SynOpen

Georg Thieme Verlag · Germany · Est. 2017

ISSN2509-9396eISSN2509-9396

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.373

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.489

Total Worksi

366

Total Citationsi

1,772

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Organic; Biomaterials; Catalysis; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Organic Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications366

Publisher OrgGeorg Thieme Verlag

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Georg Thieme Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2509-9396 / 2509-9396

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

N/A

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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

121

2019

117

2020

454

2021

181

2022

500

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.

BiomaterialsQ3

CatalysisQ3

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Organic ChemistryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Organic

Scopus Categories

BiomaterialsOrganic ChemistryMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Catalysis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsChemical Synthesis and AnalysisChemical Synthesis and ReactionsSulfur-Based Synthesis TechniquesSynthesis and Catalytic ReactionsAsymmetric Synthesis and CatalysisSynthesis and Biological EvaluationSynthesis and biological activityAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods

Frequently asked questions about SynOpen

Is SynOpen a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SynOpen: 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 SynOpen?

SynOpen 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 1.12.

Is SynOpen indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SynOpen is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of SynOpen?