Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Coordination Chemistry Reviews (commonly abbreviated as Coord. Chem. Rev.) is a semimonthly journal published by Elsevier, founded in July 1966, and the highest-volume review title in coordination chemistry. Its reading of coordination chemistry is deliberately broad, admitting organometallic, supramolecular, theoretical and bioinorganic work, and taking catalysis, materials chemistry and metal-organic frameworks when written from the coordination standpoint.《配位化学评论》（Coordination Chemistry Reviews，常用缩写为 Coord. Chem. Rev.）是爱思唯尔出版的半月刊，1966 年 7 月创刊，是配位化学方向发行量最大的综述刊。刊物对「配位化学」的界定从宽，金属有机、超分子、理论与生物无机都在其列，催化、材料化学与金属有机框架也按配位化学的视角取稿。

Scope

The journal prints reviews only, at pace, and asks each manuscript to survey recent progress in a field critically. Its stated coverage includes:刊物只发综述，节奏快，要求稿件对某一领域近年的进展作批判性梳理。按官方口径，收文方向包括：

• Review articles: systematic surveys of recent progress in an area, or thematic reviews organised around a technique, and these form the body of the journal.综述论文： 对特定方向近年进展的系统梳理，或以某一技术为线索的专题综述，是本刊的主体。
• Branches of coordination chemistry: organometallic, supramolecular, theoretical and bioinorganic chemistry, all read through the coordination bond.配位化学各分支： 金属有机、超分子、理论与生物无机化学，均从配位键的角度取稿。
• Neighbouring fields: reviews of catalysis, materials chemistry and metal-organic frameworks, provided they land on coordination chemistry questions.邻近领域： 催化、材料化学与金属有机框架的综述，须落在配位化学问题上。
• Special issues: collections built around timely topics, the work of a particular country or region, or invited lectures at international conferences.专题合辑： 围绕时事性选题、特定国家或地区的工作、国际会议的邀请报告编成合辑出版。
• Long papers and series: book-length articles appear now and then, alongside three standing series of annual reviews in main group, transition metal group and organometallic chemistry.长篇与丛书： 偶尔出版书本长度的论文；另设主族、过渡金属与金属有机化学三种年度综述专辑。

History

• Founding (1966): volume 1 appeared in July 1966, the journal taking shape from the outset as a forum for critical surveys of inorganic and physical inorganic chemistry.创刊（1966年）： 刊物于 1966 年 7 月出版第 1 卷，创办之初即定位为无机与物理无机化学的评述阵地。
• Publisher: the journal is published in Switzerland by Elsevier Sequoia and grew into a mainstay of Elsevier's chemistry review list, with volume numbers running on year by year.出版方： 刊物由（Elsevier Sequoia）在瑞士出版，其后成为爱思唯尔化学综述线的骨干，卷号逐年连续递增。
• Sister journal: Elsevier added a sister title, Coordination Chemistry Research, in 2024 to carry original research, splitting the review and primary lines.姊妹刊： 2024 年爱思唯尔为本刊增设姊妹刊配位化学研究（Coordination Chemistry Research），接收原创研究，评论与原创两条线自此分开。
• Publishing rhythm: the journal appears semimonthly at twenty-four volumes a year, and 2024 ran from volume 498 to volume 521.出版节奏： 刊物为半月刊，每年 24 卷，2024 年已出至第 498 至 521 卷。
• Metric trend: the impact factor rose from 24.8 in 2021 to 25.6 in 2025, with a CiteScore of 39.9, and the journal sits in the first quartile of inorganic and nuclear chemistry.指标走势： 影响因子由 2021 年的 24.8 升至 2025 年的 25.6，（CiteScore）达 39.9，在无机化学与核化学类目中列一区。

Editors

The publisher's own figures give a median of 5 days from submission to first decision, 30 days to decision after review and 63 days to acceptance, with an acceptance rate of 28 percent. Authors may opt into open access at a charge of USD 5,450.出版方公布的指标为：投稿至首个决定中位 5 天，至审后决定中位 30 天，至接受中位 63 天，录用率 28%；作者可选付费开放获取，版面费 5,450 美元。

• Editor-in-chief: Philip Gale, professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Groningen, working on anion receptors and supramolecular pharmacology.现任主编： 菲利普·盖尔（Philip Gale），荷兰格罗宁根大学科学与工程学院教授，研究方向为阴离子受体与超分子药理学。
• Submission requirements: papers must carry a cover letter to the editor-in-chief setting out the scope and novelty of the review, and the office checks at triage whether the ground is already covered.投稿要求： 稿件须附致主编的封面信，说明综述的范围与新颖性；编辑部在初审阶段即评估题材是否与已约稿件重合。
• Special issue organisation: organisers of international conferences may approach the office to turn invited lectures into a collection, and recent issues have grown out of meetings on solution coordination chemistry and the photophysics of coordination compounds.专题组稿： 国际会议的组织者可与编辑部联系，将邀请报告编为合辑，近年的合辑多围绕溶液配位化学与配位化合物光化学会议。
• Open access: the journal is hybrid, authors may pay to publish open, subscription publication carries no charge, and institutional agreements can offset part of the fee.开放获取： 本刊为混合开放获取，作者可选择付费开放，订阅发表不收费，机构协议可减免部分费用。