How many journals does Wiley publish?

Approximately 1,800 peer-reviewed journals, per Wiley Online Library. This includes the Wiley-VCH materials and chemistry portfolio (Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie), the large Wiley-Blackwell catalog, hundreds of society-published titles, and the Hindawi-legacy open-access journals absorbed after the brand was retired in 2024.

Is Wiley open access?

Partially. Wiley offers four OA routes: 600+ fully open-access journals (including Advanced Science and the Forward Series); hybrid OA via OnlineOpen on most subscription titles; Green self-archiving with per-title embargoes; and transformative agreements that cover APCs for authors at participating institutions in dozens of countries.

Wiley APCs range from roughly $1,000 to $6,250 per article on the 2026 price lists. Premium hybrid titles sit at the top: Advanced Materials ~$6,250, Angewandte Chemie ~$6,080, Advanced Functional Materials ~$5,790. Forward Series and Hindawi-legacy Gold OA titles start around $1,000-$2,500. Check the journal's current fees page before submitting.

Does Wiley have transformative agreements?

Yes - one of the largest portfolios globally. Deals include Projekt DEAL (Germany), Jisc (UK), the CAUL agreement covering 50+ Australian and New Zealand institutions (2026-2028), the Big Ten Academic Alliance and University of California in the US, and national agreements across Europe. Check the ESAC registry or your library.

What happened to Hindawi?

Wiley acquired the open-access publisher Hindawi in January 2021. A paper-mill crisis then forced thousands of retractions (2022-2024) and 19 Web of Science delistings in March 2023. Wiley retired the Hindawi brand in 2024, closed the worst-affected journals, and folded the surviving titles into the Wiley portfolio.

Is Wiley a good publisher?

Yes. Wiley is an established, top-tier publisher - a member of COPE, OASPA, and STM - with flagship journals like Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie among the most cited in their fields. The 2022-2024 Hindawi retraction crisis was a real integrity failure, but it was publicly remediated and did not involve Wiley's core journals.

OnlineOpen is Wiley's hybrid open-access option. Available on most Wiley subscription journals, it lets authors pay an APC (typically $3,000-$4,500; premium titles higher) to make their individual article immediately free to read under a Creative Commons licence, while the rest of the journal remains subscription-based.

What is Wiley-Blackwell?

Wiley-Blackwell is Wiley's largest journal imprint, created when Wiley acquired Blackwell Publishing in 2007. It covers life sciences, medicine, social sciences, and humanities, and carries most of Wiley's society-published journals - hundreds of titles published on behalf of scholarly societies such as the AGU and the Ecological Society of America.

Wiley-VCH is Wiley's Weinheim, Germany-based STM imprint. It publishes the high-impact Advanced journal family (Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Small, Advanced Science), Angewandte Chemie with the German Chemical Society, and the Chemistry Europe consortium titles.

How do I submit to a Wiley journal?

Pick a journal with the Wiley Journal Finder, read its author guidelines on Wiley Online Library, and prepare your manuscript with the journal's Word or LaTeX template on SciSpace. Then submit via the system the journal page names - Research Exchange, ScholarOne, or Editorial Manager, depending on the title.

What is Wiley Research Exchange?

Research Exchange (ReX) is Wiley's own manuscript submission and peer-review platform, progressively replacing ScholarOne and Editorial Manager. Submission moved to ReX first (from 2023), and peer review began migrating in late 2025. Many titles are still on the older systems, so always follow the submission link on the journal's homepage.

Are Wiley journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Coverage is very high - the large majority of Wiley journals are indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, and biomedical titles in PubMed. Exceptions exist: several Hindawi-legacy titles were delisted from Web of Science in 2023. Verify the specific journal's status on Scopus or the WoS Master Journal List before submitting.

Does Wiley offer APC waivers?

Yes. Wiley grants automatic full APC waivers to corresponding authors in Research4Life Group A countries and 50% discounts in Group B countries, following the country-tier lists. Separately, transformative agreements can cover the full APC for authors at participating institutions. Check Wiley Author Services for current eligibility.

Who publishes Angewandte Chemie?

Angewandte Chemie is owned by the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and published by Wiley-VCH. The International Edition is one of the world's leading general chemistry journals; it is a hybrid title, with an OnlineOpen APC of about $6,080 on the 2026 price list, and is covered by Projekt DEAL and other Wiley agreements.

What is the Wiley Forward Series?

The Forward Series is Wiley's collection of 200+ inclusive, fully open-access journals that evaluate papers primarily on methodological soundness rather than perceived novelty. APCs sit at the affordable end of Wiley's range, and the series absorbed a number of Hindawi-legacy communities after the brand was retired.

Wiley Publication GuideWiley Publication Guide

Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) is one of the world's oldest and largest academic publishers, founded in 1807 and publicly listed on the NYSE (WLY). It publishes roughly 1,800 peer-reviewed journals across every discipline, including the Advanced Materials family and Angewandte Chemie, and publishes on behalf of hundreds of scholarly societies.

Journals published: ~1,800

Open access options: 600+ fully-OA titles + OnlineOpen hybrid on most subscription journals

APC range: ~$1,000 - $6,250 per article (2026 price list; premium materials/chemistry titles highest)

Imprints: Wiley-Blackwell · Wiley-VCH · Hindawi (brand retired 2024)

Headquarters: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA · Weinheim, Germany (Wiley-VCH)

Transformative Agreements: Yes - among the largest globally, incl. Projekt DEAL (Germany), Jisc (UK), CAUL (Australia/NZ), Big Ten (US)

Indexing: Very high in Scopus and Web of Science; PubMed for biomedical titles

Website: wiley.com

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