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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Materials	205
2	ACS Nano	156
3	Advanced Functional Materials	155
4	Advanced Energy Materials	139
5	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	133
6	Nature Energy	127
-	IEEE Access	127
8	Advanced Science	125
9	Nano Energy	123
10	Energy Storage Materials	122
11	Nano-Micro Letters	121
12	Expert Systems With Applications	118
13	Sensors	117
14	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	115
15	Nature Nanotechnology	111
-	Small	111
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	111
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	111
19	Nature Materials	110
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	110
21	ACS Energy Letters	108
22	Carbohydrate Polymers	106
-	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	106
24	Polymers	105
25	Joule	104
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	104
27	Construction and Building Materials	102
-	Applied Sciences-Basel	102
-	Composites Part B-Engineering	102
30	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	101
31	Carbon	100
32	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	98
33	Sustainable Cities and Society	97
34	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	96
35	Progress in Materials Science	94
36	Nano Letters	93
37	Nature Electronics	91
38	Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence	89
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	89
-	Materials Today	89
41	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	87
42	Automation in Construction	86
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	86
-	Biomaterials	86
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	86
46	Electronics	85
-	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	85
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	85
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	85
-	Nature Reviews Materials	85

-	Nanomaterials	85
52	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	84
-	Nano Research	84
-	Applied Surface Science	84
55	Pattern Recognition	83
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	83
-	Materials	83
-	Materials & Design	83
59	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	82
60	Journal of Power Sources	81
61	Acta Materialia	80
62	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	79
-	Ceramics International	79
64	Acta Biomaterialia	78
-	Journal of Membrane Science	78
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	78
67	Building and Environment	77
-	Cement & Concrete Composites	77
69	Matter	75
-	Bioactive Materials	75
-	Cell Stem Cell	75
-	Journal of Manufacturing Systems	75
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	75
74	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	74
75	IEEE Sensors Journal	73
-	Cement and Concrete Research	73
77	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	72
-	IEEE Transactions on Communications	72
79	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	71
-	Composite Structures	71
-	Energy and Buildings	71
82	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	70
83	Corrosion Science	69
-	International Journal of Production Economics	69
85	Advanced Optical Materials	68
-	Nano Today	68
87	Multimedia Tools and Applications	67
-	Chemistry of Materials	67
89	Advanced Fiber Materials	66
-	Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing	66
91	Advanced Healthcare Materials	65
-	Materials Horizons	65
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	65
-	Journal of Manufacturing Processes	65
-	IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement	65
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles	65
97	Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing	64
-	Biosensors-Basel	64
-	Laser & Photonics Reviews	64
-	Proceedings of the IEEE	64
101	Nanoscale	63
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	63
-	Composites Science and Technology	63
-	Carbon Energy	63
-	ACS Sensors	63
-	International Journal of Plasticity	63
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry C	63
-	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	63
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	63
110	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	62
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	62
-	Small Methods	62
-	Journal of Advanced Ceramics	62
-	International Journal of Production Research	62
115	Micromachines	61
-	Rare Metals	61
-	Automatica	61
-	ACS Applied Nano Materials	61
119	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	60
-	European Polymer Journal	60
-	IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security	60
122	Progress in Polymer Science	59
-	Computers & Electrical Engineering	59
-	npj Computational Materials	59
-	Journal of Building Engineering	59
-	Gels	59
127	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	58
-	Internet of Things	58
-	Materials Chemistry and Physics	58
-	ACS Materials Letters	58
-	IEEE Wireless Communications	58
132	Journal of the European Ceramic Society	57
-	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	57
-	InfoMat	57
-	Engineering Failure Analysis	57
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	57
137	ACS Applied Energy Materials	56
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	56
-	Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	56
140	Macromolecules	55
-	Buildings	55
-	Computer Networks	55
-	Electric Power Systems Research	55
-	ACS Photonics	55
145	Sensors and Actuators A-Physical	54
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry B	54
-	Advanced Materials Technologies	54
-	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	54
149	IEEE Communications Magazine	53
-	International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology	53
-	Optical and Quantum Electronics	53
-	Optical Materials	53
153	Journal of Lightwave Technology	52
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	52
-	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems	52
-	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications	52
-	Materials Today Bio	52
-	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	52
159	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	51
-	Langmuir	51
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	51
-	Diamond and Related Materials	51
-	Energy & Environmental Materials	51
-	International Journal of Fatigue	51
-	Journal of Materials Processing Technology	51
-	Coatings	51
-	Scripta Materialia	51
168	Polymer Degradation and Stability	50
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	50
-	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters	50
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	50
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	50
-	Materials Research Bulletin	50
-	Membranes	50
-	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids	50

176	IEEE Systems Journal	49
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers	49
-	Results in Physics	49
-	International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing	49
180	Advanced Materials Interfaces	48
-	Nanoscale Advances	48
-	Science China-Materials	48
-	Polymer Composites	48
-	Journal of Materials Science	48
185	npj Flexible Electronics	47
-	Materials Today Physics	47
-	Computer Communications	47
-	Crystals	47
-	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	47
-	Lab on a Chip	47
-	Batteries-Basel	47
-	Biomaterials Science	47
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry C	47
-	Journal of Functional Biomaterials	47
195	Materials Chemistry Frontiers	46
-	Metals	46
-	Science China-Information Sciences	46
-	ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering	46
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	46
-	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials	46

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