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Best open-access journals for Chemistry

The top Chemistry journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from an 88,000-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.

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  1. 1
    Aggregate
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    ACS Central Science
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Chemical Physics Impact
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  4. 4
    Chemical Science
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    JACS Au
    6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    CCS Chemistry
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Chinese Chemical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  7. 7
    Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Communications Chemistry
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Molecules
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    IUCrJ
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · International Union of Crystallography
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Adsorption Science & Technology
    1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Catalysis Communications
    10.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  14. 14
    Designed Monomers & Polymers
    5.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Frontiers in Chemistry
    5.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Journal of Saudi Chemical Society
    5.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  17. 17
    BMC Chemistry
    4.6 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Results in Chemistry
    4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Chemosensors
    4.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Separations
    3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Inorganics
    3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry
    2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Journal of Chemistry
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Open Chemistry
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · De Gruyter Open
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Scientia Pharmaceutica
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Österreichische Apotheker-Verlagsgesellschaft m. b. H.
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Crystals
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    ChemistryOpen
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · WileyOpen
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Medknow
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Journal of Oleo Science
    1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Japan Oil Chemists' Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
    1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science
    1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Open Science Publishers LLP
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  33. 33
    FARMACIA
    0.9 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Baghdad Science Journal
    0.9 cites/paper · Q2 · College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  35. 35
    Heterocyclic Communications
    3.4 cites/paper · Q3 · De Gruyter
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    South African Journal of Chemistry
    1.6 cites/paper · Q3 · Sabinet
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  37. 37
    Comptes Rendus Chimie
    1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Main Group Metal Chemistry
    1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · De Gruyter
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  39. 39
    Journal of Chemical Research
    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“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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