Materials Science, Multidisciplinary: 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	204
2	Advanced Functional Materials	154
-	ACS Nano	154
4	Advanced Energy Materials	138
5	Nature Energy	124
6	Nano Energy	123
7	Advanced Science	122
8	Energy Storage Materials	120
9	Nano-Micro Letters	119
10	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	113
11	Small	112
12	Nature Materials	110
13	Nature Nanotechnology	109
14	ACS Energy Letters	106
15	Joule	104
16	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	103
17	Construction and Building Materials	101
18	Applied Sciences-Basel	100
19	Carbon	99
20	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	94
21	Nano Letters	92
22	Progress in Materials Science	91
23	Materials Today	90
24	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	88
25	Nature Reviews Materials	87
26	Nanomaterials	86
27	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	85
28	Nano Research	83
-	Materials	83
30	Materials & Design	81
31	Journal of Power Sources	80
32	Acta Materialia	79
33	Matter	73
-	Cement and Concrete Research	73
35	Advanced Optical Materials	68
36	Corrosion Science	67
37	Chemistry of Materials	66
-	Nano Today	66
39	Materials Horizons	64
-	Advanced Fiber Materials	64
41	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
-	Carbon Energy	63
43	Small Methods	62
-	Nanoscale	62
45	International Journal of Plasticity	61
-	ACS Applied Nano Materials	61
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	61
48	Rare Metals	60
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
50	Materials Chemistry and Physics	58

51	ACS Materials Letters	57
-	npj Computational Materials	57
-	InfoMat	57
54	ACS Photonics	55
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	55
56	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	53
-	Results in Physics	53
58	Optical Materials	52
-	Advanced Materials Technologies	52
60	Langmuir	51
61	Journal of Materials Processing Technology	50
-	Coatings	50
-	Diamond and Related Materials	50
-	Energy & Environmental Materials	50
-	Scripta Materialia	50
-	Materials Research Bulletin	50
-	Membranes	50
-	International Journal of Fatigue	50
69	Science China-Materials	49
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	49
-	Journal of Materials Science	49
72	Materials Today Physics	48
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	48
74	Advanced Materials Interfaces	47
75	npj Flexible Electronics	46
-	Nanoscale Advances	46
-	International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing	46
-	Batteries-Basel	46
-	Crystals	46
80	Silicon	45
-	ACS Applied Polymer Materials	45
-	Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials	45
-	Materials Chemistry Frontiers	45
-	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	45
85	Metals	44
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	44
-	Vacuum	44
88	Materials Letters	43
-	Materials Characterization	43
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	43
91	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
-	ACS Applied Electronic Materials	42
-	Solar RRL	42
-	Applied Clay Science	42
95	Materials Today Chemistry	41
-	Materials Today Energy	41
-	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	41
-	Materials Today Communications	41
-	CMC-Computers Materials & Continua	41
101	Computational Materials Science	40
-	Frontiers in Materials	40
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	40
104	Applied Materials Today	39
105	Advanced Sustainable Systems	38
-	Intermetallics	38
107	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	37
-	Particuology	37
-	Additive Manufacturing	37
-	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
112	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	36
-	Advanced Engineering Materials	36
-	APL Materials	36
-	Journal of Materiomics	36
-	Plasmonics	36
-	Science China-Technological Sciences	36
-	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	36
119	Virtual and Physical Prototyping	35
-	Nano Convergence	35
-	Nanotechnology	35
-	Case Studies in Construction Materials	35
-	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids	35
-	Crystal Growth & Design	35
-	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	35
126	npj 2D Materials and Applications	34
-	Macromolecular Materials and Engineering	34
-	Nanoscale Horizons	34
-	Carbon Letters	34
130	Optical Materials Express	33
-	Materials Research Letters	33
-	Synthetic Metals	33
-	Physical Review Materials	33
-	Smart Materials and Structures	33
135	Mechanics of Materials	32
-	Extreme Mechanics Letters	32
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	32
-	Soft Matter	32
-	Sustainable Materials and Technologies	32
-	Materials Today Sustainability	32
-	FlatChem	32
-	Advances in Materials Science and Engineering	32
-	Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering	32
144	Journal of Electronic Materials	31
-	Batteries & Supercaps	31
-	Journal of Nuclear Materials	31
147	npj Quantum Materials	30
-	Materials Research Express	30
-	Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance	30
-	Materials Today Advances	30
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	30
152	New Carbon Materials	29
-	Science and Technology of Advanced Materials	29
-	MRS Bulletin	29
-	npj Materials Degradation	29
-	Wear	29
-	Heritage Science	29
-	Journal of Materials Research	29
159	Materials and Manufacturing Processes	28
-	International Materials Reviews	28
-	JOM	28
-	Materials Today Nano	28
-	International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives	28
-	AIP Advances	28
165	Progress in Natural Science-Materials International	27
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	27
-	NPG Asia Materials	27
-	Fire Safety Journal	27
-	Materials and Structures	27
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	27
171	Rapid Prototyping Journal	26
-	2D Materials	26
-	Metals and Materials International	26
-	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	26
175	Magnetochemistry	25

-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	25
