Science China Chemistry

Aims & Scope

SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry (Sci China Chem) is a monthly peerreviewed academic journal supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Its primary mission is to encourage communication of basic and innovative research results of high quality in the fields of chemistry.

The subject areas featured include inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer chemistry, chemical biology and biological chemistry, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, as well as chemical engineering.

All papers should be intelligible for a broad scientific audience.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	9.7
2024	10.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.377

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	92

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1044

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	7379

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Chemistry, 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.

• Achieving over 16% efficiency for single-junction organic solar cells

  Citation: 839

  Authors: Baobing, Difei, Meijing, Wenkai, Zhaomiyi, Lei, Fei, Yong

• Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

  Citation: 548

  Authors: Yahui, Bowen, Chang-Qi, Fei, Guitao, Hongzheng, Jianhui, Lingpeng, Qingya, Qun, Qinye, Wei, Wei, Weiwei, Xiangjian, Xiaotian, Yanchun, Yaowen, Yinhua, Yingping, Yiwang, Yongfang, Yongsheng, Zheng, Zhicheng, Zhi-Guo, Zhishan

• Synthetic biodegradable functional polymers for tissue engineering: a brief review

  Citation: 520

  Authors: BaoLin, Peter X.

• Frontiers in circularly polarized luminescence: molecular design, self-assembly, nanomaterials, and applications

  Citation: 519

  Authors: Zhong-Liang, Xuefeng, Zhonghao, Si-Wei, Dong, Biao, Yi-Pin, Jianping, Yixiang, You-Xuan, Shuang-Quan, Hua, Pengfei, Mingjian, Chuan-Feng, Yong Sheng, Yu-Wu, Ben Zhong, Minghua

• Visible light-driven organic photochemical synthesis in China

  Citation: 454

  Authors: Yiyun, Liang-Qiu, Da-Gang, Cheng-Jian, Wen-Jing

• Transition metal-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions

  Citation: 446

  Authors: Rui, Lei

• Precise nanomedicine for intelligent therapy of cancer

  Citation: 379

  Authors: Huabing, Zhanjun, Hongwei, Chunying, Jie, Ran, Siqin, Weihai, Xuesi, Xiaoyuan, Zhuo, Baoquan, Qian, Qin, Ting, Dayong, Qiao, Hengte, Xiqun, Gang, Suping, Tianyu, Zhuang, Guangjun, Muhammad, Daiwen, Nasha, Youqing, Huayu, Chao, Hao, Ziqi, Huaping, Jiang-Fei, Xiangliang, Shuang, Xianchuang, Xianzheng, Yanbing, Weihong, Xi, Yuliang

• Synergistic effect of fluorination on both donor and acceptor materials for high performance non-fullerene polymer solar cells with 13.5% efficiency

  Citation: 356

  Authors: Qunping, Wenyan, Yan, Bing, Yufeng, Xia, Feng, Thomas P., Maojie, Yongfang

• Side-chain engineering of high-efficiency conjugated polymer photovoltaic materials

  Citation: 347

  Authors: Zhi-Guo, Yongfang

• Improving open-circuit voltage by a chlorinated polymer donor endows binary organic solar cells efficiencies over 17%

  Citation: 326

  Authors: Ruijie, Tao, Zhenghui, Qing, Yiqun, Yuzhong, Xiaojun, Siwei, Xinhui, Maojie, Yongfang, He

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