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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	210
2	Advanced Functional Materials	159
-	ACS Nano	159
4	Advanced Energy Materials	143
5	Nature Energy	128
6	Advanced Science	125
7	Nano-Micro Letters	122
8	Nano Energy	121
9	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	120
10	Energy Storage Materials	119
11	Nature Materials	114
12	Nature Nanotechnology	112
13	Small	109
14	ACS Energy Letters	107
15	Applied Sciences-Basel	106
-	Joule	106
17	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	105
18	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	104
-	Construction and Building Materials	104
20	Progress in Materials Science	101
-	Carbon	101
22	Nano Letters	95
23	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
24	Nanomaterials	88
25	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	87
26	Nature Reviews Materials	86
27	Materials	85
28	Nano Research	84
-	Materials Today	84
30	Acta Materialia	82
-	Journal of Power Sources	82
32	Matter	79
33	Materials & Design	78
34	Cement and Concrete Research	74
35	Materials Horizons	71
36	Chemistry of Materials	69
-	Corrosion Science	69
-	Advanced Fiber Materials	69
39	International Journal of Plasticity	67
-	Advanced Optical Materials	67
-	Carbon Energy	67
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	67
-	Nanoscale	67
44	Nano Today	65
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	65
46	ACS Applied Nano Materials	62
47	npj Computational Materials	61
-	Rare Metals	61
-	InfoMat	61
50	Small Methods	60

-	Materials Chemistry and Physics	60
52	ACS Materials Letters	59
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	59
54	ACS Photonics	56
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
56	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	54
-	Energy & Environmental Materials	54
-	International Journal of Fatigue	54
-	Journal of Materials Science	54
60	Diamond and Related Materials	53
-	Optical Materials	53
-	Advanced Materials Technologies	53
-	Langmuir	53
64	International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing	52
-	Journal of Materials Processing Technology	52
-	Coatings	52
-	Scripta Materialia	52
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	52
69	Membranes	51
-	Materials Chemistry Frontiers	51
71	npj Flexible Electronics	50
-	Materials Research Bulletin	50
-	Nanoscale Advances	50
-	Crystals	50
75	Science China-Materials	49
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	49
-	Batteries-Basel	49
-	Results in Physics	49
79	Advanced Materials Interfaces	48
-	Metals	48
81	Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials	47
-	ACS Applied Polymer Materials	47
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
-	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	47
85	Vacuum	46
-	Materials Today Physics	46
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	46
-	Materials Characterization	46
89	CMC-Computers Materials & Continua	45
90	Silicon	44
-	Materials Today Communications	44
-	Materials Today Chemistry	44
-	Applied Clay Science	44
94	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	43
-	ACS Applied Electronic Materials	43
96	Materials Letters	42
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
98	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
-	Computational Materials Science	41
100	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	40
-	Virtual and Physical Prototyping	40
-	Advanced Engineering Materials	40
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	40
-	Frontiers in Materials	40
105	Particuology	39
106	Journal of Materiomics	38
-	Science China-Technological Sciences	38
-	Solar RRL	38
-	Intermetallics	38
-	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	38
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	38
112	npj 2D Materials and Applications	37
-	Nano Convergence	37
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	Crystal Growth & Design	37
-	Plasmonics	37
-	Materials Today Energy	37
-	Nanoscale Horizons	37
119	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	36
-	Advanced Sustainable Systems	36
-	APL Materials	36
-	Applied Materials Today	36
-	Case Studies in Construction Materials	36
-	Materials Research Letters	36
125	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids	35
-	Macromolecular Materials and Engineering	35
-	Smart Materials and Structures	35
-	Additive Manufacturing	35
-	Carbon Letters	35
130	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	34
-	Physical Review Materials	34
-	Soft Matter	34
-	Mechanics of Materials	34
-	Heritage Science	34
135	Nanotechnology	33
-	npj Quantum Materials	33
-	Synthetic Metals	33
-	Extreme Mechanics Letters	33
-	Advances in Materials Science and Engineering	33
-	FlatChem	33
141	Optical Materials Express	32
-	Materials Today Sustainability	32
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	32
-	Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance	32
-	npj Materials Degradation	32
-	Materials Research Express	32
-	Wear	32
-	Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering	32
-	Journal of Nuclear Materials	32
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	32
151	Progress in Photovoltaics	31
-	Sustainable Materials and Technologies	31
153	New Carbon Materials	30
-	Science and Technology of Advanced Materials	30
-	Materials Today Advances	30
-	AIP Advances	30
-	Batteries & Supercaps	30
-	Journal of Materials Research	30
159	Materials Today Nano	29
-	International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives	29
-	Materials and Structures	29
162	Materials and Manufacturing Processes	28
-	NPG Asia Materials	28
-	MRS Bulletin	28
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	28
166	Progress in Natural Science-Materials International	27
-	Metals and Materials International	27
-	JOM	27
-	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	27
-	Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures	27
171	Rapid Prototyping Journal	26
-	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	26
-	2D Materials	26
