Analytical Chemistry Journal (IJAAC): Scope, Indexing and How to Publish in 2026

Analytical chemistry is the discipline everyone uses and few journals want to publish. A validated HPLC method, a new extraction protocol, a characterisation study — the work is essential, other labs rely on it, and the big journals call it routine.

The International Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry (IJAAC) takes that work on its own terms. It is a peer-reviewed, hybrid open access analytical chemistry journal launched in 2015, published by JournalsPub, an imprint of Dhruv Infosystems.

Here is what it covers, where it is indexed, and how to submit.

What IJAAC Covers

The journal publishes general issues, critical reviews and original research articles across analytical and applied chemistry, and names four areas explicitly: electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, medicinal chemistry and organometallic chemistry.

This analytical chemistry journal describes itself as stringent on originality and novelty. Two issues a year makes it small, which cuts both ways — fewer slots, but a short table of contents where an applied methods paper stays visible.

The full Focus and Scope is on the journal page.

Research Areas

Reading the stated scope alongside published work, this analytical chemistry journal covers five areas.

Electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry

Named directly in the journal’s scope. Electrode processes, electrochemical sensing, photoelectrochemical systems and related characterisation.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Drug-related analysis, therapeutic compound evaluation and clinical-adjacent chemistry. Recent issues include work on analgesics and antidepressants in clinical practice.

Natural Products and Phytochemistry

Essential oils, plant extracts, polyphenols, antioxidant and anti-enzyme assays. In practice this is one of the journal’s more active areas, covering extraction, characterisation and bioactivity.

Antimicrobial and Bioactive Compound Analysis

Activity screening against selected organisms, compound identification and mechanism discussion.

Applied and Industrial Chemistry

Organometallic chemistry, catalysis and process-oriented work including biofuel and transesterification studies.

A fair description: the stated scope is analytical and applied chemistry, and the published work leans toward natural products, bioactivity and applied process chemistry rather than instrumental method development alone. Worth knowing before you frame your submission.

Published Work

Four examples from recent issues.

Exploring the Intersection: Pain Relief Medication and Antidepressants in Clinical Practice — Muhammad Kaleem Ullah reviews the overlap between analgesic and antidepressant use, opening with depression prevalence figures across high-, low- and middle-income countries.

Factors Attributed to Antimicrobial Activity of Honey and Its Analysis on Some Selected Microorganisms — Bano, Shubhangi and Sandhya examine honey’s antimicrobial action against organisms including Escherichia coli and staphylococci, linking activity to polyphenolic content.

Citrus Reticulata’s Anti-Aging use of Essential Oil Chemical Process — Nisha Pandey uses in vitro antioxidant and anti-enzyme assays on alcoholic extracts of C. reticulata Blanco peel.

A Review on Biodiesel Production — Yadav and Sahu review transesterification routes, acid catalysts and waste-material feedstocks for biodiesel.

The house style: a defined material or compound, a measurable assay, and a practical conclusion. Both original research and well-scoped reviews appear.

Indexing and Metrics

This analytical chemistry journal is indexed in four databases: Index Copernicus, SJIF, Google Scholar and Scientific Literature (SCILIT).

Index Copernicus Value: 68.57 in 2022.

SJIF, which has risen steadily across five years:

A metric moving upward year on year is a better signal than a higher static number, because it reflects a journal strengthening rather than coasting.

Said plainly: IJAAC is not indexed in Chemical Abstracts Service, Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. For chemistry specifically, the absence of CAS matters, because chemists search by substance and reaction through CAS rather than by title. If your institution requires Scopus or Web of Science indexing, confirm your own rules before submitting anywhere.

What this analytical chemistry journal does provide is Index Copernicus and SCILIT coverage, Google Scholar discoverability, a DOI on every article, and a published metric trend you can cite.

Is This the Right Journal for Your Paper?

Probably a good fit if:

• Your work is applied chemistry with a measurable assay — extraction, characterisation, bioactivity screening
• You have a natural product, essential oil or plant extract study with proper analytical backing
• Your paper is electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry or organometallic work
• Index Copernicus and Google Scholar discoverability meet your requirement
• You have a focused review of a defined chemical area

Look elsewhere if:

• You need CAS, Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed indexing
• Your paper is a clinical study rather than chemistry
• You need a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor for an evaluation file
• Your work is purely theoretical or computational with no experimental component

How to Submit

Check the scope and frame accordingly. Applied and analytical chemistry with experimental data fits. If your work is natural products or bioactivity, make the chemistry central — the characterisation, the quantification, the method — rather than the biological claim.

Follow the guidelines. The Author Guidelines and Instructions for Authors cover structure, references and figures. The Plagiarism Policy is worth reading too, given the journal’s stated position on originality.

Submit through the portal. Upload via the manuscript submission system, which provides tracking and contact with the editorial office.

Plan around two issues a year. Submission timing within the cycle affects publication date.

Check the APC. As a hybrid open access journal, IJAAC charges a processing fee for the open access route. See the Article Processing Charges page.

What Reviewers Will Look For

Analytical and applied chemistry manuscripts come back for a predictable set of reasons.

• Method validated, not just described. Linearity range, R², LOD, LOQ, precision, accuracy, recovery. A method paper without validation data is not a method paper.
• Instrument and conditions specified. Model, column, mobile phase, flow rate, detector wavelength, temperature. Enough for another lab to repeat it.
• Reference standards named. Source, purity, preparation of calibration solutions.
• Sample preparation complete. Collection, storage, extraction solvent and ratio, drying, filtration.
• Replicates and error reported. Number of runs, standard deviation, relative standard deviation.
• Controls and blanks included. Especially for bioactivity work — positive control, negative control, solvent blank.
• Compound identity confirmed, not assumed. Spectral data, retention matching against a standard, or both.
• Plant material authenticated for natural product studies: botanical identification, voucher specimen number, collection site and date.
• Current references. Analytical techniques evolve; a reference list that stops several years back weakens the paper.

Ready to Submit?

If your manuscript clears the checklist above and fits the scope, the submission portal takes you through upload, tracking and editorial contact in one place.

Submit your manuscript to IJAAC →

Conclusion

IJAAC is a small analytical chemistry journal with moderate indexing. If your department requires Scopus, Web of Science or CAS, that settles the question early, and knowing it now saves you months.

What it offers otherwise is a workable home for applied chemistry that larger journals turn away: a decade of publication since 2015, an Index Copernicus Value of 68.57, an SJIF that has climbed every year since 2020, a DOI on every article, and a stated scope spanning electrochemistry through medicinal and organometallic chemistry.

For a validated analytical method, a natural product characterisation study with solid assay data, an electrochemistry paper, or a focused review of a defined chemical area, it is a realistic venue. Researchers whose work sits closer to sustainable processing may also want to look at the chemical technology journal JOMCCT, which is CAS indexed.

If that fits your work, read the author guidelines, run through the checklist above, and submit your manuscript.

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