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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	202
2	Advanced Functional Materials	154
3	ACS Nano	150
4	Advanced Energy Materials	137
5	Nano Energy	124
6	Advanced Science	121
7	Nature Energy	117
-	Energy Storage Materials	117
9	Nature Materials	112
-	Nano-Micro Letters	112
-	Joule	112
12	Small	110
-	Nature Nanotechnology	110
14	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	109
-	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	109
16	ACS Energy Letters	108
17	Carbon	100
18	Construction and Building Materials	99
19	Applied Sciences-Basel	97
20	Nano Letters	93
21	Nature Reviews Materials	92
22	Progress in Materials Science	88
23	Materials Today	87
24	Nano Research	85
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	85
26	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	84
-	Nanomaterials	84
28	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	82
29	Materials	81
30	Materials & Design	78
31	Matter	77
-	Journal of Power Sources	77
33	Acta Materialia	74
34	Nano Today	72
-	Cement and Concrete Research	72
36	Chemistry of Materials	69
37	Advanced Optical Materials	68
38	Corrosion Science	65
39	InfoMat	64
40	Small Methods	63
41	Carbon Energy	62
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	62
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	62
44	Rare Metals	60
45	ACS Applied Nano Materials	59
46	Materials Horizons	58
-	Advanced Fiber Materials	58
48	npj Computational Materials	56
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
-	ACS Materials Letters	56

51	Nanoscale	55
-	Results in Physics	55
-	International Journal of Plasticity	55
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	55
55	Materials Chemistry and Physics	54
-	ACS Photonics	54
57	Advanced Materials Technologies	53
58	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
59	Energy & Environmental Materials	51
60	Scripta Materialia	50
-	Optical Materials	50
-	Journal of Materials Processing Technology	50
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	50
-	Diamond and Related Materials	50
-	Langmuir	50
66	Materials Research Bulletin	49
-	Materials Today Physics	49
-	International Journal of Fatigue	49
-	Journal of Materials Science	49
70	Membranes	48
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	48
-	Advanced Materials Interfaces	48
73	Coatings	47
74	Science China-Materials	45
-	Silicon	45
-	Metals	45
-	npj Flexible Electronics	45
-	ACS Applied Electronic Materials	45
79	Solar RRL	44
-	ACS Applied Polymer Materials	44
-	Crystals	44
82	Materials Today Energy	43
-	Advanced Electronic Materials	43
84	Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials	42
-	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	42
-	International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing	42
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	42
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	42
-	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	42
90	Vacuum	41
-	Batteries-Basel	41
-	Materials Letters	41
-	Journal of Nanomaterials	41
-	Materials Characterization	41
95	Materials Today Communications	40
-	Applied Clay Science	40
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	40
98	Materials Today Chemistry	39
-	Nanoscale Advances	39
-	Materials Chemistry Frontiers	39
-	Applied Materials Today	39
102	Computational Materials Science	38
-	Frontiers in Materials	38
104	Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing	37
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics	37
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	37
-	Nanotechnology	37
-	Advanced Sustainable Systems	37
-	APL Materials	37
-	CMC-Computers Materials & Continua	37
111	Journal of Materiomics	36
-	Crystal Growth & Design	36
-	Advanced Engineering Materials	36
114	Science China-Technological Sciences	35
-	Wear	35
-	Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures	35
-	Plasmonics	35
-	Additive Manufacturing	35
-	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids	35
-	Macromolecular Materials and Engineering	35
-	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	35
122	Intermetallics	34
123	Smart Materials and Structures	33
-	Particuology	33
-	Progress in Photovoltaics	33
-	Sustainable Energy & Fuels	33
-	Virtual and Physical Prototyping	33
-	Optical Materials Express	33
129	Physical Review Materials	32
-	Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance	32
-	Case Studies in Construction Materials	32
-	Materials Research Express	32
-	Nano Convergence	32
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	32
-	Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering	32
-	Journal of Nuclear Materials	32
-	FlatChem	32
138	Materials Today Sustainability	31
-	Extreme Mechanics Letters	31
-	Materials Research Letters	31
-	Synthetic Metals	31
-	Mechanics of Materials	31
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	31
144	Nanoscale Horizons	30
-	AIP Advances	30
-	Materials and Manufacturing Processes	30
-	Batteries & Supercaps	30
-	Carbon Letters	30
149	Materials Today Nano	29
-	NPG Asia Materials	29
-	International Materials Reviews	29
-	Advances in Materials Science and Engineering	29
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	29
-	New Carbon Materials	29
-	Rapid Prototyping Journal	29
156	Soft Matter	28
-	Sustainable Materials and Technologies	28
-	Materials Today Advances	28
-	Journal of Electronic Materials	28
-	npj Quantum Materials	28
-	2D Materials	28
162	npj Materials Degradation	27
-	MRS Bulletin	27
-	Progress in Natural Science-Materials International	27
-	Science and Technology of Advanced Materials	27
-	Journal of Materials Research	27
-	Fire Safety Journal	27
168	JOM	26
-	International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives	26
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	26
-	Heritage Science	26
172	Metals and Materials International	25
-	ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology	25
-	Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures	25
175	Organic Electronics	24

-	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	24
-	IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology	24
