Journal rankings · indicator year 2012
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Field ranking · 2012
Chemistry journal rankings 2012
195 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Chemistry has 195 ranked journals in 2012. The median journal has an OJR of 0.65, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2011; Q1 starts at OJR 1.22. The top three are Accounts of Chemical Research, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2012. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2009–2011, the window the 2012 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Chemistry (6)
Up to Physical Sciences195 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2011. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2009–2011, the window the 2012 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2009–2011 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2003 to 2012. | Compare |
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1Accounts of Chemical ResearchAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 11.56Q1 | 21.38 2.05 down from 2011 | 509 | 24% | $4,500 | ||
2Journal of the American Chemical SocietyAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 4.84Q1 | 11.79 0.57 up from 2011 | 10,030 | 31% | $4,500 | ||
3Angewandte Chemie International EditionWiley · Germany | 4.48Q1 | 10.27 0.09 up from 2011 | 6,797 | 21% | $5,510 | ||
4Nature ChemistryNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.33Q1 | 10.21 2.97 up from 2011 | 1,041 | 23% | $12,690 | ||
5Chemical ScienceOARoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 4.11Q1 | 8.74 0.68 up from 2011 | 559 | 21% | — | ||
6Mass Spectrometry ReviewsWiley · United States | 3.79Q1 | 7.64 0.35 down from 2011 | 137 | 12% | $5,230 | ||
7Green ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.24Q1 | 7.78 1.02 up from 2011 | 1,092 | 9% | — | ||
8ACS CatalysisAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 3.05Q1 | 6.22 0.56 down from 2011 | 229 | 12% | $4,500 | ||
9Chemical CommunicationsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.93Q1 | 6.95 0.34 up from 2011 | 8,139 | 11% | — | ||
10Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.91Q1 | 7.05 1.52 up from 2011 | 82 | 8% | $4,170 | ||
11Organic LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.77Q1 | 6.61 0.10 down from 2011 | 4,653 | 20% | $4,500 | ||
12Polymer ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.61Q1 | 5.70 0.32 up from 2011 | 639 | 7% | — | ||
13Advanced Synthesis & CatalysisWiley · Germany | 2.55Q1 | 5.48 0.46 down from 2011 | 1,272 | 10% | $4,650 | ||
14Chemistry - A European JournalWiley · Germany | 2.47Q1 | 5.63 0.23 down from 2011 | 5,479 | 13% | $4,640 | ||
15Journal of Chromatography AElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.21Q1 | 4.90 0.24 up from 2011 | 3,183 | 11% | $4,040 | ||
16Journal of Proteome ResearchAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.15Q1 | 5.64 0.26 up from 2011 | 1,765 | 36% | $4,500 | ||
17The Chemical RecordWiley · United States | 2.10Q1 | 3.25 1.22 down from 2011 | 124 | 30% | $4,710 | ||
18Applied Spectroscopy ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.09Q1 | 3.67 0.15 down from 2011 | 69 | 6% | — | ||
19The Journal of Organic ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.09Q1 | 5.06 0.11 up from 2011 | 3,907 | 16% | $4,500 | ||
20ACS Macro LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.05Q1 | 4.31no 2011 value | 55 | 14% | $4,500 | — | |
21Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference DataAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 1.90Q1 | 3.56 0.42 up from 2011 | 49 | 8% | — | ||
22Solvent Extraction and Ion ExchangeTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.82Q1 | 2.75 0.17 up from 2011 | 132 | 6% | — | ||
23Chemistry - An Asian JournalWiley · Germany | 1.81Q1 | 3.97 0.12 up from 2011 | 1,049 | 8% | $4,520 | ||
24Journal of Food Composition and AnalysisElsevier BV · United States | 1.80Q1 | 2.89 0.34 up from 2011 | 404 | 14% | $3,450 | ||
25Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 2.61 0.55 up from 2011 | 374 | 11% | $3,970 | ||
26OrganometallicsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.67Q1 | 4.52 0.07 up from 2011 | 2,675 | 12% | $4,500 | ||
27Current Organic ChemistryBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 1.66Q1 | 3.26 0.11 down from 2011 | 447 | 8% | — | ||
28Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer ChemistryWiley · United States | 1.64Q1 | 3.79 0.40 down from 2011 | 1,924 | 7% | $3,200 | ||
29Pure and Applied ChemistryInternational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry · Germany | 1.63Q1 | 3.37 0.30 up from 2011 | 564 | 96% | $2,712 | ||
30Expert Review of ProteomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.62Q1 | 3.88 0.66 up from 2011 | 223 | 33% | — | ||
