New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

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 & Technology122
2 Journal of Alloys and Compounds91
3 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T90
4 Acta Materialia84
- Materials84
6 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys73
7 Corrosion Science72
8 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing62
9 Rare Metals61
10 Metals50
11 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials48
- Scripta Materialia48
13 Materials Characterization47
14 Intermetallics37
15 International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials36
16 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China32
17 Hydrometallurgy31
- Journal of Central South University31
19 Metals and Materials International28
20 JOM26
- Journal of Iron and Steel Research International26
22 Welding in the World24
23 Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy23
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science23
25 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science22
- Steel Research International22
27 Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters21
28 Materials Science and Technology20
- Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals20
- International Journal of Metalcasting20
- ISIJ International20
32 Materials Transactions19
- Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review19
34 China Foundry17
- Science and Technology of Welding and Joining17
36 Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials16
37 CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry15
- Ironmaking & Steelmaking15
- Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion15
- Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly15
41 Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology14
- International Journal of Material Forming14
43 Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion12
- Mining Metallurgy & Exploration12
- Philosophical Magazine12
- Corrosion12
47 International Journal of Cast Metals Research10
- International Journal of Materials Research10
- Physics of Metals and Metallography10
- Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces10
51 Korean Journal of Metals and Materials9
- Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics9
- Soldering & Surface Mount Technology9
- Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy9
- Metallurgist9
- Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing9
57 Metallurgical Research & Technology8
- Metal Science and Heat Treatment8
- Oxidation of Metals8
- Philosophical Magazine Letters8
- Powder Metallurgy8
- Welding Journal8
63 Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy7
- Materials at High Temperatures7
- Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals7
- Science of Sintering7
67 Materiali in Tehnologije6
- Revista de Metalurgia6
69 Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan5
- Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography5
71 Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials4
- Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials4
73 Soldagem & Inspecao3
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