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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	205
2	ACS Nano	156
3	Advanced Functional Materials	155
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	144
5	Advanced Energy Materials	139
6	Nano Energy	123
7	Energy Storage Materials	122
8	ACS Catalysis	120
-	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	120
10	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	114
11	Small	111
12	Nature Materials	110
13	Nature Catalysis	108
-	ACS Energy Letters	108
15	Joule	104
-	Journal of Energy Chemistry	104
17	Carbon	100
18	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	96
19	Nano Letters	93
20	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
21	Nano Research	84
-	Applied Surface Science	84
23	Materials	83
24	Journal of Power Sources	81
25	Journal of Molecular Liquids	80
26	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	79
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	69
28	Chemistry of Materials	67
29	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	65
30	Carbon Energy	63
31	Small Methods	62
32	Catalysts	60
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
34	npj Computational Materials	59
35	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
36	Green Energy & Environment	55
37	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	53
38	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	52
39	Langmuir	51
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	51
41	Membranes	50
42	Journal of Catalysis	49
43	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
44	Silicon	46
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	46
46	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	44
47	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
-	Catalysis Today	43
49	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
50	Applied Clay Science	41

-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
-	Chemical Physics Letters	41
53	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
54	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	39
55	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	38
56	Materials Today Energy	37
-	Intermetallics	37
-	Catalysis Science & Technology	37
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	37
60	Journal of Materiomics	36
-	Plasmonics	36
62	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	35
-	Nanoscale Horizons	35
64	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	34
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	34
67	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	33
-	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	33
-	Soft Matter	33
70	FlatChem	32
-	ChemCatChem	32
72	Catalysis Communications	31
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	31
74	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	29
-	Ionics	29
76	Journal of Fluorescence	28
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	28
78	Adsorption Science & Technology	27
79	Solid State Ionics	26
80	Solid State Sciences	25
-	Thermochimica Acta	25
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
83	Magnetochemistry	24
-	Molecular Catalysis	24
-	Chemical Physics	24
-	Faraday Discussions	24
87	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	23
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	23
-	Topics in Catalysis	23
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	23
91	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	22
-	ChemPhysChem	22
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	22
-	Structural Chemistry	22
95	Vibrational Spectroscopy	21
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	21
97	Biophysical Chemistry	20
-	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	20
-	Journal of Porous Materials	20
-	Molecular Physics	20
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	20
102	Catalysis Letters	19
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	19
104	Molecular Simulation	18
-	ChemPhotoChem	18
-	Surface Science	18
107	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	17
-	Electrocatalysis	17
-	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	17
111	Colloid and Polymer Science	16
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	16
115	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	Surface Innovations	15
-	Surface Review and Letters	15
118	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	14
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	14
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	14
121	Clays and Clay Minerals	13
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	13
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	13
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	13
126	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	12
-	Petroleum Chemistry	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
130	Journal of Solution Chemistry	11
-	Surface Science Reports	11
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	11
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	11
-	Colloid Journal	11
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	11
137	Progress in Surface Science	10
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	10
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	10
141	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	9
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Clay Minerals	9
-	High Energy Chemistry	9
146	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	7
-	Doklady Physical Chemistry	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
149	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	3