31ACS Combinatorial ScienceAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.61Q1 | 3.91 0.95 up from 2011 | 102 | 31% | $4,500 | ||
32Organic & Biomolecular ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 3.84 0.22 down from 2011 | 2,605 | 13% | — | ||
33Journal of the American Society for Mass SpectrometryAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.54Q1 | 3.67 0.36 down from 2011 | 763 | 35% | $4,500 | ||
34Russian Chemical ReviewsOAInstitute of Physics · Russia | 1.48Q1 | 2.52 0.35 down from 2011 | 168 | 100% | — | ||
35Journal of Molecular Catalysis A ChemicalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.45Q1 | 3.21 0.13 up from 2011 | 928 | 7% | — | ||
36Molecular DiversitySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.41Q1 | 3.05 0.36 up from 2011 | 241 | 10% | $4,290 | ||
37Journal of Separation ScienceWiley · Germany | 1.40Q1 | 2.85 0.03 up from 2011 | 1,497 | 12% | $4,030 | ||
38Journal of ChemometricsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 2.52 0.43 up from 2011 | 203 | 10% | $3,710 | ||
39Sensing and Instrumentation for Food Quality and SafetySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.40Q1 | 1.65 0.09 down from 2011 | 57 | — | — | ||
40Microporous and Mesoporous MaterialsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.39Q1 | 2.81 0.24 down from 2011 | 1,324 | 9% | $3,970 | ||
41Rapid Communications in Mass SpectrometryWiley · United Kingdom | 1.39Q1 | 2.86 0.02 up from 2011 | 1,456 | 12% | $4,840 | ||
42Journal of Mass SpectrometryWiley · United Kingdom | 1.37Q1 | 3.17 0.18 up from 2011 | 487 | 11% | $4,430 | ||
43Future Medicinal ChemistryFuture Science Ltd · United Kingdom | 1.35Q1 | 2.85 0.79 up from 2011 | 445 | 25% | — | ||
44European Journal of Organic ChemistryWiley · Germany | 1.33Q1 | 3.00 0.07 down from 2011 | 2,633 | 15% | $4,330 | ||
45TetrahedronElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.31Q1 | 2.86 0.11 down from 2011 | 3,906 | 9% | $3,680 | ||
46Beilstein Journal of Organic ChemistryOABeilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences · Germany | 1.30Q1 | 2.99 0.63 up from 2011 | 420 | 100% | — | ||
47Comments on Inorganic ChemistryTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.28Q1 | 2.03 0.70 down from 2011 | 36 | 8% | — | ||
48European Journal of Inorganic ChemistryWiley · Germany | 1.24Q1 | 2.82 0.01 down from 2011 | 2,178 | 15% | $4,050 | ||
49Current Organic SynthesisBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 1.22Q1 | 1.88 2.10 down from 2011 | 112 | 7% | — | ||
50Journal of Near Infrared SpectroscopySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.21Q2 | 1.81 0.58 up from 2011 | 136 | 8% | $4,150 |
Subfields of Chemistry, compared.
- Organic Chemistry118
- Analytical Chemistry29
- Spectroscopy25
- Inorganic Chemistry19
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry3
- Electrochemistry1
Journals
Citations made in 2012. Corpus-wide, 75.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
64 additional Chemistry journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2009–2011, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2012. Publication window: 2009–2011. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 195
- Window papers (baseline)
- 254,287 +10.4% from indicator year 2009
- Median OJR
- 0.649 +4.9% from indicator year 2009
- Rising journals (2025)
- 25Comparison-group list (25)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2009–2011 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 137 | 138 | 149 | 153 | 155 | 159 | 159 | 160 | 166 | 173 | 176 | 181 | 195 | 215 | 221 | 228 | 235 | 232 | 231 | 233 | 234 | 237 | 235 | 239 | 232 | 232 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 172,482 | 176,080 | 179,077 | 183,694 | 189,084 | 197,327 | 206,346 | 215,895 | 224,057 | 230,433 | 236,603 | 243,807 | 254,287 | 261,691 | 269,998 | 272,767 | 273,338 | 265,414 | 249,893 | 237,248 | 230,533 | 232,668 | 233,225 | 229,202 | 225,643 | 230,176 | |
| Median OJR | 0.620 | 0.638 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.6173 | 0.57 | 0.6170 | 0.654 | 0.618 | 0.635 | 0.622 | 0.649 | 0.544 | 0.541 | 0.56 | 0.505 | 0.49559 | 0.491 | 0.432 | 0.434 | 0.48 | 0.486 | 0.499 | 0.49563 | 0.509 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 4.3% | 197 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.568 per 1,000 | 177 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -11.4% | 212 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 41.5% | 232 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,610 | 141 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 20.0% | 228 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 232 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.51 | 232 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 35.7% | 232 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 44.6% | 231 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.