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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	120
2	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
3	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	87
4	Materials	85
5	Acta Materialia	82
6	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	73
7	Corrosion Science	69
8	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	67
9	Rare Metals	61
10	Scripta Materialia	52
11	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	49
12	Metals	48
13	Materials Characterization	46
14	Intermetallics	38
-	International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials	38
16	Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China	33
17	Hydrometallurgy	32
18	Journal of Central South University	30
19	Metals and Materials International	27
-	JOM	27
21	Journal of Iron and Steel Research International	25
22	Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy	24
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science	24
24	Welding in the World	23
25	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	21
-	Steel Research International	21
-	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science	21
28	International Journal of Metalcasting	20
-	ISIJ International	20
-	Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters	20
31	Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals	19
32	Materials Science and Technology	18
-	Science and Technology of Welding and Joining	18
34	Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly	16
-	Materials Transactions	16
36	Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials	15
-	International Journal of Material Forming	15
-	Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion	15
39	China Foundry	14
-	Ironmaking & Steelmaking	14
41	CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry	13
-	Philosophical Magazine	13
43	Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology	12
-	Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion	12
-	Mining Metallurgy & Exploration	12
46	Corrosion	11
-	International Journal of Materials Research	11
-	Physics of Metals and Metallography	11
49	Powder Metallurgy	10
-	Korean Journal of Metals and Materials	10

-	Metallurgical Research & Technology	10
-	Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces	10
-	Soldering & Surface Mount Technology	10
54	Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy	9
-	Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	9
-	Materials at High Temperatures	9
-	Metallurgist	9
-	Oxidation of Metals	9
-	Science of Sintering	9
-	Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing	9
-	International Journal of Cast Metals Research	9
62	Metal Science and Heat Treatment	8
-	Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics	8
64	Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals	7
-	Welding Journal	7
66	Philosophical Magazine Letters	6
-	Materiali in Tehnologije	6
-	Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan	6
69	Soldagem & Inspecao	5
-	Revista de Metalurgia	5
71	Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials	4
-	Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography	4
-	Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials	4