Chemistry · 456 journals indexed
Best journals for Chemistry
The top Chemistry journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 2Accounts of Chemical Research18.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 4Journal of the American Chemical Society15.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8Chemical Science7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 17Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Organic Chemistry Frontiers4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 29Organic Process Research & Development3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Journal of Saudi Chemical Society5.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 36Separations3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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