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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	115
2	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
3	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	85
4	Materials	83
5	Acta Materialia	80
6	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	71
7	Corrosion Science	69
8	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
9	Rare Metals	61
10	Scripta Materialia	51
11	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	46
-	Metals	46
13	Materials Characterization	44
14	Intermetallics	37
-	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	37
16	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	35
17	Hydrometallurgy	31
18	Journal of Central South University	30
19	JOM	29
20	Metals and Materials International	25
21	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	24
-	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	24
23	Welding in the World	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	22
25	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	20
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	20
-	Steel Research International	20
28	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	19
-	International Journal of Metalcasting	19
-	ISIJ International	19
31	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	18
-	Materials Science and Technology	18
33	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	17
34	Materials Transactions	16
35	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	15
-	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	15
-	International Journal of Material Forming	15
38	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	14
39	Philosophical Magazine	13
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
-	China Foundry	13
42	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	12
43	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	11
-	Physics of Metals and Metallography	11
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	11
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	11
-	Corrosion	11
48	International Journal of Cast Metals Research	10
-	International Journal of Materials Research	10
-	Metallurgical Research & Technology	10

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