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Best Materials Science (all) journals

463 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Materials Science (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 118 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 Progress in Materials Science 75.5 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Nature Nanotechnology 57.8 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Nature Materials 56.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 50.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Advanced Materials 42 99th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Advanced Energy Materials 39.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Interdisciplinary Materials 36.1 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 Energy Storage Materials 30.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Nano Energy 29.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Advanced Functional Materials 28.7 98th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Materials Today 27 97th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 26.8 97th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Energy and Environmental Materials 26.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Matter 26.3 97th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Cement and Concrete Research 25.9 96th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Cement and Concrete Composites 25.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
17 ACS Nano 23.1 96th Q1 SCIE – No
18 SmartMat 22.7 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 npj Flexible Electronics 22.4 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 International Journal of Plasticity 21.9 95th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Carbon 21.5 95th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports 21.3 95th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Additive Manufacturing 21.1 95th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Annual Review of Materials Research 19.3 95th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Nano Today 18.6 94th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Nano Research 18.5 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Nano Convergence 18.4 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Advanced Science 18.1 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
29 npj Computational Materials 17.4 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
30 Small 16.8 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
31 Materials Today Physics 16.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
32 Corrosion Science 16.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
33 Desalination 16.1 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
34 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 16.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
35 NPG Asia Materials 16.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 Journal of Membrane Science 15.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
37 Materials Horizons 15.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
38 Materials Today Advances 14.8 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 Materials Today Sustainability 14.6 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 Journal of Materials Chemistry A 14.5 91st Q1 SCIE – No
41 Small Structures 14.5 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
42 Construction and Building Materials 14.2 91st Q1 SCIE – No
43 npj 2D Materials and Applications 13.6 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
44 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology 13.6 90th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Nano Letters 13.5 90th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Materials Science and Engineering: A 13.4 90th Q1 SCIE – No
47 ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13.3 90th Q1 SCIE – No
48 ACS Materials Letters 13.3 90th Q1 SCIE – No
49 International Journal of Fatigue 13.2 89th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Solar Energy 13 89th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Small Methods 12.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
52 Materials and Design 12.6 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
53 Progress in Solid State Chemistry 12.6 88th Q1 SCIE – No
54 Sustainable Materials and Technologies 12.4 88th Q1 SCIE – No
55 Materials Chemistry Frontiers 12.2 88th Q1 SCIE – No
56 Materials Research Letters 12.1 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
57 Science China Materials 12.1 88th Q1 SCIE – No
58 Applied Materials Today 12 87th Q1 SCIE – No
59 Cell Reports Physical Science 12 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
60 Advanced Materials Technologies 11.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
61 International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture 11.7 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
62 Scripta Materialia 11.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
63 Biomaterials Science 11.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
64 New Carbon Materials 11.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
65 Dental Materials 10.9 86th Q1 SCIE – No
66 Engineering Failure Analysis 10.9 86th Q1 SCIE – No
67 Materials Research Bulletin 10.7 86th Q1 SCIE – No
68 International Journal of Photoenergy 10.6 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
69 Communications Materials 10.5 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
70 Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 10.4 85th Q1 SCIE – No
71 Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 10.3 85th Q1 SCIE – No
72 Nanomaterials 10.3 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
73 Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 10.2 84th Q1 SCIE – No
74 Marine Structures 10.2 84th Q1 SCIE – No
75 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 10.1 84th Q1 SCIE – No
76 Nanoscale Horizons 10.1 84th Q1 SCIE – No
77 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials 10.1 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
78 ChemPhysMater 10 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
79 Journal of Materials Chemistry B 10 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
80 Progress in Natural Science: Materials International 10 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
81 DeCarbon 9.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
82 Geotextiles and Geomembranes 9.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
83 Materials Chemistry and Physics 9.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
84 Materials Advances 9.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
85 Materials Technology 9.5 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
86 Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 9.5 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
87 ChemSusChem 9.4 81st Q1 SCIE – No
88 Engineered Science 9.3 81st Q1 – – Yes
89 IEEE Access 9.3 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
90 Materials and Manufacturing Processes 9.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
91 Nanoscale Advances 9.2 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
92 Materials Characterization 9.1 80th Q1 SCIE – No
93 ACS Applied Nano Materials 9 80th Q1 SCIE – No
94 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 9 80th Q1 – – No
95 International Journal of Engineering Science 8.9 80th Q1 SCIE – No
96 Journal of Membrane Science Letters 8.9 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
97 NDT and E International 8.9 79th Q1 SCIE – No
98 Particuology 8.9 79th Q1 SCIE – No
99 Science China Technological Sciences 8.9 79th Q1 SCIE – No
100 Engineering Fracture Mechanics 8.8 79th Q1 SCIE – No
