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ChemPhysChem

Wiley-VCH Verlag · Germany · Est. 2000

ISSN1439-4235eISSN1439-7641

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.54

H-Indexi

181

SNIPi

0.616

Total Worksi

12,733

Total Citationsi

296,233

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Physical; Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Frequency18 No. A Year, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications12,733

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-VCH Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1439-4235 / 1439-7641

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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

471

8.4k

2019

434

6.5k

2020

373

3.9k

2021

483

3.5k

2022

512

2.4k

2023

711

3.1k

2024

464

924

2025

334

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.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsQ2

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalPhysics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical

Scopus Categories

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesMolecular Junctions and NanostructuresPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAdvanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsCrystallography and molecular interactionsIonic liquids properties and applicationsElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Frequently asked questions about ChemPhysChem

Is ChemPhysChem a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ChemPhysChem: 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 ChemPhysChem?

ChemPhysChem 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 2.34.

Is ChemPhysChem indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ChemPhysChem is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ChemPhysChem?