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Best Metals and Alloys journals

182 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Metals and Alloys. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 46 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 International Materials Reviews 47.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Advanced Powder Materials 46.4 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
3 Journal of Materials Science and Technology 29.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys 24.8 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Journal of Materiomics 16.5 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Acta Materialia 16.1 96th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Rare Metals 15.3 96th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 15.2 95th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Tungsten 15.2 95th Q1 ESCI – No
10 Corrosion Communications 15 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
11 Journal of Materials Processing Technology 14.6 94th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Surface Science Reports 14.2 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
13 Light: Advanced Manufacturing 14 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
14 International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials 13.8 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
15 Materials Research Letters 12.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Scripta Materialia 11.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
17 Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal 11.2 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Journal of Materials Research and Technology 11.2 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Defence Technology 11 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 10.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Hydrometallurgy 10.6 88th Q1 SCIE – No
22 ES Materials and Manufacturing 8.9 88th Q1 – – Yes
23 Synthetic Metals 8.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Intermetallics 8.5 87th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition) 8.5 86th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Journal of Constructional Steel Research 8.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
28 International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 8.1 84th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Metals and Materials International 7.9 84th Q1 SCIE – No
30 BioMetals 7.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
31 Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A 7.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
32 Chemical Communications 7.2 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
33 Journal of Central South University 6.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
34 Steel and Composite Structures 6.7 81st Q1 SCIE – No
35 Metals Advances 6.6 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion 6.5 80th Q1 – – No
37 Superconductor Science and Technology 6.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Journal of Iron and Steel Research International 6.1 79th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Metallomics 6 78th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Surface Science and Technology 5.8 78th Q1 ESCI – No
41 Metals 5.7 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
42 International Journal of Metalcasting 5.4 77th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Fire and Materials 5.4 76th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Welding in the World 5.3 76th Q1 SCIE – No
45 International Journal of Cast Metals Research 5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems 5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
47 Powder Metallurgy 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
48 High Entropy Alloys and Materials 4.7 73rd Q2 – – No
49 Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy 4.6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
50 Jinshu Xuebao/Acta Metallurgica Sinica 4.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
51 Progress in Physics of Metals 4.5 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
52 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science 4.5 71st Q2 SCIE – No
53 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 4.4 71st Q2 SCIE – No
54 China Foundry 4.3 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
55 Thin Solid Films 4.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
56 Materials Research Express 4.3 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
57 Alloys 4.1 68th Q2 – – Yes
58 Materials and Corrosion 4.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Discover Materials 4 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
60 Ironmaking and Steelmaking 4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
61 Steel Research International 4 66th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D 3.8 66th Q2 – – No
63 High Temperature Corrosion of Materials 3.7 65th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration 3.7 65th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Johnson Matthey Technology Review 3.5 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
66 International Journal of Corrosion and Scale Inhibition 3.4 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
67 Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion 3.3 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
68 ISIJ International 3.3 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
69 Kang T'ieh/Iron and Steel 3.2 62nd Q2 – – No
70 Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 3.2 61st Q2 SCIE – No
71 Xiyou Jinshu/Chinese Journal of Rare Metals 3.2 61st Q2 – – No
72 Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals 3.2 60th Q2 ESCI – No
73 Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing 3.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Main Group Metal Chemistry 3.2 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
75 Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials 3.1 59th Q2 SCIE – No
76 Advances in Civil Engineering Materials 3.1 58th Q2 ESCI – No
77 Steel Construction 3 57th Q2 ESCI – No
78 Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 2.9 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
79 Engineering Solid Mechanics 2.7 56th Q2 – – No
80 Transition Metal Chemistry 2.7 56th Q2 SCIE – No
81 Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly 2.7 55th Q2 SCIE – No
82 Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications 2.7 55th Q2 – – No
83 CIS Iron and Steel Review 2.6 54th Q2 ESCI – No
84 Mechanics of Advanced Composite Structures 2.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
85 International Journal of Nano Dimension 2.6 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
86 Science of Sintering 2.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
87 Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering 2.5 52nd Q2 – – Yes
88 Acta Metallurgica Slovaca 2.4 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
89 Welding International 2.3 51st Q2 ESCI – No
90 Materials at High Temperatures 2.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
