Angewandte Chemie International Edition Impact Factor 2026: Ranking, Quartile & What It Means

Angewandte Chemie International Edition has an impact factor of 16.9 according to the 2024 Journal Citation Reports — the latest official figure available in 2026. The 5-year IF is 16.4, reflecting a stable track record rather than a short-term citation spike.

Angewandte Chemie impact factor data

Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports, 2024 release (published June 2025). This is the most current official figure available as of 2026.

What the number means

An IF of 16.9 ranks Angewandte Chemie 15th out of 239 journals in the Multidisciplinary Chemistry category. It sits two spots ahead of JACS (17th, IF 15.6) and is separated from Nature Chemistry (around 28th in overall rank) by a meaningful gap.

The 16.9 figure covers citations to all articles published in the two-year window, across all chemistry subdisciplines. Communications, Full Papers, and Reviews each contribute differently. Reviews tend to accumulate citations faster; Communications contribute the high-frequency recent impact. The aggregate IF reflects this mix.

Benchmark against peers

Angewandte Chemie and JACS occupy the same strategic tier. Both are appropriate targets for broad, significant chemistry. Between them, the 1.3-point gap is not a practical differentiator for submission decisions.

What the IF doesn't tell you

The 16.9 figure doesn't tell you:

Acceptance rate. Angewandte Chemie accepts roughly 20-25% of submissions, slightly more selective than the headline number suggests because many authors self-select before submitting. Communications face the highest bar.

Scope. Angewandte Chemie explicitly publishes chemistry that is important and of broad interest to chemists worldwide. It has traditionally covered synthesis, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, and chemical biology strongly. Work at the chemistry-biology or chemistry-materials boundary has done well historically.

Article type strategy. Communications are 5-6 manuscript pages and require immediate, clear significance. Full Papers allow more complete mechanistic and synthetic work. Choosing the wrong format is a common mistake.

Angewandte Chemie vs. JACS: the practical distinction

Both journals publish across the same broad chemistry space. The decision usually comes down to:

• Institutional culture. ACS members and US-based groups tend toward JACS. European groups with GDCh connections tend toward Angewandte. Neither preference is universal.
• Article type. If you're writing a Communication, Angewandte Chemie's format expectations and review culture may suit the short-form style well.
• Cover letter strategy. Angewandte Chemie editors respond well to framing that emphasizes synthetic creativity and chemical ingenuity. JACS editors weight rigor and mechanistic completeness somewhat more.

For the vast majority of papers, submit to whichever journal you believe is a better scope fit or where you've had better interactions. The 1.3-point IF gap will not affect your grant applications or tenure review.

Who should submit

Submit to Angewandte Chemie if:

• Your work is a clean, impactful advance in synthesis, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, or chemical biology
• The finding is broadly significant across chemistry, not narrowly specialist
• You can write the result as a tight Communication without sacrificing the key message
• You want a journal with strong European and international visibility

Consider alternatives if:

• The work is incremental; Chemistry: A European Journal or ChemComm may be better fits
• The scope is primarily biological without deep chemical contribution (consider JACS, ACS Central Science, or Nature Chemical Biology)
• The work is field-defining enough to warrant Nature Chemistry first

CTA

Scope framing is the most common cause of desk rejection at Angewandte Chemie. If you want an independent read on whether your framing positions the work correctly, Manusights pre-submission review checks scope alignment before you submit.

Sources

Impact factor data from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (2024 release, published June 2025). For submission guidelines, see Angewandte Chemie author information.

See the full Angewandte Chemie journal guide for editorial scope and submission tips. Related reading:

• JACS impact factor guide: IF 15.6, direct peer comparison
• What is impact factor?: how the metric is calculated
• How to choose the right journal: framework for picking between top chemistry journals