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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Materials Science61.392
2 Nature Reviews Materials60.150
3 Nature Energy49.164
4 Nano-Micro Letters47.566
5 Joule45.834
6 Nature Nanotechnology44.471
7 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics41.385
8 Progress in Polymer Science40.472
9 Nature Materials35.775
10 Advanced Materials31.925
11 Nature Electronics31.836
12 Nano Energy30.821
13 Journal of Materials Science & Technology30.478
14 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence29.995
15 Cell Stem Cell29.437
16 Advanced Fiber Materials29.277
17 Energy Storage Materials29.066
18 Journal of Manufacturing Systems28.997
19 Advanced Energy Materials28.468
20 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials28.210
21 ACS Energy Letters28.148
22 International Materials Reviews27.449
23 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.815
24 Materials Today25.526
25 Composites Part B-Engineering25.473
26 Biomaterials25.237
27 Journal of Advanced Ceramics25.235
28 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing24.931
29 Cement and Concrete Research24.593
30 eTransportation24.357
31 Cement & Concrete Composites24.235
32 Carbon Energy23.997
33 ACS Nano23.494
34 Carbohydrate Polymers23.301
35 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry22.925
36 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.920
37 NPG Asia Materials22.661
38 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science22.213
39 Proceedings of the IEEE22.189
40 InfoMat22.073
41 npj Flexible Electronics22.017
42 Sustainable Cities and Society21.689
43 Automation in Construction21.578
44 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports21.489
45 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys21.359
46 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing20.867
47 International Journal of Plasticity20.762
48 Bioactive Materials20.373
49 Advanced Functional Materials20.187
50 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.801
51 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems19.756
52 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing19.008
53 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.788
54 Carbon18.761
55 International Journal of Production Economics18.458
56 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.345
57 Matter18.080
58 Energy & Environmental Materials18.037
59 Nano Convergence17.897
60 Nano Today17.708
61 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.576
62 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing17.570
63 npj Computational Materials17.398
64 Composites Science and Technology17.355
65 Acta Biomaterialia17.320
66 Polymer Reviews17.290
67 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging17.018
68 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering16.964
69 Journal of Membrane Science16.874
70 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems16.608
71 Corrosion Science16.274
72 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems16.145
73 Nano Research16.098
74 Acta Materialia15.677
75 Pattern Recognition15.546
76 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine15.508
77 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.330
78 Regenerative Biomaterials15.179
79 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing15.069
80 Progress in Biomaterials15.018
81 Expert Systems With Applications14.831
82 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.774
83 Rare Metals14.528
84 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.479
85 Composite Structures14.476
86 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology14.433
87 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.398
88 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications14.319
89 Building and Environment14.140
90 npj 2D Materials and Applications14.023
91 Materials & Design13.938
92 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.834
93 Advanced Science13.819
94 Journal of Materials Processing Technology13.812
95 Construction and Building Materials13.691
96 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.681
97 Applied Surface Science13.632
98 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.618
99 Energy and Buildings13.412
100 Nano Letters13.329
101 Journal of Power Sources13.305
102 npj Regenerative Medicine13.278
103 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles13.219
104 Journal of Materials Chemistry A13.063
105 Small13.034
106 npj Quantum Information12.973
107 Internet of Things12.945
108 International Journal of Production Research12.902
109 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials12.815
110 ACS Sensors12.735
111 IEEE Systems Journal12.592
112 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.537
113 Progress in Quantum Electronics12.529
114 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology12.472
115 Polymer Degradation and Stability12.448
116 International Journal of Fatigue12.429
117 ACS Materials Letters12.396
118 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials12.379
119 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence12.350
120 Journal of the European Ceramic Society12.330
121 Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews12.301
122 Progress in Photovoltaics12.283
123 Biomaterials Research12.280
124 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.190
125 New Carbon Materials12.172
126 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.155
127 Journal of Materiomics12.131
128 Journal of Manufacturing Processes12.099
129 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology12.092
130 Composites Communications12.085
131 Materials Research Letters12.052
132 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.047
133 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems11.948
134 IEEE Wireless Communications11.912
135 Chemistry of Materials11.808
136 CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology11.771
137 Production Planning & Control11.755
138 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11.754
139 NanoImpact11.714
140 Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management11.712
141 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.659
142 Colloid and Interface Science Communications11.658
143 Materials Today Physics11.630
144 Biofabrication11.615
145 Materials Horizons11.551
146 Journal of Tissue Engineering11.487
147 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T11.455
148 Biosensors-Basel11.325
149 Stem Cell Reports11.274
150 Scripta Materialia11.234
151 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces11.174
152 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.121
153 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification11.099
154 Stem Cell Research & Therapy11.057
155 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control11.055
156 npj Materials Degradation10.930
157 Science China-Materials10.873
158 Materials Research Bulletin10.864
159 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.826
160 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion10.741
161 Journal of Nanomaterials10.718
162 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics10.715
163 Automatica10.683
164 Surface & Coatings Technology10.661
165 Applied Clay Science10.580
166 Multimedia Tools and Applications10.578
167 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing10.573
168 Polymer Testing10.544
169 Materials Today Advances10.533
170 Polymers10.417
171 Hydrometallurgy10.382
172 Production and Operations Management10.350
173 Small Methods10.280
174 Advanced Optical Materials10.215
175 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules10.160
176 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology10.159
177 npj Quantum Materials10.150
178 Advanced Healthcare Materials10.149
179 Virtual and Physical Prototyping10.142
180 Computer Communications10.118
181 Computers & Electrical Engineering10.083
182 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.044
183 FlatChem10.013
184 Plasmonics10.007
185 Current Opinion in Electrochemistry9.977
186 European Polymer Journal9.973
187 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics9.951
188 Surface Science Reports9.919
189 Engineering Failure Analysis9.915
190 Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy9.880
191 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids9.879
192 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials9.877
193 International Journal of Nanomedicine9.843
194 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing9.840
195 Nanomaterials9.829
196 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER9.821
197 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation9.801
198 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security9.796
199 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International9.779
200 Materials Today Energy9.744
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