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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Engineering Failure Analysis	58
2	Materials Characterization	45
-	Polymer Testing	45
4	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	35
5	NDT & E International	30
6	Materials Testing	27
7	International Journal of Pavement Engineering	23
8	Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation	22
9	Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation	17
10	Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials	16
11	Experimental Mechanics	15
-	Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials	15
13	Experimental Techniques	14
14	Physical Mesomechanics	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
16	Polymers & Polymer Composites	12
17	Strain	11
18	Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design	10
-	Journal of Testing and Evaluation	10
-	Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing	10
21	Beton- und Stahlbetonbau	9
-	Strength of Materials	9
23	Research in Nondestructive Evaluation	7
24	Insight	6
-	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	6
26	Powder Diffraction	5