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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	204
2	Advanced Functional Materials	154
-	ACS Nano	154
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	144
5	Advanced Energy Materials	138
6	Nano Energy	123
7	Energy Storage Materials	120
8	ACS Catalysis	119
9	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	118
10	Small	112
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	112
12	Nature Materials	110
13	ACS Energy Letters	106
-	Nature Catalysis	106
15	Joule	104
16	Journal of Energy Chemistry	103
17	Carbon	99
18	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	94
19	Nano Letters	92
20	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	88
21	Applied Surface Science	84
22	Materials	83
-	Nano Research	83
24	Journal of Molecular Liquids	82
25	Journal of Power Sources	80
26	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	79
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	68
28	Chemistry of Materials	66
29	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	65
30	Carbon Energy	63
31	Small Methods	62
32	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
-	Catalysts	60
34	npj Computational Materials	57
35	ACS Applied Energy Materials	55
36	Green Energy & Environment	54
37	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	53
38	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	52
39	Langmuir	51
-	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	51
41	Membranes	50
42	Journal of Catalysis	49
43	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	48
44	Catalysis Today	47
45	Journal of Chemical Physics	45
-	Silicon	45
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	45
48	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
49	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
-	Chemical Physics Letters	42

-	Applied Clay Science	42
52	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
-	Materials Today Energy	41
54	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	38
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	38
-	Intermetallics	38
57	Catalysis Science & Technology	37
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	37
59	Plasmonics	36
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	36
-	Journal of Materiomics	36
62	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	34
-	Nanoscale Horizons	34
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
65	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	33
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	33
-	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	33
68	ChemCatChem	32
-	Soft Matter	32
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	32
-	FlatChem	32
72	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	31
73	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	29
-	Catalysis Communications	29
-	Ionics	29
76	Journal of Fluorescence	28
77	Adsorption Science & Technology	27
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	27
79	Thermochimica Acta	26
80	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
-	Magnetochemistry	25
-	Molecular Catalysis	25
-	Solid State Sciences	25
84	Faraday Discussions	24
-	Solid State Ionics	24
86	Topics in Catalysis	23
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
-	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	23
-	Chemical Physics	23
90	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	22
-	Structural Chemistry	22
-	ChemPhysChem	22
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	22
94	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	21
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	21
96	Journal of Porous Materials	20
-	Molecular Physics	20
-	ChemPhotoChem	20
-	Biophysical Chemistry	20
-	Vibrational Spectroscopy	20
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	20
102	Catalysis Letters	19
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	19
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	19
105	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	18
-	Surface Science	18
-	Molecular Simulation	18
-	European Physical Journal E	18
109	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	17
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	17
-	Colloid and Polymer Science	17
112	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	16
-	Electrocatalysis	16
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	16
115	Surface Review and Letters	15
-	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	Surface Innovations	15
118	Journal of Structural Chemistry	14
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	14
121	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	13
-	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	13
123	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	12
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	12
-	Colloid Journal	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	12
-	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	12
-	Petroleum Chemistry	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
132	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	11
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	11
-	Surface Science Reports	11
136	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	10
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	10
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	10
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	10
141	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Clay Minerals	9
-	High Energy Chemistry	9
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	9
-	Progress in Surface Science	9
146	Doklady Physical Chemistry	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
148	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	6
149	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	3