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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	208
2	Advanced Functional Materials	161
3	ACS Nano	159
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	141
-	Advanced Energy Materials	141
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	135
7	ACS Catalysis	128
8	Nano Energy	117
9	Energy Storage Materials	113
10	Small	112
11	Nature Materials	110
12	ACS Energy Letters	107
13	Journal of Energy Chemistry	106
14	Joule	105
15	Carbon	104
-	Nature Catalysis	104
17	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	102
18	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	93
19	Nano Letters	90
20	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
21	Materials	86
22	Applied Surface Science	83
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	83
-	Journal of Power Sources	83
25	Nano Research	78
26	Journal of Molecular Liquids	76
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	71
28	npj Computational Materials	69
29	Carbon Energy	68
30	Chemistry of Materials	66
31	Catalysts	64
32	Small Methods	63
33	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	61
34	Green Energy & Environment	59
35	ACS Applied Energy Materials	57
36	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	56
-	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	56
-	Langmuir	56
39	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	52
40	Journal of Catalysis	50
41	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	49
42	Membranes	48
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	48
44	Journal of Chemical Physics	47
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
46	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	44
-	Applied Clay Science	44
48	Catalysis Today	43
-	Silicon	43
50	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	42

-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	42
52	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	41
53	Chemical Physics Letters	40
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	40
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
56	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	39
57	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	38
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	38
59	Plasmonics	37
60	Journal of Materiomics	36
61	ChemCatChem	35
-	Intermetallics	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
64	Nanoscale Horizons	34
65	Catalysis Science & Technology	33
-	Soft Matter	33
-	Materials Today Energy	33
68	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	32
69	Catalysis Communications	31
-	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	31
71	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	30
-	FlatChem	30
-	Ionics	30
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	30
75	Solid State Sciences	29
76	Thermochimica Acta	27
-	Journal of Fluorescence	27
78	Faraday Discussions	26
-	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	26
80	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
-	Chemical Physics	25
-	Magnetochemistry	25
83	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	24
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	24
-	Journal of Porous Materials	24
-	Solid State Ionics	24
-	ChemPhysChem	24
88	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	23
89	Topics in Catalysis	22
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	22
91	Molecular Physics	21
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	21
-	Molecular Catalysis	21
94	Catalysis Letters	20
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Colloid and Polymer Science	20
-	Vibrational Spectroscopy	20
99	ChemPhotoChem	19
-	Structural Chemistry	19
-	Surface Science	19
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	19
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	19
104	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	18
-	Molecular Simulation	18
-	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	18
107	Surface and Interface Analysis	17
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	17
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	17
-	Adsorption Science & Technology	17
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	17
-	Electrocatalysis	17
113	Biophysical Chemistry	16
-	European Physical Journal E	16
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	16
116	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	15
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	15
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	15
-	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
120	Surface Review and Letters	14
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	14
-	Surface Innovations	14
123	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	13
-	Colloid Journal	13
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	13
-	Petroleum Chemistry	13
-	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	13
128	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	12
136	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
-	Progress in Surface Science	11
-	Surface Science Reports	11
139	Clay Minerals	10
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
141	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	9
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	9
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	9
145	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	8
146	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	7
-	Doklady Physical Chemistry	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
-	High Energy Chemistry	7
150	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3