New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Materials Science

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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Advanced Materials206
2 Advanced Functional Materials153
3 ACS Nano151
4 Advanced Energy Materials136
5 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence123
6 Expert Systems With Applications117
7 Sensors113
8 Journal of Materials Science & Technology112
9 Small111
10 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems109
- Nature Nanotechnology109
12 Nature Materials108
13 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces105
14 Carbohydrate Polymers104
15 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules102
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
17 Composites Part B-Engineering101
18 Construction and Building Materials99
- Carbon99
20 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications95
21 Nano Letters92
22 Progress in Materials Science90
23 Biomaterials88
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics88
25 Journal of Alloys and Compounds87
26 Materials Today86
27 Automation in Construction84
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics84
29 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology83
- Nano Research83
- Materials83
32 Applied Surface Science82
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems82
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence82
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications82
36 Pattern Recognition80
37 Ceramics International79
- Materials & Design79
39 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics78
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology78
41 Acta Materialia77
- IEEE Sensors Journal77
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing77
- Cement & Concrete Composites77
45 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering76
- Journal of Power Sources76
- Journal of Membrane Science76
48 Cell Stem Cell75
49 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology74
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems74
- Acta Biomaterialia74
- Building and Environment74
53 IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid73
54 Cement and Concrete Research72
- IEEE Transactions on Communications72
56 Nano Today71
57 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control70
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging70
59 Energy and Buildings69
60 International Journal of Production Economics68
61 Composite Structures67
62 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems66
- Corrosion Science66
64 Chemistry of Materials65
- Journal of Manufacturing Processes65
66 Composites Science and Technology64
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing64
68 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems63
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters63
- Multimedia Tools and Applications63
- Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing63
72 International Journal of Production Research62
- Laser & Photonics Reviews62
- Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing62
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation62
- Proceedings of the IEEE62
77 Computers & Electrical Engineering60
- Automatica60
79 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement59
- Journal of the European Ceramic Society59
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy59
- Progress in Polymer Science59
- Rare Metals59
84 IEEE Wireless Communications58
- IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics58
- Nanoscale58
87 International Journal of Plasticity57
- European Polymer Journal57
- Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology57
90 Materials Chemistry and Physics56
91 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
92 Computer Networks54
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces54
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security54
- Macromolecules54
96 Engineering Failure Analysis53
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
- Surface & Coatings Technology53
99 Journal of Lightwave Technology52
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical52
- Optical Materials52
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells52
- International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology52
- Scripta Materialia52
105 Electric Power Systems Research51
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems51
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers51
- International Journal of Nanomedicine51
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications51
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology51
111 IEEE Systems Journal50
- International Journal of Fatigue50
- IEEE Communications Magazine50
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems50
- Polymer Degradation and Stability50
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing50
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C50
- Optical and Quantum Electronics50
- Langmuir50
120 Diamond and Related Materials49
- Journal of Materials Science49
- Materials Research Bulletin49
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids49
124 Computer Communications48
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing48
126 International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture47
- Silicon47
128 IEEE Network46
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering46
- Polymer Composites46
131 Journal of the Electrochemical Society45
- Production and Operations Management45
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion45
134 Biomacromolecules44
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques44
- Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials44
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports44
- Polymer44
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing44
140 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices43
- IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits43
- Materials Characterization43
- IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters43
- Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials43
- Journal of Nanomaterials43
- Polymer Testing43
- Science China-Information Sciences43
148 Dyes and Pigments42
- International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials42
- Cellulose42
- Lab on a Chip42
- Vacuum42
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials42
- Materials Letters42
155 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering41
- IEEE Electron Device Letters41
- IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery41
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids41
- Physica B-Condensed Matter41
- Journal of Supercomputing41
161 Journal of Constructional Steel Research40
- Applied Clay Science40
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology40
164 CMC-Computers Materials & Continua39
- Computational Materials Science39
- IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing39
- Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials39
- Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials39
- Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing39
- Progress in Organic Coatings39
171 Biofabrication38
- Journal of Polymers and the Environment38
- Journal of Applied Polymer Science38
- Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing38
175 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine37
- Advanced Engineering Materials37
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs37
- Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics37
179 Intermetallics36
- Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics36
- Nanotechnology36
- Polymer Chemistry36
- Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing36
- Science China-Technological Sciences36
- International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials36
- International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control36
- Macromolecular Rapid Communications36
- Plasmonics36
189 Control Engineering Practice35
- IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics35
- Journal of Structural Engineering35
- Macromolecular Materials and Engineering35
- Wear35
- Reactive & Functional Polymers35
- Crystal Growth & Design35
- Dental Materials35
- IEEE Signal Processing Letters35
- IEEE Transactions on Computers35
- International Journal of Modern Physics B35
- Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids35
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