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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	206
2	Advanced Functional Materials	160
3	ACS Nano	155
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	145
5	Advanced Energy Materials	140
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	132
7	ACS Catalysis	125
8	Nano Energy	122
9	Nature Materials	115
-	Energy Storage Materials	115
11	Small	110
12	ACS Energy Letters	105
13	Nature Catalysis	104
14	Carbon	103
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	103
16	Joule	101
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	101
18	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	91
19	Nano Letters	90
20	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	86
21	Nano Research	85
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	85
23	Materials	84
24	Journal of Power Sources	82
-	Applied Surface Science	82
26	Journal of Molecular Liquids	77
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	71
28	Carbon Energy	70
29	Chemistry of Materials	65
30	npj Computational Materials	64
31	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	63
32	Catalysts	60
-	Small Methods	60
34	ACS Applied Energy Materials	58
35	Green Energy & Environment	57
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	57
37	Langmuir	55
38	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	54
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	54
40	Journal of Catalysis	49
41	Membranes	48
42	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
43	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	46
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	46
45	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	44
46	Applied Clay Science	43
-	Silicon	43
-	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
-	Catalysis Today	43
50	Chemical Physics Letters	41

-	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	41
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
53	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
-	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	40
55	Intermetallics	39
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	39
57	Journal of Materiomics	37
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	37
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	37
-	Plasmonics	37
61	Materials Today Energy	34
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
63	ChemCatChem	33
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	33
65	FlatChem	32
66	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	31
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	31
-	Nanoscale Horizons	31
69	Catalysis Communications	30
-	Catalysis Science & Technology	30
-	Soft Matter	30
72	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	29
-	Ionics	29
-	Journal of Fluorescence	29
75	Solid State Sciences	28
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	28
77	Thermochimica Acta	27
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	27
79	Fluid Phase Equilibria	26
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	26
81	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	25
-	Magnetochemistry	25
-	Chemical Physics	25
-	Solid State Ionics	25
85	Faraday Discussions	24
86	ChemPhysChem	23
-	Topics in Catalysis	23
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	23
89	Molecular Catalysis	22
-	Vibrational Spectroscopy	22
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	22
-	Journal of Porous Materials	22
93	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	21
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	21
-	Molecular Physics	21
96	Catalysis Letters	20
-	Structural Chemistry	20
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	20
99	Colloid and Polymer Science	19
-	ChemPhotoChem	19
-	Surface Science	19
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	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
108	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	16
-	Electrocatalysis	16
-	European Physical Journal E	16
-	Adsorption Science & Technology	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	16
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	16
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	16
116	Surface Innovations	15
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	15
-	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	15
120	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	14
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	14
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
-	Surface Review and Letters	14
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	14
125	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	13
-	Colloid Journal	13
127	Progress in Surface Science	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	12
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
134	Petroleum Chemistry	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	11
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	11
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
139	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
-	Surface Science Reports	10
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	10
142	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Clay Minerals	9
144	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	8
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	8
-	High Energy Chemistry	8
147	Doklady Physical Chemistry	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
149	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	4
150	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	2