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Best Materials Chemistry journals

321 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Materials Chemistry. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 82 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Reviews Materials 110.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 eScience 63.4 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 International Materials Reviews 47.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Progress in Polymer Science 46.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science 42.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Coordination Chemistry Reviews 39.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Advanced Fiber Materials 35.8 98th Q1 SCIE – No
8 InfoMat 35.6 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Carbon Energy 32.7 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Chem 30.4 97th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Journal of Materials Science and Technology 29.9 96th Q1 SCIE – No
12 ACS Energy Letters 27.9 96th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials 27.8 96th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts 26.1 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Polymer Reviews 25.7 95th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Nature Synthesis 24.7 95th Q1 ESCI – No
17 Carbohydrate Polymers 23.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Accounts of Materials Research 22.7 94th Q1 ESCI – No
19 Materials Reports: Energy 22 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 Carbon Neutralization 18.2 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 18.2 93rd Q1 – – Yes
22 EcoEnergy 17.7 93rd Q1 – – Yes
23 Aggregate 16.9 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Rare Metals 15.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
25 Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 15.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
26 Tungsten 15.2 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
27 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 14.9 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Chemical Record 14.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
29 Surface Science Reports 14.2 91st Q1 SCIE – No
30 Materials Today Nano 14.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
31 International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials 13.8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Progress in Organic Coatings 13.5 90th Q1 SCIE – No
33 ACS Materials Au 12.7 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
34 Colloids and Interface Science Communications 12.5 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Materials Chemistry Frontiers 12.2 89th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Composites Communications 12.1 89th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Chemistry of Materials 11.9 88th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Journal of Analysis and Testing 11.9 88th Q1 ESCI – No
39 Materials Today Chemistry 11.9 88th Q1 SCIE – No
40 npj Materials Degradation 11.8 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 Polymer Degradation and Stability 11.8 87th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Journal of the European Ceramic Society 11.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
43 European Polymer Journal 11.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Polymers and the Environment 10.9 86th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Materials Today Catalysis 10.8 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
46 Surface and Coatings Technology 10.8 86th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 10.7 85th Q1 SCIE – No
48 Hydrometallurgy 10.6 85th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Carbon Letters 10.5 85th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Wear 10.4 84th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Journal of Molecular Liquids 10.3 84th Q1 – – No
52 FlatChem 10.2 84th Q1 SCIE – No
53 Hybrid Advances 10.1 83rd Q1 – – Yes
54 JPhys Energy 9.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
55 Giant 9.5 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
56 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 9.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
57 ACS Applied Energy Materials 9.2 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
58 Ceramics International 9.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
59 Journal of Applied Organometallic Chemistry 9.1 82nd Q1 – – No
60 ACS Macro Letters 8.8 81st Q1 SCIE – No
61 Biomacromolecules 8.8 81st Q1 SCIE – No
62 Macromolecules 8.8 81st Q1 SCIE – No
63 Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
64 Reactive and Functional Polymers 8.6 80th Q1 SCIE – No
65 Synthetic Metals 8.6 80th Q1 SCIE – No
66 Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy 8.6 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
67 Inorganic Chemistry Communications 8.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
68 Intermetallics 8.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
69 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition) 8.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
70 Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials 8.5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
71 IEEE Journal of Microwaves 8.4 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
72 Polymer Bulletin 8.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
