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Best Chemical Engineering (all) journals

263 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Chemical Engineering (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 68 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 Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 87.5 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Nature Reviews Chemistry 67.5 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Nature Chemistry 31.5 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Chem 30.4 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences 26 98th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Food Hydrocolloids 25.2 97th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 20.9 97th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Food Reviews International 20.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Chemical Engineering Journal 19.6 96th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Engineering 19.4 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology 18.6 96th Q1 – – No
12 Advanced Science 18.1 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Fuel Processing Technology 17.5 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Fuel 16.4 95th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Corrosion Science 16.3 94th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Desalination 16.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
17 ACS Central Science 14.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Reviews in Chemical Engineering 14.8 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
19 Chemical Record 14.6 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
20 Progress in Organic Coatings 13.5 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
21 ACS Materials Letters 13.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
22 Gas Science and Engineering 13.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
23 Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 12.9 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Process Safety and Environmental Protection 12.8 91st Q1 SCIE – No
25 ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 12 90th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 12 90th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Chemistry of Materials 11.9 90th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Adsorption Science and Technology 11.9 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
29 Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 11.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering 11.6 89th Q1 – – Yes
31 Combustion and Flame 11.4 88th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica 11.2 88th Q1 – – No
33 Nanomaterials 10.3 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10.2 87th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences 10.2 87th Q1 – – Yes
36 Electrochimica Acta 9.5 86th Q1 SCIE – No
37 ChemSusChem 9.4 86th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 9.2 86th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 9.2 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 Powder Technology 9.2 85th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Energy and Fuels 9.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Particuology 8.9 84th Q1 SCIE – No
43 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 8.8 84th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 8.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
45 Computers and Chemical Engineering 8.7 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
46 RSC Advances 8.7 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
47 Reactive and Functional Polymers 8.6 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
48 Advanced Powder Technology 8.5 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
49 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 8.4 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
50 Dyes and Pigments 8.3 81st Q1 SCIE – No
51 Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 8.3 81st Q1 SCIE – No
52 Journal of Supercritical Fluids 8.1 80th Q1 SCIE – No
53 Chemical Engineering Science 8 80th Q1 SCIE – No
54 Education for Chemical Engineers 8 80th Q1 SCIE – No
55 Chemical Engineering Research and Design 8 79th Q1 SCIE – No
56 Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification 7.9 79th Q1 SCIE – No
57 ENGINEERING Chemical Engineering 7.9 79th Q1 SCIE – No
58 AIChE Journal 7.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
59 International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials 7.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
60 ACS Omega 7.8 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
61 Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 7.5 77th Q1 SCIE – No
62 International Journal of Chemical Engineering 7.4 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
63 KONA Powder and Particle Journal 7.3 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
64 Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 7.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
65 Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology 7.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
66 Drying Technology 7.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
67 Green Processing and Synthesis 7.1 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
68 Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition) 7 75th Q1 SCIE – No
69 E-Polymers 7 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
70 Corrosion Reviews 6.9 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
71 Cogent Engineering 6.9 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
72 Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 6.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
73 International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives 6.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
74 Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 6.8 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
75 Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 6.6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
76 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 6.6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
77 Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials 6.6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
78 Textile Progress 6.6 71st Q2 ESCI – No
79 Journal of Food Process Engineering 6.4 70th Q2 SCIE – No
80 Food Science and Technology International 6.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
81 International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control 6.2 70th Q2 SCIE – No
82 Advances in Polymer Technology 6.2 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
83 Food and Bioproducts Processing 6.1 69th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Transport in Porous Media 6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
85 ChemEngineering 6 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
