Chemical Sciences 2026
366 journals in P1.04 Chemical Sciences (Natural Sciences), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/366 | Chemical Reviews American Chemical Society, ISSN 0009-2665 | 9.84 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/366 | Chemical Society Reviews Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 0306-0012 | 7.44 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/366 | Coordination Chemistry Reviews Elsevier BV, ISSN 0010-8545 | 5.11 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/366 | Accounts of Chemical Research American Chemical Society, ISSN 0001-4842 | 3.47 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/366 | Journal of the American Chemical Society American Chemical Society, ISSN 0002-7863 | 3.22 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/366 | Nature Chemistry Nature Portfolio, ISSN 1755-4330 | 3.12 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/366 | Chem Elsevier BV, ISSN 2451-9294 | 2.80 | 98.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/366 | Angewandte Chemie International Edition Wiley, ISSN 1433-7851 | 2.66 | 98.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/366 | TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 0165-9936 | 2.63 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 10/366 | Nature Synthesis Nature Portfolio, ISSN 2731-0582 | 2.36 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/366 | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0021-9797 | 2.23 | 97.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/366 | Topics in Current Chemistry Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2364-8961 | 1.69 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/366 | Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis Elsevier BV, ISSN 2095-1779 | 1.67 | 96.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/366 | Green Analytical Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-5774 | 1.64 | 96.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/366 | Chemical Science Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 2041-6520 | 1.60 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 16/366 | Chinese Chemical Letters Elsevier BV, ISSN 1001-8417 | 1.59 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 17/366 | Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Elsevier BV, ISSN 0079-6565 | 1.51 | 95.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 18/366 | Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1751-7192 | 1.47 | 95.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 19/366 | The Chemical Record Wiley, ISSN 1527-8999 | 1.47 | 94.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 20/366 | Talanta Elsevier BV, ISSN 0039-9140 | 1.43 | 94.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 21/366 | Analytical Chemistry American Chemical Society, ISSN 0003-2700 | 1.32 | 94.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 22/366 | Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0079-6743 | 1.30 | 94.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 23/366 | Russian Chemical Reviews Institute of Physics, ISSN 0036-021X | 1.26 | 93.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 24/366 | Trends in Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 2589-5974 | 1.23 | 93.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 25/366 | European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 0223-5234 | 1.21 | 93.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 26/366 | Analytica—A Journal of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Analysis Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2673-4532 | 1.21 | 93.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 27/366 | Talanta Open Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-8319 | 1.18 | 92.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 28/366 | Applied Spectroscopy Reviews Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0570-4928 | 1.16 | 92.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 29/366 | Analytica Chimica Acta Elsevier BV, ISSN 0003-2670 | 1.14 | 92.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 30/366 | ChemTexts Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2199-3793 | 1.14 | 91.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 31/366 | Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1040-8347 | 1.10 | 91.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 32/366 | Molecules Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 1420-3049 | 1.08 | 91.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 33/366 | Arabian Journal of Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 1878-5352 | 1.06 | 91.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 34/366 | Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Elsevier BV, ISSN 1319-6103 | 1.05 | 90.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 35/366 | Journal of Molecular Structure Elsevier BV, ISSN 0022-2860 | 1.05 | 90.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 36/366 | BMC Chemistry BioMed Central, ISSN 2661-801X | 1.04 | 90.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 37/366 | Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Elsevier BV, ISSN 1386-1425 | 1.04 | 90.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 38/366 | Microchimica Acta Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0026-3672 | 1.01 | 89.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 39/366 | Results in Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 2211-7156 | 0.99 | 89.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 40/366 | Chem Catalysis Elsevier BV, ISSN 2667-1093 | 0.96 | 89.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 41/366 | Microchemical Journal Elsevier BV, ISSN 0026-265X | 0.95 | 88.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 42/366 | Mass Spectrometry Reviews Wiley, ISSN 0277-7037 | 0.95 | 88.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 43/366 | Advances in Sample Preparation Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-5820 | 0.95 | 88.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 44/366 | Green Synthesis and Catalysis Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-5549 | 0.93 | 88.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 45/366 | Reviews in Analytical Chemistry De Gruyter, ISSN 0793-0135 | 0.92 | 87.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 46/366 | Analytical Science Advances Wiley, ISSN 2628-5452 | 0.92 | 87.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 47/366 | Reviews in Inorganic Chemistry De Gruyter, ISSN 0193-4929 | 0.92 | 87.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 48/366 | Bioorganic Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 0045-2068 | 0.91 | 87.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 49/366 | Discover Chemistry. Springer, Singapore, ISSN 3005-1193 | 0.91 | 86.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 50/366 | Tetrahedron Green Chem Elsevier BV, ISSN 2773-2231 | 0.90 | 86.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 51/366 | Inorganic Chemistry American Chemical Society, ISSN 0020-1669 | 0.89 | 86.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 52/366 | Organic Letters American Chemical Society, ISSN 1523-7052 | 0.88 | 85.