Journal profile

Chemistry of Materials

Chemistry of Materials is published by American Chemical Society under ISSN 0897-4756. It holds an h-index of 472 across 28,756 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 6.6, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Advancements in Battery Materials, Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties, Conducting polymers and applications.

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

PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
ISSN-L0897-4756
All ISSNs0897-4756, 1520-5002
Indexed works28,756
Total citations2,171,781
h-index472
2-year mean citedness6.6
Open accessNot fully open access
Main topicsAdvancements in Battery Materials · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · Conducting polymers and applications · Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies · Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis

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

Challenges for Rechargeable Li Batteries

Authors
John B. Goodenough, Youngsik Kim
Year
2009
Volume
22
Issue
3
Pages
587-603

IEEE

J. B. Goodenough, Y. Kim "Challenges for Rechargeable Li Batteries," Chemistry of Materials, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 587-603, 2009, doi: 10.1021/cm901452z.

IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Chemistry of Materials against your target publication's reference list before submitting.

APA

Goodenough, J. B., & Kim, Y. (2009). Challenges for Rechargeable Li Batteries. Chemistry of Materials, 22(3), 587-603. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm901452z

APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.

BibTeX

@article{goodenough2009,
  author  = {John B. Goodenough and Youngsik Kim},
  title   = {Challenges for Rechargeable Li Batteries},
  journal = {Chemistry of Materials},
  volume  = {22},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {587--603},
  year    = {2009},
  issn    = {0897-4756},
  doi     = {10.1021/cm901452z}
}

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. Chemistry of Materials records 28,756 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 not fully open access, 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

Chemistry of Materials carries an h-index of 472, which is above 81% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 2,171,781 citations across 28,756 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 6.6.

27 of the journals covered here are published by American Chemical Society. 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 Chemistry of Materials

What is the ISSN of Chemistry of Materials?

The linking ISSN is 0897-4756. The journal also carries 1520-5002, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.

Who publishes Chemistry of Materials?

American Chemical Society publishes it. 27 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 Chemistry of Materials open access?

OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.

How do I cite an article from Chemistry of Materials 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 goodenough2009 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.

Does Chemistry of Materials use page numbers or article numbers?

The example article runs from page 587 to 603, 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 Chemistry of Materials?

Its h-index is 472, above 81% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 2,171,781 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 6.6. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.

Does Chemistry of Materials 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 472 and a two-year mean citedness of 6.6 across 28,756 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.

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