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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials206
2 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy178
3 Cell172
4 Nature Medicine170
5 International Journal of Molecular Sciences163
6 Advanced Functional Materials160
7 Chemical Engineering Journal156
8 ACS Nano155
9 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
10 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews142
11 Nucleic Acids Research140
- Advanced Energy Materials140
13 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy132
14 Coordination Chemistry Reviews128
- Energy & Environmental Science128
16 Journal of Energy Storage127
- Nature Energy127
18 ACS Catalysis125
- Molecules125
- Nano-Micro Letters125
21 Energy122
- Nano Energy122
23 Advanced Science119
- Sensors119
25 Nature Materials115
- Energy Storage Materials115
27 Nature Nanotechnology114
28 Food Chemistry112
29 Applied Energy111
30 Renewable Energy110
- Small110
32 Nature Methods108
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules108
34 Polymers107
35 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy106
36 Carbohydrate Polymers105
- ACS Energy Letters105
- Fuel105
39 Nature Catalysis104
40 Carbon103
- Molecular Cancer103
- Journal of Energy Chemistry103
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces103
- Energies103
45 Energy Reports102
46 Joule101
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science101
- Antioxidants101
- Food Hydrocolloids101
50 Pharmaceutics99
- Separation and Purification Technology99
52 Energy Conversion and Management98
53 Foods95
- Sustainable Cities and Society95
55 Bioresource Technology93
- Journal of Controlled Release93
57 Redox Biology91
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds91
- Trends in Food Science & Technology91
60 Nano Letters90
61 Molecular Cell88
62 Nature Reviews Materials87
- Applied Thermal Engineering87
64 Journal of Materials Chemistry A86
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering86
66 Nano Research85
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology85
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews85
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Science85
- Nanomaterials85
71 Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing84
- Materials84
74 Analytical Chemistry83
75 Applied Surface Science82
- Frontiers in Pharmacology82
- Journal of Power Sources82
78 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials81
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry81
80 Biomedicines80
- Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B80
82 Food Research International79
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical79
84 Biomolecules78
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection78
- Ocean Engineering78
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery78
88 Journal of Molecular Liquids77
89 Desalination75
- Antibiotics-Basel75
91 Molecular Psychiatry74
- Pharmaceuticals74
- Advanced Healthcare Materials74
- Journal of Water Process Engineering74
95 Energy Policy73
- Pharmacological Research73
97 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering72
98 Biosensors-Basel71
- ACS Sensors71
- Processes71
- Journal of Membrane Science71
- Journal of Molecular Structure71
103 Carbon Energy70
- Phytomedicine70
- Solar Energy70
106 Briefings in Bioinformatics69
107 Nature Chemical Biology68
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry68
- Energy and Buildings68
110 Energy & Fuels67
111 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry66
- Molecular Plant66
- Gels66
114 Nature Protocols65
- Chemistry of Materials65
- Plant Cell65
117 npj Computational Materials64
- Energy Strategy Reviews64
119 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects63
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications63
- Micromachines63
122 Nano Today62
- ACS Applied Nano Materials62
- Talanta62
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety62
- Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition62
- Electrochemical Energy Reviews62
128 Inorganic Chemistry61
- Electrochimica Acta61
- Marine Drugs61
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing61
132 Catalysts60
- Food Control60
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics60
- European Polymer Journal60
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology60
- Current Biology60
- Small Methods60
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry60
140 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling59
- LWT-Food Science and Technology59
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine59
- Analytica Chimica Acta59
144 International Journal of Nanomedicine58
- ACS Applied Energy Materials58
- Progress in Polymer Science58
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life58
- International Immunopharmacology58
- Drug Discovery Today58
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry58
151 International Journal of Pharmaceutics57
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research57
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters57
- Green Energy & Environment57
- Batteries-Basel57
- Life Sciences57
- Nanoscale57
- Microchemical Journal57
- Food Bioscience57
160 International Journal of Biological Sciences56
- Drugs56
- Fuel Processing Technology56
- Journal of Biological Chemistry56
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology56
- Trends in Microbiology56
166 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
- Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery55
- Journal of CO2 Utilization55
- Langmuir55
- EMBO Journal55
171 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Combustion and Flame54
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation54
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells54
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences54
- Macromolecules54
177 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology53
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences53
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science53
180 Cell Death and Differentiation52
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences52
- eTransportation52
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering52
184 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis51
- Biochemical Pharmacology51
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy51
- Polymer Composites51
- ACS Photonics51
- Bioinformatics51
- Metabolites51
- Drug Resistance Updates51
- Polymer Degradation and Stability51
193 Microsystems & Nanoengineering50
- Oncogene50
- Organic Letters50
196 Journal of Catalysis49
- Ocean & Coastal Management49
198 BMC Bioinformatics48
- Nanoscale Advances48
- Membranes48
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