Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering: 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	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	112
2	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	87
3	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	83
-	Materials	83
5	Acta Materialia	78
6	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	69
7	Corrosion Science	66
8	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
9	Rare Metals	59
10	Scripta Materialia	51
11	Metals	45
12	Materials Characterization	44
13	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	43
14	Intermetallics	37
15	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	36
16	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	33
-	Hydrometallurgy	33
18	Journal of Central South University	30
19	JOM	28
20	Metals and Materials International	27
21	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	25
22	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	24
-	Welding in the World	24
24	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	22
26	Steel Research International	21
27	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	20
28	ISIJ International	19
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	19
30	International Journal of Metalcasting	18
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	18
32	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	17
-	Materials Science and Technology	17
34	Materials Transactions	15
35	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	14
-	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	14
-	International Journal of Material Forming	14
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
-	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	14
40	Philosophical Magazine	13
41	China Foundry	12
-	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	12
-	Physics of Metals and Metallography	12
44	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	11
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	11
-	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	11
47	Corrosion	10
-	Powder Metallurgy	10
-	International Journal of Materials Research	10
-	Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces	10

51	Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing	9
-	Materials at High Temperatures	9
-	Metallurgist	9
-	Oxidation of Metals	9
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	9
-	International Journal of Cast Metals Research	9
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	9
-	Metallurgical Research & Technology	9
59	Science of Sintering	8
-	Welding Journal	8
-	Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	8
-	Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals	8
-	Metal Science and Heat Treatment	8
64	Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy	7
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	7
-	Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics	7
67	Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan	5
-	Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials	5
-	Materiali in Tehnologije	5
70	Soldagem & Inspecao	4
-	Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography	4
-	Revista de Metalurgia	4
73	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	3