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	ACS Nano	154
-	Advanced Functional Materials	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	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	112
-	Small	112
12	Nature Materials	110
13	Nature Catalysis	106
-	ACS Energy Letters	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	Nano Research	83
-	Materials	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	Catalysts	60
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	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 Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	45
-	Silicon	45
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	45
48	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
49	Applied Clay Science	42
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42

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