New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Materials Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51595
2 IEEE Access43048
3 Sensors35130
4 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules30022
5 Materials27206
6 Journal of Alloys and Compounds24361
7 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23620
8 Ceramics International21144
9 Electronics19983
10 Advanced Functional Materials19922
11 Construction and Building Materials18401
12 Small17012
13 Polymers16377
14 Buildings15558
15 Advanced Science15069
16 IEEE Sensors Journal14790
17 Advanced Materials14281
18 Expert Systems With Applications13752
19 IEEE Internet of Things Journal13059
20 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T12665
21 Applied Surface Science12639
22 Journal of Building Engineering12261
23 Materials Today Communications12222
24 Journal of Materials Chemistry A10897
25 ACS Nano10494
26 Nanomaterials10415
27 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10307
28 Langmuir9916
29 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9364
30 ACS Applied Nano Materials9270
31 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9162
32 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9080
33 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology8898
34 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence8532
35 Nano Letters7820
36 Materials Letters7786
37 Journal of Power Sources7718
38 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology7452
39 Nanoscale7361
40 Micromachines7248
41 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7134
42 Coatings7112
43 Surfaces and Interfaces7093
44 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance7092
45 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6915
46 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6906
47 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6887
48 Journal of Applied Polymer Science6746
49 Metals6711
50 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6661
51 AIP Advances6607
52 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6197
53 Materials Chemistry and Physics5988
54 ACS Applied Energy Materials5749
55 Journal of Materials Science5620
56 Materials & Design5568
57 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5347
58 ACS Applied Polymer Materials5346
59 Crystals5298
60 Advanced Healthcare Materials5294
61 Advanced Optical Materials5288
62 Optical Materials5264
63 Advanced Energy Materials5235
64 Carbohydrate Polymers5232
65 Microscopy and Microanalysis5089
66 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5067
67 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4924
68 Case Studies in Construction Materials4884
69 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4851
70 Building and Environment4804
71 Polymer4784
72 Journal of Lightwave Technology4774
73 Energy and Buildings4751
74 Polymer Composites4709
75 Journal of the Electrochemical Society4702
76 Machines4608
77 Macromolecules4570
78 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4510
79 Diamond and Related Materials4450
80 Surface & Coatings Technology4439
81 Nano Research4415
82 Electric Power Systems Research4400
83 Nano Energy4399
84 Carbon4383
85 Journal of Membrane Science4348
86 Composite Structures4281
87 Journal of Manufacturing Processes4234
88 Chemistry of Materials4200
89 Materials Characterization4167
90 Engineering Failure Analysis4107
91 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology4093
92 Pattern Recognition4090
93 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4083
94 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4035
95 Advanced Engineering Materials3959
96 Journal of Materials Chemistry B3944
97 Physica B-Condensed Matter3930
98 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3886
99 Crystal Growth & Design3882
100 Vacuum3878
101 Gels3836
102 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3808
103 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3805
104 CMC-Computers Materials & Continua3795
105 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3772
106 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3765
107 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3730
108 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3692
109 Acta Materialia3689
110 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3687
111 Advanced Materials Technologies3654
112 Biosensors-Basel3617
113 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3616
114 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3554
115 Journal of Materials Science & Technology3551
116 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3541
117 Sustainable Cities and Society3513
118 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3509
119 Laser & Photonics Reviews3464
120 Soft Matter3439
121 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3390
122 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification3369
123 Journal of the European Ceramic Society3360
124 Cytotherapy3313
125 IEEE Transactions on Communications3287
126 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials3286
127 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3212
128 Journal of Electronic Materials3197
129 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters3190
130 Composites Part B-Engineering3155
131 European Polymer Journal3152
132 Energy Storage Materials3145
133 Signal Image and Video Processing3139
134 Corrosion Science3131
135 Journal of Nanobiotechnology3130
136 Journal of the American Ceramic Society3104
137 Small Methods3079
138 JOM3065
139 Dyes and Pigments3029
140 Results in Physics2998
141 Materials Today Bio2993
142 CrystEngComm2966
143 Progress in Organic Coatings2960
- Materials Today Chemistry2960
145 Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics2959
146 Computational Materials Science2952
- Advanced Materials Interfaces2952
148 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques2950
149 Acta Biomaterialia2900
150 Biomimetics2822
151 ACS Energy Letters2809
152 IEEE Electron Device Letters2788
153 IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics2763
154 ACS Sensors2760
155 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2756
156 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology2743
157 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics2737
158 Materials Research Express2710
159 Nanotechnology2703
160 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers2677
161 Computers & Electrical Engineering2675
162 Multimedia Tools and Applications2674
163 Journal of Constructional Steel Research2656
164 Computer Networks2649
165 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids2635
166 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics2626
167 International Journal of Nanomedicine2619
168 Materials Horizons2615
169 Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter2598
170 Ionics2593
171 Physical Review Materials2575
172 International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control2540
173 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering2525
174 Journal of Nuclear Materials2516
175 ACS Photonics2515
176 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security2481
177 Biomacromolecules2477
178 Membranes2464
179 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing2456
180 Cellulose2454
181 IEEE Signal Processing Letters2402
182 Automatica2387
183 Additive Manufacturing2378
- IEEE Communications Magazine2378
185 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2371
186 Bioresources2350
187 Automation in Construction2345
188 Nanoscale Advances2340
189 International Journal of Fatigue2332
190 Optical and Quantum Electronics2278
191 IEEE Transactions on Information Theory2244
192 Digital Signal Processing2242
193 Journal of Supercomputing2229
194 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures2226
195 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems2214
196 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2210
197 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering2190
198 Polymer Bulletin2189
199 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems2180
200 Stem Cell Research & Therapy2162
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