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Best Analytical Chemistry journals

159 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Analytical Chemistry. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 40 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry 27 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry 22.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Mass Spectrometry Reviews 21.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Healthcare Analytics 20 97th Q1 – – Yes
5 Food Chemistry 17.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 17.3 96th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Separation and Purification Reviews 16.1 95th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 15.6 95th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 15.2 94th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 14.7 94th Q1 SCIE – No
11 ACS Measurement Science Au 14.6 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
12 Separation and Purification Technology 14.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
13 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 14 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry 12.1 91st Q1 SCIE – No
15 Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 12 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Journal of Analysis and Testing 11.9 90th Q1 ESCI – No
17 JACS Au 11.5 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
18 Talanta 11.2 89th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 11 88th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Analytica Chimica Acta 10.9 87th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Analytical Chemistry 10.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Food Chemistry: X 10.7 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
23 Advances in Sample Preparation 10.6 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Sensors and Actuators Reports 10.6 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
25 Molecules 10.3 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Green Analytical Chemistry 9.6 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
27 Sensors 9.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Natural Products and Bioprospecting 9 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 9 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
30 Sensors and Diagnostics 8.8 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
31 Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 8.7 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
32 Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 8.6 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 8.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Journal of Molecular Structure 8.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
35 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 8.3 78th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications 8.3 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
37 Chemosensors 8.1 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 8 76th Q1 SCIE – No
39 International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials 7.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Microchimica Acta 7.8 75th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 7.7 74th Q2 SCIE – No
42 Chemical and Biomedical Imaging 7.4 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
43 Analytica 7.2 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
44 Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research 7 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
45 Environmental Science: Atmospheres 7 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
46 Sustainable Food Technology 7 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
47 Food Analytical Methods 6.9 70th Q2 SCIE – No
48 Talanta Open 6.9 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
49 Journal of Chromatography A 6.9 69th Q2 SCIE – No
50 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 6.5 69th Q2 SCIE – No
51 Journal of Separation Science 6.5 68th Q2 SCIE – No
52 Separations 6.4 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
53 Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy 6.4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
54 Microchemical Journal 6.4 66th Q2 SCIE – No
55 Analyst 6.3 65th Q2 SCIE – No
56 RSC Sustainability 6.3 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
57 Journal of Natural Products 6.3 64th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Chirality 5.9 64th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Journal of Analytical Toxicology 5.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
60 Analytical Science Advances 5.4 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
61 Drug Testing and Analysis 5.4 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
62 Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry 5.4 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
63 Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 5.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Analysis and Sensing 5.3 60th Q2 ESCI – No
65 Electroanalysis 5.3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
66 Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry 5.3 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
67 International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics 5.3 58th Q2 SCIE – No
68 Asian Journal of Green Chemistry 5.3 57th Q2 – – No
69 International Journal of Analytical Chemistry 5.3 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
70 Phytochemical Analysis 5.2 56th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences 4.8 55th Q2 SCIE – No
72 SLAS Discovery 4.8 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
73 Journal of Chromatography Open 4.7 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
74 Planta Medica 4.7 54th Q2 SCIE – No
75 ChemPhotoChem 4.7 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
