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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	121
2	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	91
-	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	91
4	Materials	85
-	Acta Materialia	85
6	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	73
7	Corrosion Science	71
8	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
9	Rare Metals	62
10	Metals	52
11	Scripta Materialia	49
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	49
13	Materials Characterization	42
14	Intermetallics	37
15	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	35
16	Hydrometallurgy	32
-	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	32
18	Journal of Central South University	31
19	Metals and Materials International	28
20	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	27
21	Welding in the World	25
22	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	24
23	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	23
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	23
25	Materials Science and Technology	21
-	Steel Research International	21
-	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	21
28	International Journal of Metalcasting	20
-	ISIJ International	20
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	20
-	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	20
32	Materials Transactions	19
33	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	17
-	China Foundry	17
35	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	16
-	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	16
37	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	15
-	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	15
-	JOM	15
-	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	15
41	International Journal of Material Forming	14
-	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	14
43	Philosophical Magazine	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	12
46	Corrosion	11
47	Physics of Metals and Metallography	10
-	Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces	10
-	International Journal of Cast Metals Research	10
-	International Journal of Materials Research	10

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