New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Progress in Materials Science37
2 Nano-Micro Letters28
3 Journal of Materials Science & Technology22
4 Nano Energy21
- Progress in Polymer Science21
6 International Journal of Plasticity19
- Joule19
8 Advanced Fiber Materials18
- Cement & Concrete Composites18
10 NPG Asia Materials17
11 Cement and Concrete Research16
- Nature Nanotechnology16
- Advanced Materials16
- International Materials Reviews16
- Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry16
- Journal of Advanced Ceramics16
- ACS Energy Letters16
18 eTransportation15
19 Automation in Construction14
- Advanced Energy Materials14
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports14
- Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing14
- International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture14
- Biomaterials14
25 Sustainable Cities and Society13
- Composites Part B-Engineering13
- Journal of Magnesium and Alloys13
- ACS Nano13
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems13
- International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing13
- Composites Science and Technology13
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems13
- Carbohydrate Polymers13
34 Corrosion Science12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
36 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems11
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems11
- Energy Storage Materials11
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science11
40 Nano Convergence10
- Nano Today10
- International Journal of Fatigue10
- International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials10
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology10
- Journal of Membrane Science10
- Cell Stem Cell10
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles10
- Advanced Functional Materials10
- Construction and Building Materials10
- Bioactive Materials10
- Acta Biomaterialia10
- Acta Materialia10
53 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing9
- Journal of the European Ceramic Society9
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems9
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems9
- International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials9
- Composites Communications9
- International Journal of Production Economics9
- Carbon9
- npj Flexible Electronics9
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid9
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters9
- Polymer Reviews9
- Progress in Biomaterials9
- Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology9
- Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing9
- Journal of Manufacturing Processes9
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology9
70 Nano Letters8
- New Carbon Materials8
- npj Computational Materials8
- Plasmonics8
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging8
- Heritage Science8
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking8
- IEEE Systems Journal8
- Rare Metals8
- Composite Structures8
- Journal of Materiomics8
- Internet of Things8
- Building and Environment8
- ACS Sensors8
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials8
- npj Regenerative Medicine8
- Materials Today8
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence8
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications8
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing8
- Virtual and Physical Prototyping8
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology8
- Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics8
- Applied Surface Science8
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces8
- ACS Materials Letters8
96 Nano Research7
- Nature Materials7
- Optical and Quantum Electronics7
- Materials Research Letters7
- Pattern Recognition7
- Expert Systems With Applications7
- InfoMat7
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications7
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules7
- Polymers7
- Surface & Coatings Technology7
- Small7
- International Journal of Nanomedicine7
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences7
- Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management7
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T7
- International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials7
- Biomaterials Research7
- Energy and Buildings7
- Engineering Failure Analysis7
- Biosensors-Basel7
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids7
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering7
- npj 2D Materials and Applications7
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics7
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics7
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells7
- Polymer Degradation and Stability7
- Biofabrication7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- Carbon Energy7
127 Materials Characterization6
- Materials Today Physics6
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing6
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering6
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology6
- Polymer Testing6
- Progress in Natural Science-Materials International6
- Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China6
- Current Opinion in Electrochemistry6
- Biomacromolecules6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- Building Simulation6
- Carbon Letters6
- ACS Applied Nano Materials6
- ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering6
- Ceramics International6
- Chemistry of Materials6
- CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology6
- Journal of Tissue Engineering6
- Multimedia Tools and Applications6
- Nanomaterials6
- Materials Chemistry and Physics6
- Materials Research Bulletin6
- Matter6
- Membranes6
- Gels6
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy6
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification6
- Hydrometallurgy6
- Scripta Materialia6
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems6
- Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing6
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A6
- Applied Clay Science6
- Batteries-Basel6
- Energy & Environmental Materials6
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence6
- Journal of Polymers and the Environment6
- Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters6
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces6
167 Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials5
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials5
- Macromolecules5
- Nature Reviews Materials5
- npj Materials Degradation5
- npj Quantum Materials5
- Optical Materials5
- Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing5
- IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems5
- IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery5
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering5
- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control5
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics5
- Production Planning & Control5
- Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER5
- Vacuum5
- Wear5
- Science and Technology of Advanced Materials5
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical5
- Solar RRL5
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy5
- Advanced Healthcare Materials5
- Advanced Optical Materials5
- International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials5
- Automatica5
- Electric Power Systems Research5
- Biochip Journal5
- Journal of Natural Fibers5
- Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids5
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids5
- ACS Applied Energy Materials5
- Cellulose5
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research5
- ACS Macro Letters5
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