About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Sulfur Chemistry is an international journal for the dissemination of scientific results in the rapidly expanding realm of sulfur chemistry. The journal publishes high quality reviews, full papers and communications in the following areas: organic and inorganic chemistry, industrial chemistry, materials and polymer chemistry, biological chemistry and interdisciplinary studies directly related to sulfur science.
Papers outlining theoretical, physical, mechanistic or synthetic studies pertaining to sulfur chemistry are welcome. Hence the target audience is made up of academic and industrial chemists with peripheral or focused interests in sulfur chemistry. Manuscripts that truly define the aims of the journal include, but are not limited to, those that offer: a) innovative use of sulfur reagents; b) new synthetic approaches to sulfur-containing biomolecules, materials or organic and organometallic compounds; c) theoretical and physical studies that facilitate the understanding of sulfur structure, bonding or reactivity; d) catalytic, selective, synthetically useful or noteworthy transformations of sulfur containing molecules; e) industrial applications of sulfur chemistry; f) unique sulfur atom or molecule involvement in interfacial phenomena; g) descriptions of solid phase or combinatorial methods involving sulfur containing substrates. Submissions pertaining to related atoms such as selenium and tellurium are also welcome. Articles offering routine heterocycle formation through established reactions of sulfur containing substrates are outside the scope of the journal.
The distinguished international Editorial Board will oversee the scientific direction of the journal and will ensure a strict refereeing process so that only high quality submissions are accepted for publication.
Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
Publishing Ethics
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 37K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.641 (2023) SNIP
- 0.315 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 43 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 61 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 34% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s 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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Alan Aitken - St Andrews, School of Chemistry, UK
Editorial Board:
Carsten Bolm - RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Antonella Capperucci - Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Jean-Philippe Chauvin - Arkema Inc, USA
Mauricio F. Erben - National University of La Plata, Argentina
Kent S. Gates - University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Kei Goto - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Richard Grainger - University of Birmingham, UK
Akihiko Ishii - Saitama University, Japan
Xuefeng Jiang - East Normal University, China
Osvaldo Lanzalunga - Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Grzegorz Mloston - University of Lodz, Poland
Valentine Nenajdenko - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Turan Ozturk - Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Andrea Pace - Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Stéphane Perrio - ENSICAEN–Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
Adrian Schwan - University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Qadir Timerghazin - Marquette University, USA
Norihiro Tokitoh - Kyoto University, Japan
Boris A. Trofimov - A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Russia
Wolfgang Weigand - Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Jie Wu - Taizhou University, China
Ming Xian - Brown University, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Sulfur Chemistry is currently abstracted/indexed in:
- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
- Chemical Abstracts Services
- Chimica
- Current Contents - Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
- EI Compendex
- Google Scholar
- Microsoft Academic
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- Scopus
Open access
Journal of Sulfur Chemistry is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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6 issue per year
Continued as:
- Journal of Sulfur Chemistry (2004 - current)
Formerly known as
- Sulfur Letters (1984 - 2003)
- Sulfur reports (1980 - 2003)
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