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Main Group Chemistry

SAGE Publications Ltd · Netherlands · Est. 1995

ISSN1745-1167

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.265

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.276

Total Worksi

909

Total Citationsi

5,432

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications909

Publisher OrgIOS Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1745-1167

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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

171

2019

2020

110

655

2021

269

2022

213

2023

2024

2025

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.

Inorganic ChemistryQ3

Materials ChemistryQ3

Organic ChemistryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Organic ChemistryInorganic ChemistryMaterials Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Metal complexes synthesis and propertiesMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisOrganometallic Compounds Synthesis and CharacterizationCrystal structures of chemical compoundsSynthesis and biological activityCrystallography and molecular interactionsOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryInorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

Frequently asked questions about Main Group Chemistry

Is Main Group Chemistry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Main Group Chemistry: 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 Main Group Chemistry?

Main Group Chemistry 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 0.70.

Is Main Group Chemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Main Group Chemistry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Main Group Chemistry?