New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Chemistry

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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials206
2 Cell172
- Nature Medicine172
4 Chemical Engineering Journal168
5 International Journal of Molecular Sciences153
- Advanced Functional Materials153
7 ACS Nano151
8 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
9 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
10 Nucleic Acids Research138
11 Advanced Energy Materials136
12 Coordination Chemistry Reviews132
13 Energy & Environmental Science126
14 Energy120
15 Renewable Energy119
16 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy116
17 Sensors113
18 Small111
- Molecules111
- Food Chemistry111
21 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science110
22 Nature Nanotechnology109
23 Nature Materials108
24 Applied Energy106
25 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces105
- Bioresource Technology105
27 Carbohydrate Polymers104
28 Nature Methods102
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules102
31 Carbon99
- Food Hydrocolloids99
33 Trends in Food Science & Technology98
34 Separation and Purification Technology95
- Fuel95
- Molecular Cancer95
37 Energy Conversion and Management94
38 Nano Letters92
- Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy92
40 Molecular Cell89
41 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews88
42 Journal of Controlled Release87
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
44 Journal of Molecular Liquids85
45 Pharmaceutics84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
47 Nano Research83
- Materials83
49 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical82
- Applied Surface Science82
51 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery80
52 Frontiers in Pharmacology79
- Analytical Chemistry79
54 Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
- Energy Policy78
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science78
57 Journal of Power Sources76
- Journal of Membrane Science76
- Applied Thermal Engineering76
60 TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry75
61 Molecular Psychiatry73
62 Pharmacological Research72
63 Nano Today71
- Briefings in Bioinformatics71
- Food Research International71
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection71
67 Ocean Engineering70
68 Desalination69
- Energy and Buildings69
70 LWT-Food Science and Technology68
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry68
72 Nature Protocols67
- Molecular Plant67
74 Solar Energy66
- Journal of Molecular Structure66
76 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry65
- Pharmaceuticals65
- Energy & Fuels65
- Chemistry of Materials65
80 Current Biology64
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing64
82 Pharmacology & Therapeutics63
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters63
84 Food Control62
- Nature Chemical Biology62
- Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects62
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry62
88 Drugs61
89 Inorganic Chemistry60
- Plant Cell60
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety60
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine60
93 Phytomedicine59
- Marine Drugs59
- Bioinformatics59
- Progress in Polymer Science59
- Electrochimica Acta59
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering59
99 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science58
- Talanta58
- Nanoscale58
102 European Polymer Journal57
- Analytica Chimica Acta57
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition57
- Cell Death and Differentiation57
106 EMBO Journal56
- International Journal of Energy Research56
108 Life Sciences55
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling55
- Journal of Biological Chemistry55
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology55
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications55
- International Journal of Biological Sciences55
115 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Macromolecules54
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry54
- Drug Discovery Today54
- International Immunopharmacology54
120 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology53
- Combustion and Flame53
- Microchemical Journal53
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences53
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
125 Scripta Materialia52
- Fuel Processing Technology52
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells52
128 Powder Technology51
- Organic Letters51
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation51
- Journal of Molecular Biology51
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics51
- Trends in Microbiology51
- International Journal of Nanomedicine51
135 Langmuir50
- Journal of Catalysis50
- Bioorganic Chemistry50
- Polymer Degradation and Stability50
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C50
- Food and Chemical Toxicology50
141 Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy49
- Oncogene49
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences49
- Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers49
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology49
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research49
147 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics48
- Trends in Biochemical Sciences48
- Biochemical Pharmacology48
- Catalysis Today48
151 Silicon47
- Neuropsychopharmacology47
- Ocean & Coastal Management47
154 Polymer Composites46
- Journal of Chemical Physics46
- Journal of Food Engineering46
- Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis46
- European Journal of Pharmacology46
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica46
160 Current Opinion in Biotechnology45
- Postharvest Biology and Technology45
- Phytotherapy Research45
- Meat Science45
- Minerals Engineering45
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society45
- Current Opinion in Structural Biology45
- Chemical Engineering Science45
- Drug Resistance Updates45
- British Journal of Pharmacology45
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion45
171 Trends in Molecular Medicine44
- Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies44
- Biomass & Bioenergy44
- Food & Function44
- Polymer44
- EMBO Reports44
- Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry44
- BMC Bioinformatics44
- Biomacromolecules44
180 Polymer Testing43
- Chemical Engineering Research & Design43
- Drug Design Development and Therapy43
- FEBS Journal43
- Radiation Physics and Chemistry43
- Pharmacological Reviews43
- Journal of Nanomaterials43
- Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering43
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry43
- Chemical Physics Letters43
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer43
- Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics43
- Food Quality and Preference43
193 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials42
- Molecular Biology and Evolution42
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy42
- Lab on a Chip42
- Neuropharmacology42
- Journal of Dairy Science42
- Cellulose42
- Dyes and Pigments42
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