-	IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology	25
-	Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures	25
179	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	24
-	Journal of Nanoparticle Research	24
-	Current Applied Physics	24
-	Organic Electronics	24
183	Semiconductor Science and Technology	23
-	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology	23
185	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	22
-	Journal of Science-Advanced Materials and Devices	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	22
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	22
-	Nanophotonics	22
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	22
191	Journal of Crystal Growth	21
-	Journal of Physics-Energy	21
-	IUCrJ	21
194	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	20
-	Journal of Porous Materials	20
-	Road Materials and Pavement Design	20
-	Thin Solid Films	20
-	Materials Technology	20
-	Microscopy and Microanalysis	20
-	ChemNanoMat	20
201	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	19
-	Flexible and Printed Electronics	19
-	International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials	19
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	19
-	3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing	19
206	Fire Technology	18
-	European Physical Journal E	18
208	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	Reviews on Advanced Materials Science	17
-	Materials Science and Technology	17
-	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials	17
-	Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica	17
-	Liquid Crystals	17
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	17
-	Surface Topography-Metrology and Properties	17
-	Granular Matter	17
-	International Journal of Damage Mechanics	17
-	Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures	17
-	Journal of Physics-Materials	17
221	Materials Transactions	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	16
-	Journal of Adhesion	16
-	Advances in Manufacturing	16
-	Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids	16
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	16
-	Geosynthetics International	16
-	International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design	16
229	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	15
-	Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures	15
-	International Journal of Fracture	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	15
-	Current Nanoscience	15
235	Journal of Information disPlay	14
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
-	Electronic Materials Letters	14
-	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials	14
-	Fire and Materials	14
-	Magazine of Concrete Research	14
-	International Journal of Material Forming	14
-	Experimental Mechanics	14
243	Philosophical Magazine	13
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L-Journal of Materials-Design and Applications	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation	13
-	Journal of Elasticity	13
-	Materials Science	13
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	13
-	Machining Science and Technology	13
251	Nano Futures	12
-	Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology	12
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	12
-	KONA Powder and Particle Journal	12
-	Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik	12
-	Micro & Nano Letters	12
-	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	12
258	Frontiers of Materials Science	11
-	Functional Materials Letters	11
-	Ferroelectrics	11
-	Materials Research-Ibero-American Journal of Materials	11
-	Nano	11
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	11
-	Bulletin of Materials Science	11
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	11
266	Materials Science-Poland	10
-	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals	10
-	Corrosion	10
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	10
-	Sensors and Materials	10
-	Materials Express	10
-	Inorganic Materials	10
-	Journal of Elastomers and Plastics	10
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	10
-	Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition	10
276	Physics and Chemistry of Minerals	9
-	Science of Advanced Materials	9
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	9
-	Green Materials	9
-	Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology-Transactions of the Asme	9
-	Advances in Production Engineering & Management	9
-	MRS Communications	9
-	Advances in Cement Research	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
-	Journal of Superhard Materials	9
-	Emerging Materials Research	9
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	9
288	Soft Materials	8
-	Materials at High Temperatures	8
290	Materia-Rio de Janeiro	7
-	Materiales de Construccion	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
-	ACI Materials Journal	7
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	7
-	Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures	7
-	Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves	7
-	Journal of Nano Research	7
-	Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems	7
299	Journal of Fire Sciences	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Circuit World	6
-	Materiale Plastice	6
-	Materiali in Tehnologije	6
-	Journal of Friction and Wear	6
-	Atomization and Sprays	6
306	Microelectronics International	5
-	International Journal of Materials & Product Technology	5
-	Materials Science-Medziagotyra	5
-	Image Analysis & Stereology	5
-	International Journal of Nanotechnology	5
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
-	Fibre Chemistry	5
313	Transactions of Famena	4
-	Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences	4
-	Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy	4
-	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	4
-	ACI Structural Journal	4
318	Informacije Midem-Journal of Microelectronics Electronic Components and Materials	3
319	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2