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Best Organic Chemistry journals

214 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Organic Chemistry. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 54 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 Polymer Science 46.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 28.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts 26.1 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Nature Synthesis 24.7 98th Q1 ESCI – No
5 Carbohydrate Polymers 23.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Natural Product Reports 21.2 97th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Redox Biology 20.8 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Chem Catalysis 19.6 96th Q1 ESCI – No
9 Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 16.9 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Fuel 16.4 95th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications 15.4 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Archives of Pharmacal Research 13.6 94th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Progress in Organic Coatings 13.5 94th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal of Chemical Reviews 12.2 93rd Q1 – – No
15 European Polymer Journal 11.6 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
16 JACS Au 11.5 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Polymer Testing 11.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 10.8 91st Q1 SCIE – No
19 International Journal of Nanomedicine 10.6 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Advances in Sample Preparation 10.6 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 Carbon Letters 10.5 90th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Chemical Methodologies 10.4 90th Q1 – – No
23 Gels 10.3 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Molecules 10.3 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
25 Food Chemistry Advances 10.1 88th Q1 – – Yes
26 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 10 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 9.2 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Journal of Applied Organometallic Chemistry 9.1 87th Q1 – – No
29 Natural Products and Bioprospecting 9 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
30 Macromolecules 8.8 86th Q1 SCIE – No
31 ACS Macro Letters 8.8 85th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Pharmaceutical Research 8.7 85th Q1 SCIE – No
33 Journal of Molecular Structure 8.4 84th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Organic Chemistry Frontiers 8.1 84th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Molecular Diversity 7.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
36 Optical Materials 7.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
37 Polymer International 7.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
38 ACS Organic and Inorganic Au 7.8 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
39 Organic Letters 7.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
40 ACS Polymers Au 7.5 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Amino Acids 7.5 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
42 Macromolecular Rapid Communications 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Polymer Chemistry 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Polymer 7.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 7.3 79th Q1 – – No
46 ACS Applied Polymer Materials 7.1 78th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition) 7 78th Q1 SCIE – No
48 Bioconjugate Chemistry 7 77th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 7 77th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre 6.9 76th Q1 ESCI – No
51 Bioorganic Chemistry 6.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
52 Journal of Chromatography A 6.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
53 Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 6.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
54 Molecular Informatics 6.8 75th Q1 SCIE – No
55 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 6.6 74th Q2 SCIE – No
56 Current Medicinal Chemistry 6.5 74th Q2 SCIE – No
57 Journal of Natural Products 6.3 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
58 RSC Sustainability 6.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
59 Advances in Polymer Technology 6.2 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
60 Chemical Biology and Drug Design 6.1 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
61 Cereal Chemistry 6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
62 Optical Materials: X 6 71st Q2 – – Yes
63 Chirality 5.9 70th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Journal of Microencapsulation 5.9 70th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Macromolecular Research 5.9 70th Q2 SCIE – No
66 Journal of Organic Chemistry 5.8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Starch/Staerke 5.8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
