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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Energy and Combustion Science	103
2	Electrochemical Energy Reviews	93
3	Cell	73
4	Nano-Micro Letters	65
5	Nature Catalysis	58
-	Annual Review of Biochemistry	58
7	Joule	57
8	Nature Nanotechnology	55
9	Reviews of Geophysics	54
-	Nature Reviews Materials	54
11	Progress in Polymer Science	53
12	Coordination Chemistry Reviews	52
-	Energy & Environmental Science	52
14	Nature Energy	51
15	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	50
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	50
17	Nature Materials	46
18	Molecular Cancer	45
19	Nano Energy	44
-	Nature Medicine	44
21	Advanced Materials	43
-	Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy	43
23	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	42
-	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	42
25	Advanced Energy Materials	40
-	Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters	40
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	40
28	Journal of Energy Chemistry	37
-	ACS Energy Letters	37
30	EMBO Journal	36
-	Progress in Lipid Research	36
32	Molecular Cell	35
-	Trends in Food Science & Technology	35
-	Carbon Energy	35
35	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	33
36	Food Hydrocolloids	32
-	Nature Methods	32
38	eTransportation	31
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	31
-	ACS Nano	31
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	31
42	Drug Resistance Updates	30
-	Carbohydrate Polymers	30
-	TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry	30
-	Applied Energy	30
-	Energy Storage Materials	30
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	30
48	Molecular Medicine	29
-	Molecular Plant	29
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	29

-	Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety	29
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	29
53	Redox Biology	28
-	Annual Review of Food Science and Technology	28
-	ACS Catalysis	28
56	Molecular Aspects of Medicine	27
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	27
-	Nano Convergence	27
-	Nature Protocols	27
-	Drugs	27
-	Energy Conversion and Management	27
-	Green Energy & Environment	27
-	Advanced Functional Materials	27
64	Food Packaging and Shelf Life	26
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	26
-	Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews	26
67	Carbon	25
-	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	25
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	25
-	Polymer Reviews	25
71	Annual Review of Marine Science	24
-	Journal of Controlled Release	24
-	Food Engineering Reviews	24
-	Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering	24
-	Drug Delivery	24
-	Plant Cell	24
-	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition	24
-	Chemical Engineering Journal	24
79	npj Clean Water	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	23
-	Bioresource Technology	23
-	Pharmacological Reviews	23
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Biology	23
-	Food Chemistry	23
-	EMBO Reports	23
-	Fuel Processing Technology	23
-	Pharmacological Research	23
89	Nature Structural & Molecular Biology	22
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	22
-	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering	22
-	Nano Today	22
-	Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry	22
-	Current Opinion in Biotechnology	22
95	Journal of Membrane Science	21
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	21
-	Cell Death and Differentiation	21
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	21
-	Nano Research	21
-	Nature Chemical Biology	21
-	Energy	21
-	Journal of Energy Storage	21
-	Desalination	21
104	Trends in Microbiology	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	20
-	Renewable Energy	20
-	Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	20
-	npj Computational Materials	20
-	Energy Reports	20
-	Fuel	20
-	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences	20
-	Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering	20
-	Current Opinion in Structural Biology	20
114	Drug Discovery Today	19
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	19
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	19
-	Phytomedicine	19
-	Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	19
-	Separation and Purification Technology	19
-	Current Opinion in Food Science	19
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	19
-	Molecular Psychiatry	19
-	Journal of CO2 Utilization	19
-	ACS Sensors	19
125	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	18
-	Energy Strategy Reviews	18
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	18
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
-	Nano Letters	18
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	18
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	18
-	Food Research International	18
-	Applied Surface Science	18
-	Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment	18
-	Essays in Biochemistry	18
-	Cell Chemical Biology	18
138	Molecular Systems Biology	17
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	17
-	Meat Science	17
-	International Journal of Biological Sciences	17
-	Antioxidants	17
-	Journal of Rare Earths	17
-	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	17
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	17
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	17
-	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer	17
-	Small	17
-	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	17
-	Matrix Biology	17
-	Nucleic Acids Research	17
-	Antioxidants & Redox Signaling	17
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	17
-	Food Control	17
-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	17
-	Solar Energy	17
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	17
158	Trends in Biochemical Sciences	16
-	Natural Product Reports	16
-	Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry	16
-	Journal of Power Sources	16
-	Energy and Buildings	16
-	Biosensors-Basel	16
-	Catalysis Communications	16
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	16
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	16
-	Pharmaceutics	16
-	Trends in Molecular Medicine	16
-	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	16
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	16
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	16
-	IEEE-ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics	16
-	Advanced Science	16
-	Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies	16
-	Phytotherapy Research	16

176	International Journal of Nanomedicine	15
-	Journal of Materiomics	15
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	15
-	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis	15
-	Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers	15
-	Advanced Healthcare Materials	15
-	Cell and Bioscience	15
-	Oncogene	15
-	LWT-Food Science and Technology	15
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	15
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	15
-	CNS Drugs	15
-	Plasmonics	15
-	Cell Systems	15
-	Chemistry of Materials	15
191	Molecular Biology and Evolution	14
-	Life Sciences	14
-	Marine Drugs	14
-	Bioinformatics	14
-	Analytica Chimica Acta	14
-	Applied Clay Science	14
-	Food Microbiology	14
-	Food Policy	14
-	Applied Thermal Engineering	14
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	14

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