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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN0253-2964eISSN1229-5949

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2015-07-01). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.548

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.504

Total Worksi

14,975

Total Citationsi

108,021

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 142 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications14,975

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0253-2964 / 1229-5949

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

284

1.3k

2019

265

1.5k

2020

280

2.2k

2021

212

1.4k

2022

149

775

2023

132

693

2024

146

309

2025

116

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisChemical Synthesis and ReactionsAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemical Reaction MechanismsMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Is Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society a predatory journal?

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2015-07-01). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society?

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.09.

Is Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society?