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

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	97
2	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	82
3	Nano-Micro Letters	67
4	Cell	66
5	Nature Catalysis	60
6	Nature Reviews Materials	59
7	Progress in Polymer Science	57
8	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	54
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	54
10	Nature Nanotechnology	53
11	Nature Energy	52
-	Joule	52
13	Reviews of Geophysics	49
-	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	49
15	Energy & Environmental Science	48
16	Annual Review of Biochemistry	47
17	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	45
18	Molecular Cancer	44
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	44
20	Nano Energy	43
21	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
22	Nature Materials	41
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	41
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	41
25	Advanced Materials	40
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	40
27	Energy Storage Materials	39
-	Progress in Lipid Research	39
-	Nature Medicine	39
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	39
31	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	38
-	Advanced Energy Materials	38
33	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
36	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	35
37	Molecular Cell	33
38	Carbon Energy	32
39	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	31
-	Carbohydrate Polymers	31
-	Food Hydrocolloids	31
42	Drug Resistance Updates	30
-	Molecular Plant	30
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	30
45	Energy Conversion and Management	29
-	TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry	29
47	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	28
-	Nature Methods	28
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	28
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	28

-	Bioresource Technology	28
-	EMBO Journal	28
-	ACS Nano	28
54	Chemical Engineering Journal	27
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	27
-	Applied Energy	27
-	Nature Protocols	27
-	eTransportation	27
-	ACS Catalysis	27
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	27
-	Nano Convergence	27
62	Advanced Functional Materials	26
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	26
64	Drugs	25
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	25
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	25
-	Redox Biology	25
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	25
-	Molecular Medicine	25
-	Green Energy & Environment	25
71	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	24
-	Carbon	24
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	24
-	Energy Policy	24
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	24
76	Food Chemistry	23
-	Journal of Membrane Science	23
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	23
-	Biotechnology for Biofuels	23
80	Drug Delivery	22
-	Fuel Processing Technology	22
-	Nano Today	22
-	npj Computational Materials	22
-	Journal of Controlled Release	22
-	Pharmacological Reviews	22
-	Renewable Energy	22
-	Pharmacological Research	22
88	Energy	21
-	Nano Research	21
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	21
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	21
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	21
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	21
-	Desalination	21
-	Journal of CO2 Utilization	21
-	Plant Cell	21
-	Polymer Reviews	21
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	21
99	Fuel	20
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	20
-	Separation and Purification Technology	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	20
-	Natural Product Reports	20
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	20
-	Molecular Psychiatry	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
109	Current Opinion in Food Science	19
-	EMBO Reports	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Nature Chemical Biology	19
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	19
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	19
-	Drug Discovery Today	19
116	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	18
-	Food Control	18
-	Energy Reports	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Molecular Systems Biology	18
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	18
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	18
-	Journal of Energy Storage	18
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	18
-	Solar Energy	18
126	Cell Chemical Biology	17
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	17
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	17
-	Food Research International	17
-	Essays in Biochemistry	17
-	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	17
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	17
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	Oncogene	17
-	Journal of Power Sources	17
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	17
-	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	17
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	17
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	17
-	Energy and Buildings	17
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	17
-	ACS Sensors	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	17
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	17
-	npj Clean Water	17
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	17
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	17
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	17
152	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	16
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	16
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	Meat Science	16
-	Journal of Rare Earths	16
-	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	16
-	Phytomedicine	16
-	Small	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	Antioxidants	16
-	Nano Letters	16
-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	16
165	Cell Systems	15
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	15
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	15
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	15
-	NanoImpact	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	15
-	Journal of Catalysis	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15

-	Briefings in Bioinformatics	15
-	Food Engineering Reviews	15
-	Bioinformatics	15
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	15
-	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering	15
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	15
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	15
184	Catalysis Today	14
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	14
-	Combustion and Flame	14
-	Electrochimica Acta	14
-	Food Quality and Preference	14
-	Analytical Chemistry	14
-	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry	14
-	Journal of Materiomics	14
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	14
-	Talanta	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	14
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	14
-	Pharmaceutics	14
-	Cell and Bioscience	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Biosensors-Basel	14
-	CNS Drugs	14

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