Journal profile
Chemical Science
Chemical Science is published by Royal Society of Chemistry under ISSN 2041-6520. It holds an h-index of 277 across 21,388 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 8.91, and is open access. Its main subject areas are Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 2041-6520 |
| All ISSNs | 2041-6520, 2041-6539 |
| Indexed works | 21,388 |
| Total citations | 896,640 |
| h-index | 277 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 8.91 |
| Open access | Open access, listed in DOAJ |
| Main topics | Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Chemical Synthesis and Analysis · Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications · Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
MoleculeNet: a benchmark for molecular machine learning
- Authors
- Zhenqin Wu, Bharath Ramsundar, Evan N. Feinberg, Joseph Gomes, Caleb Geniesse, Aneesh Pappu, and 2 more
- Year
- 2017
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 513-530
IEEE
Z. Wu, B. Ramsundar, E. N. Feinberg, J. Gomes, C. Geniesse, A. Pappu et al. "MoleculeNet: a benchmark for molecular machine learning," Chemical Science, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 513-530, 2017, doi: 10.1039/c7sc02664a.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Chemical Science against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Wu, Z., Ramsundar, B., Feinberg, E. N., Gomes, J., Geniesse, C., & Pappu, A., et al. (2017). MoleculeNet: a benchmark for molecular machine learning. Chemical Science, 9(2), 513-530. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc02664a
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{wu2017,
author = {Zhenqin Wu and Bharath Ramsundar and Evan N. Feinberg and Joseph Gomes and Caleb Geniesse and Aneesh Pappu},
title = {MoleculeNet: a benchmark for molecular machine learning},
journal = {Chemical Science},
volume = {9},
number = {2},
pages = {513--530},
year = {2017},
issn = {2041-6520},
doi = {10.1039/c7sc02664a}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Chemical Science records 21,388 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is open access and listed in DOAJ, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Chemical Science carries an h-index of 277, which is above 20% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 896,640 citations across 21,388 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 8.91.
13 of the journals covered here are published by Royal Society of Chemistry. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Chemical Science
What is the ISSN of Chemical Science?
The linking ISSN is 2041-6520. The journal also carries 2041-6539, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Chemical Science?
Royal Society of Chemistry publishes it. 13 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is Chemical Science open access?
OpenAlex records it as open access and it is listed in DOAJ. An open-access article is reachable by any reader, so a reviewer can check the passage you cited without a subscription.
How do I cite an article from Chemical Science in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key wu2017 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Chemical Science use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 513 to 530, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Chemical Science?
Its h-index is 277, above 20% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 896,640 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 8.91. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Chemical Science have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 277 and a two-year mean citedness of 8.91 across 21,388 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.