Chemistry, Physical: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Nature Catalysis	59
2	Joule	56
3	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	53
4	Nano Energy	43
-	Nature Materials	43
6	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
7	Advanced Materials	41
8	Advanced Energy Materials	40
9	ACS Energy Letters	37
10	Journal of Energy Chemistry	36
11	Energy Storage Materials	35
12	Carbon Energy	34
13	ACS Nano	30
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	30
15	ACS Catalysis	28
16	Green Energy & Environment	26
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	26
-	Carbon	26
-	Advanced Functional Materials	26
20	npj Computational Materials	23
21	Nano Research	21
22	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	19
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	19
24	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	18
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
27	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	Small	17
30	Journal of Power Sources	16
-	Chemistry of Materials	16
32	Journal of Catalysis	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
34	Journal of Materiomics	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Catalysis Communications	14
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	14
-	Plasmonics	14
41	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	13
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	13
-	Journal of Molecular Liquids	13
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	13
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	13
-	Catalysis Today	13
47	Surface Science Reports	12
-	FlatChem	12
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	12
-	Small Methods	12

-	Adsorption Science & Technology	12
52	Intermetallics	11
-	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	11
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	11
-	Materials Today Energy	11
-	Membranes	11
57	Journal of Fluorescence	10
-	Journal of Molecular Structure	10
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	10
-	Catalysts	10
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	10
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	10
63	Silicon	9
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	9
-	Nanoscale Horizons	9
-	Catalysis Science & Technology	9
67	Thermochimica Acta	8
-	Vibrational Spectroscopy	8
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	8
-	Langmuir	8
-	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	8
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	8
-	Materials	8
74	Electrocatalysis	7
-	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	7
-	Progress in Surface Science	7
-	Solid State Ionics	7
-	Topics in Catalysis	7
-	Faraday Discussions	7
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	7
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	7
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	7
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	7
-	Journal of Porous Materials	7
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	7
-	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	7
-	ChemCatChem	7
88	Solid State Sciences	6
-	Colloid and Polymer Science	6
-	Ionics	6
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	6
-	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	6
-	Magnetochemistry	6
-	Biophysical Chemistry	6
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	6
-	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	6
-	Soft Matter	6
-	Chemical Physics Letters	6
99	Clays and Clay Minerals	5
-	Surface Innovations	5
-	Surfaces and Interfaces	5
-	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	5
-	European Physical Journal E	5
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	5
-	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	5
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	5
-	Chemical Physics	5
-	ChemPhotoChem	5
-	Surface Science	5
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	5
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	5
-	Catalysis Letters	5
113	ChemPhysChem	4
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	4
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	4
-	Molecular Catalysis	4
-	Molecular Simulation	4
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	4
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	4
-	Structural Chemistry	4
-	Clay Minerals	4
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	4
-	Colloid Journal	4
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	4
-	Gold Bulletin	4
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	4
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	4
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	4
-	Molecular Physics	4
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	4
131	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	3
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	3
-	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	3
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	3
-	Petroleum Chemistry	3
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	3
-	Doklady Physical Chemistry	3
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	3
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	3
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	3
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	3
142	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	2
-	Surface Review and Letters	2
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	2
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	2
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	2
147	High Energy Chemistry	1
-	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	1
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	1
150	Structural Dynamics-US	0