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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Cell	172
2	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	128
3	Fuel	108
4	Carbohydrate Polymers	106
5	Food Hydrocolloids	104
-	Carbon	104
7	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	101
8	Energy Conversion and Management	100
9	Journal of Controlled Release	92
10	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	88
11	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	87
12	Applied Surface Science	84
-	TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry	84
14	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	82
15	Desalination	78
16	Journal of Molecular Liquids	76
17	Journal of Molecular Structure	71
18	Analytical Chemistry	70
-	Solar Energy	70
20	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	69
21	Talanta	63
22	Electrochimica Acta	60
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	60
-	European Polymer Journal	60
25	Life Sciences	59
-	Microchemical Journal	59
27	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	58
-	Progress in Polymer Science	58
29	Analytica Chimica Acta	57
30	EMBO Journal	56
-	Drugs	56
32	Macromolecules	55
33	Combustion and Flame	54
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	54
35	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	52
-	Polymer Composites	52
37	Biochemical Pharmacology	51
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	51
39	Ocean Engineering	49
-	Journal of Catalysis	49
41	Journal of Food Engineering	48
-	Polymer	48
43	Chemico-Biological Interactions	47
-	Polymer Testing	47
45	Pharmacological Reviews	46
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	46
47	European Journal of Pharmacology	45
-	Applied Clay Science	45
-	Chemical Engineering Science	45
-	Bioorganic Chemistry	45

-	Powder Technology	45
52	Chemical Engineering Research & Design	44
53	Journal of Dairy Science	43
54	Microchimica Acta	42
55	Journal of Molecular Biology	41
-	Computers & Chemical Engineering	41
57	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	40
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	40
-	Natural Product Reports	40
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	40
-	British Journal of Pharmacology	40
-	Chemical Physics Letters	40
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	40
-	Neuropharmacology	40
65	Applied Organometallic Chemistry	39
-	Journal of Organic Chemistry	39
-	Journal of the Electrochemical Society	39
68	Dyes and Pigments	38
-	Polymer Bulletin	38
-	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	38
-	International Journal of Food Microbiology	38
-	Journal of Chromatography A	38
73	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	36
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	36
-	Plant Science	36
77	Inorganica Chimica Acta	35
-	Ore Geology Reviews	35
79	International Journal of Coal Geology	34
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	34
-	Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification	34
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	34
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	34
84	Essays in Biochemistry	33
-	Progress in Lipid Research	33
86	Journal of Food Science	32
-	British Food Journal	32
-	Applied Ocean Research	32
-	Biological Trace Element Research	32
-	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	32
91	FEBS Letters	31
-	Journal of Applied Polymer Science	31
-	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology	31
-	Polymer Engineering and Science	31
-	Neurochemistry International	31
-	AIChE Journal	31
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	31
98	Bioscience Reports	30
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Cell Research	30
-	Chemical Geology	30
101	Geology	29
-	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics	29
-	Phytochemistry	29
-	Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems	29
-	Analyst	29
-	Antiviral Research	29
-	Geophysics	29
108	Journal of Food Biochemistry	28
-	Journal of Food Process Engineering	28
-	Psychopharmacology	28
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	28
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	28
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	Biochemistry	28
-	International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives	28
116	Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry	27
-	Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology	27
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	27
-	Journal of Lipid Research	27
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	27
-	Biochemical Journal	27
-	Thermochimica Acta	27
123	BioEssays	26
-	Progress in Oceanography	26
-	Surveys in Geophysics	26
-	Limnology and Oceanography	26
-	Neurotoxicology	26
-	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	26
-	Microelectronics Reliability	26
130	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	25
-	Journal of Food Processing and Preservation	25
-	Drug Development Research	25
-	Analytical Biochemistry	25
-	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology	25
-	Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	25
-	Journal of Biological Chemistry	25
-	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	25
-	Tetrahedron	25
-	Toxicon	25
140	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	24
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	24
-	Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering	24
-	Carbohydrate Research	24
-	Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology	24
-	Solid State Ionics	24
-	Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering	24
-	Tectonophysics	24
-	Journal of Food Science and Technology-Mysore	24
-	Journal of Applied Electrochemistry	24
150	Chinese Journal of Polymer Science	23
-	Clinical Therapeutics	23
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	23
-	Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry	23
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	23
-	Journal of Petrology	23
-	Synthesis-Stuttgart	23
-	Molecular Immunology	23
158	Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry	22
-	Journal of Organometallic Chemistry	22
-	Mineralium Deposita	22
-	Peptides	22
-	Polymer Journal	22
-	Microelectronic Engineering	22
164	Journal of Food Quality	21
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	21
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	21
-	Cell Biochemistry and Function	21
-	Separation Science and Technology	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Electrophoresis	21
-	Molecular Physics	21
172	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Plant Molecular Biology	20
-	Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing	20

-	Journal of Microbiological Methods	20
-	Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer	20
-	Sedimentary Geology	20
-	Transport in Porous Media	20
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	20
-	Photochemistry and Photobiology	20
182	Energy Exploration & Exploitation	19
-	International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials	19
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	19
-	Journal of Energy Resources Technology-Transactions of the Asme	19
-	Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data	19
-	Chemie Ingenieur Technik	19
-	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry	19
189	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	18
-	Geochemistry	18
-	Investigational New Drugs	18
-	Starch-Starke	18
-	Surface Science	18
-	Energy Journal	18
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics	18
-	Journal of Texture Studies	18
-	Steroids	18
198	Biochemistry-Moscow	17
-	Biomedical Chromatography	17
-	Journal of Biochemistry	17

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