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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Engineering Failure Analysis	62
2	Materials Characterization	50
3	Polymer Testing	47
4	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	37
5	NDT & E International	34
6	Materials Testing	27
-	Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation	27
8	International Journal of Pavement Engineering	26
9	Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials	17
-	Experimental Mechanics	17
-	Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation	17
12	Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials	15
13	Journal of Testing and Evaluation	13
-	Physical Mesomechanics	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
16	Experimental Techniques	12
-	Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design	12
18	Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing	11
-	Beton- und Stahlbetonbau	11
20	Strength of Materials	9
-	Strain	9
22	Polymers & Polymer Composites	7
-	Research in Nondestructive Evaluation	7
24	Insight	6
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	6
-	Powder Diffraction	6