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Heterocycles

Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry · Japan

ISSN0385-5414

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.139

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

17,897

Total Citationsi

185,556

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Analytical Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Pharmacology.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 179 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications17,897

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0385-5414

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

242

1.2k

2016

293

1.1k

2017

323

1.2k

2018

227

696

2019

137

424

2020

231

715

2021

189

344

2022

117

113

2023

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.

Analytical ChemistryQ4

Organic ChemistryQ4

PharmacologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyAnalytical ChemistryOrganic Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Synthesis and Reactions of Organic CompoundsSynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsSynthesis and Biological EvaluationChemical synthesis and alkaloidsAsymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Frequently asked questions about Heterocycles

Is Heterocycles a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Heterocycles: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Heterocycles?

Heterocycles is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.139.

Is Heterocycles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Heterocycles is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Heterocycles?