Journal profile

Journal of Chromatography A

Journal of Chromatography A is published by Elsevier BV under ISSN 0021-9673. It holds an h-index of 319 across 68,800 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 4.16, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, Analytical chemistry methods development.

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

PublisherElsevier BV
ISSN-L0021-9673
All ISSNs0021-9673, 1873-3778
Indexed works68,800
Total citations2,179,190
h-index319
2-year mean citedness4.16
Open accessNot fully open access
Main topicsAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography · Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications · Analytical chemistry methods development · Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications · Chromatography in Natural Products

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A worked example from this journal

The source

A generalization of the retention index system including linear temperature programmed gas—liquid partition chromatography

Authors
Huug van den Dool, P. Dec. Kratz
Year
1963
Volume
11
Pages
463-471

IEEE

H. V. D. Dool, P. D. Kratz "A generalization of the retention index system including linear temperature programmed gas—liquid partition chromatography," Journal of Chromatography A, vol. 11, pp. 463-471, 1963, doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)80947-x.

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APA

Dool, H. V. D., & Kratz, P. D. (1963). A generalization of the retention index system including linear temperature programmed gas—liquid partition chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 11, 463-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9673(01)80947-x

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

BibTeX

@article{dool1963,
  author  = {Huug van den Dool and P. Dec. Kratz},
  title   = {A generalization of the retention index system including linear temperature programmed gas—liquid partition chromatography},
  journal = {Journal of Chromatography A},
  volume  = {11},
  pages   = {463--471},
  year    = {1963},
  issn    = {0021-9673},
  doi     = {10.1016/s0021-9673(01)80947-x}
}

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. Journal of Chromatography A records 68,800 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

Journal of Chromatography A carries an h-index of 319, which is above 38% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 2,179,190 citations across 68,800 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.16.

209 of the journals covered here are published by Elsevier BV. 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 Journal of Chromatography A

What is the ISSN of Journal of Chromatography A?

The linking ISSN is 0021-9673. The journal also carries 1873-3778, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.

Who publishes Journal of Chromatography A?

Elsevier BV publishes it. 209 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 Journal of Chromatography A 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 Journal of Chromatography A 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 dool1963 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.

Does Journal of Chromatography A use page numbers or article numbers?

The example article runs from page 463 to 471, 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 Journal of Chromatography A?

Its h-index is 319, above 38% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 2,179,190 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.16. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.

Does Journal of Chromatography A 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 319 and a two-year mean citedness of 4.16 across 68,800 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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