Chemistry: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	95
2	Cell	69
3	Progress in Polymer Science	57
4	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	54
-	Nature Nanotechnology	54
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	54
7	Annual Review of Biochemistry	51
8	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	50
9	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	45
10	Energy & Environmental Science	43
-	Experimental and Molecular Medicine	43
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	43
13	Trends in Food Science & Technology	41
-	Molecular Cancer	41
15	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	39
-	Nature Materials	39
-	Advanced Materials	39
18	Advanced Energy Materials	38
-	Nature Medicine	38
20	Progress in Lipid Research	35
21	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	34
22	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	33
23	Molecular Cell	32
24	Molecular Plant	31
25	Carbohydrate Polymers	30
26	Biotechnology for Biofuels	29
-	Nature Protocols	29
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	29
29	Food Hydrocolloids	28
-	Nature Methods	28
-	ACS Nano	28
-	Annual Review of Marine Science	28
-	Drug Resistance Updates	28
34	TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry	27
-	EMBO Journal	27
-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	27
-	Bioresource Technology	27
38	Chemical Engineering Journal	26
-	Energy Conversion and Management	26
-	Applied Energy	26
-	Advanced Functional Materials	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
43	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	25
-	Drugs	25
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	25
-	Carbon	25
47	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	24
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	24
49	Food Chemistry	23
-	Pharmacological Reviews	23

-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	23
-	Molecular Medicine	23
-	Polymer Reviews	23
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	23
-	Energy Policy	23
56	Renewable Energy	22
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	22
-	Nano Today	22
-	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	22
-	Fuel Processing Technology	22
-	Journal of Membrane Science	22
62	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	21
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	21
-	Journal of Controlled Release	21
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	21
-	Energy	21
-	Nano Research	21
-	Pharmacological Research	21
-	Drug Delivery	21
70	Plant Cell	20
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
-	Separation and Purification Technology	20
-	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	Desalination	20
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	20
-	Molecular Psychiatry	20
77	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	19
-	Molecular Systems Biology	19
-	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	19
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	Fuel	19
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	19
-	Natural Product Reports	19
-	Nature Chemical Biology	19
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	19
87	Petroleum Exploration and Development	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Essays in Biochemistry	18
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	18
-	Drug Discovery Today	18
-	EMBO Reports	18
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	18
94	International Journal of Biological Sciences	17
-	Food Engineering Reviews	17
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	17
-	Solar Energy	17
-	Oncogene	17
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	17
-	Journal of Power Sources	17
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	17
-	Food Control	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	17
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	17
109	Small	16
-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	16
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	16
-	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	16
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	16
-	Food Research International	16
-	Phytomedicine	16
-	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	16
-	Energy and Buildings	16
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	16
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	16
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	16
121	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	15
-	Scripta Materialia	15
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	15
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	15
-	Journal of Rare Earths	15
-	Bioinformatics	15
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	15
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	15
-	Journal of Catalysis	15
-	Meat Science	15
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	15
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	15
136	Food Quality and Preference	14
-	Genome Research	14
-	Pharmaceutics	14
-	Phytotherapy Research	14
-	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry	14
-	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	14
-	Current Biology	14
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	14
-	CNS Drugs	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Briefings in Bioinformatics	14
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	14
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	14
-	Electrochimica Acta	14
-	Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers	14
-	Analytical Chemistry	14
152	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	13
-	International Journal of Energy Research	13
-	Food Microbiology	13
-	Journal of Molecular Liquids	13
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	13
-	Talanta	13
-	Combustion and Flame	13
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	13
-	Marine Drugs	13
-	Matrix Biology	13
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	13
-	Molecular Biology and Evolution	13
-	Bioelectrochemistry	13
-	Analytica Chimica Acta	13
-	Food Policy	13
-	Polymer Testing	13
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	13
-	Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry	13
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	13
-	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	13
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	13
-	Minerals Engineering	13
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	13
-	Catalysis Today	13

-	Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications	13
177	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	12
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	12
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	12
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	12
-	Science Signaling	12
-	Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology	12
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	12
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	12
-	Cellulose	12
-	Chinese Medicine	12
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	12
-	Life Sciences	12
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	12
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	12
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	12
-	European Polymer Journal	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	12
-	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	12
-	International Journal of Food Microbiology	12
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	12
-	Organic Letters	12
-	Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry	12
-	Journal of Food Engineering	12
-	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	12

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