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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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Materials Science66.268
2 Progress in Polymer Science39.943
3 Nature Materials35.583
4 Journal of Materials Science & Technology34.034
5 Advanced Materials33.511
6 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence30.839
7 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture30.568
8 Journal of Manufacturing Systems28.189
9 Proceedings of the IEEE27.928
10 Cement & Concrete Composites27.273
11 International Materials Reviews26.437
12 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing26.386
13 Cement and Concrete Research25.770
14 International Journal of Plasticity25.748
15 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports24.674
16 Automation in Construction23.675
17 Materials Today23.570
18 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications23.250
19 Carbohydrate Polymers22.724
20 Composites Part B-Engineering22.348
21 Biomaterials21.877
22 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.608
23 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering20.025
24 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems19.677
25 International Journal of Production Economics19.503
26 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.397
27 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems19.228
28 Carbon19.199
29 Composites Science and Technology18.634
30 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.592
31 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging18.277
32 Corrosion Science17.868
33 Acta Materialia17.446
34 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing16.983
35 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems16.423
36 Expert Systems With Applications16.321
37 Journal of Membrane Science15.507
38 Pattern Recognition15.403
39 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.105
40 Construction and Building Materials15.029
41 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing14.781
42 Rare Metals14.375
43 Building and Environment14.347
44 Journal of Manufacturing Processes14.205
45 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.125
46 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.056
47 Journal of Materials Processing Technology13.849
48 Composite Structures13.805
49 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13.724
50 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology13.538
51 Multimedia Tools and Applications13.501
52 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.461
53 Journal of the European Ceramic Society13.151
54 International Journal of Production Research13.122
55 Applied Surface Science13.072
56 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking13.054
57 Progress in Photovoltaics12.694
58 Energy and Buildings12.676
59 International Journal of Nanomedicine12.631
60 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.532
61 Journal of Power Sources12.526
62 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.461
63 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.376
64 Materials & Design11.938
65 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.922
66 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing11.905
67 Engineering Failure Analysis11.879
68 Polymer Testing11.810
69 Automatica11.660
70 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering11.652
71 Chemistry of Materials11.554
72 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.466
73 Progress in Quantum Electronics11.375
74 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.352
75 Computers & Electrical Engineering11.347
76 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids11.286
77 Optical and Quantum Electronics11.273
78 IEEE Network11.266
79 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology11.176
80 Surface & Coatings Technology11.088
81 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International11.083
82 European Polymer Journal10.870
83 Scripta Materialia10.843
84 Applied Clay Science10.787
85 Surface Science Reports10.784
86 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces10.576
87 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials10.563
88 Hydrometallurgy10.445
89 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems10.431
90 Production Planning & Control10.411
91 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.368
92 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation10.334
93 Materials Research Bulletin10.091
94 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9.901
95 Production and Operations Management9.713
96 Ceramics International9.665
97 Materials Characterization9.620
98 Electric Power Systems Research9.540
99 Applied Artificial Intelligence9.387
100 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids9.339
101 Journal of Supercomputing9.293
102 Sensors9.235
103 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion9.217
104 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China9.164
105 IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery9.121
106 Macromolecules9.048
107 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing8.966
108 Biomacromolecules8.956
109 Diamond and Related Materials8.911
110 IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing8.902
111 Journal of Construction Engineering and Management8.897
112 NDT & E International8.851
113 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical8.833
114 Computer Networks8.698
115 IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits8.688
116 Cellulose8.675
117 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials8.667
118 IEEE Transactions on Reliability8.655
119 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials8.575
120 Synthetic Metals8.483
121 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems8.423
122 Intermetallics8.344
123 International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials8.338
124 Reactive & Functional Polymers8.325
125 Optical Materials8.297
126 IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control8.206
127 Control Engineering Practice8.205
128 IEEE Transactions on Computers8.130
129 Journal of Composites for Construction8.100
130 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications8.090
131 Journal of Constructional Steel Research8.081
132 Lab on a Chip8.075
133 Image and Vision Computing7.975
134 Dyes and Pigments7.931
135 IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting7.928
136 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques7.787
137 Vacuum7.783
138 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering7.670
139 Microprocessors and Microsystems7.658
140 Materials Technology7.626
141 Design Studies7.619
142 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering7.528
143 Progress in Organic Coatings7.508
144 Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters7.460
145 Wear7.456
146 International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing7.424
147 Polymer Composites7.347
148 Materials and Manufacturing Processes7.317
149 Signal Processing7.300
150 Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology7.263
151 Mechanics of Materials7.213
152 Journal of Lightwave Technology7.176
153 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review7.162
154 Tsinghua Science and Technology7.125
155 International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives7.073
156 Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids6.982
157 Journal of Structural Engineering6.912
158 Stem Cells6.904
159 CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology6.864
160 Polymer6.792
161 Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology6.764
162 Building Research and Information6.744
163 Displays6.707
164 Assembly Automation6.667
165 Computer Vision and Image Understanding6.549
166 Biomedical Microdevices6.526
167 Langmuir6.513
168 IEEE Electron Device Letters6.510
169 Computational Materials Science6.494
170 Science and Technology of Welding and Joining6.462
171 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement6.461
172 Fire Safety Journal6.447
173 Journal of Cultural Heritage6.341
174 Journal of Materials Science6.333
175 Journal of Vinyl & Additive Technology6.301
176 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems6.298
177 Wireless Networks6.282
178 Polymers for Advanced Technologies6.246
179 Mechatronics6.240
180 Microelectronic Engineering6.235
181 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology6.201
182 International Journal of Cast Metals Research6.190
183 Indoor Air6.171
184 Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics6.167
185 Polymer Bulletin6.088
186 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices6.069
187 Journal of Wood Science6.038
188 Packaging Technology and Science6.017
189 Journal of the American Ceramic Society6.013
190 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials6.003
191 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics5.968
192 Solid State Ionics5.953
193 IEEE Transactions on Education5.947
194 Research in Engineering Design5.906
195 Journal of Porous Materials5.858
196 Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures5.844
197 Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society5.824
198 Journal of Nuclear Materials5.790
199 AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications5.789
200 Crystal Growth & Design5.746
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