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	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	144
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	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	Nano-Micro Letters	119
-	Renewable Energy	119
-	ACS Catalysis	119
23	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	118
24	Molecules	115
25	Sensors	114
-	Journal of Energy Storage	114
27	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	112
-	Small	112
29	Applied Energy	111
30	Nature Materials	110
-	Food Chemistry	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	Nature Methods	101
-	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	101
45	Molecular Cancer	100
46	Carbon	99
-	Fuel	99
48	Separation and Purification Technology	98
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	98
-	Energy Reports	98

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

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

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