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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Engineering Failure Analysis	49
2	Polymer Testing	43
3	Materials Characterization	42
4	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	34
5	NDT & E International	26
6	International Journal of Pavement Engineering	24
-	Materials Testing	24
8	Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials	17
9	Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation	16
-	Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation	16
11	Experimental Mechanics	15
12	Journal of Testing and Evaluation	14
-	Physical Mesomechanics	14
14	Polymers & Polymer Composites	13
-	Experimental Techniques	13
-	Quantitative Infrared Thermography Journal	13
17	Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials	12
18	Beton- und Stahlbetonbau	9
-	Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design	9
-	Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing	9
21	Strain	8
-	Strength of Materials	8
23	Insight	7
24	Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering	6
25	Research in Nondestructive Evaluation	5
26	Powder Diffraction	3