73 Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications 8.3 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
74 Communications Chemistry 8.3 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
75 Macromolecular Bioscience 8.3 77th Q1 SCIE – No
76 Diamond and Related Materials 8.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
77 International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 8.1 76th Q1 SCIE – No
78 Metals and Materials International 7.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
79 JCIS Open 7.9 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
80 Polymer International 7.8 75th Q1 SCIE – No
81 Polymer Composites 7.7 75th Q1 SCIE – No
82 Nanocomposites 7.5 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
83 ACS Polymers Au 7.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
84 Journal of Semiconductors 7.5 74th Q2 ESCI – No
85 Macromolecular Rapid Communications 7.5 74th Q2 SCIE – No
86 Polymer 7.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
87 Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 7.3 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
88 Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment 7.3 73rd Q2 – – Yes
89 Materials Today Communications 7.3 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
90 Chemical Communications 7.2 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
91 Journal of Solid State Chemistry 7.2 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
92 Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology 7.2 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
93 Journal of the American Ceramic Society 7.1 71st Q2 SCIE – No
94 ACS Applied Electronic Materials 7 71st Q2 SCIE – No
95 Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 7 71st Q2 SCIE – No
96 Polymers and Polymer Composites 6.9 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
97 IET Nanodielectrics 6.8 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
98 Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 6.8 70th Q2 SCIE – No
99 Carbon Trends 6.8 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
100 Journal of Adhesion 6.8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
101 Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 6.7 69th Q2 SCIE – No
102 Energetic Materials Frontiers 6.7 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
103 Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering 6.7 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
104 Molecular Systems Design and Engineering 6.7 68th Q2 SCIE – No
105 Electrochem 6.6 68th Q2 – – Yes
106 Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials 6.6 67th Q2 SCIE – No
107 Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion 6.5 67th Q2 – – No
108 Superconductor Science and Technology 6.4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
109 Journal of Polymer Science 6.3 66th Q2 SCIE – No
110 Journal of Cellular Plastics 6.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
111 Surface Innovations 6.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
112 Coatings 6.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
113 Journal of Iron and Steel Research International 6.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
114 Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 6.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
115 IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology 6 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
116 Inorganica Chimica Acta 6 64th Q2 SCIE – No
117 Journal of the Electrochemical Society 6 64th Q2 SCIE – No
118 Organic Electronics 5.9 64th Q2 SCIE – No
119 Macromolecular Research 5.9 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
120 Results in Surfaces and Interfaces 5.9 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
121 Designed Monomers and Polymers 5.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
122 Magnetochemistry 5.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
123 Computational Condensed Matter 5.7 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
124 Polymer Journal 5.7 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
125 Polymer Engineering and Science 5.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
126 Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 5.6 61st Q2 SCIE – No
127 Journal of Polymer Research 5.6 61st Q2 SCIE – No
128 Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 5.6 61st Q2 SCIE – No
129 Journal of Applied Polymer Science 5.6 60th Q2 SCIE – No
130 Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action 5.5 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
131 Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 5.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
132 Electronic Structure 5.4 59th Q2 ESCI – No
133 International Journal of Metalcasting 5.4 59th Q2 SCIE – No
134 Journal of Power Sources Advances 5.4 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
135 Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition) 5.4 58th Q2 SCIE – No
136 Asian Journal of Green Chemistry 5.3 58th Q2 – – No
137 Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 5.2 58th Q2 SCIE – No
138 Interface Science and Technology 5.2 57th Q2 – – No
139 Journal of Composite Materials 5.2 57th Q2 SCIE – No
140 Electrochemical Materials and Technologies 5.1 57th Q2 – – Yes
141 Open Ceramics 5.1 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
142 Chemical Papers 5 56th Q2 SCIE – No
143 Journal of Physical Chemistry B 5 56th Q2 SCIE – No
144 Polyhedron 5 56th Q2 SCIE – No
