Comments on Inorganic Chemistryis intended as a vehicle for authoritatively written critical discussions of inorganic chemistry research. We publish focused articles of any length that critique or comment upon new concepts, or which introduce new interpretations or developments of long-standing concepts. “Comments” may contain critical discussions of previously published work, or original research that critiques existing concepts or introduces novel concepts.
Through the medium of comments, the Editors encourage authors in any area of inorganic chemistry - synthesis, structure, spectroscopy, kinetics and mechanisms, theory - to write about their interests in a manner that is both personal and pedagogical.
Our journal is an excellent platform for younger inorganic chemists whose research is not yet widely known. Publishing with us allows you to describe your work and add your name and contribution to our impressive archive of publications from many well-established and up-and-coming inorganic chemists.
Reviews of topics important to the advancement of inorganic chemistry are especially solicited - with the distinction from other review journals being that wepublish more focused reviews, opposed to more comprehensive reviews. Reviews may reflect upon an author’s recent work as an overview of their contributions in a given area, or upon a new research direction they intend to navigate in the next stage of their career.
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Journal metrics
Usage
20K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.8 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
4.0 (2023) 5 year IF
9.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.653 (2023) SNIP
0.836 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
12 days avg. from submission to first
decision
34 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
17 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
20% acceptance rate
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quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief MOHAMMAD A. OMARY University of North Texas Department of Chemistry 1155 Union Circle, #305070 Denton, TX 76203 Tel: (940) 565-2443 Fax: (940) 565-4318 E-mail: [email protected]
Deputy Editor-in-Chief JOHN F. BERRY University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry Madison, WI 53706 Tel: (608) 262-7534 E-mail: [email protected]
Former Editors JOHN P. FACKLER, JR. FRED BASOLO PHILLIPP GÜTLICH NORMAN SUTIN Associate Editors THOMAS R. CUNDARI University of North Texas Department of Chemistry Denton, TX 76203 Tel: (940) 369-7753 E-mail: [email protected]
ROSSANA GALASSI University of Camerino School and Science and Technology Chemistry Division Camerino, Italy 62032 Tel:
SHENGQIAN MA University of South Florida Department of Chemistry Tampa, FL 33620 Tel: (813) 974-5217 E-mail: [email protected]
Editorial Advisory Board Richard Adams -South Carolina University, Columbia, South Carolina, USA Alan Balch -University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA Kristin Bowman-James-University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA Kara Bren-University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA Ana deBettencourt-Dias-University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA Larry Falvello-University of Zaragoza, Spain Peter Ford-University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA Francois Gabbai-Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA Lutz H. Gade-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany Harry B. Gray-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA Michael Hopkins-University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Tobin Marks-Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA Raphael Raptis -Florida International University, Miami, USA Christian Reber -University of Montreal, Canada Louis Michael Rendina-The University of Sydney, Australia Peter Steel- University of Canterbury, New Zealand Cheng-Yong Su -Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China Richard Winpenny -The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Raymond Wong -Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China Omar M. Yaghi- The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA Vivian W. W. Yam -University of Hong Kong, China Hong-Cai Zhou -Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Comments on Inorganic Chemistry is currently abstracted/indexed in:
Chemical Abstracts Service Chemical Abstracts (Online)
EBSCOhost (various)
ElsevierBV Scopus
Genamics JournalSeek
National Library of Medicine PubMed
OCLC ArticleFirst Electronic Collections Online
Personal Alert (Email)
ProQuest (various)
Clarivate Analytics Current Contents Science Citation Index Expanded Web of Science
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