New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Materials Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel51659
2 IEEE Access45065
3 Sensors34944
4 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules30100
5 Materials26755
6 Journal of Alloys and Compounds24769
7 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23495
8 Ceramics International21557
9 Advanced Functional Materials20764
10 Electronics20301
11 Construction and Building Materials18588
12 Small17599
13 Polymers16019
14 Buildings15985
15 Advanced Science15761
16 IEEE Sensors Journal14901
17 Advanced Materials14783
18 Expert Systems With Applications14067
19 IEEE Internet of Things Journal13374
20 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T12848
21 Applied Surface Science12584
22 Journal of Building Engineering12393
23 Materials Today Communications11966
24 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11576
25 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10868
26 ACS Nano10625
27 Langmuir10201
28 Nanomaterials9937
29 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9595
30 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics9284
31 ACS Applied Nano Materials9274
32 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9248
33 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence9011
34 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology8922
35 Nano Letters7903
36 Journal of Power Sources7806
37 Materials Letters7747
38 Nanoscale7716
39 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology7646
40 Journal of Materials Chemistry C7484
41 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance7448
42 Surfaces and Interfaces7405
43 Micromachines7161
44 Coatings7038
45 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6912
46 Journal of Applied Polymer Science6819
47 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6720
48 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6670
49 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6653
50 AIP Advances6622
51 Metals6615
52 Microscopy and Microanalysis6154
53 Materials Chemistry and Physics6118
54 Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6114
55 Journal of Materials Science5806
56 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5767
57 Materials & Design5766
58 ACS Applied Energy Materials5694
59 ACS Applied Polymer Materials5513
60 Advanced Healthcare Materials5398
61 Advanced Optical Materials5314
62 Advanced Energy Materials5284
63 Carbohydrate Polymers5211
64 Optical Materials5167
65 Crystals5145
66 Case Studies in Construction Materials5050
67 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation5005
68 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4957
69 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4837
70 Polymer4826
71 Building and Environment4819
72 Energy and Buildings4816
73 Journal of Lightwave Technology4801
74 Polymer Composites4766
75 Machines4660
76 Journal of the Electrochemical Society4641
77 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4554
78 Macromolecules4548
79 Diamond and Related Materials4483
80 Electric Power Systems Research4475
81 Carbon4446
82 Journal of Membrane Science4424
83 Surface & Coatings Technology4359
84 Journal of Manufacturing Processes4282
85 Nano Energy4274
86 Nano Research4268
87 Materials Characterization4247
88 Composite Structures4227
89 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology4209
90 Chemistry of Materials4206
91 Pattern Recognition4180
92 Journal of Materials Chemistry B4146
93 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4102
94 Engineering Failure Analysis4067
95 Advanced Engineering Materials4035
96 Physica B-Condensed Matter3998
97 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials3988
98 CMC-Computers Materials & Continua3984
99 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3939
100 Crystal Growth & Design3934
101 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3930
102 Gels3891
103 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3845
104 Vacuum3842
105 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3841
106 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3808
107 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3790
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3790
109 Acta Materialia3725
110 Laser & Photonics Reviews3682
111 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3648
112 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3645
113 Advanced Materials Technologies3640
114 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3591
115 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3571
116 Soft Matter3568
117 Journal of Materials Science & Technology3561
118 Sustainable Cities and Society3549
119 Biosensors-Basel3512
120 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3503
121 Journal of the European Ceramic Society3424
122 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification3420
123 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3398
124 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials3376
125 IEEE Transactions on Communications3341
126 Cytotherapy3316
127 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters3313
128 Journal of Nanobiotechnology3285
129 Energy Storage Materials3236
130 Signal Image and Video Processing3232
131 Journal of Electronic Materials3194
132 Small Methods3177
133 Corrosion Science3161
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society3161
135 Composites Part B-Engineering3159
136 JOM3158
137 Materials Today Bio3125
138 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3102
139 European Polymer Journal3101
140 CrystEngComm3086
141 Dyes and Pigments3029
142 Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics3014
143 Progress in Organic Coatings2991
144 IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics2989
145 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques2986
146 Computational Materials Science2953
147 Biomimetics2933
148 Acta Biomaterialia2923
149 Results in Physics2904
150 Materials Today Chemistry2883
151 ACS Sensors2869
152 ACS Energy Letters2841
153 IEEE Electron Device Letters2824
154 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology2815
155 Advanced Materials Interfaces2810
156 Materials Horizons2778
157 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2776
- IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics2776
159 Computer Networks2733
160 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics2714
161 Ionics2712
162 International Journal of Nanomedicine2710
163 Materials Research Express2704
164 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers2703
165 Journal of Constructional Steel Research2666
166 Computers & Electrical Engineering2662
167 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids2652
168 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security2604
- Nanotechnology2604
170 Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter2596
171 IEEE Signal Processing Letters2591
172 Physical Review Materials2567
173 ACS Photonics2554
174 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering2547
175 International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control2538
176 Journal of Nuclear Materials2527
177 Biomacromolecules2522
178 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing2501
179 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2449
180 Nanoscale Advances2432
181 IEEE Communications Magazine2413
182 Bioresources2396
- Automatica2396
184 Cellulose2395
185 Automation in Construction2385
186 Membranes2364
187 International Journal of Fatigue2363
188 Multimedia Tools and Applications2341
189 Additive Manufacturing2303
190 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering2294
191 IEEE Transactions on Information Theory2258
192 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems2241
193 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures2223
194 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells2222
195 Digital Signal Processing2218
196 IEEE Transactions on Image Processing2204
197 Polymer Bulletin2200
198 Polymer Chemistry2198
199 Biomaterials2196
200 IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation2151
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