86 Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization 6 68th Q2 SCIE – No
87 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 6 67th Q2 SCIE – No
88 Chem and Bio Engineering 5.9 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
89 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing 5.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
90 Macromolecular Research 5.9 66th Q2 SCIE – No
91 Designed Monomers and Polymers 5.8 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
92 Fluid Phase Equilibria 5.7 66th Q2 SCIE – No
93 Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 5.6 65th Q2 SCIE – No
94 International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization 5.5 65th Q2 SCIE – No
95 Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability 5.5 65th Q2 ESCI – No
96 Crystals 5.4 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
97 Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 5.4 64th Q2 ESCI – No
98 Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition) 5.4 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
99 Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry 5.4 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
100 Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 5.2 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
101 Chemical Papers 5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
102 Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials 4.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
103 Separation Science and Technology 4.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
104 Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials 4.9 61st Q2 SCIE – No
105 Chemical Engineering Communications 4.8 61st Q2 SCIE – No
106 Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy 4.8 60th Q2 SCIE – No
107 Coloration Technology 4.7 60th Q2 SCIE – No
108 Plastics, Rubber and Composites 4.6 60th Q2 SCIE – No
109 Ionics 4.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
110 Particulate Science and Technology 4.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
111 Applied Science and Engineering Progress 4.5 59th Q2 – – No
112 Express Polymer Letters 4.5 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
113 Science and Technology for Energy Transition (STET) 4.5 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
114 Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE C No
115 Fibers and Polymers 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
116 Food Technology and Biotechnology 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
117 Analytical Methods 4.4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
118 Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 4.4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
119 Color Research and Application 4.3 56th Q2 SCIE – No
120 Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology 4.2 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
121 Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 4.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
122 Discover Applied Sciences 4.1 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
123 Molecular Simulation 4.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
124 Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics 4.1 54th Q2 SCIE – No
125 Chemical Engineering and Technology 4.1 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
126 Journal of Engineering (United Kingdom) 4 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
127 Journal of Oleo Science 4 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
128 Adsorption 3.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
129 Combustion Science and Technology 3.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
130 Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology 3.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
131 Journal of Polymer Engineering 3.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
132 Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology 3.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
133 Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering 3.7 50th Q2 SCIE – No
134 Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data 3.7 50th Q2 SCIE – No
135 Pure and Applied Chemistry 3.6 50th Q2 SCIE – No
136 CYTA - Journal of Food 3.6 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
137 Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series E 3.6 49th Q3 – – No
138 Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 3.5 49th Q3 SCIE – No
139 Nonlinear Engineering 3.5 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
140 Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange 3.5 48th Q3 SCIE – No
141 Calphad: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry 3.5 47th Q3 SCIE – No
142 Petroleum Science and Technology 3.5 47th Q3 SCIE – No
143 Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik 3.4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
144 International Polymer Processing 3.3 46th Q3 SCIE – No
145 Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology 3.3 46th Q3 – – No
146 Zhongguo Shiyou Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of China University of Petroleum (Edition of Natural Science) 3.3 46th Q3 – – No
147 Combustion Theory and Modelling 3.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
148 International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization 3.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
149 Macromolecular Reaction Engineering 3.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
150 Communications in Science and Technology 3.1 44th Q3 – – Yes
151 Instrumentation Science and Technology 3 44th Q3 SCIE – No
152 Advances in Chemical Engineering 3 43rd Q3 – – No
153 Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 2.9 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
154 Chemical Product and Process Modeling 2.8 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
155 Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal 2.7 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
156 Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2.7 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
157 Process Safety Progress 2.6 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
158 International Review on Modelling and Simulations 2.6 41st Q3 – – No
159 Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents 2.6 41st Q3 SCIE – No
160 Corrosion 2.5 40th Q3 SCIE – No
161 IIUM Engineering Journal 2.5 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
162 International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering 2.4 40th Q3 SCIE – No
163 International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering 2.4 39th Q3 – – Yes
164 New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 2.4 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
165 Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica 2.4 39th Q3 SCIE – No
166 Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly 2.3 38th Q3 SCIE – Yes
