Journal Rankings 2026 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
Browse 19 ranked journals grouped into quartiles by citation rate. Use the subject filter below to narrow down by research field.
Data last refreshed: Jul 31, 2026
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Q1 — Top 25%
5 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
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Applied Surface Science
Elsevier BV
|
56.90 |
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Catalysis Communications
Elsevier BV
|
10.94 |
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Chemical Engineering Journal
Elsevier BV
|
10.01 |
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Rare Metals
Springer Science+Business Media
|
9.82 |
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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
Elsevier BV
|
6.57 |
Q2 — 50th-75th Percentile
5 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
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Journal of Nanomaterials
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
|
6.22 |
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Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materi…
Springer Science+Business Media
|
5.73 |
|
Nanoscale Advances
Royal Society of Chemistry
|
5.37 |
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Frontiers in Chemistry
Frontiers Media
|
5.34 |
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Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Asp…
Elsevier BV
|
5.06 |
Q3 — 25th-50th Percentile
5 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
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Materials Advances
Royal Society of Chemistry
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5.04 |
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Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Elsevier BV
|
4.77 |
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ACS Omega
American Chemical Society
|
4.08 |
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Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
Springer Science+Business Media
|
4.02 |
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Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Springer Science+Business Media
|
3.26 |
Q4 — Bottom 25%
4 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
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Solid State Sciences
Elsevier BV
|
3.01 |
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Molecular Catalysis
Elsevier BV
|
2.64 |
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Research on Chemical Intermediates
Springer Science+Business Media
|
2.52 |
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SN Applied Sciences
Springer Nature
|
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Understanding Journal Quartile Rankings
Quartile rankings (Q1-Q4) are a standard way to categorize academic journals within a subject. They're calculated by ordering all journals in a category by their citation rate (or SJR score) and dividing them into four equal groups.
- Q1 — Top 25%, highest impact in the field
- Q2 — 50th to 75th percentile
- Q3 — 25th to 50th percentile
- Q4 — Bottom 25%
Note: When official Scopus/JCR quartile data is available we use it. Otherwise quartiles are approximated by ranking journals within the selected subject by their latest citation rate.