Chemistry Journals - Top-ranked Journals

Top-ranked Journals

As of 2004, the journals listed below are the 20 top ranking chemistry journals most frequently referenced in Chemical Abstracts.

1. Journal of Biological Chemistry
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society
3. Journal of Chemical Physics
4. Journal of Physical Chemistry B
5. Tetrahedron Letters
6. Journal of Applied Polymer Science
7. Langmuir
8. Chemical Physics Letters
9. Chemical Communications
10. Journal of Physical Chemistry A
11. Acta Crystallographica, Section E, Structure Reports online
12. Macromolecules
13. Journal of Organic Chemistry
14. Journal of Chromatography A
15. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
16. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
17. Tetrahedron
18. Organic Letters
19. Angewandte Chemie
20. Inorganic Chemistry

A different list based on total citations received in 2004 is below.

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society
2. Journal of Chemical Physics
3. Angewandte Chemie International Edition
4. Journal of Organic Chemistry
5. Tetrahedron Letters
6. Analytical Chemistry
7. Chemical Communications
8. Inorganic Chemistry
9. Langmuir
10. Journal of Physical Chemistry B
11. Chemical Physics Letters
12. Chemical Reviews
13. Journal of Chromatography A
14. Tetrahedron
15. Analytical Biochemistry
16. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
17. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
18. Organometallics
19. Journal of Physical Chemistry A
20. Chemistry of Materials

The journals listed below are the 20 top ranking chemistry journals according to the 2004 impact factor.

1. Surface Science Reports
2. Chemical Reviews
3. Nature Materials
4. Accounts of Chemical Research
5. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
6. Chemical Society Reviews
7. Advances in Catalysis
8. Angewandte Chemie
9. Aldrichimica Acta
10. Nano Letters
11. Medicinal Research Reviews
12. Catalysis Reviews
13. Natural Product Reports
14. Progress in Inorganic Chemistry
15. Journal of the American Chemical Society
16. Separation and Purification Reviews
17. Coordination Chemistry Reviews
18. Progress in Solid State Chemistry
19. Advanced Functional Materials
20. Advances in Organometallic Chemistry