76 Food Biophysics 4.6 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
77 Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 4.5 51st Q2 SCIE – No
78 Forensic Chemistry 4.5 50th Q2 SCIE – No
79 ACS Food Science and Technology 4.4 50th Q2 ESCI – No
80 Analytical Methods 4.4 49th Q3 SCIE – No
81 EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry 4.3 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
82 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics 4.3 48th Q3 SCIE – No
83 Frontiers in Analytical Science 4.3 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
84 Journal of Spectroscopy 4.3 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
85 Frontiers in Sensors 4.2 46th Q3 – – Yes
86 Journal of AOAC International 4.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
87 Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open 4.2 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
88 Analytical Sciences 4.1 44th Q3 SCIE – No
89 Forensic Sciences Research 4.1 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
90 Analytical Letters 4 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
91 Journal of Chemistry Letters 3.9 42nd Q3 – – Yes
92 Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants 3.9 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
93 Food Science and Applied Biotechnology 3.7 41st Q3 – – No
94 Advanced Sensor and Energy Materials 3.7 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
95 Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals 3.7 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
96 Carbohydrate Research 3.7 39th Q3 SCIE – No
97 Nuclear Analysis 3.7 39th Q3 – – Yes
98 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Open 3.5 38th Q3 – – Yes
99 Current Analytical Chemistry 3.5 37th Q3 SCIE – No
100 Journal of Chromatographic Science 3.4 37th Q3 SCIE – No
101 Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 3.3 36th Q3 ESCI – No
102 Current Green Chemistry 3.3 35th Q3 ESCI – No
103 Journal of Chemometrics 3.3 35th Q3 SCIE – No
104 Biomedical Chromatography 3.3 34th Q3 SCIE – No
105 Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 3.2 34th Q3 SCIE – No
106 International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization 3.2 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
107 Separation Science Plus 3.2 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
108 Magnetic Resonance 3.1 32nd Q3 – – Yes
109 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Research 3.1 31st Q3 ESCI – No
110 Biomedical Analysis 3 30th Q3 – – Yes
111 Protein Journal 3 30th Q3 SCIE – No
112 Bioanalysis 3 29th Q3 SCIE – No
113 Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry 2.9 29th Q3 – – No
114 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 2.8 28th Q3 SCIE – No
115 Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2.8 27th Q3 SCIE – No
116 Chromatographia 2.8 27th Q3 SCIE – No
117 Analytical Methods in Environmental Chemistry Journal 2.7 26th Q3 – – No
118 Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 2.7 25th Q3 SCIE – No
119 Analytical and Bioanalytical Electrochemistry 2.6 25th Q3 ESCI – No
120 Arabian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 2.6 24th Q4 – – No
121 Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2.6 24th Q4 – – Yes
122 Spectroscopy Letters 2.4 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
123 New Materials, Compounds and Applications 2.4 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
124 Spectroscopy (Santa Monica) 2.3 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
125 Journal of Chemical Metrology 2.3 21st Q4 ESCI – No
126 Journal of Planar Chromatography - Modern TLC 2.3 20th Q4 SCIE – No
127 Current Organocatalysis 2.1 20th Q4 ESCI – No
128 Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2.1 20th Q4 SCIE – No
129 Chinese Journal of Chromatography (Se Pu) 2 19th Q4 ESCI – No
130 Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research 1.9 18th Q4 – – No
131 Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry 1.9 17th Q4 ESCI – No
132 Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals 1.9 17th Q4 SCIE – No
133 Macroheterocycles 1.8 16th Q4 SCIE – No
134 Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies 1.6 15th Q4 SCIE – No
135 Ceramics - Silikaty 1.5 15th Q4 SCIE – No
136 Journal of Instrumental Analysis 1.3 14th Q4 – – No
137 Rock and Mineral Analysis 1.3 14th Q4 – – Yes
138 Environmental Chemistry 1.3 13th Q4 – – No
139 Industrial Laboratory. Materials Diagnostics 1.1 12th Q4 – – No
140 Jurnal Kimia Valensi 1.1 12th Q4 – – Yes
141 Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences 1 11th Q4 – – No
142 Mass Spectrometry Letters 1 10th Q4 ESCI – Yes
143 Targets in Heterocyclic Systems 1 10th Q4 – – No
144 Applied Chemistry Today 1 9th Q4 – – Yes
145 Nova Biotechnologica et Chimica 0.9 9th Q4 – – Yes
146 Pakistan Journal of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry 0.9 8th Q4 ESCI – Yes
147 Food Chemistry, Function and Analysis 0.8 7th Q4 – – No
148 IUCrData 0.7 7th Q4 – – Yes
149 World Journal of Chemical Education 0.7 6th Q4 – – No
150 Analytical Science and Technology 0.7 5th Q4 ESCI – No
151 Methods and Objects of Chemical Analysis 0.7 5th Q4 ESCI – No
152 Analitika i Kontrol 0.6 4th Q4 – – No
153 Sorbtsionnye i Khromatograficheskie Protsessy 0.6 4th Q4 – – Yes
154 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Chemical Series 0.4 3rd Q4 – – No
155 Bunseki Kagaku 0.3 2nd Q4 SCIE – No
156 New Developments in Mass Spectrometry 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
157 Fountain Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences 0.3 1st Q4 – – Yes
158 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 0.2 0th Q4 – – No
159 Photonics Spectra 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Analytical Chemistry Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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