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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	122
2	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	91
3	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
4	Materials	86
-	Acta Materialia	86
6	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	73
-	Corrosion Science	73
8	Rare Metals	63
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
10	Metals	52
11	Materials Characterization	50
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	50
13	Scripta Materialia	49
14	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	36
15	Intermetallics	35
16	Hydrometallurgy	33
17	Journal of Central South University	32
-	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	32
19	Metals and Materials International	29
20	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	27
21	JOM	26
-	Welding in the World	26
23	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	24
-	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	24
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	24
26	Steel Research International	21
-	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	21
-	ISIJ International	21
29	Materials Science and Technology	20
-	Materials Transactions	20
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	20
-	International Journal of Metalcasting	20
33	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	19
34	China Foundry	18
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	18
36	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	16
37	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	15
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	15
-	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	15
40	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	14
-	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	14
-	International Journal of Material Forming	14
43	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Corrosion	12
47	Physics of Metals and Metallography	11
48	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	10
-	International Journal of Cast Metals Research	10
-	International Journal of Materials Research	10

-	Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces	10
52	Metal Science and Heat Treatment	9
-	Powder Metallurgy	9
-	Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	9
-	Metallurgist	9
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	9
57	Metallurgical Research & Technology	8
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	Science of Sintering	8
-	Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing	8
-	Welding Journal	8
-	Materials at High Temperatures	8
63	Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy	7
-	Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics	7
65	Materiali in Tehnologije	6
-	Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals	6
-	Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan	6
68	Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography	5
-	Revista de Metalurgia	5
70	Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials	4
-	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	4
72	Soldagem & Inspecao	3