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Molecules is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 1420-3049Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic Chemistry | 23 / 215 | 89th | Q1 |
| Pharmaceutical Science | 22 / 191 | 88th | Q1 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 25 / 194 | 87th | Q1 |
| Analytical Chemistry | 25 / 160 | 84th | Q1 |
| Drug Discovery | 26 / 161 | 84th | Q1 |
| Molecular Medicine | 29 / 179 | 84th | Q1 |
| Chemistry (miscellaneous) | 27 / 137 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.3.
Molecules is Q1 in Organic Chemistry (rank 23 of 215), Q1 in Pharmaceutical Science (rank 22 of 191) and Q1 in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (rank 25 of 194), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
Molecules 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 10.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.915, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 296.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,258 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.
Molecules is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 1420-3049.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Molecules has an h-index of 348 and a 2-year mean of 6.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #20 of 210 Scopus journals in Organic Chemistry.
Molecules published 4,837 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 9,152. 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 China (26.6%), Poland (11.3%) and Italy (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 134 retracted papers are recorded (2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 18 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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