New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Materials Science67.718
2 Nature Reviews Materials55.284
3 Nature Energy49.740
4 Nano-Micro Letters48.438
5 Joule42.916
6 Nature Nanotechnology41.349
7 Progress in Polymer Science40.795
8 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics36.763
9 Nature Materials35.052
10 Journal of Materials Science & Technology34.167
11 NPG Asia Materials33.943
12 Advanced Materials33.456
13 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence31.885
14 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture30.901
15 Nano Energy30.868
16 Cell Stem Cell30.567
17 Advanced Fiber Materials29.730
18 Advanced Energy Materials29.455
19 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry29.208
20 Nature Electronics29.087
21 ACS Energy Letters27.401
22 Cement & Concrete Composites27.211
23 Proceedings of the IEEE27.074
24 eTransportation27.020
25 Journal of Manufacturing Systems26.668
26 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports26.350
27 International Journal of Plasticity26.203
28 ACS Nano26.085
29 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing25.950
30 International Materials Reviews25.944
31 Cement and Concrete Research25.635
32 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems24.684
33 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing24.383
34 Energy Storage Materials23.984
35 Materials Today23.737
36 Automation in Construction23.646
37 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications23.599
38 Sustainable Cities and Society22.971
39 Journal of Advanced Ceramics22.889
40 Carbohydrate Polymers22.808
41 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys22.638
42 Composites Part B-Engineering22.485
43 Carbon Energy22.351
44 Biomaterials21.811
45 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems21.573
46 InfoMat21.557
47 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.425
48 Advanced Functional Materials21.139
49 Nano Convergence20.885
50 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials20.683
51 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering20.577
52 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles20.464
53 International Journal of Production Economics19.754
54 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems19.470
55 Carbon19.439
56 npj Flexible Electronics19.436
57 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.330
58 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems19.156
59 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.657
60 Composites Science and Technology18.592
61 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications18.556
62 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging18.540
63 Polymer Reviews18.333
64 Corrosion Science18.075
65 Matter17.949
66 Bioactive Materials17.889
67 Acta Materialia17.804
68 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.799
69 Progress in Biomaterials17.381
70 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials17.367
71 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing17.365
72 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing17.322
73 npj Computational Materials17.262
74 Internet of Things17.232
75 Acta Biomaterialia17.221
76 Nano Today17.020
77 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems16.556
78 Expert Systems With Applications16.484
79 Energy & Environmental Materials15.801
80 Pattern Recognition15.713
81 Journal of Membrane Science15.470
82 Biomaterials Research15.397
83 Journal of Tissue Engineering15.232
84 Construction and Building Materials15.214
85 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.137
86 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing15.066
87 ACS Sensors14.984
88 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing14.838
89 IEEE Wireless Communications14.804
90 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.790
91 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials14.768
92 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy14.742
93 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.631
94 Building and Environment14.357
95 Nano Research14.334
96 Rare Metals14.247
97 Journal of Manufacturing Processes14.225
98 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.157
99 International Journal of Fatigue14.026
100 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence14.025
101 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.965
102 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.900
103 ACS Materials Letters13.894
104 Journal of Materials Processing Technology13.877
105 Virtual and Physical Prototyping13.814
106 Composite Structures13.774
107 Nano Letters13.741
108 Small13.701
109 Plasmonics13.691
110 Advanced Science13.566
111 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology13.563
112 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology13.486
113 Biosensors-Basel13.471
114 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.461
115 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking13.334
116 International Journal of Production Research13.279
117 Multimedia Tools and Applications13.157
118 Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management13.099
119 Materials Horizons13.091
120 Applied Surface Science13.089
121 Journal of the European Ceramic Society13.039
122 International Journal of Nanomedicine13.010
123 npj Quantum Information12.993
124 Energy and Buildings12.981
125 npj Regenerative Medicine12.896
126 Journal of Power Sources12.894
127 Progress in Photovoltaics12.858
128 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.832
129 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules12.783
130 Batteries-Basel12.741
131 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.733
132 IEEE Systems Journal12.717
133 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T12.654
134 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.607
135 Journal of Materiomics12.580
136 NanoImpact12.546
137 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.541
138 Heritage Science12.512
139 CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology12.497
140 npj Materials Degradation12.457
141 Polymer Degradation and Stability12.395
- Composites Communications12.395
143 IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.341
144 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing12.290
145 Polymers12.144
146 Progress in Quantum Electronics12.071
147 Engineering Failure Analysis12.069
148 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security12.024
149 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.998
150 Advanced Healthcare Materials11.978
151 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11.970
152 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification11.915
153 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.875
154 Materials & Design11.798
155 Materials Research Letters11.786
156 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering11.754
157 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.750
- Polymer Testing11.750
159 Automatica11.693
160 New Carbon Materials11.666
161 Gels11.554
162 Chemistry of Materials11.535
163 Surface Science Reports11.486
164 Optical and Quantum Electronics11.483
165 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International11.463
166 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters11.392
167 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology11.358
168 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids11.352
169 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials11.343
170 IEEE Network11.319
171 Biofabrication11.186
172 Surface & Coatings Technology11.174
173 Materials Chemistry Frontiers11.070
174 Computers & Electrical Engineering10.961
175 Applied Clay Science10.960
176 Scripta Materialia10.958
177 Computer Communications10.903
178 Journal of Functional Biomaterials10.878
179 Nanomaterials10.847
180 Stem Cell Research & Therapy10.843
181 European Polymer Journal10.724
182 Production Planning & Control10.689
183 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces10.687
184 Materials Today Physics10.536
185 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems10.525
186 Hydrometallurgy10.498
187 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials10.430
188 Science China-Materials10.378
189 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.368
190 Carbon Letters10.268
191 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics10.263
192 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.222
193 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation10.219
194 Science China-Information Sciences10.185
195 Materials Research Bulletin10.183
196 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10.175
197 Biochip Journal10.167
198 Colloid and Interface Science Communications10.139
199 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER10.071
200 Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy10.029
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