Materials Science, Multidisciplinary: 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	205
2	ACS Nano	156
3	Advanced Functional Materials	155
4	Advanced Energy Materials	139
5	Nature Energy	127
6	Advanced Science	125
7	Nano Energy	123
8	Energy Storage Materials	122
9	Nano-Micro Letters	121
10	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	115
11	Nature Nanotechnology	111
-	Small	111
13	Nature Materials	110
14	ACS Energy Letters	108
15	Joule	104
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	104
17	Construction and Building Materials	102
-	Applied Sciences-Basel	102
19	Carbon	100
20	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	96
21	Progress in Materials Science	94
22	Nano Letters	93
23	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
-	Materials Today	89
25	Nanomaterials	85
-	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	85
-	Nature Reviews Materials	85
28	Nano Research	84
29	Materials & Design	83
-	Materials	83
31	Journal of Power Sources	81
32	Acta Materialia	80
33	Matter	75
34	Cement and Concrete Research	73
35	Corrosion Science	69
36	Advanced Optical Materials	68
-	Nano Today	68
38	Chemistry of Materials	67
39	Advanced Fiber Materials	66
40	Materials Horizons	65
41	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	63
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
-	International Journal of Plasticity	63
-	Carbon Energy	63
-	Nanoscale	63
46	Small Methods	62
47	ACS Applied Nano Materials	61
-	Rare Metals	61
49	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
50	npj Computational Materials	59

51	Materials Chemistry and Physics	58
-	ACS Materials Letters	58
53	InfoMat	57
54	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
55	ACS Photonics	55
56	Advanced Materials Technologies	54
57	Optical Materials	53
58	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
59	International Journal of Fatigue	51
-	Langmuir	51
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	51
-	Journal of Materials Processing Technology	51
-	Coatings	51
-	Diamond and Related Materials	51
-	Energy & Environmental Materials	51
-	Scripta Materialia	51
67	Materials Research Bulletin	50
-	Membranes	50
69	International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing	49
-	Results in Physics	49
71	Journal of Materials Science	48
-	Nanoscale Advances	48
-	Science China-Materials	48
-	Advanced Materials Interfaces	48
75	Crystals	47
-	Materials Today Physics	47
-	npj Flexible Electronics	47
-	Batteries-Basel	47
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
80	Materials Chemistry Frontiers	46
-	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	46
-	Silicon	46
-	Metals	46
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	46
-	Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials	46
86	ACS Applied Polymer Materials	45
87	Materials Characterization	44
-	Vacuum	44
89	Materials Letters	43
-	ACS Applied Electronic Materials	43
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	43
92	CMC-Computers Materials & Continua	42
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	42
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
-	Materials Today Communications	42
96	Applied Clay Science	41
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	41
-	Materials Today Chemistry	41
-	Advanced Electronic Materials	41
100	Computational Materials Science	40
-	Solar RRL	40
102	Frontiers in Materials	39
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	39
104	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	38
-	Advanced Sustainable Systems	38
-	Particuology	38
107	Intermetallics	37
-	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	37
-	Additive Manufacturing	37
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	37
-	Materials Today Energy	37
-	APL Materials	37
-	Applied Materials Today	37
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	Crystal Growth & Design	37
-	Science China-Technological Sciences	37
117	Virtual and Physical Prototyping	36
-	Nano Convergence	36
-	Advanced Engineering Materials	36
-	Case Studies in Construction Materials	36
-	Journal of Materiomics	36
-	Plasmonics	36
123	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids	35
-	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	35
-	Nanoscale Horizons	35
126	Materials Research Letters	34
-	Nanotechnology	34
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	34
-	Extreme Mechanics Letters	34
-	Macromolecular Materials and Engineering	34
-	Smart Materials and Structures	34
132	Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering	33
-	Carbon Letters	33
-	Synthetic Metals	33
-	Mechanics of Materials	33
-	Optical Materials Express	33
-	Soft Matter	33
-	Physical Review Materials	33
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	33
140	Advances in Materials Science and Engineering	32
-	FlatChem	32
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	32
143	Journal of Nuclear Materials	31
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	31
-	Materials Research Express	31
-	npj Quantum Materials	31
-	Wear	31
-	Materials Today Sustainability	31
149	Heritage Science	30
-	Batteries & Supercaps	30
-	New Carbon Materials	30
-	Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance	30
-	Materials Today Advances	30
-	npj Materials Degradation	30
155	International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives	29
-	Journal of Materials Research	29
-	MRS Bulletin	29
-	Materials and Manufacturing Processes	29
-	International Materials Reviews	29
-	JOM	29
-	Sustainable Materials and Technologies	29
162	AIP Advances	28
-	Progress in Natural Science-Materials International	28
-	Science and Technology of Advanced Materials	28
-	Materials Today Nano	28
-	NPG Asia Materials	28
167	Materials and Structures	27
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	27
-	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	27
170	Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures	26
-	Fire Safety Journal	26
-	Rapid Prototyping Journal	26
-	2D Materials	26
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	26
175	IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology	25

