New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Applied Sciences-Basel52025
2 IEEE Access46710
3 Sensors35905
4 Materials29020
5 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules28132
6 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces23625
7 Ceramics International20191
8 Electronics19247
9 Construction and Building Materials18576
10 Advanced Functional Materials18049
11 Polymers17387
12 Small15814
13 IEEE Sensors Journal14397
14 Buildings13890
15 Advanced Materials13500
16 Advanced Science13128
17 Applied Surface Science12402
18 Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T11751
19 Nanomaterials11748
20 IEEE Internet of Things Journal11742
21 Expert Systems With Applications11741
22 Journal of Building Engineering11620
23 Materials Today Communications11535
24 Journal of Materials Chemistry A11417
25 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10671
26 IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement10653
27 ACS Nano10018
28 Journal of Physical Chemistry C9626
29 Langmuir9213
30 ACS Applied Nano Materials9129
31 Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics8811
32 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology8672
33 Journal of Materials Chemistry C8110
34 Nanoscale8082
35 Materials Letters7990
36 Micromachines7509
37 Nano Letters7441
38 Coatings7211
39 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence7153
40 Metals7136
41 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology6968
42 Journal of Power Sources6924
43 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems6815
44 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters6787
45 Journal of Applied Polymer Science6573
46 AIP Advances6506
47 Surfaces and Interfaces6368
48 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics6318
- IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics6318
- Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing6318
51 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance6315
52 Materials Chemistry and Physics5841
53 ACS Applied Energy Materials5814
54 Crystals5794
55 Optical Materials5482
56 Journal of Materials Science5270
57 Advanced Optical Materials5166
58 Microscopy and Microanalysis5131
59 Advanced Energy Materials5087
- Materials & Design5087
61 Carbohydrate Polymers5084
62 Journal of the Electrochemical Society5074
63 Case Studies in Construction Materials5052
64 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation4992
65 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4966
66 ACS Applied Polymer Materials4963
67 IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems4879
68 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4877
69 Advanced Healthcare Materials4829
70 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices4819
71 Journal of Lightwave Technology4705
72 Building and Environment4663
73 CMC-Computers Materials & Continua4621
74 Nano Energy4540
75 Energy and Buildings4518
76 Polymer Composites4473
77 Polymer4456
78 Machines4439
79 Macromolecules4410
80 Surface & Coatings Technology4393
81 Journal of Materials Chemistry B4374
82 Nano Research4343
83 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials4333
84 Composite Structures4318
85 Journal of Manufacturing Processes4206
86 Chemistry of Materials4194
87 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications4193
88 Multimedia Tools and Applications4176
89 Diamond and Related Materials4172
90 Journal of Membrane Science4154
91 Carbon4038
92 Soft Matter4027
93 Applied Physics A-Materials Science & Processing4015
94 Electric Power Systems Research3979
- Engineering Failure Analysis3979
96 Materials Characterization3922
97 International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems3885
98 Physica B-Condensed Matter3838
99 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology3799
100 Crystal Growth & Design3794
101 Vacuum3782
102 Biosensors & Bioelectronics3768
103 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3725
104 IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications3700
105 Advanced Engineering Materials3695
106 Sensors and Actuators A-Physical3688
107 Biosensors-Basel3680
108 Sustainable Cities and Society3676
109 Gels3665
110 CrystEngComm3635
111 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Ii-Express Briefs3634
112 Journal of Materials Science & Technology3614
113 Acta Materialia3559
114 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control3541
115 Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing3534
116 Advanced Materials Technologies3476
117 IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters3474
118 IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems3455
119 ACS Applied Electronic Materials3446
120 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity3430
121 Journal of the European Ceramic Society3415
122 IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence3389
123 Advanced Materials Interfaces3383
124 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing3377
125 Pattern Recognition3343
126 Results in Physics3273
127 Journal of Electronic Materials3194
128 European Polymer Journal3130
129 IEEE Transactions on Communications3091
130 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification3079
131 Corrosion Science3062
132 Cytotherapy3021
133 Composites Part B-Engineering3017
134 Journal of Alloys and Compounds3000
135 Dyes and Pigments2989
136 Laser & Photonics Reviews2955
137 Energy Storage Materials2950
138 Nanotechnology2945
139 Journal of the American Ceramic Society2941
- IEEE Wireless Communications Letters2941
141 JOM2939
142 Acta Biomaterialia2910
143 Small Methods2905
144 Signal Image and Video Processing2893
145 Membranes2881
146 Materials Research Express2871
147 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques2870
148 Computational Materials Science2867
149 Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials2820
150 Journal of the Franklin Institute-Engineering and Applied Mathematics2803
151 Progress in Organic Coatings2794
152 Computers & Electrical Engineering2771
153 IEEE Electron Device Letters2758
154 Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter2690
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology2690
156 IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics2683
157 Materials Today Chemistry2676
158 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Papers2673
159 Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces2669
160 Nanoscale Advances2650
161 Journal of Supercomputing2640
162 Optical and Quantum Electronics2634
163 Journal of Constructional Steel Research2615
164 Physical Review Materials2608
165 ACS Energy Letters2581
166 Polymer Chemistry2573
167 International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control2558
168 Journal of Nuclear Materials2544
169 ACS Sensors2538
- Cellulose2538
171 IEEE Signal Processing Letters2511
172 Materials Horizons2491
173 Ionics2480
174 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology2466
175 Biomimetics2459
176 Additive Manufacturing2458
177 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering2456
178 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics2452
179 IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics2425
180 Computer Networks2410
181 Materials Today Bio2408
182 Biomacromolecules2405
183 International Journal of Nanomedicine2397
184 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids2390
185 ACS Photonics2384
186 IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security2362
187 IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering2335
188 Automation in Construction2328
189 IEEE Transactions on Power Systems2304
190 International Journal of Fatigue2303
191 Automatica2295
192 Biomaterials Science2276
193 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures2263
194 Bioresources2262
195 Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing2255
196 IEEE Transactions on Information Theory2212
197 IEEE Communications Magazine2182
198 Sustainable Energy & Fuels2178
199 Frontiers in Materials2158
200 Stem Cell Research & Therapy2140
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