Journal Rankings 2026 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

Browse 23 ranked journals grouped into quartiles by citation rate. Use the subject filter below to narrow down by research field.

Data last refreshed: Aug 01, 2026

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Q1 — Top 25%

6 journals

Q2 — 50th-75th Percentile

6 journals
Journal IF
Fuel Processing Technology
Elsevier BV
5.46
Journal of Rare Earths
Elsevier BV
5.21
Catalysis Today
Elsevier BV
4.76
ACS Omega
American Chemical Society
4.08
Catalysts
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
3.98
Chemical Research in Chinese Universities
Springer International Publishing
3.85

Q3 — 25th-50th Percentile

6 journals
Journal IF
ChemCatChem
Wiley
3.45
Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensificati…
Elsevier BV
3.45
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
Elsevier BV
3.41
Topics in Catalysis
Springer Science+Business Media
3.05
Applied Catalysis A General
Elsevier BV
2.96
Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering
Elsevier BV
2.67

Q4 — Bottom 25%

5 journals
Journal IF
Molecular Catalysis
Elsevier BV
2.64
Research on Chemical Intermediates
Springer Science+Business Media
2.52
Catalysis Letters
Springer Science+Business Media
2.35
Chemical Engineering & Technology
Wiley
1.59
Chemistry Letters
Oxford University Press
0.95

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.

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.

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