-	Current Applied Physics	25
-	Metals and Materials International	25
178	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology	24
-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	24
-	Journal of Nanoparticle Research	24
-	Magnetochemistry	24
-	Organic Electronics	24
183	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	23
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	23
185	Semiconductor Science and Technology	22
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	22
-	Journal of Physics-Energy	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	22
-	Nanophotonics	22
190	ChemNanoMat	21
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	21
192	3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing	20
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	20
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	20
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	20
-	Journal of Porous Materials	20
-	Materials Technology	20
-	Microscopy and Microanalysis	20
-	Road Materials and Pavement Design	20
200	IUCrJ	19
-	International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials	19
-	Journal of Science-Advanced Materials and Devices	19
-	Flexible and Printed Electronics	19
-	Thin Solid Films	19
205	Materials Science and Technology	18
-	Reviews on Advanced Materials Science	18
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	18
208	Granular Matter	17
-	International Journal of Damage Mechanics	17
-	Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures	17
-	Journal of Physics-Materials	17
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	17
-	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials	17
-	Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica	17
-	European Physical Journal E	17
-	Liquid Crystals	17
-	Fire Technology	17
-	Surface Topography-Metrology and Properties	17
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	17
221	Geosynthetics International	16
-	International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design	16
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	16
-	Materials Transactions	16
-	Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures	16
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	16
-	Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids	16
228	International Journal of Material Forming	15
-	Current Nanoscience	15
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	15
-	International Journal of Fracture	15
-	Advances in Manufacturing	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials	15
-	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	15
236	Experimental Mechanics	14
-	Magazine of Concrete Research	14
-	Journal of Adhesion	14
-	Electronic Materials Letters	14
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	14
-	Fire and Materials	14
242	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	13
-	Machining Science and Technology	13
-	Philosophical Magazine	13
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	13
-	Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation	13
-	Journal of Elasticity	13
-	Journal of Information disPlay	13
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
-	Materials Science	13
251	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	12
-	Nano Futures	12
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L-Journal of Materials-Design and Applications	12
-	Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology	12
-	KONA Powder and Particle Journal	12
-	Frontiers of Materials Science	12
-	Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik	12
-	Micro & Nano Letters	12
259	Bulletin of Materials Science	11
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	11
-	Materials Science-Poland	11
-	Corrosion	11
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	11
-	Ferroelectrics	11
-	Materials Research-Ibero-American Journal of Materials	11
-	Nano	11
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	11
268	Materials Express	10
-	Inorganic Materials	10
-	Journal of Elastomers and Plastics	10
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	10
-	Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition	10
-	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals	10
-	Science of Advanced Materials	10
-	Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology-Transactions of the Asme	10
-	Functional Materials Letters	10
277	Advances in Cement Research	9
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	9
-	Journal of Superhard Materials	9
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	9
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	9
-	Physics and Chemistry of Minerals	9
-	Green Materials	9
-	Sensors and Materials	9
-	MRS Communications	9
286	Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems	8
-	Emerging Materials Research	8
-	Soft Materials	8
-	Materials at High Temperatures	8
-	Advances in Production Engineering & Management	8
-	Materiales de Construccion	8
292	Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves	7
-	Journal of Nano Research	7
-	Materiale Plastice	7
-	Materia-Rio de Janeiro	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
-	ACI Materials Journal	7
-	Journal of Fire Sciences	7
299	International Journal of Nanotechnology	6
-	Journal of Friction and Wear	6
-	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures	6
-	Materiali in Tehnologije	6
-	Journal of Magnetics	6
-	Circuit World	6
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	6
307	Image Analysis & Stereology	5
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	5
-	Microelectronics International	5
-	International Journal of Materials & Product Technology	5
-	Materials Science-Medziagotyra	5
312	ACI Structural Journal	4
-	Fibre Chemistry	4
-	Transactions of Famena	4
-	Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences	4
-	Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy	4
-	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	4
318	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	3
-	Informacije Midem-Journal of Microelectronics Electronic Components and Materials	3