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Journal of Cheminformatics

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1758-2946eISSN1758-2946

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.355

H-Indexi

119

SNIPi

1.792

Total Worksi

1,786

Total Citationsi

99,455

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Computer Science, Information Systems; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design; Computer Science Applications; Library and Information Sciences; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 156 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,786

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1758-2946 / 1758-2946

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

5.4k

2019

8.1k

2020

100

6.8k

2021

2.4k

2022

124

3.2k

2023

147

2.6k

2024

197

1.2k

2025

148

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.

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Library and Information SciencesQ1

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryComputer Science, Information SystemsComputer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesComputer Science ApplicationsComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsMachine Learning in Materials ScienceProtein Structure and DynamicsMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyBiomedical Text Mining and OntologiesMachine Learning in BioinformaticsBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksChemical Synthesis and AnalysisScientific Computing and Data Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cheminformatics

Is Journal of Cheminformatics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Cheminformatics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Journal of Cheminformatics?

Journal of Cheminformatics 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 6.76.

Is Journal of Cheminformatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Cheminformatics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.