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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	203
2	Advanced Functional Materials	155
3	ACS Nano	151
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	147
5	Advanced Energy Materials	138
6	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	114
7	Nature Materials	110
-	Small	110
9	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	109
10	Carbon	101
11	Nano Letters	93
12	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	86
13	Journal of Molecular Liquids	85
14	Nano Research	84
15	Materials	82
-	Applied Surface Science	82
17	Journal of Power Sources	77
18	Advances in Colloid and Interface Science	76
19	Chemistry of Materials	68
20	Journal of Molecular Structure	64
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	Langmuir	50
-	Journal of Catalysis	50
27	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	49
28	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics	47
-	Catalysis Today	47
30	Silicon	46
31	Journal of Chemical Physics	45
32	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry	43
-	Radiation Physics and Chemistry	43
34	Chemical Physics Letters	42
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
36	Journal of Solid State Chemistry	40
-	Applied Clay Science	40
38	Journal of Physical Chemistry B	37
-	Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science	37
40	Plasmonics	36
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	36
42	Intermetallics	35
43	Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry	34
-	Catalysis Science & Technology	34
45	ChemCatChem	33
46	Journal of Physical Chemistry A	31
-	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews	31
48	Soft Matter	29
49	Journal of Supercritical Fluids	28
-	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	28

-	Catalysis Communications	28
-	Ionics	28
53	Journal of Fluorescence	27
54	Adsorption Science & Technology	26
55	Solid State Sciences	25
-	Fluid Phase Equilibria	25
57	Solid State Ionics	24
-	Thermochimica Acta	24
-	International Journal of Photoenergy	24
-	Topics in Catalysis	24
-	Chemical Physics	24
62	Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry	23
-	ChemPhysChem	23
-	International Journal of Quantum Chemistry	23
65	Structural Chemistry	22
66	Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	21
-	Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics	21
-	Faraday Discussions	21
69	Molecular Physics	20
-	Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering	20
-	Journal of Porous Materials	20
72	Vibrational Spectroscopy	19
-	Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics	19
-	Biophysical Chemistry	19
-	Catalysis Letters	19
76	International Journal of Thermophysics	18
-	Molecular Simulation	18
-	Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	18
-	Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis	18
80	European Physical Journal E	17
81	Surface Science	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	Colloid and Polymer Science	16
84	Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry	15
-	Journal of disPersion Science and Technology	15
-	Surface Review and Letters	15
-	Electrocatalysis	15
88	Surface and Interface Analysis	14
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	14
91	Petroleum Chemistry	13
-	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
96	Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Theoretical Chemistry Accounts	12
100	Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	11
-	Adsorption-Journal of the International Adsorption Society	11
-	Surface Science Reports	11
103	Journal of Solution Chemistry	10
-	Tenside Surfactants Detergents	10
-	Catalysis Surveys From Asia	10
-	Colloid Journal	10
-	International Journal of Chemical Kinetics	10
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	10
109	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids	9
-	Kinetics and Catalysis	9
-	Progress in Surface Science	9
112	High Energy Chemistry	8
-	Clay Minerals	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