145 Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 4.9 55th Q2 SCIE – No
146 New Journal of Chemistry 4.9 55th Q2 SCIE – No
147 Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 4.8 54th Q2 SCIE – No
148 Powder Metallurgy 4.8 54th Q2 SCIE – No
149 Solid State Communications 4.7 54th Q2 SCIE – No
150 Journal of Electroceramics 4.6 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
151 Journal of Electronic Materials 4.6 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
152 Plastics, Rubber and Composites 4.6 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
153 Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
154 Express Polymer Letters 4.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
155 International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 4.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
156 Open Chemistry 4.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
157 Forensic Chemistry 4.5 51st Q2 SCIE – No
158 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science 4.5 51st Q2 SCIE – No
159 ChemNanoMat 4.4 51st Q2 SCIE – No
160 Colloid and Polymer Science 4.4 50th Q2 SCIE – No
161 Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers 4.4 50th Q2 SCIE – No
162 Journal of Crystal Growth 4.4 50th Q2 SCIE – No
163 Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties 4.4 50th Q2 SCIE – No
164 China Foundry 4.3 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
165 Lubrication Science 4.3 49th Q3 SCIE – No
166 Thin Solid Films 4.3 49th Q3 SCIE – No
167 Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 4.3 48th Q3 SCIE – No
168 Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society 4.3 48th Q3 SCIE – No
169 Semiconductor Science and Technology 4.2 48th Q3 SCIE – No
170 Materials and Corrosion 4.1 47th Q3 SCIE – No
171 High Performance Polymers 4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
172 Ironmaking and Steelmaking 4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
173 Steel Research International 4 46th Q3 SCIE – No
174 Journal of Elastomers and Plastics 3.9 46th Q3 SCIE – No
175 Surface and Interface Analysis 3.9 46th Q3 SCIE – No
176 Journal of Polymer Engineering 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
177 Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry 3.8 45th Q3 SCIE – No
178 Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D 3.8 45th Q3 – – No
179 Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology 3.8 45th Q3 SCIE – No
180 RSC Applied Polymers 3.8 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
181 Surface Science 3.8 44th Q3 SCIE – No
182 Surface Engineering 3.7 44th Q3 SCIE – No
183 High Temperature Corrosion of Materials 3.7 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
184 Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration 3.7 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
185 Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 3.7 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
186 Pigment and Resin Technology 3.7 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
187 Journal of Coordination Chemistry 3.6 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
188 RSC Applied Interfaces 3.5 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
189 Surface Review and Letters 3.5 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
190 Green Materials 3.4 41st Q3 SCIE – No
191 International Journal of Corrosion and Scale Inhibition 3.4 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
192 Rubber Chemistry and Technology 3.4 41st Q3 SCIE – No
193 International Polymer Processing 3.3 40th Q3 SCIE – No
194 ISIJ International 3.3 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
195 Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion 3.3 40th Q3 SCIE – No
196 Kang T'ieh/Iron and Steel 3.2 39th Q3 – – No
197 Main Group Metal Chemistry 3.2 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
198 Science and Engineering of Composite Materials 3.2 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
199 Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials 3.1 38th Q3 SCIE – No
200 Advances in Civil Engineering Materials 3.1 38th Q3 ESCI – No
201 Sustainable Chemistry One World 3.1 38th Q3 – – No
202 Tribology 3.1 38th Q3 – – No
203 Solid-State Electronics 3.1 37th Q3 SCIE – No
204 Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 3 37th Q3 SCIE – No
205 Main Group Chemistry 3 37th Q3 SCIE – No
206 Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics 2.9 36th Q3 SCIE – No
207 Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications 2.7 36th Q3 – – No
208 Transition Metal Chemistry 2.7 36th Q3 SCIE – No
209 Mineral Deposits 2.7 35th Q3 – – No
210 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 2.5 35th Q3 SCIE – No
211 Science of Sintering 2.5 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
212 AATCC Journal of Research 2.4 35th Q3 SCIE – No
213 Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing 2.4 34th Q3 SCIE – No
214 Materials at High Temperatures 2.3 34th Q3 SCIE – No
215 Physics and Chemistry of Liquids 2.3 34th Q3 SCIE – No
216 Journal of Structural Chemistry 2.3 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
217 Jurnal Tribologi 2.3 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
218 Zhongnan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Central South University (Science and Technology) 2.3 33rd Q3 – – No
219 Cellulose Chemistry and Technology 2.2 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
220 Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 2.2 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
