New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Chemistry

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science74.317
2 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy66.510
3 Cell65.665
4 Nature Reviews Materials60.539
5 Electrochemical Energy Reviews59.589
6 Nano-Micro Letters52.999
7 Nature Energy50.519
8 Reviews of Geophysics50.509
9 Nature Catalysis50.267
10 Joule47.589
11 Molecular Cancer46.555
12 Nature Medicine44.682
13 Nature Nanotechnology43.945
14 Annual Review of Biochemistry43.882
15 Energy & Environmental Science42.609
16 Progress in Polymer Science40.678
17 Coordination Chemistry Reviews40.654
18 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental38.031
19 Nature Materials37.058
20 Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters36.455
21 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews35.720
22 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews34.417
23 Nature Methods33.996
24 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science32.883
25 Advanced Materials32.541
26 Progress in Lipid Research32.040
27 Nano Energy30.814
28 Nature Protocols30.621
29 Advanced Energy Materials29.301
30 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery28.655
31 Journal of Energy Chemistry28.601
32 Nucleic Acids Research28.159
33 Annual Review of Marine Science27.739
34 ACS Energy Letters27.725
35 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology27.658
36 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials27.309
37 Energy Storage Materials27.211
38 Molecular Cell26.955
39 Pharmacology & Therapeutics26.808
40 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.557
41 Trends in Food Science & Technology26.275
42 EMBO Journal26.119
43 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry26.068
44 Molecular Plant25.615
45 Carbon Energy25.085
46 Drug Resistance Updates24.833
47 Food Hydrocolloids24.735
48 eTransportation24.400
49 ACS Nano24.369
50 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Reviews24.163
51 Cell Death and Differentiation23.711
52 Annual Review of Food Science and Technology23.083
53 Carbohydrate Polymers22.547
54 ACS Catalysis22.284
55 Drugs22.223
56 Applied Energy22.090
57 Sustainable Cities and Society21.986
58 TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry21.909
59 Pharmacological Reviews21.880
60 Redox Biology21.251
61 Energy Conversion and Management21.211
62 Molecular Medicine21.091
63 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B20.825
64 Green Energy & Environment20.498
65 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety20.409
66 Journal of Nanobiotechnology20.221
67 Advanced Functional Materials20.141
68 Carbon20.054
69 Drug Delivery19.969
70 Polymer Reviews19.720
71 Bioresource Technology19.690
72 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences19.577
73 Molecular Aspects of Medicine19.517
74 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.470
75 Energy Policy19.409
76 Nano Convergence19.310
77 Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews19.304
78 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science19.242
79 Chemical Engineering Journal19.191
80 Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering18.816
81 Food Packaging and Shelf Life18.638
82 Journal of Controlled Release18.610
83 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems18.435
84 npj Computational Materials18.143
85 Bioinformatics18.099
86 International Journal of Biological Sciences17.903
87 Nano Today17.838
88 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering17.791
89 Current Opinion in Biotechnology17.694
90 Pharmacological Research17.466
91 Medicinal Research Reviews17.455
92 Renewable Energy17.441
93 Fuel Processing Technology17.434
94 Molecular Psychiatry17.167
95 Plant Cell16.912
96 Energy Strategy Reviews16.811
97 npj Clean Water16.773
98 Food Chemistry16.643
99 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition16.633
100 Energy16.626
101 EMBO Reports16.422
102 Petroleum Exploration and Development16.379
103 Fuel16.278
104 Desalination16.269
105 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences16.126
106 Trends in Microbiology16.097
107 Food Engineering Reviews16.076
108 Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment15.967
109 Journal of Membrane Science15.963
110 Nano Research15.945
111 Journal of CO2 Utilization15.743
112 Nature Chemical Biology15.584
113 Natural Product Reports15.522
114 Journal of Energy Storage15.499
115 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy15.329
116 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.324
117 Microsystems & Nanoengineering15.274
118 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology15.263
119 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical15.199
120 Energy Reports15.131
121 Current Opinion in Structural Biology15.094
122 Drug Discovery Today15.062
123 Separation and Purification Technology14.815
124 Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering14.812
125 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy14.798
126 Current Opinion in Food Science14.552
127 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology14.494
128 Journal of Materials Chemistry A14.349
129 Trends in Molecular Medicine14.330
130 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology14.312
131 Molecular Systems Biology14.272
132 npj 2D Materials and Applications14.267
133 Antioxidants14.210
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.210
135 Nanophotonics14.200
136 Food Control13.979
137 Advanced Science13.841
138 Trends in Biochemical Sciences13.766
139 ACS Sensors13.756
140 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.750
141 Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering13.703
142 Archives of Pharmacal Research13.607
143 Nano Letters13.558
144 Cell Systems13.494
145 Applied Surface Science13.448
146 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy13.426
147 Essays in Biochemistry13.351
148 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry13.300
149 Cell Chemical Biology13.259
150 Process Safety and Environmental Protection13.174
151 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica13.165
152 Solar Energy13.132
153 Small13.109
154 Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science13.108
155 Antioxidants & Redox Signaling12.975
156 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology12.926
157 NanoImpact12.919
158 Briefings in Bioinformatics12.901
159 Biodrugs12.865
160 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics12.854
161 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Reviews on Cancer12.781
162 Pharmaceutics12.777
163 Food Research International12.767
164 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.709
165 Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica12.705
166 Energy and Buildings12.646
167 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing12.596
168 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences12.490
169 Phytomedicine12.474
170 Apoptosis12.463
171 Journal of Power Sources12.434
172 Progress in Photovoltaics12.354
173 LWT-Food Science and Technology12.297
174 CNS Drugs12.265
175 Molecular Biology and Evolution12.217
176 Meat Science12.196
177 Biosensors-Basel12.167
178 Chemistry of Materials12.158
179 Journal of Materiomics12.130
180 Polymer Degradation and Stability12.121
181 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering12.068
182 Oncogene12.044
183 Cell and Bioscience11.890
184 Colloid and Interface Science Communications11.875
185 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.800
186 Marine Drugs11.770
187 Catalysis Communications11.700
188 Postharvest Biology and Technology11.594
189 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry11.564
190 Journal of Rare Earths11.557
191 Plasmonics11.473
192 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics11.417
193 Chromosome Research11.375
194 Phytotherapy Research11.370
195 Combustion and Flame11.347
196 Scripta Materialia11.339
- Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers11.339
198 Polymers11.287
199 Journal of Food Engineering11.282
200 Pharmaceutical Biology11.263
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