
MolBank published 171 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 225. 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 Russia (14.1%), China (12.1%) and United Kingdom (7.8%).
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.
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