Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering: Journal Rankings

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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	122
2	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	91
3	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	90
4	Acta Materialia	84
-	Materials	84
6	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	73
7	Corrosion Science	72
8	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	62
9	Rare Metals	61
10	Metals	50
11	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	48
-	Scripta Materialia	48
13	Materials Characterization	47
14	Intermetallics	37
15	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	36
16	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	32
17	Hydrometallurgy	31
-	Journal of Central South University	31
19	Metals and Materials International	28
20	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	26
-	JOM	26
22	Welding in the World	24
23	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	23
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	23
25	Steel Research International	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	22
27	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	21
28	International Journal of Metalcasting	20
-	ISIJ International	20
-	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	20
-	Materials Science and Technology	20
32	Materials Transactions	19
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	19
34	China Foundry	17
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	17
36	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	16
37	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	15
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	15
-	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	15
-	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	15
41	International Journal of Material Forming	14
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	14
43	Corrosion	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
47	International Journal of Cast Metals Research	10
-	International Journal of Materials Research	10
-	Physics of Metals and Metallography	10
-	Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces	10

51	Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing	9
-	Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	9
-	Metallurgist	9
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	9
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	9
-	Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics	9
57	Welding Journal	8
-	Oxidation of Metals	8
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	Powder Metallurgy	8
-	Metallurgical Research & Technology	8
-	Metal Science and Heat Treatment	8
63	Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy	7
-	Materials at High Temperatures	7
-	Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals	7
-	Science of Sintering	7
67	Materiali in Tehnologije	6
-	Revista de Metalurgia	6
69	Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography	5
-	Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan	5
71	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	4
-	Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials	4
73	Soldagem & Inspecao	3