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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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Progress in Materials Science57.821
2 Nature Nanotechnology44.646
3 Progress in Polymer Science41.193
4 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics36.205
5 Nature Materials36.151
6 Advanced Materials31.699
7 Cell Stem Cell29.424
8 Journal of Materials Science & Technology29.040
9 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports28.376
10 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence28.283
11 Advanced Energy Materials28.033
12 International Materials Reviews27.563
13 Journal of Manufacturing Systems26.881
14 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.615
15 Materials Today26.013
16 Biomaterials25.244
17 Composites Part B-Engineering25.142
18 NPG Asia Materials24.924
19 ACS Nano23.657
20 Cement and Concrete Research23.604
21 Proceedings of the IEEE23.446
22 Cement & Concrete Composites23.108
23 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing22.936
24 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science22.458
25 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.381
26 Carbohydrate Polymers22.375
27 Automation in Construction20.939
28 Advanced Functional Materials20.268
29 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.085
30 International Journal of Plasticity19.061
31 Carbon19.044
32 Nano Today18.270
33 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.157
34 International Journal of Production Economics17.905
35 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences17.633
36 Journal of Nanobiotechnology17.531
37 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.419
38 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing17.189
39 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing17.111
40 Acta Biomaterialia17.049
41 Composites Science and Technology16.643
42 Nano Research16.564
43 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems16.510
44 Polymer Reviews16.479
45 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging16.255
46 Journal of Membrane Science16.126
47 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine15.802
48 Corrosion Science15.537
49 Acta Materialia15.460
50 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering15.250
51 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.098
52 Pattern Recognition14.735
53 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing14.629
54 Rare Metals14.437
55 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications14.371
56 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.184
57 Progress in Quantum Electronics14.133
58 Expert Systems With Applications14.048
59 Building and Environment13.990
60 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.957
61 Composite Structures13.924
62 Materials & Design13.910
63 Construction and Building Materials13.570
64 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology13.477
65 Journal of Materials Processing Technology13.464
66 Nano Letters13.394
67 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.097
68 International Journal of Production Research13.089
69 Applied Surface Science13.054
70 Small12.927
71 Journal of Power Sources12.842
72 Energy and Buildings12.633
73 New Carbon Materials12.519
74 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering12.488
75 Progress in Photovoltaics12.382
76 Journal of the European Ceramic Society12.328
77 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.232
78 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology12.178
79 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems12.175
80 Journal of Manufacturing Processes12.151
81 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems12.105
82 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.100
83 IEEE Systems Journal12.065
84 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics12.056
85 IEEE Wireless Communications11.997
86 Chemistry of Materials11.938
87 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials11.887
88 International Journal of Fatigue11.858
89 Polymer Degradation and Stability11.836
90 Stem Cell Research & Therapy11.629
91 Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews11.510
92 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.496
93 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology11.472
94 Biofabrication11.406
95 Production Planning & Control11.383
96 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence11.368
97 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials11.354
98 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces11.353
99 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.188
100 Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management11.183
101 Scripta Materialia11.025
102 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.958
103 CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology10.887
104 Automatica10.861
105 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics10.821
106 Surface Science Reports10.750
107 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control10.661
108 Materials Research Bulletin10.589
109 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion10.449
110 Tsinghua Science and Technology10.359
111 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.346
112 Production and Operations Management10.337
113 Surface & Coatings Technology10.213
114 Polymer Testing10.184
115 Journal of Tissue Engineering10.099
116 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology10.048
117 Applied Clay Science10.012
118 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials9.935
119 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules9.920
120 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials9.889
121 Journal of Nanomaterials9.838
122 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids9.836
123 Hydrometallurgy9.818
124 Computer Communications9.813
125 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing9.744
126 Computers & Electrical Engineering9.670
127 Virtual and Physical Prototyping9.627
128 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials9.521
129 International Journal of Nanomedicine9.510
130 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation9.505
131 Multimedia Tools and Applications9.453
132 European Polymer Journal9.417
133 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids9.341
134 Indoor Air9.316
135 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International9.179
136 Ceramics International9.155
137 Biochip Journal9.106
138 Materials Chemistry and Physics9.050
139 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering9.036
140 Engineering Failure Analysis9.011
141 Reactive & Functional Polymers8.950
142 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China8.918
143 Macromolecules8.875
144 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters8.788
145 IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery8.773
146 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security8.747
147 Building Simulation8.733
148 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology8.722
149 Biomacromolecules8.719
150 Materials Characterization8.716
151 Cellulose8.697
152 Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine8.681
153 Dyes and Pigments8.638
154 Computer Networks8.617
155 IEEE Network8.576
156 Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER8.557
157 Journal of Construction Engineering and Management8.532
158 Optical and Quantum Electronics8.506
159 IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing8.470
160 IEEE Transactions on Reliability8.455
161 Carbon Letters8.373
162 Control Engineering Practice8.340
163 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters8.239
164 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine8.212
165 Journal of Polymers and the Environment8.205
166 Applied Artificial Intelligence8.179
167 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical8.174
168 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing8.127
169 Progress in Surface Science8.049
170 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering8.029
171 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials7.995
172 IET Nanobiotechnology7.943
173 Particuology7.934
174 International Journal of Polymer Science7.933
175 Synthetic Metals7.928
176 Materials and Manufacturing Processes7.927
177 Journal of Bionic Engineering7.871
178 IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits7.851
179 Design Studies7.832
180 NDT & E International7.726
181 Intermetallics7.723
182 Sensors7.720
183 Electric Power Systems Research7.717
184 Plasmonics7.694
185 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications7.629
186 Structural Control & Health Monitoring7.609
187 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine7.597
188 Signal Processing7.527
189 Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials7.499
190 International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials7.472
191 Science China-Information Sciences7.461
192 Journal of Structural Engineering7.430
193 Diamond and Related Materials7.423
194 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers7.273
195 Optical Materials7.263
196 Science China-Technological Sciences7.237
197 Journal of Constructional Steel Research7.213
198 Wear7.202
199 Stem Cells International7.165
200 Lab on a Chip7.159
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