Chemistry: 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	205
2	Nature Medicine	173
3	Chemical Engineering Journal	167
-	Cell	167
5	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	164
6	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	160
7	ACS Nano	156
8	Advanced Functional Materials	155
9	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	145
-	Nucleic Acids Research	145
11	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	144
12	Advanced Energy Materials	139
13	Energy & Environmental Science	138
14	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	131
15	Nature Energy	127
16	Advanced Science	125
17	Renewable Energy	123
-	Nano Energy	123
19	Energy Storage Materials	122
-	Energy	122
21	Nano-Micro Letters	121
22	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	120
-	ACS Catalysis	120
24	Sensors	117
25	Journal of Energy Storage	115
26	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	114
-	Molecules	114
28	Applied Energy	113
29	Food Chemistry	111
-	Small	111
-	Nature Nanotechnology	111
32	Nature Materials	110
33	Nature Catalysis	108
-	ACS Energy Letters	108
35	Bioresource Technology	107
36	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	106
-	Carbohydrate Polymers	106
38	Polymers	105
39	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	104
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	104
-	Joule	104
42	Molecular Cancer	103
-	Nature Methods	103
44	Fuel	102
45	Separation and Purification Technology	101
-	Food Hydrocolloids	101
-	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	101
48	Energy Reports	100
-	Carbon	100
50	Trends in Food Science & Technology	98

51	Sustainable Cities and Society	97
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	97
53	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	96
54	Energy Conversion and Management	95
-	Antioxidants	95
56	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering	93
-	Nano Letters	93
58	Energies	91
59	Molecular Cell	90
60	Foods	89
-	Journal of Controlled Release	89
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
-	Pharmaceutics	89
64	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	86
65	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	85
-	Nanomaterials	85
-	Nature Reviews Materials	85
68	Applied Surface Science	84
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	84
-	Nano Research	84
71	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	83
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	83
-	Redox Biology	83
-	Materials	83
75	Analytical Chemistry	81
-	Journal of Power Sources	81
77	Journal of Molecular Liquids	80
-	Frontiers in Pharmacology	80
79	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	79
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	79
81	Applied Thermal Engineering	78
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	78
-	Journal of Membrane Science	78
84	TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry	77
-	Energy Policy	77
86	Molecular Psychiatry	76
87	Biomolecules	75
-	Antibiotics-Basel	75
89	Food Research International	74
-	Pharmacological Research	74
91	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	73
92	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	72
-	Desalination	72
94	Biomedicines	71
-	Energy and Buildings	71
-	Briefings in Bioinformatics	71
97	Molecular Plant	70
98	Journal of Water Process Engineering	69
-	Ocean Engineering	69
-	Journal of Molecular Structure	69
101	Pharmaceuticals	68
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	68
-	Processes	68
-	Nano Today	68
-	Current Biology	68
106	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	67
-	Chemistry of Materials	67
-	Solar Energy	67
109	Nature Chemical Biology	66
110	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	65
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	65
-	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	65
-	Nature Protocols	65
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	65
115	Biosensors-Basel	64
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	64
117	Food Control	63
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	63
-	Nanoscale	63
-	ACS Sensors	63
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
-	Carbon Energy	63
123	Phytomedicine	62
-	Inorganic Chemistry	62
-	Energy & Fuels	62
-	Small Methods	62
127	Talanta	61
-	ACS Applied Nano Materials	61
-	Micromachines	61
130	European Polymer Journal	60
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	60
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
-	Plant Cell	60
-	Catalysts	60
135	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	59
-	Gels	59
-	Electrochimica Acta	59
-	Progress in Polymer Science	59
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	59
-	Bioinformatics	59
-	npj Computational Materials	59
-	Marine Drugs	59
143	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	58
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	58
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	58
146	Drugs	57
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	57
-	Analytica Chimica Acta	57
149	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	56
-	Combustion and Flame	56
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	56
-	Drug Discovery Today	56
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
-	Inorganic Chemistry Communications	56
-	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry	56
-	Life Sciences	56
157	Fuel Processing Technology	55
-	ACS Photonics	55
-	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	55
-	EMBO Journal	55
-	Green Energy & Environment	55
-	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	55
-	Journal of CO2 Utilization	55
-	Microchemical Journal	55
-	Macromolecules	55
166	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	54
-	Journal of Biological Chemistry	54
-	Food Bioscience	54
-	International Immunopharmacology	54
-	International Journal of Energy Research	54
171	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	53
-	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	53
-	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	53
174	International Journal of Nanomedicine	52
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52

-	Powder Technology	52
-	Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers	52
-	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	52
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	52
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	52
-	Trends in Microbiology	52
-	Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy	52
183	Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences	51
-	Food and Chemical Toxicology	51
-	Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery	51
-	Scripta Materialia	51
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	51
-	Langmuir	51
189	Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research	50
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	50
-	Membranes	50
-	Organic Letters	50
-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	50
-	Metabolites	50
-	Oncogene	50
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	50
197	Food & Function	49
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	49
-	Journal of Catalysis	49
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	49

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