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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	208
2	Advanced Functional Materials	161
3	ACS Nano	159
4	Advanced Energy Materials	141
-	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	141
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	135
7	ACS Catalysis	128
8	Nano Energy	117
9	Energy Storage Materials	113
10	Small	112
11	Nature Materials	110
12	ACS Energy Letters	107
13	Journal of Energy Chemistry	106
14	Joule	105
15	Nature Catalysis	104
-	Carbon	104
17	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	102
18	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	93
19	Nano Letters	90
20	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
21	Materials	86
22	Journal of Power Sources	83
-	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	83
-	Applied Surface Science	83
25	Nano Research	78
26	Journal of Molecular Liquids	76
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	71
28	npj Computational Materials	69
29	Carbon Energy	68
30	Chemistry of Materials	66
31	Catalysts	64
32	Small Methods	63
33	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	61
34	Green Energy & Environment	59
35	ACS Applied Energy Materials	57
36	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	56
-	Langmuir	56
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	56
39	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	52
40	Journal of Catalysis	50
41	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	49
42	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	48
-	Membranes	48
44	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
-	Journal of Chemical Physics	47
46	Applied Clay Science	44
-	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	44
48	Silicon	43
-	Catalysis Today	43
50	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	42

-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	42
52	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	41
53	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	40
-	Chemical Physics Letters	40
56	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	39
57	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	38
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	38
59	Plasmonics	37
60	Journal of Materiomics	36
61	Intermetallics	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
-	ChemCatChem	35
64	Nanoscale Horizons	34
65	Materials Today Energy	33
-	Catalysis Science & Technology	33
-	Soft Matter	33
68	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	32
69	Catalysis Communications	31
-	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	31
71	FlatChem	30
-	Ionics	30
-	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	30
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	30
75	Solid State Sciences	29
76	Journal of Fluorescence	27
-	Thermochimica Acta	27
78	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	26
-	Faraday Discussions	26
80	Magnetochemistry	25
-	Chemical Physics	25
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
83	Solid State Ionics	24
-	ChemPhysChem	24
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	24
-	Journal of Porous Materials	24
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	24
88	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	23
89	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	22
-	Topics in Catalysis	22
91	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	21
-	Molecular Catalysis	21
-	Molecular Physics	21
94	Vibrational Spectroscopy	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Colloid and Polymer Science	20
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	20
-	Catalysis Letters	20
99	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	19
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	19
-	ChemPhotoChem	19
-	Structural Chemistry	19
-	Surface Science	19
104	Molecular Simulation	18
-	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	18
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	18
107	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	17
-	Electrocatalysis	17
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	17
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	17
-	Adsorption Science & Technology	17
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	17
113	European Physical Journal E	16
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	16
-	Biophysical Chemistry	16
116	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	15
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	15
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	15
120	Surface Innovations	14
-	Journal of Structural Chemistry	14
-	Surface Review and Letters	14
123	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	13
-	Petroleum Chemistry	13
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	13
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	13
-	Colloid Journal	13
128	Journal of Solution Chemistry	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	12
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
136	Progress in Surface Science	11
-	Surface Science Reports	11
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
139	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
-	Clay Minerals	10
141	Journal of Energetic Materials	9
-	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	9
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
145	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	8
146	Gold Bulletin	7
-	High Energy Chemistry	7
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	7
-	Doklady Physical Chemistry	7
150	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3