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Chemical Engineering Journal

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1976

ISSN1385-8947eISSN1873-3212

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.259

H-Indexi

385

SNIPi

1.846

Total Worksi

73,754

Total Citationsi

3,207,430

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Chemical Engineering Journal publishes original fundamental research, interpretative reviews, and discussions of new developments in chemical engineering. The journal focuses on chemical reaction engineering, environmental chemical engineering, and materials synthesis and processing. It also covers research in adsorption, catalysis, inorganic chemistry, and aqueous solutions, with a primary focus on computational research and experimental validation.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications73,754

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1385-8947 / 1873-3212

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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?

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

3.2k

310k

2019

4.2k

341k

2020

5.7k

380k

2021

6.3k

322k

2022

7.2k

261k

2023

11k

240k

2024

13k

111k

2025

8.8k

8.6k

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental ChemistryQ1

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, ChemicalEngineering, Environmental

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)Environmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAdvanced oxidation water treatmentAdvanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesAdvanced battery technologies researchSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Frequently asked questions about Chemical Engineering Journal

Is Chemical Engineering Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chemical Engineering Journal: 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 Chemical Engineering Journal?

Chemical Engineering Journal 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 9.34.

Is Chemical Engineering Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chemical Engineering Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.