Materials Science, Characterization & Testing: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Engineering Failure Analysis	54
2	Materials Characterization	44
-	Polymer Testing	44
4	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	36
5	NDT & E International	28
6	Materials Testing	25
7	International Journal of Pavement Engineering	22
8	Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation	19
9	Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation	16
10	Experimental Mechanics	14
-	Experimental Techniques	14
-	Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials	14
-	Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials	14
14	Polymers & Polymer Composites	13
-	Physical Mesomechanics	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
17	Strain	11
18	Beton- und Stahlbetonbau	10
19	Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design	9
-	Journal of Testing and Evaluation	9
-	Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing	9
-	Strength of Materials	9
23	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	7
24	Insight	6
-	Research in Nondestructive Evaluation	6
26	Powder Diffraction	4