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Best Physical and Theoretical Chemistry journals

193 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 49 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 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science 42.2 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Coordination Chemistry Reviews 39.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 33.5 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 28.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences 26 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 EcoMat 23.9 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism 21.6 96th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 20.1 96th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Wuli Huaxue Xuebao/ Acta Physico - Chimica Sinica 20 95th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Chem Catalysis 19.6 95th Q1 ESCI – No
11 Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 18.2 94th Q1 – – Yes
12 Polyoxometalates 17.6 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Journal of Membrane Science 15.6 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Rare Metals 15.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
15 Ultrafast Science 15.2 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 14 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
17 Progress in Solid State Chemistry 12.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
18 Colloids and Interface Science Communications 12.5 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Journal of Power Sources 12.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
20 JACS Au 11.5 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 10.9 89th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Chemical Methodologies 10.4 88th Q1 – – No
23 Journal of Catalysis 10.4 88th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Journal of Molecular Liquids 10.3 87th Q1 – – No
25 Molecules 10.3 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 10 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 9.9 86th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Journal of Cheminformatics 9.8 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
29 EES Catalysis 9.6 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
30 Bioelectrochemistry 9.5 84th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Engineered Science 9.3 84th Q1 – – Yes
32 Cancer Nanotechnology 9.1 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Journal of Membrane Science Letters 8.9 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
34 Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) 8.8 82nd Q1 – – No
35 MRS Bulletin 8.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
36 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 8.7 81st Q1 SCIE – No
37 Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects 8.5 81st Q1 – – No
38 Inorganic Chemistry Communications 8.5 80th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Catalysts 8.3 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 Chemosensors 8.1 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 Journal of Supercritical Fluids 8.1 79th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Chemical Physics Impact 8 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
43 Molecular Diversity 7.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
44 JCIS Open 7.9 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
45 Optical Materials 7.9 77th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Molecular Catalysis 7.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 7.8 76th Q1 SCIE – No
48 ACS Organic and Inorganic Au 7.8 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
49 Organic Letters 7.7 75th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Inorganic Chemistry 7.5 74th Q2 SCIE – No
51 ACS Polymers Au 7.5 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
52 Journal of Solid State Chemistry 7.2 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
53 Drying Technology 7.1 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
54 E-Polymers 7 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
55 AVS Quantum Science 7 71st Q2 ESCI – No
56 Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 6.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
57 ACS Physical Chemistry Au 6.7 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
58 Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data 6.7 70th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Thermochimica Acta 6.7 69th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie 6.4 69th Q2 SCIE – No
61 Journal of Polymer Science 6.3 68th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 6.2 68th Q2 SCIE – No
63 Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 6.1 67th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Inorganica Chimica Acta 6 67th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Faraday Discussions 6 66th Q2 SCIE – No
66 Optical Materials: X 6 66th Q2 – – Yes
67 Photochemistry and Photobiology 6 65th Q2 SCIE – No
68 Journal of Microencapsulation 5.9 65th Q2 SCIE – No
69 Chemical Physics Letters 5.8 64th Q2 SCIE – No
70 Organic Process Research and Development 5.8 64th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 5.8 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
72 Journal of Physical Chemistry C 5.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
73 ChemCatChem 5.7 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
74 Fluid Phase Equilibria 5.7 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
75 European Physical Journal: Special Topics 5.5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
76 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 5.5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
77 Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 5.5 60th Q2 SCIE – No
78 Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 5.3 60th Q2 SCIE – No
79 Journal of Chemical Physics 5.3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
80 Frontiers in Physics 5.2 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
81 Advanced Journal of Chemistry, Section A 5.1 58th Q2 – – No
82 Journal of Physical Chemistry B 5 57th Q2 SCIE – No
83 Polyhedron 5 57th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 4.8 56th Q2 SCIE – No
85 Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 4.8 56th Q2 SCIE – No
86 International Journal of Thermophysics 4.8 55th Q2 SCIE – No
87 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 4.8 55th Q2 SCIE – No
88 ChemPhotoChem 4.7 54th Q2 SCIE – No
89 International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 4.7 54th Q2 SCIE – No
90 Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry 4.7 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
91 Structural Chemistry 4.7 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
92 Optics Communications 4.7 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
93 Chemical Review and Letters 4.6 52nd Q2 – – Yes
94 Journal of Physical Chemistry A 4.6 51st Q2 SCIE – No
