Chemistry · 118 journals ranked · top 40 listed
Best open-access journals for Chemistry
The top 40 of 118 Chemistry journals, open-access only, ranked with primary-Chemistry journals first, then by Scimago quartile and OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1Chemical Science9.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2ACS Central Science9.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 5Russian Chemical Reviews7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of PhysicsOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Molecular & Cellular Proteomics4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 9Journal of Saudi Chemical Society6.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 11Separations4.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Inorganics4.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry4.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry3.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Journal of Chemistry3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 18Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Baghdad Science Journal1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · College of Science for Women, University of BaghdadOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 20TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY5.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMedTR-Dizin
- 21Heterocyclic Communications4.1 cites/paper · Q3 · De GruyterOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering2.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 23Journal of Chemical Research2.0 cites/paper · Q3 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Comptes Rendus Chimie2.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Académie des sciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26Journal of Spectroscopy1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Pharmaceutical Society of JapanOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Chemical Society of EthiopiaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Acta Chromatographica1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · University of Silesia in KatowiceOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30Acta chimica slovenica1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Slovenian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · Swiss Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · Brazilian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 34Journal of Al-Nahrain University-Science0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Al-Nahrain UniversityOpen AccessScopus
- 35Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications0.6 cites/paper · Q3 · International Union of CrystallographyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 36Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society0.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Sociedad Chilena de QuímicaOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 38Química Nova0.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Brazilian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society1.2 cites/paper · Q4 · Serbian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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