Materials Science: Journal Rankings

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	204
2	ACS Nano	154
-	Advanced Functional Materials	154
4	Advanced Energy Materials	138
5	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	130
6	Nature Energy	124
7	Nano Energy	123
8	Advanced Science	122
9	IEEE Access	121
10	Energy Storage Materials	120
11	Nano-Micro Letters	119
12	Expert Systems With Applications	116
13	Sensors	114
14	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	113
15	Small	112
16	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	110
-	Nature Materials	110
18	Nature Nanotechnology	109
19	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	107
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	107
21	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	106
-	ACS Energy Letters	106
23	Carbohydrate Polymers	105
24	Polymers	104
-	Joule	104
26	Composites Part B-Engineering	103
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	103
28	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	101
-	Construction and Building Materials	101
30	Applied Sciences-Basel	100
31	Carbon	99
32	Sustainable Cities and Society	97
33	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	96
34	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	94
35	Nano Letters	92
36	Progress in Materials Science	91
37	Materials Today	90
38	Nature Electronics	89
39	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	88
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	88
-	Biomaterials	88
42	Nature Reviews Materials	87
43	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	86
-	Nanomaterials	86
45	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	85
-	Automation in Construction	85
-	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	85
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	85
49	Applied Surface Science	84
50	Electronics	83

-	Nano Research	83
-	Materials	83
53	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	82
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	82
-	Pattern Recognition	82
56	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	81
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	81
-	Materials & Design	81
-	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	81
60	Journal of Power Sources	80
61	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	79
-	Cement & Concrete Composites	79
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	79
-	Acta Materialia	79
-	Ceramics International	79
66	Bioactive Materials	77
-	Acta Biomaterialia	77
-	Journal of Membrane Science	77
69	Building and Environment	76
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	76
-	Cell Stem Cell	76
72	IEEE Sensors Journal	74
73	Matter	73
-	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	73
-	Cement and Concrete Research	73
76	IEEE Transactions on Communications	72
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	72
-	Energy and Buildings	72
-	Journal of Manufacturing Systems	72
80	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	71
-	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	71
82	Composite Structures	69
83	Advanced Optical Materials	68
84	Corrosion Science	67
-	International Journal of Production Economics	67
86	Advanced Healthcare Materials	66
-	Multimedia Tools and Applications	66
-	Nano Today	66
-	Chemistry of Materials	66
90	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	65
91	Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing	64
-	Advanced Fiber Materials	64
-	Composites Science and Technology	64
-	ACS Sensors	64
-	Materials Horizons	64
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	64
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	64
-	Journal of Manufacturing Processes	64
99	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	63
-	Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing	63
-	Carbon Energy	63
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	63
-	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement	63
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
-	Journal of Advanced Ceramics	63
106	Small Methods	62
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	62
-	Laser & Photonics Reviews	62
-	Biosensors-Basel	62
-	Nanoscale	62
111	ACS Applied Nano Materials	61
-	International Journal of Plasticity	61
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	61
-	International Journal of Production Research	61
115	European Polymer Journal	60
-	Computers & Electrical Engineering	60
-	Automatica	60
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
-	Progress in Polymer Science	60
-	Rare Metals	60
-	Micromachines	60
122	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	59
-	Gels	59
-	Journal of Building Engineering	59
125	Materials Chemistry and Physics	58
-	Internet of Things	58
-	IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security	58
-	Journal of the European Ceramic Society	58
129	InfoMat	57
-	npj Computational Materials	57
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	57
-	ACS Materials Letters	57
133	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	56
-	Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	56
-	IEEE Wireless Communications	56
136	ACS Applied Energy Materials	55
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	55
-	Engineering Failure Analysis	55
-	ACS Photonics	55
140	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	54
-	Computer Networks	54
-	Electric Power Systems Research	54
-	Macromolecules	54
144	Results in Physics	53
-	International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology	53
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	53
-	Optical and Quantum Electronics	53
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	53
-	Buildings	53
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry B	53
-	Sensors and Actuators A-Physical	53
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	53
-	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	53
154	IEEE Systems Journal	52
-	Optical Materials	52
-	Journal of Lightwave Technology	52
-	Advanced Materials Technologies	52
158	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	51
-	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications	51
-	IEEE Communications Magazine	51
-	Langmuir	51
162	Scripta Materialia	50
-	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	50
-	Materials Research Bulletin	50
-	Materials Today Bio	50
-	Membranes	50
-	Diamond and Related Materials	50
-	Energy & Environmental Materials	50
-	International Journal of Fatigue	50
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	50
-	Journal of Materials Processing Technology	50
-	Coatings	50
173	Science China-Materials	49
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers	49
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	49

-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	49
-	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	49
-	Journal of Materials Science	49
-	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids	49
180	Polymer Composites	48
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	48
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	48
-	Materials Today Physics	48
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	48
185	Advanced Materials Interfaces	47
-	Computer Communications	47
-	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	47
188	Crystals	46
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	46
-	Nanoscale Advances	46
-	ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering	46
-	Batteries-Basel	46
-	npj Flexible Electronics	46
-	International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing	46
195	Silicon	45
-	Polymer Testing	45
-	Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials	45
-	Journal of the Electrochemical Society	45
-	Lab on a Chip	45
-	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	45

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