68 Applied Biological Chemistry 5.8 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
69 Organic Process Research and Development 5.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
70 Chemistry - A European Journal 5.8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 5.8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
72 ChemCatChem 5.7 66th Q2 SCIE – No
73 ChemMedChem 5.7 66th Q2 SCIE – No
74 RSC Medicinal Chemistry 5.7 65th Q2 SCIE – No
75 Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences 5.6 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 5.6 64th Q2 SCIE – No
77 Journal of Polymer Research 5.6 64th Q2 SCIE – No
78 ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters 5.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
79 Tetrahedron Chem 5.6 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
80 Medicinal Chemistry Research 5.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
81 Asian Journal of Green Chemistry 5.3 62nd Q2 – – No
82 Journal of Natural Medicines 5.2 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
83 Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 5.2 61st Q2 SCIE – No
84 Computational Biology and Chemistry 5.2 61st Q2 SCIE – No
85 Biophysical Chemistry 5.1 60th Q2 SCIE – No
86 Egyptian Journal of Petroleum 5 60th Q2 – – Yes
87 Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 5 59th Q2 SCIE – No
88 Steroids 4.8 59th Q2 SCIE – No
89 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 4.8 58th Q2 SCIE – No
90 Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 4.8 58th Q2 SCIE – No
91 Organic Materials 4.7 57th Q2 – – Yes
92 Planta Medica 4.7 57th Q2 SCIE – No
93 Chemistry - An Asian Journal 4.7 56th Q2 SCIE – No
94 ChemPhotoChem 4.7 56th Q2 SCIE – No
95 ChemBioChem 4.6 56th Q2 SCIE – No
96 Chemical Review and Letters 4.6 55th Q2 – – Yes
97 Journal of Molecular Modeling 4.6 54th Q2 SCIE – No
98 Organometallics 4.6 54th Q2 SCIE – No
99 Express Polymer Letters 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
100 Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
101 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 4.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
102 Chemistry (Switzerland) 4.4 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
103 ACS Food Science and Technology 4.4 51st Q2 ESCI – No
104 Synthesis (Germany) 4.3 51st Q2 SCIE – No
105 Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry 4.3 50th Q2 – – No
106 Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 4.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
107 Journal of Flow Chemistry 4.2 50th Q2 SCIE – No
108 Current Organic Synthesis 4.2 49th Q3 SCIE – No
109 European Journal of Organic Chemistry 4.2 49th Q3 SCIE – No
110 Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 4.1 48th Q3 SCIE – No
111 Tetrahedron Green Chem 4.1 48th Q3 – – Yes
112 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 4.1 47th Q3 SCIE – No
113 Heterocyclic Communications 4 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
114 High Performance Polymers 4 46th Q3 SCIE – No
115 SynOpen 4 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
116 Journal of Chemistry Letters 3.9 45th Q3 – – Yes
117 Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants 3.9 45th Q3 SCIE – No
118 Current Organic Chemistry 3.9 44th Q3 SCIE – No
119 Studies in Natural Products Chemistry 3.9 44th Q3 – – No
120 Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 3.8 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
121 Journal of Peptide Science 3.8 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
122 Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology 3.8 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
123 Biopolymers 3.7 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
124 Food Science and Applied Biotechnology 3.7 42nd Q3 – – No
125 Carbohydrate Research 3.7 41st Q3 SCIE – No
126 Tetrahedron 3.7 41st Q3 SCIE – No
127 Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening 3.6 40th Q3 SCIE – No
128 Trends in Phytochemical Research 3.6 40th Q3 – – No
129 Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy 3.6 39th Q3 SCIE – No
130 Synthetic Communications 3.5 39th Q3 SCIE – No
131 Advances in Organometallic Chemistry 3.4 38th Q3 – – No
132 Carbon Future 3.4 38th Q3 – – Yes
133 Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 3.4 37th Q3 SCIE – Yes
134 Iranian Journal of Catalysis 3.4 37th Q3 ESCI – No
135 Current Green Chemistry 3.3 36th Q3 ESCI – No
136 Organics 3.3 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
137 Peptide Science 3.3 36th Q3 SCIE – No
138 International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 3.2 35th Q3 SCIE – No
139 Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 3.2 35th Q3 SCIE – No
140 Records of Natural Products 3.2 34th Q3 SCIE – No
141 Colorants 3.1 34th Q3 – – Yes
