Chemistry · 103 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Chemistry
The top Chemistry journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-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 Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1Chemical Science7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Journal of Saudi Chemical Society5.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 6Separations3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry3.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Journal of Chemistry2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Baghdad Science Journal1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · College of Science for Women, University of BaghdadOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 14TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY5.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMedTR-Dizin
- 15Heterocyclic Communications3.4 cites/paper · Q3 · De GruyterOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Journal of Chemical Research1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Pharmaceutical Society of JapanOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Journal of Spectroscopy1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Chemical Society of EthiopiaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Acta Chromatographica1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · University of Silesia in KatowiceOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 24CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Swiss Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Brazilian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Acta chimica slovenica0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Slovenian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications0.5 cites/paper · Q3 · International Union of CrystallographyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society0.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Sociedad Chilena de QuímicaOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 30Química Nova0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Brazilian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 32Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society1.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Serbian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 33Croatica Chemica Acta0.9 cites/paper · Q4 · Croatian Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36YAKUGAKU ZASSHI0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · Pharmaceutical Society of JapanOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Molbank0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 39Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · De GruyterOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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“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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