New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Journal of Materials Science & Technology112
2 Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
3 Materials83
4 Acta Materialia77
5 Corrosion Science66
6 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing64
7 Rare Metals59
8 Scripta Materialia52
9 Materials Characterization43
10 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials42
11 Intermetallics36
- International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials36
13 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China34
14 Hydrometallurgy32
15 JOM27
16 Metals and Materials International26
17 Journal of Iron and Steel Research International24
18 Welding in the World23
19 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science22
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science22
21 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review20
- Steel Research International20
- Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters20
24 Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals18
- International Journal of Metalcasting18
- ISIJ International18
27 Science and Technology of Welding and Joining17
28 Materials Science and Technology16
29 Materials Transactions15
- China Foundry15
31 Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials14
- CALPHAD-Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry14
- Ironmaking & Steelmaking14
34 Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion13
- Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly13
- International Journal of Material Forming13
37 Philosophical Magazine12
- Physics of Metals and Metallography12
39 Oxidation of Metals11
- Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion11
- Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology11
42 Powder Metallurgy10
- Corrosion10
- International Journal of Materials Research10
45 Korean Journal of Metals and Materials9
- Metallurgist9
- Soldering & Surface Mount Technology9
- Materials at High Temperatures9
- Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing9
- International Journal of Cast Metals Research9
51 Metal Science and Heat Treatment8
- Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals8
- Science of Sintering8
- Welding Journal8
55 Philosophical Magazine Letters7
- Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics7
57 Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Metallurgy6
58 Materiali in Tehnologije5
- Tetsu to Hagane-Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan5
60 Praktische Metallographie-Practical Metallography4
- Revista de Metalurgia4
- Soldagem & Inspecao4
- Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials4
64 Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials3
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