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Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Institution of Chemical Engineers · United Kingdom · Est. 1983

ISSN1744-3563

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.721

H-Indexi

183

SNIPi

0.987

Total Worksi

20,158

Total Citationsi

504,425

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Chemical Engineering Research and Design aims to be the principal international journal for publication of high quality, original papers in chemical engineering. It fosters the development of research in mechanics, chemical engineering, thermodynamics, process engineering, and chromatography.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

FrequencySix Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications20,158

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Institution of Chemical Engineers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-3563

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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

943

36k

2019

39k

2020

1.1k

34k

2021

1.6k

42k

2022

1.7k

35k

2023

2.2k

31k

2024

2.1k

11k

2025

1.5k

919

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)Q2

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Chemical

Scopus Categories

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Process Optimization and IntegrationRisk and Safety AnalysisFluid Dynamics and MixingMembrane Separation TechnologiesAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationCombustion and Detonation ProcessesAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceExtraction and Separation ProcessesCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Is Chemical Engineering Research and Design a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chemical Engineering Research and Design: 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 Research and Design?

Chemical Engineering Research and Design 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 6.37.

Is Chemical Engineering Research and Design indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chemical Engineering Research and Design is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.