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Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 15.2), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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Quick answers
Is Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1990–present (also 1970), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 15.2.
What quartile is Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical in Scopus?
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical is Q1 in Instrumentation (rank 3 of 206), Q1 in Condensed Matter Physics (rank 15 of 446) and Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 45 of 1030), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 10 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical?
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 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 15.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.331, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 259.
How much does it cost to publish in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$5,010 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical and what is its ISSN?
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 0925-4005.
Is Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical has an h-index of 278 and a 2-year mean of 8.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 15.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 146 Scopus journals in Instrumentation.
278
h-index
8.41
2-yr mean citations
29,999
i10-index
38,981
works indexed
1,649,058
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$5,010
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#4 of 146Top 3%Instrumentation
#22 of 425Top 6%Condensed Matter Physics
#33 of 744Top 5%Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Papers published per year
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical published 1,985 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 3,477. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Analytical Chemistry and SensorsGas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesAdvanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
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.
Who publishes in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical? — latest 94 articles, 2026
In its latest 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (77.1%), South Korea (3.7%) and India (2.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 22 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers22 · 0.6 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flags2 · 0.1 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases
Author concentration77.1% of recent authorship from China
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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