New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Nature Reviews Materials ca. 86.2
2 Nature Energy ca. 60.1
3 Progress in Materials Science ca. 40
4 Nature Materials ca. 38.5
5 Nano-Micro Letters ca. 36.3
6 Joule ca. 35.4
7 Nature Nanotechnology ca. 34.9
8 Advanced Materials ca. 26.8
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports ca. 26.8
10 Advanced Energy Materials ca. 26
11 Carbon Energy ca. 24.2
12 InfoMat ca. 22.3
13 Materials Today ca. 22
14 Advanced Fiber Materials ca. 21.3
- International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing ca. 21.3
16 Energy Storage Materials ca. 20.2
17 Advanced Functional Materials ca. 19
18 ACS Energy Letters ca. 18.2
19 Nano Energy ca. 17.1
20 ACS Nano ca. 16
21 International Materials Reviews ca. 15.5
- npj Flexible Electronics ca. 15.5
23 Journal of Materials Science & Technology ca. 14.3
24 Advanced Science ca. 14.1
- Energy & Environmental Materials ca. 14.1
26 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science ca. 13.4
27 Cement and Concrete Research ca. 13.1
28 International Journal of Plasticity ca. 12.8
29 Small ca. 12.1
30 npj Computational Materials ca. 11.9
31 Carbon ca. 11.6
32 Additive Manufacturing ca. 11.1
33 Nano Convergence ca. 11
- Rare Metals ca. 11
35 Nano Today ca. 10.9
36 Materials Horizons ca. 10.7
37 Materials Today Physics ca. 9.7
38 Journal of Materiomics ca. 9.6
39 Journal of Materials Chemistry A ca. 9.5
40 Acta Materialia ca. 9.3
41 Sustainable Materials and Technologies ca. 9.2
42 Nano Letters ca. 9.1
- Small Methods ca. 9.1
44 Nano Research ca. 9
45 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences ca. 8.9
46 npj 2D Materials and Applications ca. 8.8
- Virtual and Physical Prototyping ca. 8.8
48 ACS Materials Letters ca. 8.7
49 Materials Today Energy ca. 8.6
50 Corrosion Science ca. 8.5
51 NPG Asia Materials ca. 8.3
52 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ca. 8.2
- Materials Today Nano ca. 8.2
54 Construction and Building Materials ca. 8
- Materials Today Advances ca. 8
56 Materials & Design ca. 7.9
- Journal of Power Sources ca. 7.9
- Materials Today Sustainability ca. 7.9
- Materials Research Letters ca. 7.9
60 Progress in Photovoltaics ca. 7.6
- npj Materials Degradation ca. 7.6
62 Journal of Materials Processing Technology ca. 7.5
63 Science China-Materials ca. 7.4
64 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials ca. 7.2
- Advanced Optical Materials ca. 7.2
66 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International ca. 7.1
67 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing ca. 7
- Chemistry of Materials ca. 7
69 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials ca. 6.9
- Current Opinion in Electrochemistry ca. 6.9
- Applied Materials Today ca. 6.9
72 International Journal of Fatigue ca. 6.8
73 ACS Photonics ca. 6.7
- Materials Today Chemistry ca. 6.7
75 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T ca. 6.6
- International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials ca. 6.6
- Nanoscale Horizons ca. 6.6
- Case Studies in Construction Materials ca. 6.6
- Nanophotonics ca. 6.6
80 Materials Chemistry Frontiers ca. 6.4
81 Journal of Alloys and Compounds ca. 6.3
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ca. 6.3
- Journal of Physics-Energy ca. 6.3
84 Advanced Materials Technologies ca. 6.2
- FlatChem ca. 6.2
- npj Quantum Materials ca. 6.2
87 Wear ca. 6.1
- Advanced Sustainable Systems ca. 6.1
89 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids ca. 6
90 Carbon Letters ca. 5.8
- Applied Clay Science ca. 5.8
92 Materials Research Bulletin ca. 5.7
93 Scripta Materialia ca. 5.6
94 Materials Characterization ca. 5.5
- ACS Applied Nano Materials ca. 5.5
- ACS Applied Energy Materials ca. 5.5
97 Advanced Electronic Materials ca. 5.3
98 Diamond and Related Materials ca. 5.1
- Nanoscale ca. 5.1
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C ca. 5.1
101 MRS Bulletin ca. 4.9
- Science China-Technological Sciences ca. 4.9
103 Batteries-Basel ca. 4.8
- Intermetallics ca. 4.8
105 ACS Applied Polymer Materials ca. 4.7
- Batteries & Supercaps ca. 4.7
- Solar RRL ca. 4.7
- ACS Applied Electronic Materials ca. 4.7
- Materials Chemistry and Physics ca. 4.7
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials ca. 4.7
- Materials and Manufacturing Processes ca. 4.7
112 Results in Physics ca. 4.6
- Synthetic Metals ca. 4.6
- Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials ca. 4.6
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing ca. 4.6
