New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Chemistry

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 Materials205
2 Cell172
3 Chemical Engineering Journal169
4 Nature Medicine168
5 International Journal of Molecular Sciences158
6 Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy156
7 Advanced Functional Materials155
8 ACS Nano153
9 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
10 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews143
11 Nucleic Acids Research141
12 Advanced Energy Materials136
13 Energy & Environmental Science130
- Coordination Chemistry Reviews130
15 Nature Energy122
- Advanced Science122
17 Energy120
- Energy Storage Materials120
- Renewable Energy120
20 Nano Energy119
21 ACS Catalysis118
22 Nano-Micro Letters116
23 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy115
24 Sensors113
- Journal of Energy Storage113
- Molecules113
27 Food Chemistry111
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science111
- Small111
30 ACS Energy Letters109
31 Nature Nanotechnology108
- Nature Materials108
- Applied Energy108
34 Joule107
35 Bioresource Technology105
- Carbohydrate Polymers105
- Nature Catalysis105
38 Journal of Energy Chemistry104
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
- Polymers104
42 Nature Methods102
43 Food Hydrocolloids101
44 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering100
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
46 Carbon99
- Molecular Cancer99
48 Trends in Food Science & Technology98
49 Energy Reports97
- Fuel97
51 Energy Conversion and Management96
- Sustainable Cities and Society96
- Separation and Purification Technology96
54 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy94
- Antioxidants94
56 Nano Letters92
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A92
58 Molecular Cell91
59 Energies90
60 Nature Reviews Materials89
61 Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
- Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews87
63 Journal of Controlled Release86
- Nanomaterials86
65 Foods85
66 Journal of Molecular Liquids84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
- Pharmaceutics84
69 Nano Research83
- Materials83
- Applied Surface Science83
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials83
73 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B82
- Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical82
75 Journal of Nanobiotechnology81
76 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery80
- Analytical Chemistry80
- Redox Biology80
79 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science79
- Energy Policy79
81 Journal of Power Sources78
82 Frontiers in Pharmacology77
83 Journal of Membrane Science76
- Applied Thermal Engineering76
85 Molecular Psychiatry75
- TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry75
87 Biomolecules74
88 Food Research International73
- Pharmacological Research73
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection73
91 Briefings in Bioinformatics72
- Antibiotics-Basel72
- Nano Today72
94 Energy and Buildings71
- Biomedicines71
96 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering70
97 Desalination69
- Ocean Engineering69
- Molecular Plant69
100 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry68
101 Journal of Molecular Structure67
- LWT-Food Science and Technology67
- Processes67
- Journal of Water Process Engineering67
- Nature Protocols67
- Pharmaceuticals67
107 Current Biology66
- Solar Energy66
- Chemistry of Materials66
110 Advanced Healthcare Materials65
111 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry64
- Energy & Fuels64
- Nature Chemical Biology64
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics64
115 Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects63
- Carbon Energy63
- ACS Sensors63
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry63
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing63
120 Biosensors-Basel62
- Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety62
- Small Methods62
123 Catalysts61
- Food Control61
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine61
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters61
127 Inorganic Chemistry60
- Drugs60
- Nanoscale60
- ACS Applied Nano Materials60
- Plant Cell60
- Marine Drugs60
- Phytomedicine60
134 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering59
- Electrochimica Acta59
- Talanta59
- Progress in Polymer Science59
138 Cell Death and Differentiation58
- European Polymer Journal58
- Micromachines58
141 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition57
- International Journal of Biological Sciences57
- Bioinformatics57
144 Gels56
- Food Packaging and Shelf Life56
- Analytica Chimica Acta56
- ACS Applied Energy Materials56
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology56
- Inorganic Chemistry Communications56
- International Journal of Energy Research56
- EMBO Journal56
- npj Computational Materials56
- Life Sciences56
154 Journal of CO2 Utilization55
- ACS Photonics55
156 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry54
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters54
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy54
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling54
- Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences54
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science54
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Combustion and Flame54
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences54
- International Immunopharmacology54
- Drug Discovery Today54
- Food Bioscience54
- Energy Strategy Reviews54
- Macromolecules54
170 Journal of Biological Chemistry53
- Fuel Processing Technology53
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology53
- Green Energy & Environment53
- Electrochemical Energy Reviews53
- Microchemical Journal53
176 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation52
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics52
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells52
- Powder Technology52
180 International Journal of Nanomedicine51
- Trends in Microbiology51
- Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers51
- Organic Letters51
- Scripta Materialia51
185 Journal of Physical Chemistry C50
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research50
- Journal of Catalysis50
- Spectrochimica Acta Part A-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy50
- Journal of Integrative Plant Biology50
- Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery50
- Langmuir50
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics50
193 Journal of Molecular Biology49
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences49
- Membranes49
- Polymer Degradation and Stability49
- Metabolites49
- Biochemical Pharmacology49
199 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion48
- Food and Chemical Toxicology48
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