95 Organometallics 4.6 51st Q2 SCIE – No
96 Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design 4.6 50th Q2 SCIE – No
97 Journal of Molecular Modeling 4.6 50th Q2 SCIE – No
98 Interactions 4.5 49th Q3 – – No
99 International Reviews in Physical Chemistry 4.5 49th Q3 SCIE – No
100 Chemical Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis 4.5 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
101 Express Polymer Letters 4.5 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
102 Forensic Chemistry 4.5 47th Q3 SCIE – No
103 Colloid and Polymer Science 4.4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
104 Chemical Physics 4.3 46th Q3 SCIE – No
105 Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 4.3 46th Q3 SCIE – No
106 European Journal of Organic Chemistry 4.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
107 Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 4.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 4.1 44th Q3 SCIE – No
109 Physical Chemistry Research 4.1 44th Q3 ESCI – No
110 Chemistry Africa 4.1 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
111 Forensic Sciences Research 4.1 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
112 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 4.1 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
113 Steel Research International 4 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
114 Journal of Chemistry Letters 3.9 40th Q3 – – Yes
115 International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 3.8 40th Q3 SCIE – No
116 ChemPhysChem 3.7 39th Q3 SCIE – No
117 Food Science and Applied Biotechnology 3.7 39th Q3 – – No
118 Journal of Coordination Chemistry 3.6 38th Q3 SCIE – No
119 Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 3.6 38th Q3 SCIE – No
120 Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B 3.6 37th Q3 – – No
121 Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 3.5 37th Q3 SCIE – No
122 Molecular Physics 3.5 36th Q3 SCIE – No
123 Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis 3.4 36th Q3 SCIE – No
124 Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology 3.3 35th Q3 – – No
125 International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 3.2 35th Q3 SCIE – No
126 High Temperature Materials and Processes 3.1 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
127 Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 3.1 34th Q3 SCIE – No
128 Papers in Physics 3.1 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
129 Radiochimica Acta 3 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
130 Helvetica Chimica Acta 2.9 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
131 Journal of Solution Chemistry 2.9 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
132 RSC Mechanochemistry 2.8 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
133 Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences 2.8 31st Q3 SCIE – No
134 Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 2.8 30th Q3 SCIE – No
135 Physchem 2.8 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
136 Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 2.7 29th Q3 SCIE – No
137 Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2.6 29th Q3 SCIE – No
138 Colloid Journal 2.5 28th Q3 SCIE – No
139 Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances 2.4 28th Q3 SCIE – No
140 Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing 2.4 27th Q3 SCIE – No
141 Physics and Chemistry of Liquids 2.3 27th Q3 SCIE – No
142 Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures 2.3 26th Q3 SCIE – Yes
143 Journal of Structural Chemistry 2.3 26th Q3 SCIE – No
144 Physics and Chemistry of Solid State 2 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
145 Doklady Physical Chemistry 1.9 25th Q3 SCIE – No
146 Applied Science and Convergence Technology 1.9 24th Q4 ESCI – No
147 Aerosol Research 1.9 23rd Q4 – – Yes
148 Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics 1.8 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
149 International Journal of Materials Research 1.8 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
150 Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology 1.8 22nd Q4 – – No
151 Organic Reactions 1.7 21st Q4 – – No
152 Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry 1.6 21st Q4 SCIE – No
153 Carbon Nanostructures 1.6 20th Q4 – – No
154 Ceramics - Silikaty 1.5 20th Q4 SCIE – No
155 Advances in Quantum Chemistry 1.5 19th Q4 – – No
156 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry 1.5 19th Q4 – – No
157 Radiochemistry 1.4 18th Q4 ESCI – No
158 Revista de Metalurgia 1.4 18th Q4 SCIE – Yes
159 Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A 1.3 17th Q4 SCIE – No
160 Turkish Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 1.3 17th Q4 – – No
161 Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B 1.3 16th Q4 SCIE – No
162 Tsvetnye Metally 1.3 16th Q4 – – No
163 High Temperature Material Processes 1.2 15th Q4 ESCI – No
164 Himia, Fizika ta Tehnologia Poverhni 1.2 15th Q4 – – Yes
165 Condensed Matter and Interphases 1.2 14th Q4 – – Yes
166 Indian Journal of Chemistry (IJC) 1.1 14th Q4 – – Yes
167 High Temperatures - High Pressures 1 13th Q4 SCIE – No
168 Ranshao Kexue Yu Jishu/Journal of Combustion Science and Technology 1 13th Q4 – – No
169 Fuentes el Reventon Energetico 1 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
170 High Energy Chemistry 1 12th Q4 SCIE – No
171 Momento 0.9 11th Q4 ESCI – Yes
172 Organic Syntheses 0.9 11th Q4 ESCI – No
173 Iraqi Journal of Applied Physics 0.9 10th Q4 – – No
174 MolBank 0.9 10th Q4 ESCI – Yes
175 Tetsu-To-Hagane/Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan 0.8 9th Q4 SCIE – Yes
176 Catalysis 0.7 9th Q4 – – No
177 World Journal of Chemical Education 0.7 8th Q4 – – No
178 Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences 0.7 7th Q4 – – No
179 Sorbtsionnye i Khromatograficheskie Protsessy 0.6 7th Q4 – – Yes
180 Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry 0.6 6th Q4 – – No
181 Jurnal Mekanikal 0.6 6th Q4 – – No
182 International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials 0.5 5th Q4 – – No
183 Springer Series in Chemical Physics 0.5 5th Q4 – – No
184 International Journal of Nuclear Security 0.5 4th Q4 – – Yes
185 Tezhong Zhuzao Ji Youse Hejin/Special Casting and Nonferrous Alloys 0.4 4th Q4 – – No
186 Journal of Molecular Science 0.4 3rd Q4 – – No
187 Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
188 Science of Synthesis 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
189 Organometallic Chemistry 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
190 Structure and Bonding 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
191 Steel Times International 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
192 Contributions to Tobacco and Nicotine Research 0 0th Q4 – – Yes
193 Stahl und Eisen 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Physical and Theoretical 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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