New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Journal of Materials Science & Technology112
2 Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
3 Materials83
4 Acta Materialia77
5 Corrosion Science66
6 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing64
7 Rare Metals59
8 Scripta Materialia52
9 Materials Characterization43
10 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials42
11 Intermetallics36
- International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials36
13 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China34
14 Hydrometallurgy32
15 JOM27
16 Metals and Materials International26
17 Journal of Iron and Steel Research International24
18 Welding in the World23
19 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science22
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science22
21 Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters20
- Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review20
- Steel Research International20
24 International Journal of Metalcasting18
- ISIJ International18
- Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals18
27 Science and Technology of Welding and Joining17
28 Materials Science and Technology16
29 China Foundry15
- Materials Transactions15
31 CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry14
- Ironmaking & Steelmaking14
- Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials14
34 Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly13
- International Journal of Material Forming13
- Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion13
37 Philosophical Magazine12
- Physics of Metals and Metallography12
39 Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology11
- Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion11
- Oxidation of Metals11
42 International Journal of Materials Research10
- Corrosion10
- Powder Metallurgy10
45 International Journal of Cast Metals Research9
- Materials at High Temperatures9
- Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing9
- Korean Journal of Metals and Materials9
- Metallurgist9
- Soldering & Surface Mount Technology9
51 Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals8
- Science of Sintering8
- Welding Journal8
- Metal Science and Heat Treatment8
55 Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics7
- Philosophical Magazine Letters7
57 Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy6
58 Materiali in Tehnologije5
- Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan5
60 Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials4
- Soldagem & Inspecao4
- Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography4
- Revista de Metalurgia4
64 Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials3
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