Materials Science: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Progress in Materials Science	66
2	Nano-Micro Letters	56
3	Joule	52
4	Progress in Polymer Science	51
5	Nature Reviews Materials	50
-	Nature Energy	50
-	Nature Nanotechnology	50
8	Nature Materials	40
-	International Materials Reviews	40
10	Nano Energy	39
11	Energy Storage Materials	38
12	ACS Energy Letters	37
-	Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics	37
-	Cell Stem Cell	37
-	Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials	37
16	Advanced Fiber Materials	34
17	Materials Science & Engineering R-Reports	33
18	Journal of Materials Science & Technology	32
19	Advanced Materials	30
-	Biomaterials	30
-	Composites Part B-Engineering	30
22	International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture	29
-	npj Flexible Electronics	29
-	Advanced Energy Materials	29
25	Nature Electronics	28
26	NPG Asia Materials	27
-	Carbohydrate Polymers	27
-	Carbon Energy	27
-	Cement & Concrete Composites	27
-	ACS Nano	27
-	Cement and Concrete Research	27
32	Materials Today	26
-	Journal of Advanced Ceramics	26
34	Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing	25
-	Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry	25
-	Sustainable Cities and Society	25
-	Journal of Manufacturing Systems	25
-	Bioactive Materials	25
-	InfoMat	25
40	Automation in Construction	24
-	eTransportation	24
-	International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing	24
-	IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications	24
44	International Journal of Plasticity	23
-	Biosensors & Bioelectronics	23
46	Journal of Magnesium and Alloys	22
-	Polymer Reviews	22
-	Carbon	22
49	Journal of Nanobiotechnology	21
-	npj Computational Materials	21

-	Acta Biomaterialia	21
-	Composites Science and Technology	21
-	IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid	21
-	Nano Convergence	21
-	Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science	21
56	Nano Today	20
-	Advanced Functional Materials	20
-	Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	20
-	Journal of Membrane Science	20
-	IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems	20
62	Matter	19
-	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	19
-	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	19
-	Rare Metals	19
66	International Journal of Production Economics	18
-	Nano Research	18
-	Acta Materialia	18
-	Surface Science Reports	18
-	Regenerative Biomaterials	18
-	Energy & Environmental Materials	18
-	Corrosion Science	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging	18
-	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	18
76	Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing	17
-	IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics	17
-	Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine	17
-	Nano Letters	17
-	npj 2D Materials and Applications	17
-	npj Regenerative Medicine	17
82	Proceedings of the IEEE	16
-	Progress in Quantum Electronics	16
-	Journal of Materials Processing Technology	16
-	Applied Surface Science	16
-	Building and Environment	16
-	Construction and Building Materials	16
-	Pattern Recognition	16
-	npj Quantum Information	16
-	Biofabrication	16
-	Composite Structures	16
92	Microsystems & Nanoengineering	15
-	New Carbon Materials	15
-	Materials & Design	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics	15
-	Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems	15
-	Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing	15
-	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	15
-	Journal of Power Sources	15
-	ACS Sensors	15
-	Composites Communications	15
-	IEEE Systems Journal	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Image Processing	15
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	15
106	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells	14
-	Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	14
-	International Journal of Fatigue	14
-	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	14
-	npj Quantum Materials	14
-	Energy and Buildings	14
-	ACS Materials Letters	14
-	IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications	14
-	Expert Systems With Applications	14
-	Stem Cell Reports	14
-	Stem Cell Research & Therapy	14
-	Progress in Biomaterials	14
-	Journal of the European Ceramic Society	14
-	Journal of Materiomics	14
-	ACS Applied Energy Materials	14
-	Chemistry of Materials	14
122	Scripta Materialia	13
-	Biomaterials Research	13
-	Colloid and Interface Science Communications	13
-	Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	13
-	IEEE Internet of Things Journal	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion	13
-	Polymer Degradation and Stability	13
-	Tissue Engineering Part B-Reviews	13
-	Materials Today Energy	13
-	Materials Today Physics	13
-	International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems	13
-	Journal of Manufacturing Processes	13
-	Materials Research Letters	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering	13
-	IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics	13
-	IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems	13
139	Science China-Materials	12
-	Polymer Testing	12
-	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials	12
-	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	12
-	Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management	12
-	Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T	12
-	NanoImpact	12
-	Materials Horizons	12
-	Applied Clay Science	12
-	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry	12
-	Biosensors-Basel	12
-	ACS Photonics	12
-	Advanced Science	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	12
-	Science and Technology of Advanced Materials	12
-	Small	12
-	Surface & Coatings Technology	12
-	Microporous and Mesoporous Materials	12
-	International Journal of Production Research	12
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing	12
160	Polymers	11
-	Progress in Electromagnetics Research-PIER	11
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology	11
-	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	11
-	Journal of Tissue Engineering	11
-	International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials	11
-	Nanomaterials	11
-	Materials Research Bulletin	11
-	Automatica	11
-	Biochip Journal	11
-	Biomacromolecules	11
-	2D Materials	11
-	Hydrometallurgy	11
-	Indoor Air	11
-	IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control	11

-	IEEE Transactions on Communications	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology	11
-	Solar RRL	11
-	Macromolecules	11
-	Materials Characterization	11
-	ACS Applied Nano Materials	11
-	ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering	11
-	Cellulose	11
-	Ceramics International	11
-	CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology	11
-	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery	11
188	Results in Physics	10
-	Production Planning & Control	10
-	Progress in Natural Science-Materials International	10
-	Virtual and Physical Prototyping	10
-	Materials Today Bio	10
-	International Journal of Damage Mechanics	10
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	10
-	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	10
-	Materials Chemistry and Physics	10
-	Engineering Failure Analysis	10
-	Building Simulation	10
-	Computers & Electrical Engineering	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	10

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