Accounts of Chemical Research

Aims & Scope

Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry.

These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project.

In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem.

Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	17.7
2024	16.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	5.433

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	258

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17863

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Chemistry and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Density Functionals with Broad Applicability in Chemistry

  Citation: 6617

  Authors: Yan, Donald G.

• The path of chemical reactions - the IRC approach

  Citation: 5952

  Authors: Kenichi

• Modular Chemistry:  Secondary Building Units as a Basis for the Design of Highly Porous and Robust Metal−Organic Carboxylate Frameworks

  Citation: 4802

  Authors: Mohamed, David B., Hailian, Banglin, Theresa M., Michael, Omar M.

• Calculating Structures and Free Energies of Complex Molecules:  Combining Molecular Mechanics and Continuum Models

  Citation: 4311

  Authors: Peter A., Irina, Carolina, Bernd, Shuanghong, Lillian, Matthew, Taisung, Yong, Wei, Oreola, Piotr, Jaysharee, David A., Thomas E.

• Single-Atom Catalysts: A New Frontier in Heterogeneous Catalysis

  Citation: 4183

  Authors: Xiao-Feng, Aiqin, Botao, Jun, Jingyue, Tao

• Encoding and decoding hydrogen-bond patterns of organic compounds

  Citation: 3810

  Authors: Margaret C.

• Noble Metals on the Nanoscale: Optical and Photothermal Properties and Some Applications in Imaging, Sensing, Biology, and Medicine

  Citation: 3763

  Authors: Prashant K., Xiaohua, Ivan H., Mostafa A.

• The Development of L₂X₂RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts:  An Organometallic Success Story

  Citation: 3370

  Authors: Tina M., Robert H.

• Atoms in molecules

  Citation: 3285

  Authors: R. F. W.

• Chemistry and Physics in One Dimension:  Synthesis and Properties of Nanowires and Nanotubes

  Citation: 3134

  Authors: Jiangtao, Teri Wang, Charles M.

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