New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Materials Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials205
2 Advanced Functional Materials155
3 ACS Nano153
4 Advanced Energy Materials136
5 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence125
6 Nature Energy122
- Advanced Science122
8 Energy Storage Materials120
9 Nano Energy119
10 IEEE Access117
11 Nano-Micro Letters116
12 Expert Systems With Applications114
13 Sensors113
14 Journal of Materials Science & Technology112
15 Small111
16 ACS Energy Letters109
17 IEEE Internet of Things Journal108
- Nature Nanotechnology108
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems108
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems108
- Nature Materials108
22 Joule107
23 Carbohydrate Polymers105
24 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing104
- Polymers104
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces104
27 Composites Part B-Engineering102
28 Construction and Building Materials100
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules100
30 Carbon99
31 Applied Sciences-Basel98
32 Sustainable Cities and Society96
33 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications95
34 Nano Letters92
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A92
36 Progress in Materials Science90
37 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics89
- Nature Reviews Materials89
39 Materials Today88
- Biomaterials88
41 Nature Electronics87
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
43 Nanomaterials86
44 Automation in Construction84
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence84
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
48 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials83
- Materials83
- Nano Research83
- Applied Surface Science83
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T83
53 Electronics82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
55 Pattern Recognition81
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications81
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology81
58 Materials & Design80
59 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing79
- Ceramics International79
61 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics78
- Cement & Concrete Composites78
- Journal of Power Sources78
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering78
- Acta Materialia78
66 Bioactive Materials77
67 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology76
- Journal of Membrane Science76
- IEEE Sensors Journal76
- Acta Biomaterialia76
71 Building and Environment75
- Cell Stem Cell75
73 Matter73
74 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control72
- IEEE Transactions on Communications72
- Nano Today72
- Cement and Concrete Research72
78 Energy and Buildings71
79 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid70
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems70
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging70
82 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys69
83 Advanced Optical Materials68
- International Journal of Production Economics68
85 Composite Structures67
86 Corrosion Science66
- Journal of Manufacturing Processes66
- Chemistry of Materials66
89 Advanced Healthcare Materials65
- Multimedia Tools and Applications65
91 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems64
- Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing64
93 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification63
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing63
- Composites Science and Technology63
- Carbon Energy63
- ACS Sensors63
- Materials Horizons63
- Laser & Photonics Reviews63
100 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles62
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation62
- Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing62
- Biosensors-Basel62
- Journal of Advanced Ceramics62
- Small Methods62
- Proceedings of the IEEE62
107 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement61
- Advanced Fiber Materials61
- International Journal of Production Research61
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems61
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters61
112 Journal of the European Ceramic Society60
- Nanoscale60
- ACS Applied Nano Materials60
- International Journal of Plasticity60
116 IEEE Wireless Communications59
- Progress in Polymer Science59
- Rare Metals59
- Computers & Electrical Engineering59
- Automatica59
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C59
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics59
123 Micromachines58
- Journal of Building Engineering58
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics58
- European Polymer Journal58
- ACS Materials Letters58
128 Stem Cell Research & Therapy57
- InfoMat57
- Internet of Things57
131 Gels56
- ACS Applied Energy Materials56
- Materials Chemistry and Physics56
- npj Computational Materials56
- Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology56
136 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security55
- ACS Photonics55
138 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy54
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters54
- Macromolecules54
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical54
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- Engineering Failure Analysis54
144 Surface & Coatings Technology53
- International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology53
- Results in Physics53
- Computer Networks53
- Electric Power Systems Research53
149 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters52
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing52
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems52
- Optical and Quantum Electronics52
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells52
- Journal of Materials Chemistry B52
155 Buildings51
- IEEE Systems Journal51
- Optical Materials51
- Scripta Materialia51
- Advanced Materials Technologies51
- Journal of Lightwave Technology51
- International Journal of Nanomedicine51
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology51
163 Langmuir50
- Diamond and Related Materials50
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C50
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications50
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems50
- IEEE Communications Magazine50
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers50
- Coatings50
- International Journal of Fatigue50
172 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing49
- Polymer Degradation and Stability49
- Energy & Environmental Materials49
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids49
- Materials Today Bio49
- Membranes49
- Science China-Materials49
179 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion48
- Computer Communications48
- Journal of Materials Science48
- Materials Research Bulletin48
183 Advanced Materials Interfaces47
- Crystals47
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering47
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering47
- Silicon47
- Polymer Composites47
189 npj Flexible Electronics46
- Materials Today Physics46
- ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering46
- International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture46
- Composites Communications46
194 Metals45
- International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing45
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing45
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society45
- Batteries-Basel45
- eTransportation45
- ACS Applied Polymer Materials45
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