New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Materials Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Materials Science63.875
2 Nature Reviews Materials55.179
3 Nature Energy49.346
4 Nano-Micro Letters47.170
5 Joule44.732
6 Nature Nanotechnology43.045
7 Progress in Polymer Science39.414
8 Nature Materials37.476
9 Journal of Materials Science & Technology33.746
10 Advanced Materials32.793
11 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics32.025
12 Nano Energy31.783
13 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence30.698
14 Cell Stem Cell30.150
15 Nature Electronics29.945
16 Advanced Fiber Materials29.738
17 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture29.711
18 Advanced Energy Materials29.330
19 NPG Asia Materials28.048
20 International Materials Reviews27.479
21 Journal of Manufacturing Systems27.406
22 Proceedings of the IEEE27.148
23 ACS Energy Letters26.844
24 eTransportation25.822
25 Cement & Concrete Composites25.524
26 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry25.410
27 Cement and Concrete Research25.304
28 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications25.155
29 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing25.132
30 Energy Storage Materials25.018
31 ACS Nano24.955
32 International Journal of Plasticity24.734
33 Carbon Energy24.647
34 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials23.833
35 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems23.472
36 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing23.388
37 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.033
38 Journal of Advanced Ceramics22.856
39 Materials Today22.851
40 Automation in Construction22.569
41 Biomaterials22.398
42 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys22.393
43 Carbohydrate Polymers22.319
44 Sustainable Cities and Society22.310
45 Composites Part B-Engineering22.070
46 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.730
47 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems21.316
48 npj Flexible Electronics21.257
49 Advanced Functional Materials20.867
50 InfoMat20.845
51 Nano Convergence20.449
52 Polymer Reviews20.420
53 International Journal of Production Economics20.030
54 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems19.873
55 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering19.639
56 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems19.422
57 Journal of Nanobiotechnology19.408
58 Carbon19.315
59 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.281
60 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles18.780
61 Composites Science and Technology18.611
62 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid18.605
63 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging17.840
64 Bioactive Materials17.826
65 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications17.777
66 Matter17.658
67 Corrosion Science17.510
68 npj Computational Materials17.427
69 Acta Biomaterialia17.169
70 Nano Today17.093
71 Acta Materialia16.909
72 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing16.821
73 Progress in Biomaterials16.588
74 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing16.563
75 Internet of Things16.357
76 Progress in Quantum Electronics16.151
77 Expert Systems With Applications16.015
78 Energy & Environmental Materials15.823
79 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems15.776
80 Nano Research15.451
81 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.150
82 Journal of Membrane Science15.116
83 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.925
84 Pattern Recognition14.853
85 Biomaterials Research14.832
86 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy14.712
87 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing14.647
88 ACS Sensors14.434
89 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.331
90 Construction and Building Materials14.265
91 Composite Structures14.087
92 Rare Metals14.050
93 Building and Environment14.021
94 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.011
95 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials13.960
96 International Journal of Fatigue13.809
97 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.807
98 Journal of Materials Processing Technology13.650
99 ACS Materials Letters13.621
100 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials13.592
101 Nano Letters13.572
102 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing13.564
103 Journal of Manufacturing Processes13.560
104 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology13.538
105 Small13.460
106 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.428
107 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology13.413
108 Advanced Science13.274
109 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.261
110 Biosensors-Basel13.227
111 Journal of Tissue Engineering13.213
112 npj Quantum Information13.178
113 Progress in Photovoltaics13.177
114 IEEE Systems Journal13.169
115 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13.072
116 IEEE Wireless Communications13.060
117 International Journal of Production Research13.055
118 Journal of the European Ceramic Society12.978
119 Applied Surface Science12.911
120 Virtual and Physical Prototyping12.879
121 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T12.807
122 Plasmonics12.753
123 Multimedia Tools and Applications12.746
124 NanoImpact12.657
125 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.634
126 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.506
127 Polymer Degradation and Stability12.500
128 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.422
129 npj Regenerative Medicine12.419
130 Journal of Power Sources12.363
131 Energy and Buildings12.347
132 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.278
133 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.256
134 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.243
135 CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology12.231
136 Materials Horizons12.188
137 International Journal of Nanomedicine12.085
138 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules12.066
139 Journal of Materiomics11.997
140 Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management11.973
141 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification11.966
142 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing11.953
143 Composites Communications11.922
144 Materials & Design11.905
145 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking11.834
146 Stem Cell Research & Therapy11.778
147 Materials Research Letters11.772
148 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.762
149 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.706
150 npj Materials Degradation11.650
151 Polymers11.647
- Batteries-Basel11.647
153 Chemistry of Materials11.637
154 Polymer Testing11.580
155 New Carbon Materials11.527
156 Automatica11.431
157 Biofabrication11.414
158 Engineering Failure Analysis11.364
159 Advanced Healthcare Materials11.354
160 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology11.269
161 Computers & Electrical Engineering11.227
162 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11.157
163 Gels11.100
164 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering11.067
165 IEEE Network11.043
166 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters11.041
167 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International11.039
168 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials11.036
169 Production Planning & Control10.927
170 Surface & Coatings Technology10.868
171 Heritage Science10.838
172 Optical and Quantum Electronics10.809
173 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security10.800
174 European Polymer Journal10.797
175 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids10.770
176 Scripta Materialia10.701
177 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems10.679
178 Applied Clay Science10.649
179 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials10.611
180 Nanomaterials10.601
- Carbon Letters10.601
182 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces10.581
183 Science China-Materials10.518
184 Materials Chemistry Frontiers10.493
185 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.451
186 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation10.445
187 Hydrometallurgy10.438
188 Journal of Functional Biomaterials10.436
189 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.321
190 Computer Communications10.319
191 Materials Today Physics10.310
192 Colloid and Interface Science Communications10.159
193 Materials Research Bulletin10.099
194 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics10.075
195 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion10.002
196 Small Methods10.000
197 Advanced Optical Materials9.973
198 Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews9.935
199 Building Simulation9.897
200 Production and Operations Management9.866
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