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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	210
2	ACS Nano	159
-	Advanced Functional Materials	159
4	Advanced Energy Materials	143
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	143
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	128
7	ACS Catalysis	125
8	Nano Energy	121
9	Energy Storage Materials	119
10	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	115
11	Nature Materials	114
12	Small	109
13	ACS Energy Letters	107
14	Joule	106
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	106
16	Nature Catalysis	104
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	104
18	Carbon	101
19	Nano Letters	95
20	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
21	Materials	85
22	Nano Research	84
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	84
24	Journal of Power Sources	82
-	Applied Surface Science	82
26	Journal of Molecular Liquids	81
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	70
28	Chemistry of Materials	69
29	Carbon Energy	67
30	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	63
31	Catalysts	61
-	npj Computational Materials	61
33	Small Methods	60
34	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	59
35	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	56
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
37	Green Energy & Environment	55
38	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	53
-	Langmuir	53
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	53
41	Membranes	51
42	Journal of Catalysis	49
43	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	47
45	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	46
46	Applied Clay Science	44
-	Silicon	44
48	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
-	Catalysis Today	43
50	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	42

-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
52	Catalysis Science & Technology	41
53	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
-	Chemical Physics Letters	40
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	40
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	40
57	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	39
58	Intermetallics	38
-	Journal of Materiomics	38
60	Materials Today Energy	37
-	Plasmonics	37
-	Nanoscale Horizons	37
63	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	36
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	36
65	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
66	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	34
-	Soft Matter	34
68	FlatChem	33
69	Catalysis Communications	32
-	ChemCatChem	32
71	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	31
-	Journal of Fluorescence	31
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	31
74	Ionics	30
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	30
76	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	29
77	Adsorption Science & Technology	28
78	Solid State Sciences	27
-	Thermochimica Acta	27
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	27
81	Faraday Discussions	26
82	Solid State Ionics	25
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
84	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	24
-	Magnetochemistry	24
-	Topics in Catalysis	24
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	24
88	Chemical Physics	23
-	ChemPhysChem	23
-	Molecular Catalysis	23
-	Structural Chemistry	23
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
93	Vibrational Spectroscopy	22
-	Journal of Porous Materials	22
95	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	21
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	21
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	21
-	Molecular Physics	21
99	Catalysis Letters	20
100	Biophysical Chemistry	19
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	19
-	ChemPhotoChem	19
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	19
104	Colloid and Polymer Science	18
-	Molecular Simulation	18
-	Surface Science	18
107	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	17
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	17
-	Electrocatalysis	17
110	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	16
-	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	16
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
114	Surface Innovations	15
-	European Physical Journal E	15
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	15
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	15
118	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	14
-	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	14
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	14
-	Surface Review and Letters	14
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	14
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	14
124	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	13
126	Petroleum Chemistry	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	12
-	Colloid Journal	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	12
133	Progress in Surface Science	11
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	11
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	11
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	11
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	11
139	Surface Science Reports	10
-	Clay Minerals	10
141	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	9
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
144	Doklady Physical Chemistry	8
-	Gold Bulletin	8
146	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	7
-	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	7
-	High Energy Chemistry	7
149	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	3