221 Journal of Iron and Steel Research 2.1 32nd Q3 – – No
222 Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy 2.1 31st Q3 SCIE – Yes
223 Polymer Science - Series B 2.1 31st Q3 SCIE – No
224 Zhongguo Youse Jinshu Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals 2.1 31st Q3 – – No
225 Challenge Journal of Concrete Research Letters 2 31st Q3 – – No
226 Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2 30th Q3 SCIE – Yes
227 Polymer Science - Series A 2 30th Q3 SCIE – No
228 Corrosion Science and Technology 1.9 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
229 Energy Storage Science and Technology 1.9 29th Q3 – – No
230 Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering 1.9 29th Q3 – – No
231 Metallurgical Research and Technology 1.9 29th Q3 SCIE – No
232 Chimica Techno Acta 1.9 28th Q3 – – Yes
233 Xiyou Jinshu Cailiao Yu Gongcheng/Rare Metal Materials and Engineering 1.9 28th Q3 SCIE – No
234 Nanochemistry Research 1.8 28th Q3 – – Yes
235 Annales de Chimie: Science des Materiaux 1.8 27th Q3 – – No
236 International Journal of Materials Research 1.8 27th Q3 SCIE – No
237 Kuei Suan Jen Hsueh Pao/Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society 1.8 27th Q3 – – No
238 Polymer Science - Series C 1.7 27th Q3 SCIE – No
239 Journal of Thermoelectricity 1.7 26th Q3 – – No
240 Physics of Metals and Metallography 1.7 26th Q3 SCIE – No
241 Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry 1.6 26th Q3 SCIE – No
242 Macromolecular Symposia 1.6 25th Q3 – – No
243 Polimery/Polymers 1.6 25th Q3 SCIE – Yes
244 Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces 1.6 25th Q3 SCIE – No
245 Carbon Nanostructures 1.6 24th Q4 – – No
246 Journal of Aeronautical Materials 1.6 24th Q4 – – Yes
247 Mongolian Journal of Chemistry 1.6 24th Q4 – – Yes
248 Obogashchenie Rud 1.6 24th Q4 – – No
249 Integrated Ferroelectrics 1.6 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
250 Ceramics - Silikaty 1.5 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
251 Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics 1.5 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
252 Kovove Materialy 1.5 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
253 Materiale Plastice 1.4 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
254 Revista de Metalurgia 1.4 22nd Q4 SCIE – Yes
255 HTM - Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials 1.4 21st Q4 ESCI – No
256 Metallurgist 1.4 21st Q4 SCIE – No
257 Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring 1.4 20th Q4 SCIE – No
258 Inorganic Materials 1.3 20th Q4 SCIE – No
259 Polymer (Korea) 1.3 20th Q4 SCIE – No
260 Turkish Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 1.3 20th Q4 – – No
261 Metalurgija 1.3 19th Q4 ESCI – Yes
262 Semiconductors and Semimetals 1.3 19th Q4 – – No
263 Tsvetnye Metally 1.3 19th Q4 – – No
264 Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B 1.3 18th Q4 SCIE – No
265 Himia, Fizika ta Tehnologia Poverhni 1.2 18th Q4 – – Yes
266 Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science 1.2 18th Q4 – – No
267 Condensed Matter and Interphases 1.2 17th Q4 – – Yes
268 Fangzhi Xuebao/Journal of Textile Research 1.2 17th Q4 – – No
269 Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology 1.2 17th Q4 SCIE – No
270 Composites Theory and Practice 1.1 16th Q4 ESCI – No
271 International Journal of Nanotechnology 1.1 16th Q4 SCIE – No
272 Journal of Ceramics 1.1 16th Q4 – – No
273 Scientia Sinica Chimica 1.1 16th Q4 – – No
274 Central European Journal of Energetic Materials 1.1 15th Q4 SCIE – No
275 Glass Physics and Chemistry 1.1 15th Q4 SCIE – No
276 Azerbaijan Chemical Journal 1 15th Q4 – – No
277 Glass and Ceramics (English translation of Steklo i Keramika) 1 14th Q4 SCIE – No
278 Zhidkie Kristally i Ikh Prakticheskoe Ispol'zovanie 1 14th Q4 ESCI – No
279 Rengong Jingti Xuebao/Journal of Synthetic Crystals 0.9 14th Q4 – – No
280 Chinese Rare Earths 0.9 13th Q4 – – No
281 Minerals, Metals and Materials Series 0.9 13th Q4 – – No
282 Yejin Fenxi/Metallurgical Analysis 0.9 13th Q4 – – No
283 Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry 0.9 12th Q4 – – Yes
284 Keikinzoku/Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals 0.9 12th Q4 – – No
285 Gongneng Cailiao/Journal of Functional Materials 0.8 12th Q4 – – No
286 Refractories and Industrial Ceramics 0.8 12th Q4 SCIE – No
287 Keikinzoku Yosetsu/Journal of Light Metal Welding 0.8 11th Q4 – – No
288 Tetsu-To-Hagane/Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan 0.8 11th Q4 SCIE – Yes
289 Voprosy Khimii i Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii 0.8 11th Q4 – – No
290 Iranian Journal of Polymer Science and Technology 0.7 10th Q4 – – Yes
291 Reviews and Advances in Chemistry 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
292 Yadian Yu Shengguang/Piezoelectrics and Acoustooptics 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
293 Analytical Science and Technology 0.7 9th Q4 ESCI – No
294 Huadong Ligong Daxue Xuebao /Journal of East China University of Science and Technology 0.7 9th Q4 – – No
295 Russian Microelectronics 0.7 9th Q4 – – No
296 Zhenkong Kexue yu Jishu Xuebao/Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology 0.7 9th Q4 – – No
297 Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 0.7 8th Q4 – – No
298 Malaysian Journal of Chemistry 0.6 8th Q4 – – No
299 Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals 0.6 8th Q4 SCIE – No
300 China Rubber Industry 0.6 7th Q4 – – No

All remaining Materials Chemistry journals (21)

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