New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Materials Science66.268
2 Nature Reviews Materials55.381
3 Nature Energy49.239
4 Nature Nanotechnology42.390
5 Nature Materials35.583
6 Journal of Materials Science & Technology34.034
7 Advanced Materials33.511
8 Nano Energy31.350
9 Advanced Energy Materials29.590
10 NPG Asia Materials29.400
11 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry28.000
12 International Materials Reviews26.437
13 Cement and Concrete Research25.770
14 International Journal of Plasticity25.748
15 ACS Nano25.574
16 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports24.674
17 Materials Today23.570
18 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science21.608
19 Advanced Functional Materials21.141
20 Nano Convergence20.564
21 Carbon19.199
22 Corrosion Science17.868
23 Acta Materialia17.446
24 npj Computational Materials17.205
25 Nano Today16.973
26 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials16.306
27 Construction and Building Materials15.029
28 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials14.750
29 Nano Research14.740
30 Rare Metals14.375
31 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences14.125
32 Journal of Materials Processing Technology13.849
33 Small13.664
34 Nano Letters13.631
35 Advanced Science13.575
36 Virtual and Physical Prototyping13.433
37 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.425
38 Plasmonics13.348
39 Materials Horizons12.823
40 Progress in Photovoltaics12.694
41 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.532
42 Journal of Power Sources12.526
43 Materials & Design11.938
44 Heritage Science11.926
45 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells11.922
46 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11.730
47 Materials Research Letters11.683
48 Chemistry of Materials11.554
49 New Carbon Materials11.313
50 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids11.286
51 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials11.147
52 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International11.083
53 Materials Chemistry Frontiers10.864
54 Scripta Materialia10.843
55 Nanomaterials10.801
56 Applied Clay Science10.787
57 Carbon Letters10.564
58 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials10.563
59 Science China-Materials10.536
60 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.368
61 Materials Research Bulletin10.091
62 Advanced Optical Materials10.027
63 Materials Characterization9.620
64 Membranes9.355
65 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing8.966
66 Diamond and Related Materials8.911
67 Results in Physics8.801
68 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials8.667
69 Science China-Technological Sciences8.586
70 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials8.575
71 Synthetic Metals8.483
72 Particuology8.463
73 Intermetallics8.344
74 International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials8.338
75 Optical Materials8.297
76 Advanced Electronic Materials8.146
77 APL Materials8.058
78 Vacuum7.783
79 Journal of Nanomaterials7.742
80 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters7.734
81 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering7.670
82 Additive Manufacturing7.664
83 Silicon7.628
84 Materials Technology7.626
85 Materials7.469
86 Wear7.456
87 Nanoscale7.444
88 Materials and Manufacturing Processes7.317
89 Mechanics of Materials7.213
90 International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives7.073
91 Advanced Materials Interfaces7.071
92 Nanoscale Horizons7.014
93 Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids6.982
94 Journal of Materials Chemistry C6.974
95 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures6.738
96 Coatings6.689
97 2D Materials6.637
98 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience6.595
99 Metals and Materials International6.515
100 Langmuir6.513
101 Computational Materials Science6.494
102 Science and Technology of Welding and Joining6.462
103 Fire Safety Journal6.447
104 IUCrJ6.343
105 Journal of Cultural Heritage6.341
106 Journal of Materials Science6.333
107 Organic Electronics6.182
108 Journal of Physical Chemistry C6.126
109 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology6.097
110 Journal of Information disPlay6.083
111 Applied Sciences-Basel6.060
112 Metals6.044
113 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials6.003
114 Crystals5.934
115 Advances in Manufacturing5.878
116 Journal of Porous Materials5.858
117 Journal of Nuclear Materials5.790
118 Crystal Growth & Design5.746
119 Sustainable Materials and Technologies5.728
120 Journal of Nanoparticle Research5.702
121 Smart Materials and Structures5.669
122 Flexible and Printed Electronics5.571
123 Journal of Materials Research5.557
124 Materials and Structures5.534
125 Rapid Prototyping Journal5.521
126 Current Applied Physics5.489
127 International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design5.462
128 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering5.438
129 Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation5.363
130 Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology5.343
131 Nanotechnology5.267
132 Optical Materials Express5.241
133 MRS Bulletin5.110
134 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics5.096
135 Reviews on Advanced Materials Science5.088
136 Electronic Materials Letters5.013
137 Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures4.997
138 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4.993
139 Materials Letters4.975
140 International Journal of Damage Mechanics4.937
141 Machining Science and Technology4.903
142 Advanced Engineering Materials4.892