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ca. 4.6
- International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials ca. 4.6
- Macromolecular Materials and Engineering ca. 4.6
- Nanoscale Advances ca. 4.6
120 APL Materials ca. 4.5
- Extreme Mechanics Letters ca. 4.5
- Materials Today Communications ca. 4.5
123 Advanced Materials Interfaces ca. 4.4
- Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering ca. 4.4
125 2D Materials ca. 4.3
- Particuology ca. 4.3
- Plasmonics ca. 4.3
- Journal of Physics-Materials ca. 4.3
- Nanomaterials ca. 4.3
130 Optical Materials ca. 4.2
- Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials ca. 4.2
132 Nanoscale Research Letters ca. 4.1
- Mechanics of Materials ca. 4.1
- Sustainable Energy & Fuels ca. 4.1
135 Metals and Materials International ca. 4
136 International Journal of Damage Mechanics ca. 3.9
- Journal of Materials Science ca. 3.9
- Heritage Science ca. 3.9
- Langmuir ca. 3.9
- Vacuum ca. 3.9
- Materials and Structures ca. 3.9
142 Smart Materials and Structures ca. 3.8
- Advances in Manufacturing ca. 3.8
144 Materials Technology ca. 3.7
- Science and Technology of Welding and Joining ca. 3.7
- Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology ca. 3.7
147 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials ca. 3.6
- International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics ca. 3.6
- International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design ca. 3.6
- Membranes ca. 3.6
- Rapid Prototyping Journal ca. 3.6
- IUCrJ ca. 3.6
153 International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives ca. 3.5
- Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids ca. 3.5
155 Journal of Information disPlay ca. 3.4
- Physical Review Materials ca. 3.4
- Crystal Growth & Design ca. 3.4
158 Advanced Engineering Materials ca. 3.3
- Nano Futures ca. 3.3
- Silicon ca. 3.3
- Computational Materials Science ca. 3.3
- Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology ca. 3.3
- Fire Safety Journal ca. 3.3
- Journal of Cultural Heritage ca. 3.3
- Geosynthetics International ca. 3.3
166 KONA Powder and Particle Journal ca. 3.2
- Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures ca. 3.2
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C ca. 3.2
- Journal of Nuclear Materials ca. 3.2
- Journal of Porous Materials ca. 3.2
- Flexible and Printed Electronics ca. 3.2
- Materials ca. 3.2
- Molecular Systems Design & Engineering ca. 3.2
174 Optical Materials Express ca. 3.1
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science ca. 3.1
- Current Applied Physics ca. 3.1
- Recent Patents on Nanotechnology ca. 3.1
178 Microscopy and Microanalysis ca. 3
- Particle & Particle Systems Characterization ca. 3
- Road Materials and Pavement Design ca. 3
- IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology ca. 3
- Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials ca. 3
- Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ca. 3
184 Granular Matter ca. 2.9
- Journal of Materials Research ca. 2.9
- Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications ca. 2.9
- Frontiers in Materials ca. 2.9
188 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing ca. 2.8
- Nanotechnology ca. 2.8
- Journal of Experimental Nanoscience ca. 2.8
- Coatings ca. 2.8
- Soft Matter ca. 2.8
- Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics ca. 2.8
194 Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica ca. 2.7
- Materials Letters ca. 2.7
- Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology ca. 2.7
197 Organic Electronics ca. 2.6
- Journal of Nanoparticle Research ca. 2.6
- International Journal of Material Forming ca. 2.6
- Electronic Materials Letters ca. 2.6
- ChemNanoMat ca. 2.6
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ca. 2.6
- Machining Science and Technology ca. 2.6
204 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science ca. 2.5
- Metals ca. 2.5
- Magnetochemistry ca. 2.5
- Advances in Production Engineering & Management ca. 2.5
- IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology ca. 2.5
- International Journal of Fracture ca. 2.5
- Applied Sciences-Basel ca. 2.5
- Journal of Electronic Materials ca. 2.5
212 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering ca. 2.4
- Micro & Nano Letters ca. 2.4
- Fire Technology ca. 2.4
- Experimental Mechanics ca. 2.4
- Fire and Materials ca. 2.4
- Crystals ca. 2.4
- Surface Topography-Metrology and Properties ca. 2.4