91 Zhongnan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Central South University (Science and Technology) 2.3 50th Q2 – – No
92 Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy 2.3 49th Q3 SCIE – No
93 Journal of Iron and Steel Research 2.1 49th Q3 – – No
94 Advances in Materials Research (South Korea) 2.1 48th Q3 ESCI – No
95 Zhongguo Youse Jinshu Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals 2.1 48th Q3 – – No
96 Green and Smart Mining Engineering 2.1 47th Q3 ESCI – No
97 Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy 2.1 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
98 Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials 2 46th Q3 SCIE – No
99 Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2 45th Q3 SCIE – Yes
100 Corrosion Science and Technology 1.9 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
101 Metallurgical Research and Technology 1.9 44th Q3 SCIE – No
102 Xiyou Jinshu Cailiao Yu Gongcheng/Rare Metal Materials and Engineering 1.9 44th Q3 SCIE – No
103 International Journal of Materials Research 1.8 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
104 Materials Performance and Characterization 1.8 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
105 Journal of Materials Engineering 1.7 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
106 Journal of Ultrafine Grained and Nanostructured Materials 1.6 42nd Q3 – – Yes
107 Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals 1.6 41st Q3 SCIE – No
108 Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces 1.6 40th Q3 SCIE – No
109 Structural Integrity and Life 1.6 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
110 Journal of Aeronautical Materials 1.6 39th Q3 – – Yes
111 Obogashchenie Rud 1.6 39th Q3 – – No
112 Non-ferrous Metals 1.5 38th Q3 ESCI – No
113 Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics 1.5 38th Q3 SCIE – No
114 Kovove Materialy 1.5 37th Q3 SCIE – No
115 Materiali in Tehnologije 1.5 37th Q3 SCIE – Yes
116 Prabha Materials Science Letters 1.5 36th Q3 – – No
117 Chinese Quarterly of Mechanics 1.5 35th Q3 – – No
118 Revista de Metalurgia 1.4 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
119 Metallurgist 1.4 34th Q3 SCIE – No
120 Soldagem e Inspecao 1.4 34th Q3 SCIE – No
121 HTM - Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials 1.4 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
122 Welding Journal 1.4 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
123 Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring 1.4 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
124 Archives of Metallurgy and Materials 1.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
125 Inorganic Materials 1.3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
126 Metallofizika i Noveishie Tekhnologii 1.3 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
127 Tsvetnye Metally 1.3 30th Q3 – – No
128 Metalurgija 1.3 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
129 Semiconductors and Semimetals 1.3 29th Q3 – – No
130 Fenmo Yejin Jishu/Powder Metallurgy Technology 1.2 28th Q3 – – Yes
131 Suxing Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Plasticity Engineering 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
132 Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
133 Obrabotka Metallov 1.2 27th Q3 ESCI – No
134 Chernye Metally 1.1 26th Q3 – – No
135 Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering 1.1 26th Q3 – – No
136 Practical Metallography 1.1 25th Q3 SCIE – No
137 Progress in Steel Building Structures 1 25th Q3 – – Yes
138 Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing 1 24th Q4 – – No
139 Fenmo Yejin Cailiao Kexue yu Gongcheng/Materials Science and Engineering of Powder Metallurgy 1 23rd Q4 – – No
140 Jinshu Rechuli/Heat Treatment of Metals 1 23rd Q4 – – No
141 Frontier Materials and Technologies 1 22nd Q4 – – Yes
142 Archives of Foundry Engineering 0.9 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
143 Metal Science and Heat Treatment 0.9 21st Q4 SCIE – No
144 Yejin Fenxi/Metallurgical Analysis 0.9 21st Q4 – – No
145 Minerals, Metals and Materials Series 0.9 20th Q4 – – No
146 Stahlbau 0.9 20th Q4 SCIE – No
147 Chinese Rare Earths 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
148 Material and Mechanical Engineering Technology 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
149 Keikinzoku/Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
150 Izvestiya Ferrous Metallurgy 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
151 Problems of Strength and Plasticity 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
152 Journal of Engineering Sciences 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
153 Keikinzoku Yosetsu/Journal of Light Metal Welding 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
154 Hydrometallurgy of China 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
155 Tetsu-To-Hagane/Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan 0.8 15th Q4 SCIE – Yes
156 Izvestiya Vuzov. Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya i Funktsional'nye Pokrytiya 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
157 Zhenkong Kexue yu Jishu Xuebao/Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
158 Yosetsu Gakkai Ronbunshu/Quarterly Journal of the Japan Welding Society 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
159 Journal of Materials and Metallurgy 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
160 Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals 0.6 12th Q4 SCIE – No
161 Ochrona Przed Korozja 0.6 11th Q4 ESCI – No
162 SpringerBriefs in Materials 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
163 Naihuo Cailiao/Refractories 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
164 Russian Metallurgy (Metally) 0.5 10th Q4 ESCI – No
165 Funtai Oyobi Fummatsu Yakin/Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
166 Tezhong Zhuzao Ji Youse Hejin/Special Casting and Nonferrous Alloys 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
167 Metallurgia Italiana 0.4 8th Q4 SCIE – No
168 Springer Proceedings in Materials 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
169 Yosetsu Gakkai Shi/Journal of the Japan Welding Society 0.2 7th Q4 – – No
170 JFE Technical Report 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
171 Zhuzao/Foundry 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
172 Iron and Steel Technology 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
173 Welding and Cutting 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
174 METAL - International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Conference Proceedings 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
175 Steel Times International 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
176 R and D: Research and Development Kobe Steel Engineering Reports 0 3rd Q4 – – No
177 Stahl und Eisen 0 3rd Q4 – – No
178 International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology, ICEPT 0 2nd Q4 – – No
179 Galvanotechnik 0 1st Q4 – – No
180 Metal Casting Design and Purchasing 0 1st Q4 – – No
181 CIM Magazine 0 0th Q4 – – No
182 JOT, Journal fuer Oberflaechentechnik 0 0th Q4 – – No

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