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Journal of Chemical Education

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1800

ISSN1938-1328

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.626

H-Indexi

198

SNIPi

1.207

Total Worksi

54,867

Total Citationsi

473,474

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Education, Scientific Disciplines; Chemistry (miscellaneous); Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1800

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications54,867

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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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?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-1328

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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

513

12k

2019

746

16k

2020

562

8.3k

2021

535

2022

616

6.7k

2023

703

4.3k

2024

688

1.6k

2025

526

134

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.

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryEducation, Scientific Disciplines

Scopus Categories

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Various Chemistry Research TopicsHistory and advancements in chemistryChemistry and Chemical EngineeringInorganic and Organometallic ChemistryScience Education and PedagogyInnovative Teaching MethodsChemical Safety and Risk ManagementAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyAcademic Writing and PublishingExperimental Learning in Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chemical Education

Is Journal of Chemical Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Chemical Education: 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 Journal of Chemical Education?

Journal of Chemical Education 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 2.59.

Is Journal of Chemical Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Chemical Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Chemical Education?