Materials Science, Multidisciplinary: 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	202
2	Advanced Functional Materials	154
3	ACS Nano	150
4	Advanced Energy Materials	137
5	Nano Energy	124
6	Advanced Science	121
7	Energy Storage Materials	117
-	Nature Energy	117
9	Joule	112
-	Nano-Micro Letters	112
-	Nature Materials	112
12	Nature Nanotechnology	110
-	Small	110
14	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	109
-	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	109
16	ACS Energy Letters	108
17	Carbon	100
18	Construction and Building Materials	99
19	Applied Sciences-Basel	97
20	Nano Letters	93
21	Nature Reviews Materials	92
22	Progress in Materials Science	88
23	Materials Today	87
24	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	85
-	Nano Research	85
26	Nanomaterials	84
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	84
28	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	82
29	Materials	81
30	Materials & Design	78
31	Journal of Power Sources	77
-	Matter	77
33	Acta Materialia	74
34	Cement and Concrete Research	72
-	Nano Today	72
36	Chemistry of Materials	69
37	Advanced Optical Materials	68
38	Corrosion Science	65
39	InfoMat	64
40	Small Methods	63
41	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	62
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	62
-	Carbon Energy	62
44	Rare Metals	60
45	ACS Applied Nano Materials	59
46	Advanced Fiber Materials	58
-	Materials Horizons	58
48	ACS Materials Letters	56
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
-	npj Computational Materials	56

51	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	55
-	International Journal of Plasticity	55
-	Nanoscale	55
-	Results in Physics	55
55	ACS Photonics	54
-	Materials Chemistry and Physics	54
57	Advanced Materials Technologies	53
58	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
59	Energy & Environmental Materials	51
60	Langmuir	50
-	Journal of Materials Processing Technology	50
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	50
-	Diamond and Related Materials	50
-	Optical Materials	50
-	Scripta Materialia	50
66	International Journal of Fatigue	49
-	Journal of Materials Science	49
-	Materials Today Physics	49
-	Materials Research Bulletin	49
70	Advanced Materials Interfaces	48
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	48
-	Membranes	48
73	Coatings	47
74	ACS Applied Electronic Materials	45
-	Metals	45
-	npj Flexible Electronics	45
-	Science China-Materials	45
-	Silicon	45
79	ACS Applied Polymer Materials	44
-	Crystals	44
-	Solar RRL	44
82	Advanced Electronic Materials	43
-	Materials Today Energy	43
84	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	42
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
-	International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing	42
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	42
-	Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials	42
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	42
90	Materials Characterization	41
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	41
-	Materials Letters	41
-	Batteries-Basel	41
-	Vacuum	41
95	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	40
-	Applied Clay Science	40
-	Materials Today Communications	40
98	Materials Chemistry Frontiers	39
-	Applied Materials Today	39
-	Nanoscale Advances	39
-	Materials Today Chemistry	39
102	Frontiers in Materials	38
-	Computational Materials Science	38
104	Advanced Sustainable Systems	37
-	APL Materials	37
-	CMC-Computers Materials & Continua	37
-	Nanotechnology	37
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	37
111	Advanced Engineering Materials	36
-	Journal of Materiomics	36
-	Crystal Growth & Design	36
114	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	35
-	Macromolecular Materials and Engineering	35
-	Additive Manufacturing	35
-	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids	35
-	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	35
-	Plasmonics	35
-	Science China-Technological Sciences	35
-	Wear	35
122	Intermetallics	34
123	Optical Materials Express	33
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	33
-	Virtual and Physical Prototyping	33
-	Particuology	33
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	33
-	Smart Materials and Structures	33
129	FlatChem	32
-	Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering	32
-	Journal of Nuclear Materials	32
-	Nano Convergence	32
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	32
-	Materials Research Express	32
-	Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance	32
-	Case Studies in Construction Materials	32
-	Physical Review Materials	32
138	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	31
-	Mechanics of Materials	31
-	Materials Research Letters	31
-	Synthetic Metals	31
-	Extreme Mechanics Letters	31
-	Materials Today Sustainability	31
144	Batteries & Supercaps	30
-	Carbon Letters	30
-	Materials and Manufacturing Processes	30
-	AIP Advances	30
-	Nanoscale Horizons	30
149	New Carbon Materials	29
-	Rapid Prototyping Journal	29
-	International Materials Reviews	29
-	Advances in Materials Science and Engineering	29
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	29
-	NPG Asia Materials	29
-	Materials Today Nano	29
156	2D Materials	28
-	npj Quantum Materials	28
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	28
-	Soft Matter	28
-	Sustainable Materials and Technologies	28
-	Materials Today Advances	28
162	Fire Safety Journal	27
-	Journal of Materials Research	27
-	MRS Bulletin	27
-	Progress in Natural Science-Materials International	27
-	Science and Technology of Advanced Materials	27
-	npj Materials Degradation	27
168	Heritage Science	26
-	International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives	26
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	26
-	JOM	26
172	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	25
-	Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures	25
-	Metals and Materials International	25
175	Materials and Structures	24

-	IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology	24