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 53/366 | Organic Chemistry Frontiers Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 2052-4110 | 0.87 | 85.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 54/366 | Chinese Journal of Chemistry Wiley, ISSN 1001-604X | 0.85 | 85.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 55/366 | Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems Elsevier BV, ISSN 0169-7439 | 0.84 | 85.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 56/366 | Chemical Communications Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 1359-7345 | 0.80 | 84.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 57/366 | Journal of Chromatography A Elsevier BV, ISSN 0021-9673 | 0.80 | 84.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 58/366 | Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications Hindawi Publishing Corporation, ISSN 1565-3633 | 0.79 | 84.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 59/366 | Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 0022-3549 | 0.76 | 84.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 60/366 | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1618-2642 | 0.75 | 83.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 61/366 | Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0937-0633 | 0.75 | 83.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 62/366 | ACS Organic & Inorganic Au American Chemical Society, ISSN 2694-247X | 0.74 | 83.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 63/366 | Applied Organometallic Chemistry Wiley, ISSN 0268-2605 | 0.74 | 82.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 64/366 | Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis Wiley, ISSN 1615-4150 | 0.73 | 82.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 65/366 | Molecular Diversity Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1381-1991 | 0.73 | 82.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 66/366 | Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Elsevier BV, ISSN 0731-7085 | 0.72 | 82.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 67/366 | Tetrahedron Chem Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-951X | 0.72 | 81.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 68/366 | RSC Mechanochemistry Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 2976-8683 | 0.72 | 81.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 69/366 | Vibrational Spectroscopy Elsevier BV, ISSN 0924-2031 | 0.69 | 81.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 70/366 | Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 0254-5861 | 0.68 | 81.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 71/366 | Journal of Chromatography Open Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-3917 | 0.65 | 80.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 72/366 | The Analyst Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 0003-2654 | 0.64 | 80.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 73/366 | Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy Elsevier BV, ISSN 0584-8547 | 0.64 | 80.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 74/366 | The Journal of Organic Chemistry American Chemical Society, ISSN 0022-3263 | 0.64 | 79.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 75/366 | Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Oxford University Press, ISSN 0009-2673 | 0.64 | 79.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 76/366 | Archiv der Pharmazie Wiley, ISSN 0365-6233 | 0.63 | 79.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 77/366 | Dalton Transactions Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 1477-9226 | 0.62 | 79.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 78/366 | The Journal of Physical Chemistry B American Chemical Society, ISSN 1520-5207 | 0.61 | 78.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 79/366 | Organic Process Research & Development American Chemical Society, ISSN 1083-6160 | 0.61 | 78.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 80/366 | Scientia Pharmaceutica Österreichische Apotheker-Verlagsgesellschaft m. b. H., ISSN 0036-8709 | 0.61 | 78.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 81/366 | Food Analytical Methods Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1936-9751 | 0.60 | 78.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 82/366 | Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 0267-9477 | 0.60 | 77.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 83/366 | Chemistry - A European Journal Wiley, ISSN 0947-6539 | 0.60 | 77.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 84/366 | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 1463-9076 | 0.60 | 77.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 85/366 | Journal of Chemical Education American Chemical Society, ISSN 0021-9584 | 0.59 | 76.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 86/366 | European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-4174 | 0.59 | 76.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 87/366 | Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 0162-0134 | 0.59 | 76.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 88/366 | Inorganica Chimica Acta Elsevier BV, ISSN 0020-1693 | 0.59 | 76.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 89/366 | Chemistry - An Asian Journal Wiley, ISSN 1861-471X | 0.59 | 75.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 90/366 | Research on Chemical Intermediates Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0922-6168 | 0.58 | 75.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 91/366 | Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 2210-271X | 0.57 | 75.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 92/366 | Medicinal Chemistry Research Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1054-2523 | 0.57 | 75.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 93/366 | Chemistry Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2624-8549 | 0.55 | 74.7 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 94/366 | Journal of Separation Science Wiley, ISSN 1615-9306 | 0.55 | 74.5 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 95/366 | ChemistryOpen WileyOpen, ISSN 2191-1363 | 0.54 | 74.2 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 96/366 | Comments on Inorganic Chemistry Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0260-3594 | 0.54 | 73.9 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 97/366 | Frontiers in Analytical Science Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2673-9283 | 0.54 | 73.6 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 98/366 | Organics Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2673-401X | 0.54 | 73.4 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 99/366 | Colloid & Polymer Science Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0303-402X | 0.53 | 73.1 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 100/366 | Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Open Elsevier BV, ISSN 2949-771X | 0.53 | 72.8 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 663 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.