CCS Chemistry

CCS Chemistry is the flagship general chemistry journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, launched in 2019 as a fully open access monthly that charges no fees to authors, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.2《中国化学会化学》（CCS Chemistry）是中国化学会的旗舰综合化学期刊，2019 年创刊，为完全开放获取月刊且不向作者收费，2025 年影响因子为 9.2。

Scope

• The journal covers synthetic chemistry together with catalysis and surface chemistry across the whole discipline该刊覆盖合成化学以及催化与表面化学，横跨整个学科。
• Chemical theory and mechanism and chemical metrology are also within its scope化学理论与机理以及化学计量学同属其范围。
• Materials and energy chemistry, including energy storage and conversion, form a further core area材料与能源化学，包括储能与能量转换，构成另一核心方向。
• Environmental chemistry is covered, reflecting the journal's interest in water, food, energy and environment challenges环境化学亦在其列，体现该刊对水、食品、能源与环境挑战的关注。
• Chemical biology and chemical engineering and industrial chemistry complete the stated subject areas, which the journal says are not exhaustive化学生物学以及化学工程与工业化学构成其余已列方向，该刊声明其范围不限于此。
• The title is positioned at the centre of challenging water, food, energy and environment problems and aims to lead global chemistry research该刊定位于应对水、食品、能源与环境等挑战性问题，力图引领全球化学研究。

History

• CCS Chemistry was launched by the Chinese Chemical Society, with its launch ceremony and a spotlight symposium held in Beijing in April 2019 and its inaugural issue published that year该刊由中国化学会创办，2019 年 4 月在北京举行创刊典礼与专题研讨会，同年出版创刊号。^[1]
• Jiannian Yao served as the founding editor-in-chief of the title（Jiannian Yao）为该刊首任主编。
• Xi Zhang, of Tsinghua University and Jilin University, has since led the journal as editor-in-chief（Tsinghua University）与（Jilin University）的（Xi Zhang）其后出任主编并领导该刊。
• The journal publishes monthly, and each volume gathers a year of issues该刊按月出版，每卷汇集全年各期。
• It is fully open access, all its papers are free to read, and no publication fee is charged to authors该刊完全开放获取，所有论文免费阅读，且不向作者收取任何发表费。
• By 2021 the journal was already describing itself as one of the most prestigious chemistry journals, citing its rapid growth since its 2019 launch到 2021 年，该刊已自称跻身最负盛名的化学期刊之列，并指出其自 2019 年创刊以来的快速成长。^[2]
• Its Journal Impact Factor stood at 9.2 in 2024 and remained 9.2 in 2025 while the title was indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index其影响因子 2024 年为 9.2、2025 年保持 9.2，该刊收录于（ESCI）。

Editors

• Xi Zhang, of Tsinghua University and Jilin University, is the editor-in-chief（Tsinghua University）与（Jilin University）的（Xi Zhang）担任主编。
• Chihaya Adachi of Kyushu University serves as an associate editor（Kyushu University）的（Chihaya Adachi）担任副编辑。
• Michael Gottfried of Philipps-Universitat Marburg is an associate editor（Philipps-Universitat Marburg）的（Michael Gottfried）担任副编辑。
• Weihong Tan of the Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Hunan University is an associate editor（Chinese Academy of Sciences）基础医学与肿瘤研究所及（Hunan University）的（Weihong Tan）担任副编辑。
• Xueming Yang of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Southern University of Science and Technology, and Qilin Zhou of Nankai University, are also associate editors（Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics）与（Southern University of Science and Technology）的（Xueming Yang），以及（Nankai University）的（Qilin Zhou），同任副编辑。
• The editorial advisory board includes figures such as Xinliang Feng of the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics编辑顾问委员会成员包括（Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics）的（Xinliang Feng）等。
• Manuscripts undergo single-anonymous peer review, and the title is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals稿件实行单盲评审，该刊收录于开放获取期刊目录（DOAJ）。
• As a fully open access title the journal charges no fees, and accepted papers from non-native English speakers receive free language polishing作为完全开放获取期刊，该刊不收取任何费用，非英语母语作者被接收的稿件可获免费英文润色。