101 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 8.7 78th Q1 SCIE – No
102 MRS Bulletin 8.7 78th Q1 SCIE – No
103 Nanoscale 8.7 78th Q1 SCIE – No
104 International Journal of Damage Mechanics 8.5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
105 Nano-Structures and Nano-Objects 8.5 78th Q1 – – No
106 European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids 8.4 77th Q1 SCIE – No
107 Materials Science and Engineering: B 8.4 77th Q1 SCIE – No
108 Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 8.3 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
109 2D Materials 8 76th Q1 SCIE – No
110 Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 8 76th Q1 – – Yes
111 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 7.8 76th Q1 SCIE – No
112 Liquid Crystals Reviews 7.7 76th Q1 SCIE – No
113 Journal of Information Display 7.6 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
114 Journal of Cluster Science 7.6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
115 Packaging Technology and Science 7.6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
116 Journal of Structural Engineering 7.5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
117 Mechanics of Materials 7.5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
118 Recycling 7.5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
119 Computers and Structures 7.5 74th Q2 SCIE – No
120 APL Materials 7.3 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
121 KONA Powder and Particle Journal 7.3 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
122 Materials Today Communications 7.3 74th Q2 SCIE – No
123 International Journal of Solids and Structures 7.2 74th Q2 SCIE – No
124 Science and Technology of Welding and Joining 7.2 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
125 Memories - Materials, Devices, Circuits and Systems 7.1 73rd Q2 – – Yes
126 Oxford Open Materials Science 7.1 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
127 Materials 7 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
128 Discover Nano 7 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
129 Frontiers in Materials 7 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
130 Journal of Materials Science 7 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
131 Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 7 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
132 Nano Futures 6.9 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
133 Corrosion Reviews 6.9 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
134 Fire Safety Journal 6.8 71st Q2 SCIE – No
135 International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 6.6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
136 RILEM Technical Letters 6.6 71st Q2 – – Yes
137 Structural Concrete 6.6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
138 Textile Progress 6.6 70th Q2 ESCI – No
139 Nanomedicine 6.5 70th Q2 SCIE – No
140 Results in Materials 6.5 70th Q2 – – Yes
141 Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 6.4 70th Q2 ESCI – No
142 JPhys Materials 6.3 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
143 Computational Materials Science 6.3 69th Q2 SCIE – No
144 Materials Letters: X 6.3 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
145 Recent Patents on Nanotechnology 6.3 69th Q2 SCIE – No
146 Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 6.2 69th Q2 SCIE – No
147 Journal of Rheology 6.2 68th Q2 SCIE – No
148 Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 6.1 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
149 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 6.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
150 JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control 6.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
151 Smart Materials and Structures 6.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
152 Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance 6 67th Q2 ESCI – No
153 Langmuir 6 67th Q2 SCIE – No
154 Methods and Applications in Fluorescence 6 67th Q2 SCIE – No
155 Journal of Nuclear Materials 5.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
156 Journal of Porous Materials 5.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
157 International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design 5.9 66th Q2 SCIE – No
158 Materials for Quantum Technology 5.9 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
159 Nanotechnology 5.9 66th Q2 SCIE – No
160 Physical Review Materials 5.9 66th Q2 SCIE – No
161 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems 5.9 66th Q2 ESCI – No
162 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 5.9 65th Q2 SCIE – No
163 Materialia 5.8 65th Q2 ESCI – No
164 Journal of Materials Research 5.7 65th Q2 SCIE – No
165 Infrastructures 5.7 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
166 IUCrJ 5.7 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
167 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 5.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
168 Materialpruefung/Materials Testing 5.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
169 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications 5.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
170 Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials 5.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
171 Advanced Engineering Materials 5.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
172 Metals 5.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
173 Solid State Sciences 5.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
174 Materials Letters 5.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
175 Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 5.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
176 Crystal Growth and Design 5.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
177 European Physical Journal: Special Topics 5.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
178 Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 5.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
179 Wood Material Science and Engineering 5.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
180 Crystals 5.4 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
181 International Journal of Applied Glass Science 5.4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
182 Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation 5.4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
183 Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 5.3 61st Q2 SCIE – No
184 Wood Science and Technology 5.3 61st Q2 SCIE – No
185 Current Applied Physics 5.3 60th Q2 SCIE – No
186 Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics 5.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
187 Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 5.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
188 Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 5.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
189 Solid State Ionics 5.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
190 Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 5.2 59th Q2 SCIE – No
191 Arab Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 5.2 59th Q2 – – Yes
192 Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 5.2 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
193 Journal of Nanotechnology 5.2 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
194 Micro and Nano Letters 5.2 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
195 Biomicrofluidics 5.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
196 Fire Technology 5.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
197 Granular Matter 5.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
198 Journal of the American Helicopter Society 5.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
