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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	113
2	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	88
3	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	85
4	Materials	83
5	Acta Materialia	79
6	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	71
7	Corrosion Science	67
8	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
9	Rare Metals	60
10	Scripta Materialia	50
11	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	44
-	Metals	44
13	Materials Characterization	43
14	Intermetallics	38
15	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	36
16	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	35
17	Hydrometallurgy	33
18	Journal of Central South University	30
19	JOM	28
20	Metals and Materials International	26
21	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	25
22	Welding in the World	23
-	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	23
24	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	22
26	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	20
-	Steel Research International	20
28	ISIJ International	19
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	19
30	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	18
-	International Journal of Metalcasting	18
32	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	17
-	Materials Science and Technology	17
34	Materials Transactions	16
35	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	15
36	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
-	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	14
-	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	14
-	International Journal of Material Forming	14
40	China Foundry	13
-	Philosophical Magazine	13
42	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	12
-	Physics of Metals and Metallography	12
44	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	11
-	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	11
46	International Journal of Materials Research	10
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	10
-	Metallurgical Research & Technology	10
-	Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces	10
-	Corrosion	10

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