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Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0951-4198eISSN1097-0231

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.362

H-Indexi

174

SNIPi

0.591

Total Worksi

14,429

Total Citationsi

354,880

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Chemistry, Analytical; Spectroscopy; Analytical Chemistry; Organic Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwenty Four No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications14,429

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?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0951-4198 / 1097-0231

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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

355

4.1k

2019

373

3.5k

2020

238

2.2k

2021

237

1.4k

2022

193

901

2023

272

796

2024

248

380

2025

164

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.

Analytical ChemistryQ3

Organic ChemistryQ3

SpectroscopyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsChemistry, AnalyticalSpectroscopy

Scopus Categories

SpectroscopyAnalytical ChemistryOrganic Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyIsotope Analysis in EcologyMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesAnalytical chemistry methods development

Frequently asked questions about Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Is Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry?

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 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 1.51.

Is Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry?