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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	204
2	ACS Nano	160
3	Advanced Functional Materials	155
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	144
5	Advanced Energy Materials	140
6	Nano Energy	124
7	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	122
-	ACS Catalysis	122
9	Energy Storage Materials	121
10	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	114
11	Nature Materials	111
-	Small	111
13	ACS Energy Letters	109
14	Nature Catalysis	108
15	Joule	106
16	Journal of Energy Chemistry	105
17	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	99
-	Carbon	99
19	Nano Letters	94
20	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	90
21	Nano Research	85
22	Materials	84
23	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	82
-	Applied Surface Science	82
25	Journal of Power Sources	81
26	Journal of Molecular Liquids	80
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	69
28	Chemistry of Materials	68
29	Carbon Energy	65
30	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	63
31	Small Methods	61
32	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
-	npj Computational Materials	60
-	Catalysts	60
35	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
36	Green Energy & Environment	54
37	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	53
-	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	53
39	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	52
-	Langmuir	52
41	Membranes	51
42	Journal of Catalysis	50
43	Journal of Chemical Physics	47
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
45	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	44
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	44
47	Catalysis Today	43
48	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
-	Applied Clay Science	42
-	Silicon	42

51	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
52	Chemical Physics Letters	40
53	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	39
-	Catalysis Science & Technology	39
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	39
-	Intermetallics	39
57	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	38
58	Journal of Materiomics	37
-	Materials Today Energy	37
60	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	36
-	Nanoscale Horizons	36
-	Plasmonics	36
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	36
64	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	35
65	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	34
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
67	Soft Matter	33
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	33
-	FlatChem	33
70	ChemCatChem	32
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	32
72	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	31
-	Catalysis Communications	31
74	Ionics	29
-	Journal of Fluorescence	29
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	29
77	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	28
78	Adsorption Science & Technology	27
79	Solid State Sciences	26
-	Thermochimica Acta	26
81	Faraday Discussions	25
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
83	Solid State Ionics	24
-	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	24
-	Magnetochemistry	24
86	Topics in Catalysis	23
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	23
-	Chemical Physics	23
-	Molecular Catalysis	23
91	Structural Chemistry	22
-	ChemPhysChem	22
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	22
94	Journal of Porous Materials	21
-	Vibrational Spectroscopy	21
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	21
97	International Journal of Thermophysics	20
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	20
-	Molecular Physics	20
-	Catalysis Letters	20
-	Biophysical Chemistry	20
102	ChemPhotoChem	19
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	19
104	Surface Science	18
-	Molecular Simulation	18
106	Colloid and Polymer Science	17
-	Electrocatalysis	17
-	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	17
110	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
111	Surface Review and Letters	15
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	15
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	15
-	Surface Innovations	15
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	15
-	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	15
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	15
119	Surface and Interface Analysis	14
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	14
121	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	13
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	13
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	13
-	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	13
126	Colloid Journal	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
131	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	11
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	11
-	Surface Science Reports	11
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	11
-	Petroleum Chemistry	11
137	Clay Minerals	10
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	10
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	10
-	Progress in Surface Science	10
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
142	High Energy Chemistry	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
144	Journal of Energetic Materials	8
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	8
146	Doklady Physical Chemistry	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
-	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	7
149	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	3