142 Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry 3.1 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
143 Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 3.1 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
144 Cellular Polymers 3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
145 Main Group Chemistry 3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
146 Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
147 Protein Journal 3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
148 Grasas y Aceites 2.9 30th Q3 SCIE – Yes
149 Helvetica Chimica Acta 2.9 30th Q3 SCIE – No
150 Tetrahedron Letters 2.8 30th Q3 SCIE – No
151 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 2.8 29th Q3 SCIE – No
152 RSC Mechanochemistry 2.8 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
153 Chromatographia 2.8 28th Q3 SCIE – No
154 Synlett 2.8 28th Q3 SCIE – No
155 Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2.8 27th Q3 SCIE – No
156 Organic Communications 2.8 27th Q3 ESCI – No
157 Lipids 2.7 26th Q3 SCIE – No
158 Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements 2.7 26th Q3 SCIE – No
159 Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds 2.7 25th Q3 SCIE – No
160 Polimeros 2.7 25th Q3 SCIE – Yes
161 Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry 2.5 24th Q4 – – No
162 Organic Preparations and Procedures International 2.5 24th Q4 SCIE – No
163 Journal of Rubber Research 2.5 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
164 Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry 2.5 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
165 New Materials, Compounds and Applications 2.4 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
166 Aldrichimica Acta 2.4 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
167 Cellulose Chemistry and Technology 2.2 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
168 Canadian Journal of Chemistry 2.1 21st Q4 SCIE – No
169 Current Organocatalysis 2.1 21st Q4 ESCI – No
170 Chinese Journal of Chromatography (Se Pu) 2 20th Q4 ESCI – No
171 Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry 2 20th Q4 SCIE – No
172 Advances in Polymer Science 2 19th Q4 – – No
173 Research Journal of Pharmacognosy 1.9 19th Q4 ESCI – Yes
174 Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals 1.9 18th Q4 SCIE – No
175 Natural Product Sciences 1.8 18th Q4 – – No
176 Letters in Organic Chemistry 1.8 17th Q4 SCIE – No
177 Macroheterocycles 1.8 17th Q4 SCIE – No
178 Reference Series in Phytochemistry 1.8 16th Q4 – – No
179 Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry 1.7 16th Q4 – – No
180 Organic Reactions 1.7 16th Q4 – – No
181 Macromolecular Symposia 1.6 15th Q4 – – No
182 Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces 1.6 15th Q4 SCIE – No
183 Carbon Nanostructures 1.6 14th Q4 – – No
184 Rivista Italiana delle Sostanze Grasse 1.6 14th Q4 SCIE – No
185 Tonkie Khimicheskie Tekhnologii 1.5 13th Q4 – – Yes
186 Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry 1.3 13th Q4 SCIE – No
187 Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology 1.2 12th Q4 SCIE – No
188 Arkivoc 1.1 12th Q4 SCIE – Yes
189 Progress on Chemistry and Application of Chitin and its Derivatives 1.1 11th Q4 ESCI – No
190 Topics in Organometallic Chemistry 1.1 11th Q4 – – No
191 Central European Journal of Energetic Materials 1.1 10th Q4 SCIE – No
192 Indian Journal of Chemistry (IJC) 1.1 10th Q4 – – Yes
193 Jurnal Kimia Valensi 1.1 10th Q4 – – Yes
194 Targets in Heterocyclic Systems 1 9th Q4 – – No
195 Tianran Chanwu Yanjiu yu Kaifa 1 9th Q4 – – Yes
196 Applied Chemistry Today 1 8th Q4 – – Yes
197 Organic Syntheses 0.9 8th Q4 ESCI – No
198 MolBank 0.9 7th Q4 ESCI – Yes
199 IUCrData 0.7 7th Q4 – – Yes
200 Iranian Journal of Polymer Science and Technology 0.7 6th Q4 – – Yes
201 Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries 0.7 6th Q4 – – No
202 Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry 0.7 5th Q4 – – No
203 Khimiya Rastitel'nogo Syr'ya 0.7 5th Q4 – – No
204 Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry 0.6 4th Q4 – – No
205 Trends in Carbohydrate Research 0.6 4th Q4 – – No
206 Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 0.5 3rd Q4 SCIE – No
207 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Chemical Series 0.4 3rd Q4 – – No
208 Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry 0.4 3rd Q4 – – No
209 Journal of Molecular Science 0.4 2nd Q4 – – No
210 Science of Synthesis 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
211 Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi/Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry 0.3 1st Q4 SCIE – No
212 Organometallic Chemistry 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
213 Organophosphorus Chemistry 0.2 0th Q4 – – No
214 Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology 0.1 0th Q4 SCIE – No

Rank and percentile are within the Organic 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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