Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering: 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	122
2	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	91
3	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	89
4	Acta Materialia	84
-	Materials	84
6	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	73
7	Corrosion Science	72
8	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	61
9	Rare Metals	60
10	Metals	51
11	Scripta Materialia	48
12	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	47
-	Materials Characterization	47
14	Intermetallics	39
15	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	35
16	Journal of Central South University	32
-	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	32
18	Hydrometallurgy	30
19	Metals and Materials International	29
20	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	26
21	JOM	25
22	Welding in the World	24
23	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	23
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	23
25	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	22
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	22
-	Steel Research International	22
28	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	20
-	Materials Science and Technology	20
-	International Journal of Metalcasting	20
-	ISIJ International	20
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	20
33	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	18
-	Materials Transactions	18
35	China Foundry	16
-	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	16
37	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	15
-	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	15
39	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	14
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	14
-	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	14
-	International Journal of Material Forming	14
43	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Corrosion	12
46	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	11
47	Physics of Metals and Metallography	10
-	International Journal of Cast Metals Research	10
-	International Journal of Materials Research	10
50	Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics	9

-	Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces	9
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	9
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	9
-	Powder Metallurgy	9
-	Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing	9
-	Metallurgist	9
57	Metallurgical Research & Technology	8
-	Oxidation of Metals	8
-	Philosophical Magazine Letters	8
-	Welding Journal	8
-	Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	8
62	Metal Science and Heat Treatment	7
-	Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals	7
-	Science of Sintering	7
-	Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy	7
-	Materials at High Temperatures	7
67	Revista de Metalurgia	6
-	Materiali in Tehnologije	6
69	Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan	5
-	Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials	5
-	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	5
72	Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography	4
73	Soldagem & Inspecao	3