Chemistry, Physical: 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	205
2	Advanced Functional Materials	161
3	ACS Nano	155
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	144
5	Advanced Energy Materials	140
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	134
7	ACS Catalysis	127
8	Nano Energy	121
9	Nature Materials	113
10	Energy Storage Materials	111
11	Small	110
12	ACS Energy Letters	105
13	Nature Catalysis	104
-	Carbon	104
15	Journal of Energy Chemistry	103
16	Joule	101
17	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	100
18	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	91
19	Nano Letters	90
20	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	89
21	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	86
22	Materials	84
23	Journal of Power Sources	83
-	Nano Research	83
25	Applied Surface Science	82
26	Journal of Molecular Liquids	77
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	71
28	Carbon Energy	69
29	Chemistry of Materials	65
30	npj Computational Materials	64
31	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	61
-	Catalysts	61
-	Small Methods	61
34	Green Energy & Environment	58
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	58
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	58
37	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	54
-	Langmuir	54
39	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	53
40	Journal of Catalysis	49
41	Membranes	48
42	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	47
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	47
45	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	46
46	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	44
47	Applied Clay Science	43
-	Silicon	43
-	Catalysis Today	43
50	Surfaces and Interfaces	41

-	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	41
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
-	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	41
54	Chemical Physics Letters	40
55	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	39
56	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	38
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	38
58	Intermetallics	37
-	Plasmonics	37
60	Journal of Materiomics	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	35
63	Materials Today Energy	34
64	ChemCatChem	33
65	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	32
-	Soft Matter	32
67	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	31
-	Nanoscale Horizons	31
-	Catalysis Science & Technology	31
70	FlatChem	30
-	Ionics	30
-	Catalysis Communications	30
73	Journal of Fluorescence	29
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	29
75	Solid State Sciences	28
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	28
77	Thermochimica Acta	27
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	27
79	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	25
-	Magnetochemistry	25
-	Chemical Physics	25
-	Faraday Discussions	25
83	Solid State Ionics	24
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	24
85	ChemPhysChem	23
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	23
-	Journal of Porous Materials	23
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	23
89	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	22
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	22
-	Topics in Catalysis	22
92	Vibrational Spectroscopy	21
-	Molecular Catalysis	21
-	Molecular Physics	21
95	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	20
-	Structural Chemistry	20
98	Colloid and Polymer Science	19
-	Surface Science	19
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	19
-	Catalysis Letters	19
-	ChemPhotoChem	19
103	Molecular Simulation	18
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	18
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	18
106	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	17
-	Biophysical Chemistry	17
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	17
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	17
110	Electrocatalysis	16
-	European Physical Journal E	16
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	16
-	Adsorption Science & Technology	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	16
116	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	Surface Innovations	15
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	15
119	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	14
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	14
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	14
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	14
-	Surface Review and Letters	14
124	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	13
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	13
-	Colloid Journal	13
127	Journal of Solution Chemistry	12
-	Petroleum Chemistry	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	12
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	12
135	Progress in Surface Science	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
138	Surface Science Reports	10
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
140	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	9
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Clay Minerals	9
144	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	8
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	8
146	Doklady Physical Chemistry	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
-	High Energy Chemistry	7
149	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	4
150	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3