Chemistry: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	204
2	Cell	174
3	Nature Medicine	171
4	Chemical Engineering Journal	169
5	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	159
6	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	157
7	Advanced Functional Materials	154
-	ACS Nano	154
9	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	144
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	144
11	Nucleic Acids Research	142
12	Advanced Energy Materials	138
13	Energy & Environmental Science	134
14	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	130
15	Nature Energy	124
16	Nano Energy	123
17	Advanced Science	122
18	Energy	121
19	Energy Storage Materials	120
20	Renewable Energy	119
-	ACS Catalysis	119
-	Nano-Micro Letters	119
23	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	118
24	Molecules	115
25	Journal of Energy Storage	114
-	Sensors	114
27	Small	112
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	112
29	Applied Energy	111
30	Food Chemistry	110
-	Nature Materials	110
32	Nature Nanotechnology	109
33	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	106
-	Nature Catalysis	106
-	ACS Energy Letters	106
36	Bioresource Technology	105
-	Carbohydrate Polymers	105
38	Joule	104
-	Polymers	104
40	Journal of Energy Chemistry	103
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	103
42	Food Hydrocolloids	102
43	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	101
-	Nature Methods	101
45	Molecular Cancer	100
46	Fuel	99
-	Carbon	99
48	Separation and Purification Technology	98
-	Energy Reports	98
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	98

51	Energy Conversion and Management	97
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	97
53	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	95
-	Antioxidants	95
55	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	94
56	Nano Letters	92
-	Molecular Cell	92
58	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering	90
-	Energies	90
60	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	88
61	Foods	87
-	Journal of Controlled Release	87
-	Nature Reviews Materials	87
64	Pharmaceutics	86
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	86
-	Nanomaterials	86
67	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	85
68	Applied Surface Science	84
69	Nano Research	83
-	Materials	83
71	Journal of Molecular Liquids	82
-	Redox Biology	82
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	82
74	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	81
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	81
-	Analytical Chemistry	81
77	Journal of Power Sources	80
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	80
-	Frontiers in Pharmacology	80
-	Energy Policy	80
81	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	79
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	79
83	Applied Thermal Engineering	78
84	Journal of Membrane Science	77
85	TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry	76
86	Biomolecules	75
-	Molecular Psychiatry	75
88	Food Research International	74
-	Antibiotics-Basel	74
90	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	73
-	Pharmacological Research	73
92	Briefings in Bioinformatics	72
-	Energy and Buildings	72
94	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	71
95	Biomedicines	70
-	Molecular Plant	70
-	Desalination	70
98	LWT-Food Science and Technology	69
-	Ocean Engineering	69
100	Journal of Molecular Structure	68
-	Processes	68
102	Journal of Water Process Engineering	67
-	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	67
-	Current Biology	67
-	Solar Energy	67
106	Pharmaceuticals	66
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	66
-	Nano Today	66
-	Chemistry of Materials	66
110	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	65
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	65
-	Nature Protocols	65
113	ACS Sensors	64
-	Nature Chemical Biology	64
115	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	63
-	Carbon Energy	63
-	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	63
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
119	Phytomedicine	62
-	Food Control	62
-	Nanoscale	62
-	Biosensors-Basel	62
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	62
-	Small Methods	62
-	Energy & Fuels	62
126	Plant Cell	61
-	ACS Applied Nano Materials	61
128	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
-	Progress in Polymer Science	60
-	European Polymer Journal	60
-	Catalysts	60
-	Inorganic Chemistry	60
-	Talanta	60
-	Marine Drugs	60
-	Micromachines	60
136	Gels	59
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	59
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	59
-	Bioinformatics	59
140	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	58
-	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	58
-	Drugs	58
-	Electrochimica Acta	58
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	58
145	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	57
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	57
-	Analytica Chimica Acta	57
-	npj Computational Materials	57
149	Journal of CO2 Utilization	56
-	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry	56
-	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	56
152	Inorganic Chemistry Communications	55
-	ACS Photonics	55
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	55
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	55
-	Drug Discovery Today	55
-	EMBO Journal	55
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	55
-	Microchemical Journal	55
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	55
161	Green Energy & Environment	54
-	International Immunopharmacology	54
-	Fuel Processing Technology	54
-	Journal of Biological Chemistry	54
-	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	54
-	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	54
-	Life Sciences	54
-	Macromolecules	54
-	Combustion and Flame	54
170	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	53
-	International Journal of Energy Research	53
-	Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences	53
-	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	53
-	Food Bioscience	53
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	53

176	Powder Technology	52
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	52
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	52
-	Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers	52
-	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	52
181	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	51
-	Trends in Microbiology	51
-	Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy	51
-	Langmuir	51
185	Scripta Materialia	50
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	50
-	Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery	50
-	Organic Letters	50
-	Membranes	50
-	Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research	50
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	50
-	Metabolites	50
193	Biochemical Pharmacology	49
-	Bioorganic Chemistry	49
-	Food and Chemical Toxicology	49
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	49
-	Journal of Catalysis	49
-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	49
199	Polymer Composites	48
-	Food & Function	48

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