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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Nature Reviews Materials64.248
2 Progress in Materials Science61.086
3 Nano-Micro Letters48.000
4 Nature Energy47.781
5 Joule46.231
6 Nature Nanotechnology43.507
7 Progress in Polymer Science40.229
8 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics39.654
9 Nature Materials35.868
10 Advanced Materials32.045
11 Nature Electronics31.817
12 Nano Energy30.874
13 Journal of Materials Science & Technology29.806
14 Energy Storage Materials29.590
15 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence29.417
16 Cell Stem Cell29.333
17 Advanced Fiber Materials28.506
18 ACS Energy Letters28.456
19 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials28.332
20 Advanced Energy Materials28.158
21 Journal of Manufacturing Systems27.412
22 International Materials Reviews27.176
23 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture26.185
24 eTransportation25.765
25 Biomaterials25.605
26 Composites Part B-Engineering25.063
27 Materials Today24.834
28 Journal of Advanced Ceramics24.797
29 Cement & Concrete Composites23.984
30 Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing23.979
31 Cement and Concrete Research23.915
32 ACS Nano23.640
33 Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports23.286
34 Carbon Energy23.250
35 Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science22.856
36 npj Flexible Electronics22.773
37 Carbohydrate Polymers22.722
38 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications22.710
39 Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry22.327
40 InfoMat22.062
41 NPG Asia Materials21.983
42 Sustainable Cities and Society21.661
43 Proceedings of the IEEE21.593
44 Automation in Construction21.410
45 Bioactive Materials20.744
46 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys20.655
47 Advanced Functional Materials20.302
48 International Journal of Plasticity20.185
49 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing20.055
50 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems19.460
51 Biosensors & Bioelectronics19.290
52 Carbon18.761
53 International Journal of Production Economics18.612
54 Nano Today18.469
55 Journal of Nanobiotechnology18.437
56 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems18.337
57 Energy & Environmental Materials18.305
58 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing18.257
59 Matter18.008
60 Nano Convergence17.565
61 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid17.298
62 npj Computational Materials17.207
63 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing17.154
64 Acta Biomaterialia17.133
65 Composites Science and Technology17.094
66 Polymer Reviews16.920
67 IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging16.675
68 Journal of Membrane Science16.596
69 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine16.554
70 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems16.486
71 Regenerative Biomaterials16.460
72 Nano Research16.454
73 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering16.139
74 Acta Materialia16.029
75 Corrosion Science15.925
76 Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems15.622
77 Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences15.409
78 Pattern Recognition15.345
79 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy15.085
80 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing14.797
81 Rare Metals14.647
82 Expert Systems With Applications14.574
83 Progress in Biomaterials14.441
84 npj 2D Materials and Applications14.439
85 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications14.431
86 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics14.418
87 Progress in Quantum Electronics14.341
88 Composite Structures14.314
89 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology14.310
90 Microsystems & Nanoengineering14.186
91 Building and Environment14.095
92 Advanced Science14.046
93 Materials & Design13.933
94 Construction and Building Materials13.868
95 Journal of Materials Processing Technology13.822
96 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces13.754
97 npj Regenerative Medicine13.630
98 IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering13.568
99 Applied Surface Science13.492
100 npj Quantum Information13.481
101 Nano Letters13.337
102 International Journal of Production Research13.305
103 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems13.303
104 Energy and Buildings13.181
105 Internet of Things13.003
106 Small12.965
107 Journal of Power Sources12.953
108 Journal of Materials Chemistry A12.878
109 ACS Sensors12.749
110 Journal of Manufacturing Processes12.649
111 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials12.612
112 Journal of the European Ceramic Society12.561
113 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing12.514
114 Polymer Degradation and Stability12.421
115 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles12.391
116 International Journal of Fatigue12.310
117 IEEE Wireless Communications12.301
118 ACS Materials Letters12.265
119 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology12.219
120 IEEE Systems Journal12.201
121 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials12.180
122 Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews12.167
123 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence12.159
124 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells12.147
125 New Carbon Materials12.123
126 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology12.052
127 IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems11.997
128 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems11.986
129 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11.977
130 Biomaterials Research11.970
131 Composites Communications11.954
132 Chemistry of Materials11.913
133 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics11.867
134 Materials Research Letters11.843
135 Journal of Materiomics11.822
136 Progress in Photovoltaics11.803
137 Biofabrication11.767
138 Materials Today Physics11.703
139 CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology11.625
140 Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management11.585
141 Production Planning & Control11.524
142 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.458
143 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces11.434
144 Stem Cell Reports11.418
145 NanoImpact11.396
146 Stem Cell Research & Therapy11.334
147 Materials Horizons11.326
148 Colloid and Interface Science Communications11.275
149 Journal of Tissue Engineering11.267
150 Biosensors-Basel11.220
151 Surface Science Reports11.184
152 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T11.174
153 IEEE Transactions on Communications11.161
154 Scripta Materialia11.157
155 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control10.940
156 npj Materials Degradation10.890
157 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics10.881
158 Journal of Alloys and Compounds10.866
159 Science China-Materials10.839
160 Materials Research Bulletin10.779
161 Surface & Coatings Technology10.752
162 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification10.724
163 Tsinghua Science and Technology10.605
164 Automatica10.599
165 Polymer Testing10.592
166 IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion10.586
167 Journal of Nanomaterials10.576
168 Applied Clay Science10.441
169 Small Methods10.439
170 Polymers10.363
171 Materials Today Advances10.353
172 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing10.311
173 Production and Operations Management10.300
174 Computer Communications10.295
175 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics10.292
176 Laser & Photonics Reviews10.288
177 Multimedia Tools and Applications10.239
178 Advanced Optical Materials10.209
179 Hydrometallurgy10.201
180 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology10.189
181 Current Opinion in Electrochemistry10.135
182 Advanced Healthcare Materials10.109
183 npj Quantum Materials10.073
184 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules10.063
185 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials9.948
186 Virtual and Physical Prototyping9.912
187 International Journal of Nanomedicine9.873
188 Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy9.864
189 European Polymer Journal9.860
190 FlatChem9.857
191 ACS Applied Energy Materials9.840
192 Nanomaterials9.785
193 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids9.770
194 Plasmonics9.718
195 Progress in Natural Science-Materials International9.695
196 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation9.694
197 Engineering Failure Analysis9.680
198 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials9.662
199 ACS Photonics9.632
200 Computers & Electrical Engineering9.626
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