New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Materials Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The 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 TQCC
1 Progress in Materials Science89
2 Nano-Micro Letters73
3 Progress in Polymer Science58
4 Joule57
5 Nature Reviews Materials56
6 Nature Nanotechnology53
7 Nature Energy51
8 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics50
9 Cell Stem Cell46
10 Nature Materials44
11 Advanced Fiber Materials43
- Nano Energy43
13 Advanced Materials41
14 Advanced Energy Materials40
- Journal of Materials Science & Technology40
16 ACS Energy Letters37
- Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry37
18 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials36
- International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture36
20 Carbon Energy34
- Cement & Concrete Composites34
- npj Flexible Electronics34
- Energy Storage Materials34
24 International Materials Reviews33
- Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing33
26 Journal of Advanced Ceramics32
- Biomaterials32
- Cement and Concrete Research32
- International Journal of Plasticity32
30 Nano Convergence31
31 Carbohydrate Polymers30
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems30
- Composites Part B-Engineering30
- Nature Electronics30
- NPG Asia Materials30
36 ACS Nano29
- International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing29
- Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine29
- InfoMat29
40 Automation in Construction28
- Materials Today28
- Sustainable Cities and Society28
- eTransportation28
44 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science27
- Journal of Magnesium and Alloys27
46 Composites Science and Technology26
- Advanced Functional Materials26
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics26
- Carbon26
50 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence25
- Polymer Reviews25
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology25
53 Energy & Environmental Materials24
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid24
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems24
- Bioactive Materials24
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems24
58 Corrosion Science23
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23
- Acta Biomaterialia23
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications23
- Nano Today23
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems23
64 Journal of Membrane Science22
- Matter22
- Progress in Biomaterials22
- International Journal of Production Economics22
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing22
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems22
- npj Computational Materials22
71 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy21
- Acta Materialia21
- Nano Research21
- Progress in Quantum Electronics21
75 Nanophotonics20
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics20
- Pattern Recognition20
- Rare Metals20
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging20
- Proceedings of the IEEE20
81 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing19
- Construction and Building Materials19
- Building and Environment19
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A19
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles19
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications19
- Composite Structures19
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences19
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces19
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology19
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology19
- Expert Systems With Applications19
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems19
94 Biomaterials Research18
- ACS Sensors18
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering18
- npj 2D Materials and Applications18
- Applied Surface Science18
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing18
- Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology18
101 Journal of Tissue Engineering17
- Nano Letters17
- Materials Horizons17
- npj Quantum Information17
- npj Regenerative Medicine17
- Small17
- ACS Materials Letters17
- International Journal of Fatigue17
- International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials17
- New Carbon Materials17
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology17
112 Journal of Manufacturing Processes16
- Journal of Power Sources16
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics16
- Polymer Degradation and Stability16
- Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews16
- Advanced Science16
- Biofabrication16
- Energy and Buildings16
- Chemistry of Materials16
- Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management16
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T16
- International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials16
- International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials16
- IEEE Systems Journal16
- NanoImpact16
- npj Quantum Materials16
- Journal of the European Ceramic Society16
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells16
130 Biosensors-Basel15
- Journal of Materiomics15
- Materials & Design15
- Regenerative Biomaterials15
- Composites Communications15
- Internet of Things15
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds15
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering15
- Materials Research Letters15
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering15
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics15
- Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER15
- Virtual and Physical Prototyping15
- Science China-Materials15
- Scripta Materialia15
145 Advanced Healthcare Materials14
- Biochip Journal14
- Colloid and Interface Science Communications14
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems14
- Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing14
- International Journal of Production Research14
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters14
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation14
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing14
- Materials Research Bulletin14
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification14
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology14
- Hydrometallurgy14
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing14
- IEEE Internet of Things Journal14
- Stem Cell Reports14
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy14
- Surface & Coatings Technology14
- Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China14
- Applied Clay Science14
- Engineering Failure Analysis14
- International Journal of Nanomedicine14
- Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy14
- Journal of Nanomaterials14
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules14
- Materials Chemistry Frontiers14
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems14
- Plasmonics14
- Polymer Testing14
- Progress in Natural Science-Materials International14
175 Advanced Optical Materials13
- Computer Communications13
- Computers & Electrical Engineering13
- Automatica13
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence13
- Building Simulation13
- ACS Applied Energy Materials13
- ACS Applied Nano Materials13
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces13
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids13
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control13
- European Polymer Journal13
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion13
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security13
- FlatChem13
- Surface Science Reports13
- Current Opinion in Electrochemistry13
- Biomaterials Science13
- Ceramics International13
- CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology13
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials13
- Multimedia Tools and Applications13
- Materials Characterization13
- Optical and Quantum Electronics13
- IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing13
- Materials Today Physics13
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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