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| Front cover of Angewandte Chemie, Volume 65, Issue 21. (COURTESY PHOTO) |
Angewandte Chemie, meaning "applied chemistry" in German, is one of the world's leading journals for the publication of chemical research. With an impact factor of 17 and over 5,000 publications in 2025, it is a high-impact, high-volume journal with a mission to disseminate innovative research from around the globe that drives the advancement of chemistry across all subdisciplines, from biocatalysis to battery research, from inorganic materials to transition-metal catalysis.
In 2025, the journal recorded more than 40 million full-text downloads, corresponding to over 75 article views per minute. This underscores its position as a central platform for the dissemination of chemical research and reflects the size and diversity of its global readership. For authors, a publication in Angewandte Chemie offers broad international visibility within the chemical sciences.
Founded in 1887, Angewandte Chemie initially focused on chemical engineering and technical chemistry. In the 1970s, the journal's focus shifted toward fundamental research as it became more international, while it retained its applied roots. Its success story is built on the close collaboration between its owner, the German Chemical Society, and the editorial team at the publisher Wiley-VCH.
Managing growth through editorial expertise
In 2000, Angewandte Chemie received around 150 submissions per month. By 2025, this number had risen to nearly 2,500. Handling this volume requires a large editorial team to ensure consistent and rigorous evaluation. The around 40 full-time in-house editors of the journal have extensive research experience across all areas of chemistry and adjacent disciplines, and they work collaboratively in subject-focused teams.
Every manuscript submitted undergoes an initial internal assessment by an editor, often in consultation with the subject team or the editors-in-chief. As the editors evaluate manuscripts, they look for the transformative potential of the research as well as excellent scientific quality and broad relevance that has the potential to inspire the wider chemical community.
Angewandte Chemie serves a large, diverse and international scientific community. The in-house editors closely interact with the members of the journal's Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and International Advisory Board, composed of internationally renowned active scientists from across the globe. They act as our eyes and ears in the community and offer essential strategic guidance.
The current 13 members of the SAC help shape the scientific profile of the journal and provide input on editorial strategy. As active researchers, they bring hands-on experience from the bench into editorial decision-making and are closely involved in difficult decisions and appeals.
Elevating outstanding innovations
The editorial office headquarters are located in Weinheim, Germany, where the editors-in-chief are also based. At the same time, our editorial presence in Canada, China, India, South Korea and the United Kingdom reflects the global nature of chemistry and enables close engagement with researchers on the ground. The China editorial team of 13 editors, based in Beijing and Shanghai, plays a key role in identifying innovative work and maintaining close engagement with researchers.
Through ongoing dialogue and by gathering feedback from authors, the local editors provide responsive editorial support while ensuring that high-quality contributions from the region are evaluated within the journal's rigorous editorial framework.
With the launch of Angewandte Chemie Novit, "The Up-Transfer Journal", the Angewandte Chemie portfolio introduced a new route to publishing in 2025. Manuscripts originally submitted to Angewandte Chemie and rated as exceptional by the reviewers undergo an additional manuscript selection process, identifying a small number of particularly outstanding studies for publication. The SAC members play a key role in this process. As a highly selective journal with limited annual output, Angewandte Chemie Novit offers exceptional global visibility and recognition from the research community.
The authors are the editors-in-chief of Angewandte Chemie.