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Chemistry Journals

Explore journals grouped under Chemistry using the internal subject classification developed for Journals Impact Factors. This grouping is designed for journal discovery and comparison and is separate from official Journal Citation Reports categories.

Citation patterns can differ considerably between specialties. For a more meaningful comparison, use the subsubject links below and consider JIF, JCI and quartile information together with scope, readership, editorial standards and indexing.

257Approved journals
254Journals with JIF
67Q1 journals
51.700Highest available JIF
2.500Median available JIF
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255 journals with Q1–Q4 data
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Journal Subsubject JIF 5-Year JIF JCI Quartile Publisher
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
ISSN 2050-750X eISSN 2050-7518
Chemical Sciences 5.700 6.100 0.880 Q2 ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
ISSN 1001-604X eISSN 1614-7065
Chemical Sciences 5.500 4.800 0.890 Q2 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Arabian Journal of Chemistry
ISSN 1878-5352 eISSN 1878-5379
Chemical Sciences 5.200 5.600 0.870 Q2 ELSEVIER
Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews
ISSN 1751-8253 eISSN 1751-7192
Chemical Sciences 5.100 7.000 0.760 Q2 TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
ISSN 0022-3697 eISSN 1879-2553
Chemical Sciences 4.900 4.400 0.810 Q2 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0192-8651 eISSN 1096-987X
Chemical Sciences 4.800 4.200 0.660 Q2 WILEY
Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences
ISSN 2666-5662 eISSN 2666-5662
Chemical Sciences 4.700 5.300 0.970 Q2 ELSEVIER
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
ISSN 1010-6030 eISSN 1873-2666
Chemical Sciences 4.700 4.200 0.670 Q2 ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
ISSN 0254-0584 eISSN 1879-3312
Chemical Sciences 4.700 4.400 0.820 Q2 ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
BMC Chemistry
ISSN N/A eISSN 2661-801X
Chemical Sciences 4.600 4.900 0.760 Q2 BMC
Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
ISSN 2095-0179 eISSN 2095-0187
Chemical Sciences 4.500 4.200 0.620 Q2 SPRINGER
ACS Physical Chemistry Au
ISSN N/A eISSN 2694-2445
Physical Chemistry 4.300 4.100 0.530 Q2 AMER CHEMICAL SOC
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 1388-2481 eISSN 1873-1902
Chemical Sciences 4.200 4.400 0.670 Q2 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Frontiers in Chemistry
ISSN 2296-2646 eISSN 2296-2646
Chemical Sciences 4.200 4.900 0.540 Q2 FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Results in Chemistry
ISSN 2211-7156 eISSN 2211-7156
Chemical Sciences 4.200 4.100 0.610 Q2 ELSEVIER
Sustainable Chemistry
ISSN N/A eISSN 2673-4079
Chemical Sciences 4.200 5.000 0.520 Q2 MDPI
Electrochemical Science Advances
ISSN 2698-5977 eISSN 2698-5977
Chemical Sciences 4.100 3.900 0.470 Q2 WILEY
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports
ISSN 2772-4174 eISSN 2772-4174
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 4.100 4.100 0.940 Q2 ELSEVIER
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
ISSN 1948-5875 eISSN N/A
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 4.000 4.000 0.950 Q2 AMER CHEMICAL SOC
INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
ISSN 0888-5885 eISSN 1520-5045
Chemical Sciences 3.900 4.000 0.560 Q2 AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Polymer Chemistry
ISSN 1759-9954 eISSN 1759-9962
Chemical Sciences 3.900 3.900 0.790 Q2 ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
REVIEWS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0793-0135 eISSN 2191-0189
Analytical Chemistry 3.800 4.200 0.530 Q2 DE GRUYTER POLAND SP Z O O
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
ISSN 0947-6539 eISSN 1521-3765
Chemical Sciences 3.700 3.800 0.580 Q2 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Chemistry-Methods
ISSN 2628-9725 eISSN 2628-9725
Chemical Sciences 3.600 7.000 0.820 Q2 WILEY
RSC Medicinal Chemistry
ISSN N/A eISSN 2632-8682
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 3.600 4.200 0.690 Q2 ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0929-8673 eISSN 1875-533X
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 3.500 4.000 0.550 Q2 BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
Future Medicinal Chemistry
ISSN 1756-8919 eISSN 1756-8927
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 3.400 3.700 0.660 Q2 TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Chemistry-An Asian Journal
ISSN 1861-4728 eISSN 1861-471X
Chemical Sciences 3.300 3.400 0.450 Q2 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
ChemistryOpen
ISSN 2191-1363 eISSN 2191-1363
Chemical Sciences 3.100 2.800 0.420 Q2 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0144-235X eISSN 1366-591X
Physical Chemistry 3.100 5.300 0.250 Q2 TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
ISSN 2058-9883 eISSN 2058-9883
Chemical Sciences 3.100 3.600 0.480 Q2 ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
REVIEWS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0193-4929 eISSN 2191-0227
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 3.100 4.300 0.300 Q2 WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS
ISSN N/A eISSN 1525-2027
Chemical Sciences 3.000 3.900 0.840 Q2 AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
