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Chemistry Africa

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2018

ISSN2522-5766

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.401

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.579

Total Worksi

1,636

Total Citationsi

10,368

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Chemistry Africa is a Journal that focuses on all fields of chemistry, with a particular emphasis on sustainable development in Africa. An international journal covering all branches of chemistry. Endeavors to promote the visibility and quality. Welcomes research from Africa and all over the world that promotes sustainability. Places emphasis on the quality and originality of the work. Provides a modern, visible, and high-quality publishing platform for research in chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 306 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,636

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2522-5766

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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

1.4k

2019

1.5k

2020

1.2k

2021

267

2.8k

2022

266

2023

321

1.6k

2024

332

682

2025

317

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.

CatalysisQ3

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q3

Environmental ChemistryQ3

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Physical and Theoretical ChemistryChemistry (miscellaneous)Environmental ChemistryCatalysis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalSynthesis and biological activityNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsCorrosion Behavior and InhibitionAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityHeavy metals in environmentNanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Frequently asked questions about Chemistry Africa

Is Chemistry Africa a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chemistry Africa: 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 Chemistry Africa?

Chemistry Africa 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 2.08.

Is Chemistry Africa indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chemistry Africa is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.