New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Materials Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Materials Science69.560
2 Progress in Polymer Science41.138
3 Nature Materials36.363
4 Advanced Materials32.044
5 Journal of Materials Science & Technology31.906
6 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence30.668
7 Advanced Energy Materials29.174
8 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture27.721
9 Journal of Manufacturing Systems27.413
10 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing26.100
11 Cement and Concrete Research25.361
12 Biomaterials24.859
13 International Materials Reviews24.356
14 Cement & Concrete Composites24.307
15 Composites Part B-Engineering24.088
16 Materials Today23.848
17 Proceedings of the IEEE23.470
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science23.470
19 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.635
20 Automation in Construction22.453
21 Carbohydrate Polymers22.390
22 International Journal of Plasticity22.175
23 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine21.775
24 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports21.575
25 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing20.857
26 Journal of Nanobiotechnology20.266
27 Advanced Functional Materials20.196
28 Carbon19.640
29 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.489
30 Polymer Reviews19.343
31 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.855
32 International Journal of Production Economics18.787
33 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering18.442
34 Composites Science and Technology18.190
35 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems18.007
36 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging17.576
37 Pattern Recognition17.131
38 Journal of Membrane Science16.613
39 Corrosion Science16.444
40 Acta Materialia16.360
41 Expert Systems With Applications16.255
42 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology15.157
43 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications15.134
44 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing14.828
45 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.723
46 Building and Environment14.532
47 Composite Structures14.342
48 Journal of Materials Processing Technology14.012
49 Construction and Building Materials13.907
50 Rare Metals13.891
51 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.790
52 Nano Letters13.606
53 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.568
54 Applied Surface Science13.501
55 Progress in Quantum Electronics13.500
56 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences13.446
57 Small13.178
58 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology13.055
59 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems13.008
60 International Journal of Fatigue12.973
61 Energy and Buildings12.863
62 International Journal of Production Research12.718
63 Materials & Design12.674
64 Journal of Power Sources12.641
65 IEEE Wireless Communications12.634
66 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.528
67 Journal of the European Ceramic Society12.518
68 Journal of Manufacturing Processes12.471
69 Progress in Photovoltaics12.429
70 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing12.389
71 Chemistry of Materials12.149
72 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.090
73 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence11.999
74 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics11.936
75 Multimedia Tools and Applications11.876
76 Polymer Degradation and Stability11.844
77 Automatica11.733
78 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control11.685
79 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing11.474
80 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics11.441
81 Scripta Materialia11.417
82 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems11.369
83 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.104
84 Plasmonics11.073
85 Polymer Testing11.056
86 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security11.029
87 Production Planning & Control11.020
88 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International10.928
89 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules10.878
90 Materials Research Bulletin10.863
91 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces10.861
92 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.789
93 International Journal of Nanomedicine10.740
94 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion10.736
95 Computer Communications10.733
96 IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing10.653
97 Computers & Electrical Engineering10.645
98 Production and Operations Management10.619
99 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER10.607
100 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology10.581
101 European Polymer Journal10.547
102 Surface & Coatings Technology10.479
103 Engineering Failure Analysis10.471
104 Hydrometallurgy10.416
105 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids10.412
106 Applied Clay Science10.307
107 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids10.232
108 Optical and Quantum Electronics10.043
109 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation9.918
110 Applied Artificial Intelligence9.884
111 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials9.865
112 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters9.841
113 Materials Chemistry and Physics9.769
114 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials9.737
115 Ceramics International9.482
116 Surface Science Reports9.314
117 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology9.263
118 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking9.227
119 IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery9.220
120 Journal of Polymers and the Environment9.189
121 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China9.177
122 Materials Characterization9.083
123 Macromolecules9.061
124 IEEE Network8.986
125 Electric Power Systems Research8.907
126 IEEE Transactions on Reliability8.796
127 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering8.755
128 Biomacromolecules8.738
129 NDT & E International8.717
130 Lab on a Chip8.709
131 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing8.681
132 Computer Networks8.673
133 Sensors8.621
134 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine8.579
135 Dyes and Pigments8.557
136 Synthetic Metals8.518
137 Journal of Construction Engineering and Management8.468
138 Cellulose8.374
139 Reactive & Functional Polymers8.370
140 Design Studies8.363
141 Diamond and Related Materials8.356
142 Intermetallics8.339
143 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications8.326
144 Control Engineering Practice8.295
145 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials8.228
146 Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine8.181
147 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical8.170
148 IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits8.145
149 Structural Control & Health Monitoring8.065
150 Materials and Manufacturing Processes8.033
151 International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials8.031
152 Tsinghua Science and Technology8.028
153 Optical Materials7.947
154 IEEE Transactions on Computers7.828
155 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems7.826
156 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters7.795
157 CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology7.739
158 Journal of Constructional Steel Research7.732
159 Journal of Wood Science7.680
160 Progress in Organic Coatings7.656
161 Indoor Air7.629
162 Signal Processing7.620
163 IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control7.568
164 Journal of Composites for Construction7.553
165 Materials Technology7.507
166 IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience7.460
167 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers7.450
168 Vacuum7.449
169 Mechanics of Materials7.394
170 Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials7.350
171 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques7.343
172 Microprocessors and Microsystems7.316
173 IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting7.241
174 Journal of Supercomputing7.231
175 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review7.203
176 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering7.136
177 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement7.131
178 IEEE Sensors Journal7.084
179 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering7.081
180 Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids7.042
181 Journal of Structural Engineering6.998
182 Journal of Lightwave Technology6.986
183 Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology6.975
184 Journal of Materials Science6.879
185 Image and Vision Computing6.857
186 International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing6.844
187 Polymer6.781
- Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures6.781
189 Chinese Journal of Polymer Science6.778
190 Journal of Natural Fibers6.759
191 Displays6.753
192 Progress in Surface Science6.735
193 IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine6.727
194 Journal of Information disPlay6.726
195 Bulletin of Materials Science6.714
196 Polymer Composites6.697
197 Stem Cells6.688
198 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs6.687
199 Science and Technology of Welding and Joining6.662
200 Wear6.651
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