199 Journal of Analytical Science and Technology 5 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
200 Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials 4.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
201 Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths 4.9 57th Q2 – – No
202 Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 4.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
203 Rheologica Acta 4.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
204 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 4.9 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
205 Journal of Nanoparticle Research 4.9 56th Q2 SCIE – No
206 Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials 4.9 56th Q2 SCIE – No
207 Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics 4.8 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
208 Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 4.8 56th Q2 SCIE – No
209 Journal of Porous Media 4.8 55th Q2 SCIE – No
210 Applied Engineering Letters 4.7 55th Q2 – – No
211 CrystEngComm 4.7 55th Q2 SCIE – No
212 Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation 4.7 55th Q2 SCIE – No
213 International Journal of Material Forming 4.7 55th Q2 SCIE – No
214 Aerosol Science and Engineering 4.6 54th Q2 ESCI – No
215 Ionics 4.6 54th Q2 SCIE – No
216 Journal of Building Physics 4.6 54th Q2 SCIE – No
217 Machining Science and Technology 4.6 54th Q2 SCIE – No
218 Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 4.5 54th Q2 SCIE – No
219 Applied Rheology 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
220 Applied Science and Engineering Progress 4.5 53rd Q2 – – No
221 Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures 4.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
222 European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 4.4 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
223 International Journal of Applied Mechanics 4.3 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
224 Journal of Biophotonics 4.3 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
225 Materials Science and Technology (United Kingdom) 4.3 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
226 Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials 4.3 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
227 Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology 4.2 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
228 Liquid Crystals 4.2 51st Q2 SCIE – No
229 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 4.2 51st Q2 SCIE – No
230 Special Topics and Reviews in Porous Media 4.2 51st Q2 ESCI – No
231 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 4.2 51st Q2 SCIE – No
232 Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 4.1 51st Q2 SCIE – No
233 Discover Applied Sciences 4.1 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
234 Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 4.1 50th Q2 SCIE – No
235 Molecular Simulation 4.1 50th Q2 SCIE – No
236 Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters 4.1 50th Q2 SCIE – No
237 Physical Sciences Reviews 4.1 50th Q2 – – No
238 Mechanics Research Communications 4.1 49th Q3 SCIE – No
239 European Physical Journal E 4 49th Q3 SCIE – No
240 Magazine of Concrete Research 4 49th Q3 SCIE – No
241 Soldering and Surface Mount Technology 4 49th Q3 SCIE – No
242 Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 3.9 48th Q3 ESCI – No
243 ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 3.9 48th Q3 SCIE – No
244 Bulletin of Materials Science 3.9 48th Q3 SCIE – No
245 JOM 3.9 48th Q3 SCIE – No
246 Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology 3.9 48th Q3 SCIE – No
247 Korea Australia Rheology Journal 3.9 47th Q3 SCIE – No
248 Materials Research Innovations 3.9 47th Q3 – – No
249 Shape Memory and Superelasticity 3.9 47th Q3 ESCI – No
250 Aerosol Science and Technology 3.8 47th Q3 SCIE – No
251 Crystallography Reviews 3.8 47th Q3 SCIE – No
252 ACI Materials Journal 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
253 Crystal Research and Technology 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
254 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
255 MRS Communications 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
256 Physical Mesomechanics 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
257 Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology 3.7 45th Q3 SCIE – No
258 Journal of Thermal Stresses 3.7 45th Q3 SCIE – No
259 Tribology - Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces 3.7 45th Q3 ESCI – No
260 Frontiers of Materials Science 3.6 44th Q3 SCIE – No
261 Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications 3.6 44th Q3 SCIE – No
262 Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 3.6 44th Q3 SCIE – No
263 Nuclear Engineering and Design 3.6 44th Q3 SCIE – No
264 Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering 3.6 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
265 AIMS Materials Science 3.6 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
266 Cryogenics 3.6 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
267 Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design 3.6 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
268 Advances in Cement Research 3.5 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
269 Emerging Materials Research 3.5 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
270 International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Engineering 3.5 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
271 Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 3.5 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
272 EPJ Applied Metamaterials 3.4 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
273 Biointerphases 3.3 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
274 Open Engineering 3.3 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
275 Soft Materials 3.3 41st Q3 SCIE – No
276 Autex Research Journal 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
277 Fusion Engineering and Design 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
278 Journal of Aerospace Engineering 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
279 Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals 3.2 40th Q3 ESCI – No
280 Colorants 3.1 40th Q3 – – Yes
281 High Temperature Materials and Processes 3.1 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
282 International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences 3.1 40th Q3 SCIE – No
283 Materials Science-Poland 3.1 40th Q3 SCIE – No
284 Journal of Integrated Science and Technology 3.1 39th Q3 – – No
285 International Journal of Nanoscience 3 39th Q3 ESCI – No
286 Materials Transactions 3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
287 Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials 3 39th Q3 SCIE – No
288 Journal of Elasticity 2.9 39th Q3 SCIE – No
289 GAMM Mitteilungen 2.9 38th Q3 – – No
290 Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention 2.9 38th Q3 ESCI – No
291 Materiales de Construccion 2.9 38th Q3 SCIE – Yes
292 Research in Nondestructive Evaluation 2.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
293 Egyptian Journal of Chemistry 2.8 38th Q3 ESCI – No
294 Journal of the Chinese Society of Corrosion and Protection 2.8 37th Q3 – – No
295 Nanoscience and Technology 2.8 37th Q3 ESCI – No
296 Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi 2.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
297 Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 2.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
298 Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering 2.7 36th Q3 – – No
299 Journal of Testing and Evaluation 2.7 36th Q3 SCIE – No
300 Next Materials 2.7 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes

All remaining Materials Science (all) journals (163)

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