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Best Analytical Chemistry journals

160 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Analytical Chemistry. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
12 Separation and Purification Technology 14.3 92th Q1 SCIE No
13 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 14 92th Q1 SCIE No
14 Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry 12.1 91th 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 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Natural Products and Bioprospecting 9 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
29 Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 9 82th Q1 SCIE No
30 Sensors and Diagnostics 8.8 81th 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 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
44 Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research 7 72th Q2 ESCI Yes
45 Environmental Science: Atmospheres 7 71th Q2 ESCI Yes
46 Sustainable Food Technology 7 71th 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 63th Q2 SCIE No
60 Analytical Science Advances 5.4 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
61 Drug Testing and Analysis 5.4 62th Q2 SCIE No
62 Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry 5.4 61th 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 53th Q2 SCIE No
76 Food Biophysics 4.6 52th Q2 SCIE No
77 Natural Product Research 4.6 52th Q2 SCIE No
78 Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 4.5 51th Q2 SCIE No
79 Forensic Chemistry 4.5 50th Q2 SCIE No
80 ACS Food Science and Technology 4.4 50th Q2 ESCI No
81 Analytical Methods 4.4 49th Q3 SCIE No
82 EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry 4.3 49th Q3 ESCI Yes
83 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics 4.3 48th Q3 SCIE No
84 Frontiers in Analytical Science 4.3 47th Q3 ESCI Yes
85 Journal of Spectroscopy 4.3 47th Q3 SCIE Yes
86 Frontiers in Sensors 4.2 46th Q3 Yes
87 Journal of AOAC International 4.2 45th Q3 SCIE No
88 Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open 4.2 45th Q3 ESCI Yes
89 Analytical Sciences 4.1 44th Q3 SCIE No
90 Forensic Sciences Research 4.1 44th Q3 ESCI Yes
91 Analytical Letters 4 43th Q3 SCIE No
92 Journal of Chemistry Letters 3.9 42th Q3 Yes
93 Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants 3.9 42th Q3 SCIE No
94 Food Science and Applied Biotechnology 3.7 41th Q3 No
95 Advanced Sensor and Energy Materials 3.7 40th Q3 ESCI Yes
96 Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals 3.7 40th Q3 ESCI Yes
97 Carbohydrate Research 3.7 39th Q3 SCIE No
98 Nuclear Analysis 3.7 39th Q3 Yes
99 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Open 3.5 38th Q3 Yes
100 Current Analytical Chemistry 3.5 37th Q3 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Analytical Chemistry Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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