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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Progress in Materials Science36
2 Nano-Micro Letters28
3 Journal of Materials Science & Technology22
4 Progress in Polymer Science21
- Nano Energy21
6 Cement & Concrete Composites19
- Advanced Fiber Materials19
- Joule19
9 International Journal of Plasticity18
10 Nature Nanotechnology17
11 Advanced Materials16
- Cement and Concrete Research16
- ACS Energy Letters16
- NPG Asia Materials16
- Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry16
16 Journal of Advanced Ceramics15
- Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing15
- International Materials Reviews15
19 Automation in Construction14
- International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture14
- Biomaterials14
- Advanced Energy Materials14
23 Sustainable Cities and Society13
- Composites Part B-Engineering13
- Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports13
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems13
- Carbohydrate Polymers13
- ACS Nano13
- Composites Science and Technology13
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems13
31 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys12
- Nano Convergence12
- International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials12
- Biosensors & Bioelectronics12
- Corrosion Science12
- Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science12
37 Energy Storage Materials11
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems11
39 Acta Biomaterialia10
- Acta Materialia10
- Advanced Functional Materials10
- Nano Today10
- npj Flexible Electronics10
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology10
- Journal of Membrane Science10
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems10
- Bioactive Materials10
- Cell Stem Cell10
- Construction and Building Materials10
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology10
51 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials9
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles9
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems9
- Carbon9
- Composites Communications9
- International Journal of Production Economics9
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems9
- IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid9
- Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology9
- Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials9
- Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing9
- Journal of the European Ceramic Society9
- Journal of Manufacturing Processes9
- Polymer Reviews9
- Progress in Biomaterials9
66 IEEE-ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing8
- IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters8
- Rare Metals8
- Building and Environment8
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces8
- Composite Structures8
- Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics8
- Applied Surface Science8
- New Carbon Materials8
- npj Regenerative Medicine8
- Materials Today8
- Journal of Materiomics8
- IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications8
- IEEE-ACM Transactions on Networking8
- IEEE Systems Journal8
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging8
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence8
- Virtual and Physical Prototyping8
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology8
- ACS Sensors8
- npj Computational Materials8
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing8
- Plasmonics8
89 InfoMat7
- International Journal of Nanomedicine7
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics7
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells7
- Surface & Coatings Technology7
- Energy and Buildings7
- Biomaterials Research7
- Engineering Failure Analysis7
- Biosensors-Basel7
- Nano Letters7
- Nano Research7
- Nature Materials7
- npj 2D Materials and Applications7
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids7
- Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management7
- Polymers7
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T7
- International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials7
- Microsystems & Nanoengineering7
- Internet of Things7
- Heritage Science7
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics7
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy7
- Small7
- Biofabrication7
- Expert Systems With Applications7
- Journal of Power Sources7
- Optical and Quantum Electronics7
- Materials Research Letters7
- Pattern Recognition7
119 Hydrometallurgy6
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems6
- Gels6
- Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China6
- European Polymer Journal6
- Building Simulation6
- ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering6
- CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology6
- Acta Metallurgica Sinica-English Letters6
- Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences6
- Current Opinion in Electrochemistry6
- Applied Clay Science6
- Journal of Polymers and the Environment6
- npj Quantum Information6
- Materials Characterization6
- Materials Research Bulletin6
- Membranes6
- Polymer Testing6
- Progress in Natural Science-Materials International6
- IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications6
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology6
- IEEE Transactions on Image Processing6
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering6
- Science China-Materials6
- Scripta Materialia6
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy6
- Batteries-Basel6
- Energy & Environmental Materials6
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence6
- Carbon Letters6
- ACS Applied Nano Materials6
- Ceramics International6
- Chemistry of Materials6
- Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces6
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds6
- Nanomaterials6
- Journal of Tissue Engineering6
- Materials Today Physics6
- Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing6
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A6
- Multimedia Tools and Applications6
160 IEEE Internet of Things Journal5
- Intermetallics5
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control5
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs5
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion5
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security5
- FlatChem5
- IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery5
- IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering5
- Vacuum5
- Wear5
- Science and Technology of Advanced Materials5
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine5
- Automatica5
- Electric Power Systems Research5
- Biochip Journal5
- Biomacromolecules5
- ACS Macro Letters5
- ACS Photonics5
- Advanced Science5
- Computers & Electrical Engineering5
- Journal of Natural Fibers5
- Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids5
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids5
- Macromolecules5
- Nature Reviews Materials5
- Journal of Composites for Construction5
- Journal of Construction Engineering and Management5
- Materials & Design5
- Journal of Supercomputing5
- Materials Horizons5
- Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials5
- International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials5
- Production Planning & Control5
- Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER5
- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification5
- IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology5
- Reactive & Functional Polymers5
- Sensors and Actuators A-Physical5
- Solar RRL5
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