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South African Journal of Chemical Engineering is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1026-9185Verify ISSN ↗2589-0344Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 67 / 1698 | 96th | Q1 |
| Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 9 / 99 | 91st | Q1 |
| Process Chemistry and Technology | 17 / 84 | 80th | Q1 |
| Energy (miscellaneous) | 25 / 106 | 76th | Q1 |
| Catalysis | 18 / 74 | 76th | Q1 |
| Filtration and Separation | 7 / 21 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.4.
South African Journal of Chemical Engineering is Q1 in Education (rank 67 of 1698), Q1 in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (rank 9 of 99) and Q1 in Process Chemistry and Technology (rank 17 of 84), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
South African Journal of Chemical Engineering 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 10.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.962, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 52.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$950 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.
South African Journal of Chemical Engineering is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1026-9185 and its online ISSN is 2589-0344.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
South African Journal of Chemical Engineering has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 4.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #115 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
South African Journal of Chemical Engineering published 176 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.
In its latest 87 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Indonesia (22.8%), Bangladesh (14.9%) and Iran (9.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (2.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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