Materials Chemistry Frontiers Impact Factor 2026: 5.18, Quartile

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At a glanceMaterials Chemistry Frontiers is listed in SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024. Published by Royal Society of Chemistry, it has 4,151 published works, cited 100,499 times (h-index 118). Its impact factor* of 5.18 ranks it 76 of 258 in Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. 70% of its recent research articles name a funder, most often National Natural Science Foundation of China. It has 1 retraction on record. Papers by ScholarsColab mentors and the researchers we track appear here as soon as they publish in it. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*5.18Rank 76 of 258 in Chemistry, Multidisciplinary IndexingSCIEScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Retractions1On record, with the reasons and years

01Impact factor

Impact factor of Materials Chemistry Frontiers (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)5.18calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#76of 258 by citedness

h-index118

Papers published4,151cited 100,499 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Materials Chemistry Frontiers published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Chemistry, Multidisciplinaryrank 76 of 258 journals
Materials Science, Multidisciplinaryrank 161 of 489 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Materials Chemistry Frontiers

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Materials Chemistry Frontiers is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

Please check the final impact factor. The impact factor and APC on this page are calculated by ScholarsColab (updated 17 October 2026) and can differ from the official values. Confirm the current impact factor and charges on the journal’s website or in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports before you submit.

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02Retractions

Retractions and research integrity at Materials Chemistry Frontiers

Retractions, last 10 years11 in all years

Per 1,000 papers0.3of 3,025 papers in 10 years

Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):

Falsification/Fabrication of Data1

Falsification/Fabrication of Image1

Misconduct - Official Investigation(s) and/or Finding(s)1

Misconduct by Author1

Materials Chemistry Frontiers has 1 retracted paper on record, the latest in Oct 2024. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.

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03Funders

Who funds research published in Materials Chemistry Frontiers

Articles naming a funder70%of 200 recent articles

Funders named most often

National Natural Science Foundation of China78

National Key Research and Development Program of China12

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities9

Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province6

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation5

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

04Indexing

Indexing of Materials Chemistry Frontiers

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	✓ Listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	Not listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	Not listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 2052-1537
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry all its journals →
Subjects: Chemistry, Multidisciplinary, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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05How to submit

How to submit to Materials Chemistry Frontiers

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06Reviewer comments

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07Same subject

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Materials Chemistry Frontiers when the 237 journals of Chemistry, Multidisciplinary in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
72	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	5.49	SCIE	Subscription
73	TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY	5.49	SCIE	Fully open access
74	Results in Chemistry	5.34	ESCI	Fully open access
75	Arabian Journal of Chemistry	5.25	SCIE	Subscription
77	Chinese Journal of Chemistry	5.17	SCIE	Subscription
78	Sustainable Chemistry	5.16	ESCI	Fully open access
79	Chemical Research in Chinese Universities	5.12	SCIE	Subscription
80	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	5.12	SCIE	Fully open access

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 157,109 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated by ScholarsColab, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time is the median days from submission to acceptance (not every publisher publishes these dates). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.

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08Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the impact factor of Materials Chemistry Frontiers?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Materials Chemistry Frontiers is 5.18: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 5.18 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Materials Chemistry Frontiers?

The h-index of Materials Chemistry Frontiers is 118 (October 2026): 118 of its papers have each been cited at least 118 times. Its i10-index is 2,297.

What is the quartile of Materials Chemistry Frontiers?

Is Materials Chemistry Frontiers indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Materials Chemistry Frontiers appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Materials Chemistry Frontiers an SCIE journal?

Yes. Materials Chemistry Frontiers is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Materials Chemistry Frontiers in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Materials Chemistry Frontiers is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

Does Materials Chemistry Frontiers offer an APC waiver?

Materials Chemistry Frontiers follows the policy of Royal Society of Chemistry: full waiver for Research4Life Group A and B, and a reduced APC for India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Has Materials Chemistry Frontiers retracted papers?

Yes. 1 retracted paper are on record for Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 1 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are falsification/fabrication of data, falsification/fabrication of image, misconduct - official investigation(s) and/or finding(s). A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

Who funds research published in Materials Chemistry Frontiers?

70% of 200 recent research articles in Materials Chemistry Frontiers name a funder; the funders named most often are National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.