Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering: Journal Rankings

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	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	ca. 16.8
2	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	ca. 15.8
3	Rare Metals	ca. 12.1
4	Acta Materialia	ca. 10.7
5	Corrosion Science	ca. 10.3
6	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	ca. 8.8
7	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	ca. 7.9
8	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	ca. 7.3
9	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	ca. 6.7
10	Hydrometallurgy	ca. 6.3
11	Materials Characterization	ca. 6.2
12	Scripta Materialia	ca. 5.9
13	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	ca. 5.5
14	Intermetallics	ca. 5.3
15	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	ca. 4.7
-	Journal of Central South University	ca. 4.7
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	ca. 4.7
18	Metals and Materials International	ca. 4.5
19	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	ca. 4.2
20	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	ca. 4
21	Materials	ca. 3.7
-	Corrosion Reviews	ca. 3.7
23	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	ca. 3.5
24	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	ca. 3.3
25	Metals	ca. 3.1
-	Welding in the World	ca. 3.1
27	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	ca. 3
28	China Foundry	ca. 2.9
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	ca. 2.9
-	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	ca. 2.9
31	International Journal of Metalcasting	ca. 2.8
-	International Journal of Cast Metals Research	ca. 2.8
33	International Journal of Material Forming	ca. 2.6
34	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	ca. 2.5
35	Steel Research International	ca. 2.3
-	JOM	ca. 2.3
37	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	ca. 2.2
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	ca. 2.2
39	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	ca. 2.1
-	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	ca. 2.1
41	ISIJ International	ca. 2
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	ca. 2
43	Philosophical Magazine Letters	ca. 1.9
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	ca. 1.9
45	Materials Science and Technology	ca. 1.8
-	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	ca. 1.8
47	Soldagem & Inspecao	ca. 1.7
-	Welding Journal	ca. 1.7
-	Materials Transactions	ca. 1.7
-	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	ca. 1.7

51	Powder Metallurgy	ca. 1.6
52	Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy	ca. 1.4
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	ca. 1.4
54	Science of Sintering	ca. 1.3
-	Philosophical Magazine	ca. 1.3
-	Corrosion	ca. 1.3
57	Metallurgical Research & Technology	ca. 1.2
-	Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing	ca. 1.2
-	Materials at High Temperatures	ca. 1.2
-	International Journal of Materials Research	ca. 1.2
61	Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces	ca. 1.1
62	Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography	ca. 0.9
-	Metallurgist	ca. 0.9
-	Physics of Metals and Metallography	ca. 0.9
65	Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics	ca. 0.8
66	Materiali in Tehnologije	ca. 0.7
67	Metal Science and Heat Treatment	ca. 0.6
-	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	ca. 0.6
-	Revista de Metalurgia	ca. 0.6
70	Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals	ca. 0.4
-	Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan	ca. 0.4
72	Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials	ca. 0.3