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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	205
2	Advanced Functional Materials	155
3	ACS Nano	153
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	145
5	Advanced Energy Materials	136
6	Energy Storage Materials	120
7	Nano Energy	119
8	ACS Catalysis	118
9	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	115
10	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	111
-	Small	111
12	ACS Energy Letters	109
13	Nature Materials	108
14	Joule	107
15	Nature Catalysis	105
16	Journal of Energy Chemistry	104
17	Carbon	99
18	Nano Letters	92
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	92
20	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	87
21	Journal of Molecular Liquids	84
22	Nano Research	83
-	Materials	83
-	Applied Surface Science	83
25	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	79
26	Journal of Power Sources	78
27	Journal of Molecular Structure	67
28	Chemistry of Materials	66
29	Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	63
-	Carbon Energy	63
31	Small Methods	62
32	Catalysts	61
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	61
34	npj Computational Materials	56
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
36	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	54
37	Green Energy & Environment	53
38	Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation	52
39	Langmuir	50
-	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	50
-	Journal of Catalysis	50
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	50
43	Membranes	49
44	Silicon	47
-	Catalysis Today	47
46	Journal of Chemical Physics	46
47	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	44
48	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	43
-	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
-	Chemical Physics Letters	43

51	Materials Today Energy	41
-	Applied Clay Science	41
-	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	41
54	Surfaces and Interfaces	40
55	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	38
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	38
57	Intermetallics	37
-	Plasmonics	37
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	37
60	Catalysis Science & Technology	36
61	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
-	Journal of Materiomics	35
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	35
64	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	34
65	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry	33
-	Nanoscale Horizons	33
-	ChemCatChem	33
68	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	32
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	32
70	FlatChem	31
-	Soft Matter	31
72	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	30
73	Catalysis Communications	29
74	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	28
-	Ionics	28
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	28
77	Journal of Fluorescence	27
-	Adsorption Science & Technology	27
79	Solid State Sciences	26
80	Solid State Ionics	25
-	Thermochimica Acta	25
82	Magnetochemistry	24
-	Molecular Catalysis	24
-	Chemical Physics	24
-	Faraday Discussions	24
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	24
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	24
88	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	23
-	Topics in Catalysis	23
90	ChemPhysChem	22
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	22
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	22
-	Structural Chemistry	22
94	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	21
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	21
96	Biophysical Chemistry	20
-	Vibrational Spectroscopy	20
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	20
-	Molecular Physics	20
-	ChemPhotoChem	20
101	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	19
-	Catalysis Letters	19
-	International Journal of Thermophysics	19
-	Journal of Porous Materials	19
105	Molecular Simulation	18
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	18
107	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	17
-	Colloid and Polymer Science	17
-	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Surface Science	17
111	Electrocatalysis	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	16
114	Surface Innovations	15
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	15
-	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	Surface Review and Letters	15
118	Journal of Structural Chemistry	14
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
-	Surface and Interface Analysis	14
121	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence	13
-	Petroleum Chemistry	13
-	Journal of Surfactants and Detergents	13
-	Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry	13
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	13
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences	13
127	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	12
-	Structural Dynamics-US	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	12
-	Colloid Journal	12
132	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	11
-	Surface Science Reports	11
-	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	11
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	11
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	11
137	Journal of Solution Chemistry	10
-	Progress in Surface Science	10
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	10
-	Johnson Matthey Technology Review	10
141	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	9
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Clay Minerals	9
145	High Energy Chemistry	8
146	Gold Bulletin	7
147	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	6
-	Doklady Physical Chemistry	6
149	Physics and Chemistry of Glasses-European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B	3
-	Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism	3