Chemistry journals by time to acceptance (2025)
61 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUCrData | 11 (5–23) | 120 | 7 | $300 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry | 24 (11–43) | 53 | 54 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications | 29 (15–53) | 238 | 8 | $500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| ACS Organic & Inorganic Au | 46 (36–73) | 59 | 11 | $3,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Fluorescence | 50 (40–65) | 563 | 21 | ≈$4,690 | — | 1.53 |
| Chemistry - A European Journal | 51 (34–74) | 1,321 | 13 | ≈$4,640 | Hybrid | 0.11 |
| Microchimica Acta | 56 (44–73) | 875 | 19 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.33 |
| Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry | 57 (39–89) | 94 | 12 | ≈$3,950 | — | 0.0 |
| Organometallics | 57 (40–73) | 55 | 8 | ≈$4,500 | — | 0.0 |
| Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 59 (41–84) | 4,413 | 11 | ≈$5,510 | Hybrid | 0.2 |
| JACS Au | 59 (41–78) | 573 | 12 | $3,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.57 |
| European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | 61 (46–80) | 1,076 | 3 | ≈$4,650 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Molecular Modeling | 61 (43–101) | 346 | 18 | ≈$4,290 | — | 1.04 |
| Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry | 61 (47–78) | 339 | 2 | ≈$3,960 | — | 0.0 |
| Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 61 (45–83) | 148 | 15 | ≈$4,550 | — | 0.0 |
| Proteomes | 61 (46–87) | 68 | 6 | ≈$2,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Chromatography A | 63 (45–83) | 808 | 1 | ≈$4,040 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry | 64 (50–87) | 549 | 20 | ≈$3,990 | Hybrid | 0.33 |
| Chemistry - An Asian Journal | 65 (45–98) | 698 | 15 | ≈$4,520 | — | 0.0 |
| ACS Catalysis | 65 (42–87) | 197 | 12 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Molecular Diversity | 66 (44–108) | 352 | 17 | ≈$4,290 | — | 0.81 |
| Chemical Science | 67 (46–92) | 2,143 | 2 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.11 |
| Carbohydrate Research | 68 (51–97) | 308 | 1 | ≈$3,800 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Talanta | 69 (51–97) | 1,650 | 2 | ≈$4,610 | Hybrid | 0.15 |
| ACS Measurement Science Au | 69 (54–85) | 101 | 10 | $3,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| RSC Medicinal Chemistry | 70 (50–95) | 372 | 6 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 72 (56–92) | 2,852 | 1 | ≈$4,470 | Hybrid | 0.17 |
| Journal of Chromatography B | 72 (54–101) | 319 | 3 | ≈$3,640 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Bioorganic Chemistry | 73 (52–104) | 1,192 | 2 | ≈$4,240 | Hybrid | 0.23 |
| Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters | 73 (54–104) | 304 | 2 | ≈$3,880 | Hybrid | 0.57 |
| Analytical Sciences | 73 (53–98) | 143 | 20 | ≈$3,690 | — | 1.06 |
| Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy | 75 (54–107) | 1,517 | 2 | ≈$3,750 | — | 0.14 |
| Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry | 76 (58–104) | 270 | 2 | ≈$4,220 | — | 1.59 |
| Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry | 77 (61–111) | 110 | 16 | ≈$4,440 | — | 0.0 |
| Crystal Growth & Design | 77 (54–123) | 95 | 9 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Chirality | 77 (46–115) | 54 | — | ≈$4,030 | — | 0.0 |
| Analytica Chimica Acta | 79 (55–109) | 1,060 | 1 | ≈$4,270 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Biomedical Chromatography | 79 (46–118) | 344 | — | ≈$3,710 | — | 0.77 |
| Analytical Science Advances | 79 (45–118) | 60 | 24 | $3,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Journal of Computational Chemistry | 82 (53–113) | 258 | — | ≈$4,520 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis | 84 (64–113) | 558 | 2 | ≈$3,680 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry | 86 (70–107) | 185 | 15 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 88 (66–120) | 336 | 4 | ≈$3,620 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Separation Science | 90 (54–123) | 247 | — | ≈$4,030 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Magnetic Resonance | 91 (64–122) | 89 | 6 | ≈$3,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry | 92 (58–130) | 210 | — | ≈$4,840 | — | 0.0 |
| Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry | 95 (76–110) | 151 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Macromolecules | 96 (70–128) | 187 | 9 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of AOAC International | 98 (57–143) | 111 | — | ≈$1,868 | — | 1.41 |
| Journal of Mass Spectrometry | 103 (66–158) | 91 | — | ≈$4,430 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Proteomics | 104 (75–150) | 119 | 2 | ≈$3,570 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| BMC Chemistry | 107 (67–153) | 332 | 23 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Archiv der Pharmazie | 114 (73–153) | 221 | — | ≈$3,300 | — | 0.0 |
| TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY | 115 (88–158) | 58 | 0 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Electrophoresis | 125 (83–167) | 104 | 17 | ≈$3,940 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Communications Chemistry | 139 (101–186) | 447 | 20 | $3,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Chemical Biology & Drug Design | 139 (85–223) | 191 | — | ≈$3,920 | — | 0.0 |
| Clinical Proteomics | 139 (80–175) | 52 | 34 | $2,690 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| PROTEOMICS | 141 (93–183) | 135 | 19 | ≈$4,650 | — | 1.39 |
| Molecular & Cellular Proteomics | 175 (125–238) | 212 | 3 | $4,020 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Nature Chemistry | 285 (214–368) | 215 | 42 | ≈$12,690 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Chemistry (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials | 81 (56–115) | 59 | 41 | ≈$4,220 | — | 0.0 |
| Medicinal Chemistry | 87 (61–102) | 102 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Acta chimica slovenica | 109 (76–173) | 67 | 16 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences | 241 (154–379) | 80 | 104 | $500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2023
2 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2023 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Organic Synthesis | 107 (75–138) | 75 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Analytical Chemistry | 110 (69–161) | 50 | 16 | $1,790 | Open access (DOAJ) | 164.34 |
Latest available year: 2022
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2022 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications | 79 (51–128) | 109 | 28 | $1,790 | Open access (DOAJ) | 294.12 |
| Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry | 95 (62–148) | 84 | 27 | $2,380 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Topics in Current Chemistry | 121 (88–161) | 55 | 36 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Chromatographic Science | 228 (175–285) | 52 | — | ≈$4,822 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2021
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2021 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chemical Record | 42 (32–53) | 133 | 17 | ≈$4,710 | — | 1.17 |
| Magnetic Resonance | 71 (56–101) | 53 | 23 | ≈$1,062 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Journal of Molecular Structure | 89 (52–121) | 64 | 5 | ≈$3,360 | — | — |
| Mass Spectrometry Reviews | 103 (64–137) | 67 | 22 | ≈$5,230 | — | 0.0 |
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Which Chemistry journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 61 Chemistry journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 11 days (IUCrData). The middle journal's median was 73 days. Speed is not a measure of quality; check scope, indexing and fees too.
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Data sources. Submission, acceptance and publication dates: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed, entries through Sep 15, 2026). NLM does not endorse Journal Clock, and these figures may not reflect the most current PubMed data. Journal fees and open-access listing: DOAJ (CC0, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Fees paid by institutions: OpenAPC (Open Database License, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Retractions: Retraction Watch Database via Crossref (retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Journal identifiers and topics: OpenAlex (CC0). Currency conversion: ECB reference rates (Sep 15, 2026). How these numbers are calculated · For organisations.