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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	207
2	Advanced Functional Materials	162
3	ACS Nano	157
4	Advanced Energy Materials	142
5	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	140
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	136
7	ACS Catalysis	128
8	Nano Energy	120
9	Energy Storage Materials	112
10	Nature Materials	111
11	Small	110
12	ACS Energy Letters	107
13	Joule	104
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	104
-	Carbon	104
16	Nature Catalysis	103
17	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	101
18	Nano Letters	91
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	91
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	91
21	Materials	85
22	Applied Surface Science	84
23	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	82
24	Nano Research	81
25	Journal of Molecular Liquids	76
26	Journal of Molecular Structure	71
27	Journal of Power Sources	67
-	Carbon Energy	67
-	npj Computational Materials	67
-	Chemistry of Materials	67
31	Catalysts	64
32	Small Methods	62
33	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	61
34	Green Energy & Environment	58
35	ACS Applied Energy Materials	57
36	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	56
37	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	55
-	Langmuir	55
39	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	52
40	Journal of Catalysis	49
41	Membranes	48
-	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	48
43	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	47
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
45	Journal of Chemical Physics	46
46	Applied Clay Science	45
47	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	44
-	Catalysis Today	44
-	Silicon	44
50	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	41

-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	41
52	Chemical Physics Letters	40
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	40
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	40
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
56	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	38
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	38
58	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	37
-	Plasmonics	37
-	Intermetallics	37
61	Journal of Materiomics	36
62	ChemCatChem	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
64	Materials Today Energy	34
65	Soft Matter	33
66	Nanoscale Horizons	32
-	Catalysis Science & Technology	32
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	32
69	Ionics	31
-	FlatChem	31
-	Catalysis Communications	31
72	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	30
73	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	29
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	29
-	Solid State Sciences	29
76	Journal of Fluorescence	28
77	Thermochimica Acta	27
78	Faraday Discussions	26
79	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
-	Magnetochemistry	25
-	Chemical Physics	25
82	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	24
-	Solid State Ionics	24
-	ChemPhysChem	24
85	International Journal of Thermophysics	23
-	Journal of Porous Materials	23
87	Vibrational Spectroscopy	22
88	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	21
-	Molecular Physics	21
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	21
-	Molecular Catalysis	21
92	Catalysis Letters	20
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Colloid and Polymer Science	20
96	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	19
-	Structural Chemistry	19
-	ChemPhotoChem	19
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	19
100	Surface Science	18
-	Molecular Simulation	18
-	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	18
103	Adsorption Science & Technology	17
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	17
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	17
-	Electrocatalysis	17
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	17
108	International Journal of Photoenergy	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	European Physical Journal E	16
-	Biophysical Chemistry	16
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	16
113	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	15
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	15
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	15
-	Surface Innovations	15
118	Surface Review and Letters	14
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	14
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	14
-	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	14
122	Colloid Journal	13
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	13
124	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	12
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Petroleum Chemistry	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
130	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	11
-	Progress in Surface Science	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
134	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	10
-	Clay Minerals	10
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
-	Surface Science Reports	10
138	Journal of Energetic Materials	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	9
141	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	8
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	8
143	Doklady Physical Chemistry	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
-	High Energy Chemistry	7
146	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	6
147	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3