143 Road Materials and Pavement Design4.789
144 Granular Matter4.788
145 Geosynthetics International4.759
146 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics4.733
147 Journal of Electronic Materials4.679
148 Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications4.674
149 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures4.673
150 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology4.664
151 Micro & Nano Letters4.642
152 Thin Solid Films4.635
153 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science4.576
154 ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology4.508
- Fire Technology4.508
156 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science4.487
157 International Journal of Fracture4.472
158 Advances in Materials Science and Engineering4.459
159 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology4.457
160 Journal of Photonics for Energy4.436
161 KONA Powder and Particle Journal4.369
162 Current Nanoscience4.365
163 IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology4.347
164 Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology4.304
165 European Physical Journal E4.301
166 Molecular Systems Design & Engineering4.274
167 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics4.249
- Materials Research Express4.249
169 Journal of Crystal Growth4.219
170 Experimental Mechanics4.206
171 Soft Matter4.136
172 Magazine of Concrete Research4.013
173 Gold Bulletin3.981
174 Case Studies in Construction Materials3.835
175 CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry3.819
176 Journal of Adhesion3.800
177 International Journal of Material Forming3.707
178 Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica3.688
179 Journal of Laser Applications3.655
180 CMC-Computers Materials & Continua3.587
181 Particle & Particle Systems Characterization3.554
182 Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems3.546
183 Frontiers of Materials Science3.542
184 Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures3.494
185 Semiconductor Science and Technology3.488
186 ChemNanoMat3.477
187 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering3.472
- Materials Science and Technology3.472
189 Surface Topography-Metrology and Properties3.470
190 Materials Science-Poland3.462
191 Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology3.285
192 Liquid Crystals3.281
193 Philosophical Magazine Letters3.279
194 Materials Transactions3.238
195 Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology-Transactions of the Asme3.208
196 Fire and Materials3.201
197 Journal of Elasticity3.118
198 Journal of Elastomers and Plastics3.113
199 Soldering & Surface Mount Technology2.977
200 AIP Advances2.947
201 Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion2.906
202 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology2.878
203 Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion2.842
204 Advances in Cement Research2.794
205 Journal of Fire Sciences2.785
206 Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids2.745
207 Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters2.740
208 Corrosion2.732
209 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance2.693
210 Materials Science2.675
211 Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science2.639
212 Physics and Chemistry of Minerals2.591
213 JOM2.581
214 Green Materials2.577
215 Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials2.569
216 Soft Materials2.373
217 Journal of Superhard Materials2.371
218 Journal of Energetic Materials2.327
219 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L-Journal of Materials-Design and Applications2.314
220 Korean Journal of Metals and Materials2.233
221 Image Analysis & Stereology2.217
222 Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition2.196
223 Philosophical Magazine2.170
224 Materiales de Construccion2.052
225 Science of Advanced Materials1.966
226 Journal of the Society for Information disPlay1.941
227 Materials at High Temperatures1.930
228 Journal of Nano Research1.896
229 Materials Research-Ibero-American Journal of Materials1.857
230 Ferroelectrics1.836
231 Advances in Production Engineering & Management1.829
232 Emerging Materials Research1.784
233 Nano1.664
234 Microelectronics International1.647
235 Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik1.622
236 Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures1.590
237 Circuit World1.407
238 Functional Materials Letters1.405
239 Materia-Rio de Janeiro1.368
240 Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems1.293
241 Journal of Friction and Wear1.240
242 Transactions of Famena1.237
243 Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy1.219
244 Materials Express1.198
245 Inorganic Materials1.192
246 Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals1.184
247 Microscopy and Microanalysis1.078
248 Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves1.047
249 Materiale Plastice1.034
250 International Journal of Nanotechnology0.982
251 ACI Materials Journal0.972
252 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering0.857
253 Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences0.827
254 Sensors and Materials0.762
255 ACI Structural Journal0.760
256 Materiali in Tehnologije0.728
257 Informacije Midem-Journal of Microelectronics Electronic Components and Materials0.724
258 Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials0.644
259 Journal of Magnetics0.599
260 Materials Science-Medziagotyra0.516
261 Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering0.510
262 International Journal of Materials & Product Technology0.384
263 Fibre Chemistry0.359
264 MRS Communications0.000
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