Chemistry: 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	114
2	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	83
3	Nano-Micro Letters	73
4	Cell	69
5	Nature Catalysis	60
6	Progress in Polymer Science	58
7	Energy & Environmental Science	57
-	Joule	57
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	57
10	Nature Reviews Materials	56
11	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	53
-	Nature Nanotechnology	53
13	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	51
-	Nature Energy	51
15	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	49
16	Reviews of Geophysics	48
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	48
18	Progress in Lipid Research	47
-	Molecular Cancer	47
20	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	45
21	Nature Materials	44
-	Nature Medicine	44
23	Nano Energy	43
24	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	42
26	Advanced Materials	41
27	Advanced Energy Materials	40
28	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	39
29	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
32	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	36
33	Trends in Food Science & Technology	35
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	35
35	Carbon Energy	34
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	34
-	Energy Storage Materials	34
-	Molecular Cell	34
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	34
40	Food Hydrocolloids	33
41	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	32
-	EMBO Journal	32
43	Nano Convergence	31
44	Carbohydrate Polymers	30
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	30
-	Drug Resistance Updates	30
47	Applied Energy	29
-	ACS Nano	29
-	Molecular Plant	29
-	TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry	29

51	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	28
-	Energy Conversion and Management	28
-	Nature Methods	28
-	Nature Protocols	28
-	ACS Catalysis	28
-	eTransportation	28
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	28
58	Green Energy & Environment	27
-	Molecular Medicine	27
60	Carbon	26
-	Bioresource Technology	26
-	Advanced Functional Materials	26
-	Drugs	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	26
66	Redox Biology	25
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Chemical Engineering Journal	25
-	Polymer Reviews	25
70	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	24
-	Pharmacological Reviews	24
-	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	24
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	24
-	Journal of Controlled Release	24
-	Drug Delivery	24
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	24
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	24
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	24
80	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	23
-	Nano Today	23
-	Plant Cell	23
-	Energy Policy	23
84	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	22
-	Fuel Processing Technology	22
-	Food Chemistry	22
-	npj Computational Materials	22
-	Pharmacological Research	22
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	22
-	Journal of Membrane Science	22
-	Natural Product Reports	22
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	22
93	Desalination	21
-	Renewable Energy	21
-	Energy	21
-	Nano Research	21
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	21
99	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	20
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
-	Fuel	20
-	EMBO Reports	20
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	20
-	Nature Chemical Biology	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	20
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	20
-	npj Clean Water	20
-	Molecular Psychiatry	20
-	Nanophotonics	20
-	Journal of CO2 Utilization	20
-	Journal of Energy Storage	20
114	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	19
-	Separation and Purification Technology	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	19
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	19
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	19
-	Drug Discovery Today	19
-	Food Engineering Reviews	19
122	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
-	Food Control	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	18
-	Cell Chemical Biology	18
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	18
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	18
-	ACS Sensors	18
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	18
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	18
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	18
134	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	17
-	Phytomedicine	17
-	Small	17
-	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	17
-	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	17
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	17
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	17
-	Food Research International	17
-	Energy Reports	17
-	Oncogene	17
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	17
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	17
-	Solar Energy	17
-	Journal of Rare Earths	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	17
152	CNS Drugs	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	16
-	Essays in Biochemistry	16
-	Meat Science	16
-	Nucleic Acids Research	16
-	NanoImpact	16
-	Cell Systems	16
-	Chemistry of Materials	16
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	16
-	Bioinformatics	16
-	Antioxidants	16
-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	16
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	16
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	16
-	Journal of Power Sources	16
-	Energy and Buildings	16
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	16
172	Catalysis Communications	15
-	Cell and Bioscience	15
-	Biosensors-Basel	15
-	Pharmaceutics	15

-	Scripta Materialia	15
-	Apoptosis	15
-	Molecular Systems Biology	15
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	15
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	15
-	Chromosome Research	15
-	Phytotherapy Research	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	15
-	Matrix Biology	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
187	Current Biology	14
-	Briefings in Bioinformatics	14
-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	14
-	Analytical Chemistry	14
-	Polymer Testing	14
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	14
-	Journal of Food Engineering	14
-	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	14
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	14
-	Food & Function	14
-	Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers	14
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	14
-	Molecular Biology and Evolution	14
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	14

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