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Best Physical and Theoretical Chemistry journals

193 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 SCIE No
14 Rare Metals 15.3 93th Q1 SCIE No
15 Ultrafast Science 15.2 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 14 92th Q1 SCIE No
17 Progress in Solid State Chemistry 12.6 91th 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 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
33 Journal of Membrane Science Letters 8.9 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
34 Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) 8.8 82th Q1 No
35 MRS Bulletin 8.7 82th Q1 SCIE No
36 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 8.7 81th Q1 SCIE No
37 Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects 8.5 81th 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 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
52 Journal of Solid State Chemistry 7.2 73th Q2 SCIE No
53 Drying Technology 7.1 72th Q2 SCIE No
54 E-Polymers 7 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
55 AVS Quantum Science 7 71th Q2 ESCI No
56 Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 6.9 71th 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 63th Q2 SCIE No
72 Journal of Physical Chemistry C 5.7 63th Q2 SCIE No
73 ChemCatChem 5.7 62th Q2 SCIE No
74 Fluid Phase Equilibria 5.7 62th Q2 SCIE No
75 European Physical Journal: Special Topics 5.5 61th Q2 SCIE No
76 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 5.5 61th 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 53th Q2 SCIE No
91 Structural Chemistry 4.7 53th Q2 SCIE No
92 Optics Communications 4.7 52th Q2 SCIE No
93 Chemical Review and Letters 4.6 52th Q2 Yes
94 Journal of Physical Chemistry A 4.6 51th Q2 SCIE No
95 Organometallics 4.6 51th 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

Rank and percentile are within the Physical and Theoretical 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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