Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
The international, high quality journal for interdisciplinary research between inorganic chemistry and related subjects.
Editor-in-Chief: Song Gao
Open Access: Hybrid

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers belongs to Frontiers Journal portfolio, an enterprising collaboration between the Chinese Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. The Frontiers project aims to publish a series of high impact, quality chemistry journals that showcase the very best research from China, Asia and the rest of the world to an international audience.
For each journal title, the intention is to collaborate with a leading Chinese institute in the relevant field. For Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, this is Peking University (PKU).
ISSN: 2052-1553
Indexed in: Scopus, Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded, CAS
Journal Impact factor
6.4 (2024)
First decision time (all)
10 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
27 days
Scope
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers is a multi- and inter- disciplinary journal for all aspects of inorganic chemistry. The journal publishes research where there is significant crossover appeal to other audiences such as catalysis, biochemistry, nanoscience, energy, materials and environmental science.
For publication in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, papers should report high-quality work of exceptional novelty, which will be of significant interest to the wide readership of the journal.
Readership
Academic and industrial scientists in the field of inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, material science, nanoscience and other disciplines where involves knowledge in inorganic chemistry.
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Meet the team











Christopher J Chang
University of California
Chi-Ming Che
University of Hong Kong
Ling Chen
Beijing Normal University
Xiaoming Chen
Sun Yat-sen University
Eugenio Coronado
University of Valencia
Yi Cui
Stanford University
Shuhei Furukawa
Kyoto University
Patrick Gámez
University of Barcelona
Hairong Guan
University of Cincinnati
Andy Hor
Agency for Science
Satoshi Horike
Kyoto University
Zhaomin Hou
RIKEN
Xile H
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mercouri Kanatzidis
Northwestern University
Yadong Li
Tsinghua University
Wenbin Lin
University of Chicago
Yi Lu
University of Texas at Austin
P S Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Science
Wonwoo Nam
Ewha Womans University
Hiroshi Nishihara
Tokyo University of Science
Hiroki Oshio
University of Tsukuba
Oleg Ozerov
Texas A&M University
Manfred Scheer
University of Regensburg
Baolian Su
University of Namur
Jean Pascal Sutter
Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
Richard Winpenny
University of Manchester
Yi Xie
University of Science and Technology of China
Zuowei Xie
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chunhua Yan
Peking University
Nobuhiro Yanai
Kyushu University
Qichun Zhang
City University of Hong Kong
Hong-Cai Joe Zhou
Texas A&M University
Xiaodong Zou
Stockholm University
Hana Bunzen
University of Augsburg
Joshua Buss
University of Michigan
Jing Cao
Lanzhou University
Pradip Kumar Chakraborty
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Huai-Ping Cong
Hefei University of Technology
Selvan Demir
Michigan State University
Marcus W. Drover
Western University
Guanjie He
University College London
Christian Hering-Junghans
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e.V. (LIKAT
Bolong Huang
City University of Hong Kong
Wenliang Huang
Peking University
Hiroaki Iguchi
Nagoya University
Anukul Jana
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad
Johannes Karges
Ruhr University Bochum
Subrata Kundu
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram
View profileKohei Kusada
Kyoto University
Guangqin Li
Sun Yat-sen University
Qiang Li
University of Science and Technology Beijing
Zichao Lian
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Liu Leo Liu
Southern University of Science and Technology
Min Luo
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
Lingling Mao
Southern University of Science and Technology
Jarad Mason
Harvard University
Yin-Shan Meng
Dalian University of Technology
Eva Nichols
University of British Columbia
Guo-Hong Ning
Jinan University
Watcharaphol Paritmongkol
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
Professor Sarah S. Park
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Shengjie Peng
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Antoine Simonneau
Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS (Toulouse
Timothy A. Su
University of California
Alexandra Velian
University of Washington
Masanori Wakizaka
Chitose Institute of Science and Technology
Dianne Xiao
University of Washington
Hong-Ying Zang
Northeast Normal University
Shilin Zhang
University of Adelaide
Yao Zheng
University of Adelaide
Jiang Zhou
Central South University
Wenjun Liu
Executive Editor
Kailin Deng
Deputy Editor
Yongxu Hu
Development Editor
Helen Saxton
Editorial Manager
Jason Woolford
Associate Editorial Manager
Kirstine Anderson
Publishing Editor
Matthew Bown
Publishing Editor
Laura Cooper
Publishing Editor
Hannah Fielding
Publishing Editor
Claire Harding
Publishing Editor
Alan Holder
Publishing Editor
Charlie Palmer
Publishing Editor
Rosie Rothwell
Publishing Editor
Donna Smith
Publishing Editor
Laura Smith
Publishing Editor
Shengnan Sha
Assistant Editor
Coleen Wu
Assistant Editor
Neil Hammond
Publisher
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