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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Materials Science64.814
2 Nature Reviews Materials53.834
3 Nature Energy49.406
4 Nano-Micro Letters47.322
5 Joule44.473
6 Nature Nanotechnology42.017
7 Progress in Polymer Science39.733
8 Nature Materials35.620
9 Journal of Materials Science & Technology33.657
10 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics33.263
11 Advanced Materials33.002
12 Nano Energy31.486
13 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence31.187
14 Cell Stem Cell30.084
15 Advanced Fiber Materials29.463
16 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture29.351
17 Nature Electronics29.051
18 Advanced Energy Materials29.013
19 NPG Asia Materials28.889
20 Proceedings of the IEEE27.939
21 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry27.882
22 International Materials Reviews27.169
23 ACS Energy Letters26.824
24 Journal of Manufacturing Systems26.583
25 Cement & Concrete Composites25.921
26 Cement and Concrete Research25.675
27 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications25.525
28 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing25.276
29 International Journal of Plasticity25.026
30 ACS Nano24.970
31 Carbon Energy24.190
32 eTransportation23.998
33 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems23.931
34 Energy Storage Materials23.821
35 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.459
36 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing23.351
37 Automation in Construction23.183
38 Materials Today22.844
39 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials22.566
40 Journal of Advanced Ceramics22.524
41 Sustainable Cities and Society22.258
42 Carbohydrate Polymers22.151
43 Composites Part B-Engineering22.102
44 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys22.042
45 Biomaterials21.890
46 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.483
47 npj Flexible Electronics21.119
48 InfoMat20.960
49 Advanced Functional Materials20.839
50 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems20.568
51 Nano Convergence20.381
52 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems19.906
53 International Journal of Production Economics19.902
54 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems19.640
55 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering19.591
56 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.314
57 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles19.313
58 Carbon19.187
59 Journal of Nanobiotechnology19.183
60 Composites Science and Technology18.494
61 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging18.186
62 Bioactive Materials17.848
63 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.810
64 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications17.589
65 Matter17.564
66 Polymer Reviews17.505
67 Corrosion Science17.474
68 Acta Biomaterialia17.290
69 Acta Materialia17.046
70 Nano Today16.988
71 npj Computational Materials16.948
72 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing16.702
73 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing16.644
74 Internet of Things16.304
75 Expert Systems With Applications15.973
76 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems15.730
77 Progress in Biomaterials15.621
78 Energy & Environmental Materials15.427
79 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.103
80 Biomaterials Research15.087
81 Journal of Membrane Science15.075
82 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.029
83 Pattern Recognition15.019
84 Nano Research15.014
85 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.782
86 ACS Sensors14.533
87 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing14.529
88 Construction and Building Materials14.514
89 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials14.366
90 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials14.279
91 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.037
92 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.036
93 Rare Metals14.012
94 Building and Environment14.004
95 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing13.976
96 International Journal of Fatigue13.952
97 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology13.950
98 Journal of Tissue Engineering13.728
99 Composite Structures13.652
100 Journal of Manufacturing Processes13.648
101 Journal of Materials Processing Technology13.625
102 ACS Materials Letters13.530
103 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.471
104 Small13.418
105 Nano Letters13.413
106 Progress in Photovoltaics13.397
107 IEEE Systems Journal13.371
108 Advanced Science13.365
109 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology13.341
110 npj 2D Materials and Applications13.333
111 Biosensors-Basel13.323
112 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.312
113 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13.288
114 IEEE Wireless Communications13.261
115 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.235
116 Multimedia Tools and Applications13.113
117 Plasmonics13.072
118 Journal of the European Ceramic Society13.071
119 NanoImpact12.986
120 International Journal of Production Research12.985
121 Virtual and Physical Prototyping12.898
122 Applied Surface Science12.760
123 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.663
124 npj Quantum Information12.589
125 npj Regenerative Medicine12.566
126 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T12.438
127 Materials Horizons12.375
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal12.375
129 Polymer Degradation and Stability12.358
130 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.351
131 Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management12.302
132 Journal of Power Sources12.277
133 Energy and Buildings12.196
134 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking12.191
135 Journal of Materiomics12.159
136 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control12.125
137 International Journal of Nanomedicine12.123
138 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules12.090
139 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification12.076
140 Composites Communications11.983
141 Batteries-Basel11.934
142 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.907
143 New Carbon Materials11.896
144 CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology11.828
145 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics11.820
146 Stem Cell Research & Therapy11.797
147 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.796
148 Polymers11.792
149 npj Materials Degradation11.744
150 Materials & Design11.717
151 Polymer Testing11.701
152 Advanced Healthcare Materials11.518
153 Chemistry of Materials11.515
154 Engineering Failure Analysis11.489
155 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing11.474
156 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.402
157 Materials Research Letters11.379
158 Automatica11.346
159 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials11.326
160 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11.324
161 Heritage Science11.312
162 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters11.292
163 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International11.241
164 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology11.139
165 Biofabrication11.127
166 Gels11.115
167 Optical and Quantum Electronics11.103
168 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering11.094
169 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security11.044
170 Computers & Electrical Engineering11.010
171 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids10.990
172 IEEE Network10.924
173 Surface & Coatings Technology10.818
174 European Polymer Journal10.734
175 Scripta Materialia10.717
176 Nanomaterials10.643
177 Applied Clay Science10.637
178 Carbon Letters10.630
179 Materials Chemistry Frontiers10.548
180 Journal of Functional Biomaterials10.532
181 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials10.494
182 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation10.488
183 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces10.486
184 Science China-Materials10.436
185 Computer Communications10.432
186 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems10.359
187 Surface Science Reports10.333
188 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.284
189 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.204
190 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics10.099
191 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion10.091
192 Materials Today Physics10.086
193 Production Planning & Control10.084
194 Small Methods10.026
- Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews10.026
196 Materials Research Bulletin10.004
197 Advanced Optical Materials9.993
198 Hydrometallurgy9.932
199 Biochip Journal9.909
200 npj Quantum Materials9.884
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