-	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology	24
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	24
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	24
-	Organic Electronics	24
181	Magnetochemistry	23
-	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	23
-	Current Applied Physics	23
-	Journal of Physics-Energy	23
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	23
186	ChemNanoMat	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	22
-	Semiconductor Science and Technology	22
-	Journal of Nanoparticle Research	22
-	Nanophotonics	22
191	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	21
-	Journal of Science-Advanced Materials and Devices	21
-	Road Materials and Pavement Design	21
-	Thin Solid Films	21
-	Materials Technology	21
196	Journal of Porous Materials	20
-	Microscopy and Microanalysis	20
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	20
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	20
200	IUCrJ	19
-	Journal of Physics-Materials	19
-	Liquid Crystals	19
-	Fire Technology	19
-	International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials	19
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	19
206	International Journal of Damage Mechanics	18
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	18
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	18
-	Flexible and Printed Electronics	18
-	3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing	18
-	European Physical Journal E	18
-	Surface Topography-Metrology and Properties	18
213	Granular Matter	17
-	Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures	17
-	Bulletin of Materials Science	17
-	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials	17
-	Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids	17
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	17
219	Geosynthetics International	16
-	Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica	16
-	Journal of Adhesion	16
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	16
223	Magazine of Concrete Research	15
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	15
-	International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design	15
-	Advances in Manufacturing	15
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	15
-	Reviews on Advanced Materials Science	15
-	Materials Science and Technology	15
-	Materials Transactions	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	15
-	Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation	15
-	International Journal of Fracture	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
235	Experimental Mechanics	14
-	Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures	14
-	Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology	14
-	Electronic Materials Letters	14
-	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials	14
240	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	13
-	International Journal of Material Forming	13
-	Current Nanoscience	13
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	13
-	Frontiers of Materials Science	13
-	Journal of Information disPlay	13
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	13
-	Micro & Nano Letters	13
249	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	12
-	Nano Futures	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L-Journal of Materials-Design and Applications	12
-	Fire and Materials	12
-	Journal of Elasticity	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik	12
257	Machining Science and Technology	11
-	Inorganic Materials	11
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	11
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	11
-	Functional Materials Letters	11
-	KONA Powder and Particle Journal	11
-	Ferroelectrics	11
-	Nano	11
-	Materials Science	11
266	Materials Express	10
-	Journal of Elastomers and Plastics	10
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	10
-	Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition	10
-	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals	10
-	Corrosion	10
-	Sensors and Materials	10
-	Materials Research-Ibero-American Journal of Materials	10
274	Advances in Production Engineering & Management	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
-	Journal of Superhard Materials	9
-	Emerging Materials Research	9
-	Physics and Chemistry of Minerals	9
-	Science of Advanced Materials	9
-	Materials Science-Poland	9
-	Green Materials	9
-	Advances in Cement Research	9
-	Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology-Transactions of the Asme	9
-	MRS Communications	9
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	9
286	Journal of Nano Research	8
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	8
-	Soft Materials	8
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	8
-	Journal of Fire Sciences	8
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
292	ACI Materials Journal	7
-	Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures	7
-	Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves	7
-	Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems	7
-	Materia-Rio de Janeiro	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
-	Materials at High Temperatures	7
-	Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering	7
-	Journal of Magnetics	7
-	Circuit World	7
302	Materiale Plastice	6
-	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Transactions of Famena	6
-	Materiales de Construccion	6
306	Fibre Chemistry	5
-	Image Analysis & Stereology	5
-	International Journal of Nanotechnology	5
-	Journal of Friction and Wear	5
-	Microelectronics International	5
-	Materials Science-Medziagotyra	5
312	Materiali in Tehnologije	4
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	4
-	International Journal of Materials & Product Technology	4
-	Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy	4
316	Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences	3
-	ACI Structural Journal	3
-	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	3
319	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2
-	Informacije Midem-Journal of Microelectronics Electronic Components and Materials	2