The Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering defines its scope as covering significant developments relevant to chemical engineering. It includes disciplines such as applied chemistry and biology, physics, and engineering with a focus on the development of chemical products and processes. As of 2023, Journal Citation Reports lists the journal's impact factor as 8.4, ranking it sixth of 72 journal titles in the category "Chemistry, Applied" and thirteen of 140 titles in "Engineering, Chemical". It is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, and MEDLINE, among others.