Chemical Senses

Aims & Scope

Chemical Senses publishes original research and review papers on all aspects of chemoreception in both humans and animals.

An important part of the journal's coverage is devoted to techniques and the development and application of new methods for investigating chemoreception and chemosensory structures.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	2.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7921

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	362

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.713

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	117

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine and Neuroscience, 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.

• ‘Sniffin’ Sticks': Olfactory Performance Assessed by the Combined Testing of Odour Identification, Odor Discrimination and Olfactory Threshold

  Citation: 2050

  Authors: T., B., S.R., E., G.

• The Molecular Receptive Ranges of Human TAS2R Bitter Taste Receptors

  Citation: 965

  Authors: Wolfgang, Claudia, Christina, Anne, Elke, Bernd, Giovanni, Maik

• Olfactory Disorders and Quality of Life--An Updated Review

  Citation: 741

  Authors: I., S., T.

• Evaluating the ‘Labeled Magnitude Scale’ for Measuring Sensations of Taste and Smell

  Citation: 613

  Authors: Barry G., Pamela, Beverly, Greg, Krystyna, Jennifer

• Derivation and evaluation of a semantic scale of oral sensation magnitude with apparent ratio properties

  Citation: 510

  Authors: Barry G., Gregory S., Magdalena M.

• An Initial Evaluation of the Functions of Human Olfaction

  Citation: 504

  Authors: R. J.

• More Than Smell—COVID-19 Is Associated With Severe Impairment of Smell, Taste, and Chemesthesis

  Citation: 400

  Authors: Valentina, Kathrin, Maria G, Masha Y, Christine E, Alyssa J, Keiland W, Cédric, Nicola, Michele, Rishemjit, Marco Tullio, Marta Y, Veronika, Veronica, Shannon B, Richard C, Paloma, Javier, Michael C, Surabhi, Alexander W, Ritesh, Anna, Moustafa, Mari, Iordanis, Antonella, Federica, Lina, Thierry, Johannes, Sanne, Özlem, Luis R, Cailu, Jérôme, Liang-Dar, Mehmet Hakan, Maria Dolors, Christophe, Marina, Jan, Denis, Eugeni, Marta, Alissa A, Juyun, Katherine L, Lauren R, Camille, Evelyn V, Aytug, Alberto, Alexia, Zara M, Sébastien, Carl M, Barry C, Johan N, Carla, Jane K, Mirjam, Michael, Florian Ph S, Thomas, Vonnie D C, Farhoud, Enrique, William E A, Gabriella, Jonas K, Maryam, Noam, Anna, Rafieh, Robert, Pablo, Caroline, Ben, Graciela M, Mohammed K, Antje, Jessica, Jasper H B, Hadar, Masako, Preet Bano, Julien W, Olagunju, Pamela, Carol H, Vera V, Jingguo, Elizabeth A, Julie, Nicholas S, Sachiko, Vincent, S Craig, Hüseyin, Samet, Lenka Martinec, Ilja, Patricia Portillo, Shima T, Eitan, Coralie, Sajidxa, Dejan, Pavan K, Bettina, Hong, Shima, Nur, Sara, Jeb M, Diego, Danielle R, Thomas, Steven D, John E

• Taste-Signaling Proteins Are Coexpressed in Solitary Intestinal Epithelial Cells

  Citation: 307

  Authors: C., J., S.

• A Spectroscopic Mechanism for Primary Olfactory Reception

  Citation: 301

  Authors: Luca

• Taste–smell interactions are tastant and odorant dependent

  Citation: 294

  Authors: Robert A., Jennifer

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