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	Advanced Materials	207
2	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	184
3	Cell	172
4	Nature Medicine	170
5	International Journal of Molecular Sciences	165
6	Advanced Functional Materials	162
7	Chemical Engineering Journal	157
-	ACS Nano	157
9	Advanced Energy Materials	142
10	Nucleic Acids Research	141
11	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	140
12	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	138
13	Energy & Environmental Science	136
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	136
15	Nano-Micro Letters	130
16	Journal of Energy Storage	128
-	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	128
-	ACS Catalysis	128
-	Nature Energy	128
20	Molecules	127
21	Energy	125
22	Advanced Science	120
-	Sensors	120
-	Nano Energy	120
25	Nature Nanotechnology	113
26	Applied Energy	112
-	Energy Storage Materials	112
28	Nature Materials	111
-	Food Chemistry	111
-	Polymers	111
31	Energies	110
-	Small	110
33	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	108
-	Fuel	108
35	Molecular Cancer	107
-	ACS Energy Letters	107
37	Carbohydrate Polymers	106
38	Nature Methods	105
-	Energy Reports	105
-	Renewable Energy	105
41	Journal of Energy Chemistry	104
-	Joule	104
-	Antioxidants	104
-	Food Hydrocolloids	104
-	Carbon	104
46	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	103
-	Nature Catalysis	103
48	Pharmaceutics	102
49	Foods	101
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	101

51	Energy Conversion and Management	100
52	Separation and Purification Technology	99
53	Sustainable Cities and Society	94
54	Bioresource Technology	93
55	Journal of Controlled Release	92
-	Redox Biology	92
57	Nano Letters	91
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	91
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	91
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	91
61	Nature Reviews Materials	90
62	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	88
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	88
64	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	87
65	Nanomaterials	86
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	86
67	Materials	85
68	Applied Surface Science	84
-	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering	84
-	TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry	84
-	Molecular Cell	84
72	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	83
-	Frontiers in Pharmacology	83
74	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	82
75	Nano Research	81
-	Food Research International	81
-	Biomedicines	81
-	Biomolecules	81
79	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	79
80	Desalination	78
-	Antibiotics-Basel	78
-	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	78
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	78
-	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	78
85	Pharmaceuticals	77
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	77
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	77
88	Journal of Molecular Liquids	76
89	Molecular Psychiatry	74
-	ACS Sensors	74
91	Journal of Water Process Engineering	73
-	Processes	73
-	Phytomedicine	73
-	Journal of Membrane Science	73
-	Pharmacological Research	73
96	Biosensors-Basel	72
-	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	72
98	Journal of Molecular Structure	71
-	Briefings in Bioinformatics	71
100	Solar Energy	70
-	Analytical Chemistry	70
-	Energy and Buildings	70
-	Energy & Fuels	70
104	Gels	69
-	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	69
106	Molecular Plant	68
-	Energy Policy	68
108	npj Computational Materials	67
-	Chemistry of Materials	67
-	Journal of Power Sources	67
-	Carbon Energy	67
112	Nature Chemical Biology	66
-	Nature Protocols	66
-	Micromachines	66
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	66
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	66
117	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	65
-	Plant Cell	65
119	ACS Applied Nano Materials	64
-	Inorganic Chemistry Communications	64
-	Catalysts	64
122	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
-	Talanta	63
124	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	62
-	Small Methods	62
126	Nano Today	61
-	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	61
-	Nanoscale	61
-	Marine Drugs	61
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	61
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	61
132	Batteries-Basel	60
-	European Polymer Journal	60
-	Electrochimica Acta	60
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	60
136	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	59
-	Food Control	59
-	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	59
-	Current Biology	59
-	Microchemical Journal	59
-	International Immunopharmacology	59
-	Life Sciences	59
143	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	58
-	Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research	58
-	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	58
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	58
-	Green Energy & Environment	58
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	58
-	Food Bioscience	58
-	Progress in Polymer Science	58
-	Drug Discovery Today	58
152	Analytica Chimica Acta	57
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	57
-	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry	57
155	Drugs	56
-	EMBO Journal	56
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	56
-	Trends in Microbiology	56
159	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	55
-	Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery	55
-	Macromolecules	55
-	Journal of CO2 Utilization	55
-	Langmuir	55
164	Nanoscale Advances	54
-	Metabolites	54
-	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	54
-	Combustion and Flame	54
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	54
-	Drug Resistance Updates	54
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	54
171	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	53
-	Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences	53
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	53
-	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	53
175	Polymer Composites	52

-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	52
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	52
178	Biochemical Pharmacology	51
-	Fuel Processing Technology	51
-	eTransportation	51
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	51
-	Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy	51
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	51
184	ACS Photonics	50
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	50
-	Oncogene	50
-	Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems	50
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	50
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	50
-	Organic Letters	50
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	50
192	Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers	49
-	Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers	49
-	Scripta Materialia	49
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	49
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	49
-	Ocean Engineering	49
-	Journal of Catalysis	49
-	Food Chemistry-X	49
-	Journal of Food Composition and Analysis	49

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