167 Chemistry and Chemical Technology 2.3 38th Q3 – – No
168 ACS Symposium Series 2.2 37th Q3 – – No
169 Indian Chemical Engineer 2.2 37th Q3 ESCI – No
170 Acta Polymerica Sinica 2.1 37th Q3 SCIE – No
171 RSC Soft Matter 2.1 36th Q3 – – No
172 Chinese Journal of Chromatography (Se Pu) 2 36th Q3 ESCI – No
173 Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology 2 36th Q3 ESCI – No
174 Advances in Polymer Science 2 35th Q3 – – No
175 Atomization and Sprays 2 35th Q3 SCIE – No
176 Oilfield Chemistry 1.9 34th Q3 – – No
177 Petroleum Chemistry 1.9 34th Q3 SCIE – No
178 Chimica Techno Acta 1.9 33rd Q3 – – Yes
179 Comptes Rendus Chimie 1.9 33rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
180 Journal of Combustion 1.9 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
181 Huozhayao Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Explosives and Propellants 1.9 32nd Q3 – – No
182 ChemChemTech 1.8 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
183 Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan 1.8 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
184 Food Science and Technology Research 1.7 31st Q3 SCIE – No
185 Membrane and Water Treatment 1.7 31st Q3 SCIE – No
186 El-Cezeri Journal of Science and Engineering 1.7 30th Q3 – – No
187 Journal of Visualized Experiments 1.7 30th Q3 SCIE – No
188 Zhongguo Zaozhi Xuebao/Transactions of China Pulp and Paper 1.7 30th Q3 – – No
189 Indian Journal of Chemical Technology 1.7 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
190 Accreditation and Quality Assurance 1.6 29th Q3 SCIE – No
191 Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry/Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya 1.6 29th Q3 SCIE – No
192 ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering 1.6 28th Q3 – – No
193 Polimery/Polymers 1.6 28th Q3 SCIE – Yes
194 Ceramics - Silikaty 1.5 27th Q3 SCIE – No
195 Journal of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy 1.5 27th Q3 – – No
196 Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 1.5 27th Q3 SCIE – Yes
197 Chemical Engineering Transactions 1.5 26th Q3 – – Yes
198 Rasayan Journal of Chemistry 1.5 26th Q3 – – No
199 Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering 1.5 26th Q3 – – No
200 Huagong Xuebao/CIESC Journal 1.5 25th Q3 – – No
201 Open Chemical Engineering Journal 1.5 25th Q3 – – No
202 Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 1.4 25th Q3 – – No
203 Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry 1.4 24th Q4 SCIE – No
204 Solid Fuel Chemistry 1.4 24th Q4 SCIE – No
205 Inorganic Materials 1.3 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
206 Orbital 1.3 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
207 Polymer (Korea) 1.3 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
208 Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils 1.2 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
209 Guocheng Gongcheng Xuebao/The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering 1.2 22nd Q4 – – No
210 Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves 1.2 21st Q4 SCIE – No
211 Harbin Gongcheng Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Harbin Engineering University 1.2 21st Q4 – – No
212 Tappi Journal 1.2 21st Q4 SCIE – No
213 ASEAN Engineering Journal 1.2 20th Q4 – – No
214 Blasting 1.2 20th Q4 – – No
215 Hemijska Industrija 1.2 20th Q4 SCIE – Yes
216 CTyF - Ciencia, Tecnologia y Futuro 1.1 19th Q4 SCIE – Yes
217 Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association 1.1 19th Q4 SCIE – No
218 Scientia Sinica Chimica 1.1 19th Q4 – – No
219 International Journal of the Society of Materials Engineering for Resources 1.1 18th Q4 – – No
220 International Journal of Biology and Chemistry 1.1 17th Q4 ESCI – No
221 Journal of Chemistry and Technologies 1.1 17th Q4 ESCI – No
222 Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment 1.1 16th Q4 – – No
223 Latin American Applied Research 1 16th Q4 SCIE – No
224 Shiyou Huagong Gaodeng Xuexiao Xuebao/Journal of Petrochemical Universities 1 16th Q4 – – Yes
225 Chemical and Petroleum Engineering 0.9 15th Q4 ESCI – No
226 Leather and Footwear Journal 0.9 15th Q4 – – No
227 Solvent Extraction Research and Development, Japan 0.9 15th Q4 SCIE – No
228 Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry 0.9 14th Q4 – – Yes
229 Chemist 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
230 Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists 0.8 13th Q4 SCIE – No
231 Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering 0.8 13th Q4 SCIE – No
232 Polymer Science - Series D 0.8 12th Q4 – – No
233 SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology 0.8 12th Q4 – – No
234 Voprosy Khimii i Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii 0.8 12th Q4 – – No
235 Afinidad 0.8 11th Q4 SCIE – No
236 Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food 0.8 11th Q4 – – Yes
237 Applied Chemistry for Engineering 0.7 10th Q4 ESCI – No
238 Gao Xiao Hua Xue Gong Cheng Xue Bao/Journal of Chemical Engineering of Chinese Universities 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
239 Huadong Ligong Daxue Xuebao /Journal of East China University of Science and Technology 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
240 Corrosion and Protection 0.6 9th Q4 – – No
241 Journal of Siberian Federal University: Chemistry 0.6 9th Q4 ESCI – No
242 Korean Chemical Engineering Research 0.6 9th Q4 ESCI – No
243 Beijing Huagong Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexueban)/Journal of Beijing University of Chemical Technology (Natural Science Edition) 0.6 8th Q4 – – No
244 Ochrona Przed Korozja 0.6 8th Q4 ESCI – No
245 Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu 0.5 7th Q4 SCIE – No
246 Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
247 Huaxue Gongcheng/Chemical Engineering (China) 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
248 Przemysl Chemiczny 0.4 6th Q4 SCIE – No
249 Xiandai Huagong/Modern Chemical Industry 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
250 Fibre Chemistry 0.4 5th Q4 SCIE – No
251 Huaxue Fanying Gongcheng Yu Gongyi/Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
252 Speciality Petrochemicals 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
253 Lizi Jiaohuan Yu Xifu/Ion Exchange and Adsorption 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
254 Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
255 Corrosion Management 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
256 Petrochemical Equipment 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
257 IPPTA: Quarterly Journal of Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
258 Adhaesion Kleben und Dichten 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
259 Nachrichten aus der Chemie 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
260 Pulp and Paper Canada 0.1 1st Q4 SCIE – No
261 Chemistry and Industry (London) 0 0th Q4 SCIE – No
262 Ink World 0 0th Q4 – – No
263 O Papel 0 0th Q4 – – No

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