Chemistry, Physical: 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	206
2	Advanced Functional Materials	153
3	ACS Nano	151
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	145
5	Advanced Energy Materials	136
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	116
7	Small	111
8	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	110
9	Nature Materials	108
10	Carbon	99
11	Nano Letters	92
12	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	87
13	Journal of Molecular Liquids	85
14	Nano Research	83
-	Materials	83
16	Applied Surface Science	82
17	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	78
18	Journal of Power Sources	76
19	Journal of Molecular Structure	66
20	Chemistry of Materials	65
21	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	63
22	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	62
23	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	54
24	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	51
25	Journal of Catalysis	50
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	50
-	Langmuir	50
28	Catalysis Today	48
-	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	48
30	Silicon	47
31	Journal of Chemical Physics	46
32	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
-	Chemical Physics Letters	43
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	43
35	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
36	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
37	Applied Clay Science	40
38	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	37
39	Applied Catalysis A-General	36
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	36
-	Intermetallics	36
-	Plasmonics	36
43	Catalysis Science & Technology	35
44	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	34
45	ChemCatChem	33
46	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	32
47	Soft Matter	30
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	30
49	Catalysis Communications	29
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	29

51	Ionics	28
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	28
53	Journal of Fluorescence	27
54	Adsorption Science & Technology	26
55	Solid State Ionics	25
-	Solid State Sciences	25
-	Thermochimica Acta	25
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
59	Chemical Physics	24
-	Topics in Catalysis	24
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	24
62	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	23
-	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	23
64	Faraday Discussions	22
-	Structural Chemistry	22
66	ChemPhysChem	21
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	21
68	Vibrational Spectroscopy	20
-	Journal of Porous Materials	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Molecular Physics	20
72	Biophysical Chemistry	19
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	19
-	Catalysis Letters	19
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	19
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	19
77	Molecular Simulation	18
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	18
-	European Physical Journal E	18
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	18
81	Colloid and Polymer Science	17
82	Surface Science	16
-	Electrocatalysis	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	Surface Review and Letters	16
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	16
87	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	15
-	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
89	Surface and Interface Analysis	14
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
91	Journal of Structural Chemistry	13
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	13
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	13
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	13
-	Petroleum Chemistry	13
96	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
99	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	11
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	11
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	11
-	Surface Science Reports	11
-	Colloid Journal	11
-	Journal of Solution Chemistry	11
105	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	10
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	10
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	10
109	Clay Minerals	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	9
-	Progress in Surface Science	9
113	High Energy Chemistry	8
114	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	7
115	Doklady Physical Chemistry	6
116	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	3