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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Cell	186
2	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	126
3	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	111
4	Carbon	105
5	Carbohydrate Polymers	102
6	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	100
7	Fuel	92
8	Analytical Chemistry	81
9	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	72
10	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	67
-	Desalination	67
12	Solar Energy	66
13	Ocean Engineering	65
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	65
15	Journal of Molecular Structure	64
-	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	64
17	Drugs	60
18	Progress in Polymer Science	59
-	Talanta	59
-	Electrochimica Acta	59
21	Inorganic Chemistry	58
22	Life Sciences	56
-	Analytica Chimica Acta	56
24	Combustion and Flame	55
25	Macromolecules	54
26	European Polymer Journal	53
-	Journal of Molecular Biology	53
28	Powder Technology	52
29	Microchemical Journal	51
30	Bioorganic Chemistry	50
31	Journal of Biological Chemistry	49
-	Journal of Catalysis	49
33	British Journal of Pharmacology	48
34	Biochemical Pharmacology	47
-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	47
36	European Journal of Pharmacology	46
37	Journal of the Electrochemical Society	45
38	Chemical Engineering Science	44
-	Polymer	44
40	Journal of Chemical Physics	43
-	Polymer Testing	43
42	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	42
-	Chemical Physics Letters	42
44	Journal of Dairy Science	41
-	Pharmacological Reviews	41
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
-	Dyes and Pigments	41
48	Neuropharmacology	40
49	Chemico-Biological Interactions	39
-	Journal of Organic Chemistry	39

-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	39
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	39
-	Microchimica Acta	39
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	39
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	39
56	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	38
-	Journal of Chromatography A	38
58	Computers & Chemical Engineering	36
-	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	36
-	Applied Ocean Research	36
-	Journal of Applied Polymer Science	36
62	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	35
63	British Food Journal	34
-	Inorganica Chimica Acta	34
65	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	33
-	Chemical Geology	33
67	AIChE Journal	32
-	Essays in Biochemistry	32
69	Journal of Food Biochemistry	31
-	Geology	31
-	Biochemistry	31
72	Bioscience Reports	30
-	Journal of Food Science	30
-	Phytochemistry	30
-	Psychopharmacology	30
76	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	29
-	Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology	29
-	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	29
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	29
-	Journal of Food Quality	29
81	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	28
-	Geophysics	28
-	Analyst	28
-	Polymer Engineering and Science	28
-	Limnology and Oceanography	28
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	28
87	FEBS Letters	27
-	Synthesis-Stuttgart	27
-	Journal of Food Process Engineering	27
90	Drug Safety	26
-	International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives	26
-	Journal of Food Processing and Preservation	26
93	Tetrahedron	25
-	Journal of Food Science and Technology-Mysore	25
-	Progress in Oceanography	25
96	Analytical Biochemistry	24
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	24
-	Thermochimica Acta	24
-	Journal of Organometallic Chemistry	24
-	Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	24
101	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	23
-	Journal of Coordination Chemistry	23
-	Carbohydrate Research	23
-	Toxicon	23
-	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	23
-	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	23
107	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	22
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	22
-	Tectonophysics	22
110	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	21
-	Microelectronics Reliability	21
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	21
113	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	20
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	20
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	20
-	Molecular Physics	20
-	Marine Geology	20
-	American Mineralogist	20
-	Photochemistry and Photobiology	20
-	Polymer Journal	20
121	Mineralium Deposita	19
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	19
-	Journal of Applied Electrochemistry	19
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	19
-	Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering	19
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	19
-	Starch-Starke	19
-	Journal of Lipid Research	19
-	Food Science and Technology	19
-	Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data	19
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	19
-	Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry	19
-	Sedimentary Geology	19
134	Journal of Petrology	18
-	Lithos	18
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	18
137	Microelectronics Journal	17
-	Molecular Pharmacology	17
-	International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials	17
-	Cereal Chemistry	17
-	Sedimentology	17
-	Journal of Texture Studies	17
-	Geochemistry	17
-	Synthetic Communications	17
-	Tetrahedron Letters	17
146	Journal of Physical Oceanography	16
-	Applied Spectroscopy	16
-	Biochemistry-Moscow	16
-	Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry	16
-	Organic Geochemistry	16
-	Journal of Antibiotics	16
-	Journal of Fluorine Chemistry	16
153	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids	15
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	15
-	Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society	15
-	Analytical Letters	15
-	Journal of Analytical Toxicology	15
-	Chemie Ingenieur Technik	15
-	Journal of Adhesion	15
-	Surface Science	15
161	Journal of Membrane Biology	14
-	Energy Exploration & Exploitation	14
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	14
-	Journal of Immunological Methods	14
-	Journal of Plankton Research	14
-	Geophysical Prospecting	14
-	Journal of Biochemistry	14
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	14
-	Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	14
-	Steroids	14
-	Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie	14
-	Oceanologia	14
173	Journal of Molecular Evolution	13
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	13
-	Combustion Science and Technology	13

-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	13
-	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	13
-	Biochemical Genetics	13
-	Chemical Engineering Communications	13
-	Planta Medica	13
-	Radiochimica Acta	13
-	Therapie	13
183	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	12
-	Radio Science	12
-	Molecular Biology	12
-	International Geology Review	12
-	Biopolymers	12
-	Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering	12
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	12
190	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	11
-	Journal of Chromatographic Science	11
-	Radiocarbon	11
-	New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics	11
-	Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
-	Journal of Dairy Research	11
-	Cellular and Molecular Biology	11
-	Pharmacology	11
199	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	10
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	10

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