-	International Materials Reviews	26
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	26

-	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology	26
-	Fire Safety Journal	26
178	Current Applied Physics	25
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology	25
181	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	24
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	24
-	Journal of Nanoparticle Research	24
-	Magnetochemistry	24
-	Nanophotonics	24
186	Organic Electronics	23
187	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
-	Journal of Physics-Energy	22
-	Journal of Porous Materials	22
190	Materials Technology	21
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	21
-	Journal of Science-Advanced Materials and Devices	21
-	Road Materials and Pavement Design	21
-	Thin Solid Films	21
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	21
-	3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing	21
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	21
198	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	20
-	Microscopy and Microanalysis	20
-	International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials	20
-	ChemNanoMat	20
202	Reviews on Advanced Materials Science	19
-	Semiconductor Science and Technology	19
-	Fire Technology	19
-	Flexible and Printed Electronics	19
-	IUCrJ	19
207	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	18
-	Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	18
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	18
-	Materials Science and Technology	18
-	International Journal of Damage Mechanics	18
-	International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design	18
-	Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures	18
-	Journal of Physics-Materials	18
216	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials	17
-	Surface Topography-Metrology and Properties	17
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	17
219	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	16
-	Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures	16
-	Liquid Crystals	16
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	16
-	Materials Transactions	16
-	Current Nanoscience	16
-	Experimental Mechanics	16
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	16
-	Geosynthetics International	16
229	Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids	15
-	International Journal of Fracture	15
-	Advances in Manufacturing	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Electronic Materials Letters	15
-	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials	15
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	15
-	European Physical Journal E	15
-	International Journal of Material Forming	15
-	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	15
-	Granular Matter	15
240	Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation	14
-	Journal of Adhesion	14
-	Journal of Information disPlay	14
-	Fire and Materials	14
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	14
-	Machining Science and Technology	14
-	Magazine of Concrete Research	14
247	Philosophical Magazine	13
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L-Journal of Materials-Design and Applications	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	Materials Research-Ibero-American Journal of Materials	13
-	Materials Science	13
-	Nano Futures	13
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
254	Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik	12
-	Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	KONA Powder and Particle Journal	12
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	12
259	Micro & Nano Letters	11
-	Journal of Elasticity	11
-	Corrosion	11
-	Frontiers of Materials Science	11
-	Materials Science-Poland	11
-	Nano	11
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	11
-	Journal of Elastomers and Plastics	11
-	Materials Express	11
268	Physics and Chemistry of Minerals	10
-	Science of Advanced Materials	10
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	10
-	Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology-Transactions of the Asme	10
-	Ferroelectrics	10
-	Journal of Superhard Materials	10
-	Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition	10
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	10
276	Materials at High Temperatures	9
-	Green Materials	9
-	Sensors and Materials	9
-	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals	9
-	Advances in Cement Research	9
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	9
-	Bulletin of Materials Science	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
284	Soft Materials	8
-	ACI Materials Journal	8
-	Journal of Fire Sciences	8
-	Materiales de Construccion	8
-	Functional Materials Letters	8
-	Gold Bulletin	8
-	Materia-Rio de Janeiro	8
-	Journal of Nano Research	8
-	Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems	8
-	Emerging Materials Research	8
-	Inorganic Materials	8
295	Advances in Production Engineering & Management	7
-	Atomization and Sprays	7
-	Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures	7
-	Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves	7
299	Transactions of Famena	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Circuit World	6
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	6
-	Microelectronics International	6
-	International Journal of Nanotechnology	6
-	Journal of Friction and Wear	6
-	Materiale Plastice	6
-	Materiali in Tehnologije	6
-	Image Analysis & Stereology	6
309	Materials Science-Medziagotyra	5
-	International Journal of Materials & Product Technology	5
-	Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy	5
-	Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences	5
-	ACI Structural Journal	5
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
315	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	4
-	Informacije Midem-Journal of Microelectronics Electronic Components and Materials	4
-	Fibre Chemistry	4
318	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3