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Applied Catalysis A: General

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1981

ISSN1873-3875

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.

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📊 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

0.892

H-Indexi

260

SNIPi

0.956

Total Worksi

18,945

Total Citationsi

792,497

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Physical; Environmental Sciences; Catalysis; Process Chemistry and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 475 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications18,945

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-3875

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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

414

12k

2019

461

12k

2020

397

8.1k

2021

438

6.7k

2022

437

5.4k

2023

424

2024

564

1.6k

2025

357

125

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.

CatalysisQ2

Process Chemistry and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Process Chemistry and TechnologyCatalysis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesCatalysts for Methane ReformingZeolite Catalysis and SynthesisMesoporous Materials and CatalysisCatalysis for Biomass ConversionNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Applied Catalysis A: General

Is Applied Catalysis A: General a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Catalysis A: General: 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 Applied Catalysis A: General?

Applied Catalysis A: General 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 2.92.

Is Applied Catalysis A: General indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Catalysis A: General is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Applied Catalysis A: General?