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	Materials	83
-	Nano Research	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	Carbon Energy	63
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	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	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
-	Rare Metals	60
50	Materials Chemistry and Physics	58

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

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