Materials Science, Characterization & Testing: 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Engineering Failure Analysis	50
2	Polymer Testing	45
3	Materials Characterization	41
4	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	35
5	NDT & E International	27
6	International Journal of Pavement Engineering	24
-	Materials Testing	24
8	Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials	17
-	Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation	17
10	Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation	16
11	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	14
-	Experimental Mechanics	14
13	Experimental Techniques	13
-	Physical Mesomechanics	13
-	Polymers & Polymer Composites	13
16	Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials	12
17	Journal of Testing and Evaluation	10
-	Strain	10
-	Beton- und Stahlbetonbau	10
20	Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing	9
-	Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design	9
22	Strength of Materials	8
23	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	7
24	Research in Nondestructive Evaluation	6
-	Insight	6
26	Powder Diffraction	4