ISSN 2472-3452 eISSN 2472-3452
Chemical Sciences 2.900 3.100 0.660 Q2 AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Geochemistry
ISSN 0009-2819 eISSN 1611-5864
Chemical Sciences 2.900 3.000 0.770 Q2 ELSEVIER GMBH
Moroccan Journal of Chemistry
ISSN 2351-812X eISSN 2351-812X
Chemical Sciences 2.900 1.900 0.370 Q2 UNIV MOHAMMED PREMIER OUJDA
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
ISSN 1463-9076 eISSN 1463-9084
Physical Chemistry 2.900 3.000 0.650 Q2 ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS
ISSN 0009-3084 eISSN 1873-2941
Chemical Sciences 2.800 3.100 0.800 Q2 ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0730-7268 eISSN 1552-8618
Chemical Sciences 2.800 3.800 0.710 Q2 OXFORD UNIV PRESS
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
ISSN 1089-5639 eISSN 1520-5215
Physical Chemistry 2.800 2.700 0.630 Q2 AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
ISSN 2193-5807 eISSN 2193-5815
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 2.700 2.600 0.620 Q2 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
COMMENTS ON INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0260-3594 eISSN 1548-9574
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 2.700 3.700 0.860 Q2 TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ISSN 1434-193X eISSN 1099-0690
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 2.700 2.500 0.600 Q2 WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
ISSN 1477-0520 eISSN 1477-0539
Chemical Sciences 2.700 2.900 0.730 Q2 ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Journal of Chemistry
ISSN 2090-9063 eISSN 2090-9071
Chemical Sciences 2.600 3.300 0.380 Q2 WILEY
SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
ISSN 1061-0278 eISSN 1029-0478
Chemical Sciences 2.600 2.000 0.340 Q2 TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
CEREAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0009-0352 eISSN 1943-3638
Chemical Sciences 2.500 2.800 0.370 Q2 WILEY
Magnetochemistry
ISSN N/A eISSN 2312-7481
Chemical Sciences 2.500 2.600 0.450 Q2 MDPI
MARINE CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0304-4203 eISSN 1872-7581
Chemical Sciences 2.500 2.900 0.650 Q2 ELSEVIER
ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY
ISSN 0146-6380 eISSN 1873-5290
Chemical Sciences 2.500 2.900 0.710 Q2 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
PLASMA CHEMISTRY AND PLASMA PROCESSING
ISSN 0272-4324 eISSN 1572-8986
Chemical Sciences 2.500 3.000 0.590 Q2 SPRINGER
JOURNAL OF HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0022-152X eISSN 1943-5193
Chemical Sciences 2.400 2.200 0.560 Q2 WILEY
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
ISSN 0022-328X eISSN 1872-8561
Chemical Sciences 2.400 2.000 0.630 Q2 ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
MATCH-COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL AND IN COMPUTER CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0340-6253 eISSN N/A
Chemical Sciences 2.400 2.000 0.800 Q2 UNIV KRAGUJEVAC, FAC SCIENCE
Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry
ISSN 1570-193X eISSN 1875-6298
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 2.300 2.200 0.320 Q2 BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
ISSN 0960-894X eISSN 1464-3405
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 2.200 2.400 0.670 Q2 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
CHINESE JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0253-2786 eISSN 0253-2786
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry 2.200 1.500 0.390 Q2 SCIENCE PRESS
JOURNAL OF CARBOHYDRATE CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0732-8303 eISSN 1532-2327
Chemical Sciences 2.200 1.600 0.320 Q2 TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN 1040-0400 eISSN 1572-9001
Chemical Sciences 2.200 1.700 0.550 Q2 SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0020-7608 eISSN 1097-461X
Chemical Sciences 2.000 2.000 0.510 Q2 WILEY
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN 0259-9791 eISSN 1572-8897
Chemical Sciences 2.000 1.400 0.440 Q2 SPRINGER
CALPHAD-COMPUTER COUPLING OF PHASE DIAGRAMS AND THERMOCHEMISTRY
ISSN 0364-5916 eISSN 1873-2984
Chemical Sciences 1.900 2.000 0.380 Q2 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
GEOCHEMISTRY-EXPLORATION ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS
ISSN 1467-7873 eISSN 2041-4943
Chemical Sciences 1.900 1.700 0.370 Q2 GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE
JOURNAL OF WOOD CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
ISSN 0277-3813 eISSN 1532-2319
Chemical Sciences 1.700 2.000 0.660 Q2 TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Chemistry Teacher International
ISSN N/A eISSN 2569-3263
Chemical Sciences 1.600 1.900 0.800 Q2 WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
Using the data

How to compare Chemistry journals

A broad research area can contain specialties with very different citation patterns. Start with the most relevant subsubject, then compare JIF, five-year JIF, JCI and quartile information alongside the journal's aims and scope, indexing, editorial standards, readership and publication model.

JIF

A journal-level citation measure that is most informative when comparing journals in related fields.

JCI

A field-normalized journal metric that provides another perspective on citation impact.

Quartile

A relative position within a category. Internal subjects on this site are not official JCR categories.