219 MRS Communications ca. 2.3
- Journal of Adhesion ca. 2.3
- JOM ca. 2.3
- Frontiers of Materials Science ca. 2.3
223 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures ca. 2.2
- ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology ca. 2.2
- Materials Science and Technology ca. 2.2
- Liquid Crystals ca. 2.2
- Journal of the Society for Information disPlay ca. 2.2
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L-Journal of Materials-Design and Applications ca. 2.2
- Materials Research Express ca. 2.2
- European Physical Journal E ca. 2.2
231 Bulletin of Materials Science ca. 2.1
- Semiconductor Science and Technology ca. 2.1
- Journal of Photonics for Energy ca. 2.1
- 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing ca. 2.1
235 Thin Solid Films ca. 2
- Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion ca. 2
- Journal of Crystal Growth ca. 2
- Green Materials ca. 2
- Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters ca. 2
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance ca. 2
- Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology ca. 2
242 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science ca. 1.9
- Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology ca. 1.9
- CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry ca. 1.9
- Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures ca. 1.9
- Materials Transactions ca. 1.9
- Journal of Energetic Materials ca. 1.9
- Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology-Transactions of the Asme ca. 1.9
- Journal of Fire Sciences ca. 1.9
250 Soldering & Surface Mount Technology ca. 1.8
- Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems ca. 1.8
- Journal of Laser Applications ca. 1.8
- Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures ca. 1.8
- JM3: Journal of Micro-Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology ca. 1.8
255 Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids ca. 1.7
- Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion ca. 1.7
257 Journal of Elastomers and Plastics ca. 1.6
- Magazine of Concrete Research ca. 1.6
- Physics and Chemistry of Minerals ca. 1.6
- Materials Science-Poland ca. 1.6
- ACI Materials Journal ca. 1.6
262 Philosophical Magazine ca. 1.5
- ACI Structural Journal ca. 1.5
- Current Nanoscience ca. 1.5
- High Temperature Materials and Processes ca. 1.5
- Materiales de Construccion ca. 1.5
- Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy ca. 1.5
268 AIP Advances ca. 1.4
- Soft Materials ca. 1.4
- Journal of Elasticity ca. 1.4
- Korean Journal of Metals and Materials ca. 1.4
272 Materials Research-Ibero-American Journal of Materials ca. 1.3
- Advances in Cement Research ca. 1.3
- Corrosion ca. 1.3
275 Journal of Superhard Materials ca. 1.2
- Emerging Materials Research ca. 1.2
- Materia-Rio de Janeiro ca. 1.2
- International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering ca. 1.2
279 Philosophical Magazine Letters ca. 1.1
- Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition ca. 1.1
- Nano ca. 1.1
- Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik ca. 1.1
- Functional Materials Letters ca. 1.1
284 Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures ca. 1
- Image Analysis & Stereology ca. 1
- Sensors and Materials ca. 1
287 Materials at High Temperatures ca. 0.9
- Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering ca. 0.9
- Atomization and Sprays ca. 0.9
- Materials Science ca. 0.9
291 Microelectronics International ca. 0.8
- Materiali in Tehnologije ca. 0.8
- Informacije Midem-Journal of Microelectronics Electronic Components and Materials ca. 0.8
294 Materiale Plastice ca. 0.7
- Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials ca. 0.7
- Circuit World ca. 0.7
- Inorganic Materials ca. 0.7
- Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals ca. 0.7
- Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves ca. 0.7
300 Ferroelectrics ca. 0.6
- Materials Science-Medziagotyra ca. 0.6
- Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems ca. 0.6
- Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences ca. 0.6
304 Journal of Friction and Wear ca. 0.5
305 Journal of Magnetics ca. 0.4
306 International Journal of Materials & Product Technology ca. 0.3
- Fibre Chemistry ca. 0.3
- International Journal of Nanotechnology ca. 0.3
309 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures ca. 0
- Transactions of Famena ca. 0
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