-	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology	24
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	24
-	Materials and Structures	24
181	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	23
-	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	23
-	Current Applied Physics	23
-	Journal of Physics-Energy	23
-	Magnetochemistry	23
186	Nanophotonics	22
-	Journal of Nanoparticle Research	22
-	Semiconductor Science and Technology	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	22
-	ChemNanoMat	22
191	Thin Solid Films	21
-	Materials Technology	21
-	Road Materials and Pavement Design	21
-	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	21
-	Journal of Science-Advanced Materials and Devices	21
196	Microscopy and Microanalysis	20
-	Molecular Systems Design & Engineering	20
-	Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters	20
-	Journal of Porous Materials	20
200	International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials	19
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	19
-	Liquid Crystals	19
-	Fire Technology	19
-	IUCrJ	19
-	Journal of Physics-Materials	19
206	Surface Topography-Metrology and Properties	18
-	3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing	18
-	European Physical Journal E	18
-	Flexible and Printed Electronics	18
-	Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications	18
-	Physica Status Solidi A-Applications and Materials Science	18
-	International Journal of Damage Mechanics	18
213	Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids	17
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	17
-	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials	17
-	Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures	17
-	Bulletin of Materials Science	17
-	Granular Matter	17
219	Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering	16
-	Journal of Adhesion	16
-	Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica	16
-	Geosynthetics International	16
223	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology	15
-	Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation	15
-	International Journal of Fracture	15
-	Journal of Laser Applications	15
-	Materials Science and Technology	15
-	Materials Transactions	15
-	Particle & Particle Systems Characterization	15
-	Reviews on Advanced Materials Science	15
-	International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design	15
-	Advances in Manufacturing	15
-	Magazine of Concrete Research	15
-	Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures	15
235	Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology	14
-	Electronic Materials Letters	14
-	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials	14
-	Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures	14
-	Experimental Mechanics	14
240	Micro & Nano Letters	13
-	Journal of Information disPlay	13
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
-	Journal of the Society for Information disPlay	13
-	Frontiers of Materials Science	13
-	Microsystem Technologies-Micro-And Nanosystems-Information Storage and Processing Systems	13
-	International Journal of Material Forming	13
-	Current Nanoscience	13
-	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	13
249	Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik	12
-	Journal of Elasticity	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Fire and Materials	12
-	Nano Futures	12
-	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L-Journal of Materials-Design and Applications	12
-	Journal of Experimental Nanoscience	12
257	Materials Science	11
-	Nano	11
-	KONA Powder and Particle Journal	11
-	Ferroelectrics	11
-	Functional Materials Letters	11
-	Recent Patents on Nanotechnology	11
-	Inorganic Materials	11
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	11
-	Machining Science and Technology	11
266	Sensors and Materials	10
-	Materials Research-Ibero-American Journal of Materials	10
-	Corrosion	10
-	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals	10
-	Materials Express	10
-	Journal of Elastomers and Plastics	10
-	Journal of Energetic Materials	10
-	Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Materials Science Edition	10
274	MRS Communications	9
-	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	9
-	Advances in Cement Research	9
-	Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology-Transactions of the Asme	9
-	Green Materials	9
-	Science of Advanced Materials	9
-	Materials Science-Poland	9
-	Physics and Chemistry of Minerals	9
-	Advances in Production Engineering & Management	9
-	Journal of Photonics for Energy	9
-	Journal of Superhard Materials	9
-	Emerging Materials Research	9
286	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	Journal of Fire Sciences	8
-	Soft Materials	8
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	8
-	Journal of Nano Research	8
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	8
292	Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering	7
-	Journal of Magnetics	7
-	Circuit World	7
-	Gold Bulletin	7
-	Materials at High Temperatures	7
-	Materia-Rio de Janeiro	7
-	ACI Materials Journal	7
-	Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures	7
-	Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves	7
-	Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems	7
302	Materiales de Construccion	6
-	Transactions of Famena	6
-	Atomization and Sprays	6
-	Materiale Plastice	6
306	Materials Science-Medziagotyra	5
-	Microelectronics International	5
-	Image Analysis & Stereology	5
-	International Journal of Nanotechnology	5
-	Journal of Friction and Wear	5
-	Fibre Chemistry	5
312	International Journal of Materials & Product Technology	4
-	Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy	4
-	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering	4
-	Materiali in Tehnologije	4
316	Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences	3
-	ACI Structural Journal	3
-	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	3
319	Informacije Midem-Journal of Microelectronics Electronic Components and Materials	2
-	Journal of Laser Micro Nanoengineering	2