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Best Surfaces, Coatings and Films journals

138 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 35 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 Nano-Micro Letters 58.9 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Advanced Powder Materials 46.4 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
4 InfoMat 35.6 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Opto-Electronic Advances 31.7 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 18.3 96th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Journal of Materiomics 16.5 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Applied Surface Science Advances 15.4 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
9 Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 15.2 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
10 Tungsten 15.2 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
11 Friction 14.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Surface Science Reports 14.2 91st Q1 SCIE – No
13 Progress in Organic Coatings 13.5 91st Q1 SCIE – No
14 Applied Surface Science 13.3 90th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Tribology International 13.1 89th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Progress in Surface Science 12.6 89th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Colloids and Interface Science Communications 12.5 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 12.1 87th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Journal of Materials Research and Technology 11.2 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Surface and Coatings Technology 10.8 86th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Wear 10.4 85th Q1 SCIE – No
22 FlatChem 10.2 84th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Hybrid Advances 10.1 84th Q1 – – Yes
24 Giant 9.5 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
25 Ceramics International 9.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
26 Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 8.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
27 JCIS Open 7.9 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Surfaces and Interfaces 7.8 80th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Vacuum 7.6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Microelectronic Engineering 7.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Chemical Communications 7.2 78th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 6.8 77th Q1 SCIE – No
33 Journal of Adhesion 6.8 76th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Micro and Nano Engineering 6.8 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 6.7 75th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Surface Innovations 6.2 74th Q2 SCIE – No
37 Coatings 6.1 74th Q2 SCIE – No
38 Journal of the Electrochemical Society 6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
39 Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 5.9 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
40 Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 5.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
41 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing 5.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
42 Results in Surfaces and Interfaces 5.9 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
43 Journal of Electrochemistry 5.8 69th Q2 ESCI – No
44 Surface Science and Technology 5.8 69th Q2 ESCI – No
45 Journal of Physical Chemistry C 5.7 68th Q2 SCIE – No
46 Composite Interfaces 5.6 67th Q2 SCIE – No
47 Lubricants 5.6 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
48 Journal of Applied Polymer Science 5.6 66th Q2 SCIE – No
49 Tribology Letters 5.5 65th Q2 SCIE – No
50 Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE – No
51 Journal of Tribology 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE – No
52 Progress in Color, Colorants and Coatings 5.3 63rd Q2 – – Yes
53 Interface Science and Technology 5.2 62nd Q2 – – No
54 Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems 5 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
55 Journal of Physical Chemistry B 5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
56 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology 4.9 60th Q2 SCIE – No
57 Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting 4.5 59th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Progress in Physics of Metals 4.5 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
59 Microelectronics Reliability 4.5 58th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
61 Thin Solid Films 4.3 57th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Lubrication Science 4.3 56th Q2 SCIE – No
63 Materials Research Express 4.3 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
64 Microelectronics Journal 4.2 54th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Surfaces 4.2 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
66 Evergreen 4.1 53rd Q2 – – No
67 Biosurface and Biotribology 4.1 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
68 Materials and Corrosion 4.1 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
69 Surface and Interface Analysis 3.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
70 RSC Applied Polymers 3.8 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
71 Surface Science 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
72 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 3.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
73 Tribology Transactions 3.7 48th Q3 SCIE – No
74 Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 3.7 47th Q3 SCIE – No
75 Surface Engineering 3.7 47th Q3 SCIE – No
76 Pigment and Resin Technology 3.7 46th Q3 SCIE – No
77 Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
78 Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
79 RSC Applied Interfaces 3.5 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
80 Surface Review and Letters 3.5 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
81 Journal of Electrostatics 3.5 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
82 Industrial Lubrication and Tribology 3.4 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
83 Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing 3.2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
84 International Journal of Surface Engineering and Interdisciplinary Materials Science 3.1 40th Q3 – – No
85 Tribology 3.1 40th Q3 – – No
86 Journal of Membrane Science and Research 2.9 39th Q3 – – Yes
87 Tribology in Industry 2.7 38th Q3 – – No
88 Microelectronics International 2.6 37th Q3 SCIE – No
89 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 2.5 37th Q3 SCIE – No
90 Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering 2.5 36th Q3 – – Yes
91 Jurnal Tribologi 2.3 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
92 Surface Science Spectra 2.3 35th Q3 ESCI – No
93 Journal of Ovonic Research 2.2 34th Q3 SCIE – No
94 International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology 2.2 33rd Q3 – – No
95 Tribology Online 2.1 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
96 Journal of Nanostructures 2 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
97 Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials 2 31st Q3 SCIE – No
98 Corrosion Science and Technology 1.9 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
99 Zhongguo Biaomian Gongcheng/China Surface Engineering 1.9 30th Q3 ESCI – No
100 Surface Technology 1.8 29th Q3 – – No
101 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering 1.7 28th Q3 SCIE – No
102 Journal of Materials Engineering 1.7 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
103 Nanosistemi, Nanomateriali, Nanotehnologii 1.6 27th Q3 – – Yes
104 Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals 1.6 26th Q3 SCIE – No
105 Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces 1.6 25th Q3 SCIE – No
106 Progress in Physics of Applied Materials 1.5 24th Q4 – – Yes
107 Prabha Materials Science Letters 1.5 23rd Q4 – – No
108 Tribologia: Finnish Journal of Tribology 1.4 23rd Q4 – – No
109 Characterization and Application of Nanomaterials 1.4 22nd Q4 – – No
110 Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry 1.4 21st Q4 ESCI – No
111 Tsvetnye Metally 1.3 20th Q4 – – No
112 Himia, Fizika ta Tehnologia Poverhni 1.2 20th Q4 – – Yes
113 Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science 1.2 19th Q4 – – No
114 Vakuum in Forschung und Praxis 1.2 18th Q4 ESCI – No
115 Journal of Friction and Wear 1 18th Q4 SCIE – No
116 e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology 1 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
117 Zhidkie Kristally i Ikh Prakticheskoe Ispol'zovanie 1 16th Q4 ESCI – No
118 Modern Electronic Materials 0.9 15th Q4 – – Yes
119 Cailiao Baohu/Materials Protection 0.8 15th Q4 – – Yes
120 Izvestiya Vuzov. Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya i Funktsional'nye Pokrytiya 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
121 Journal of Surface Investigation 0.7 13th Q4 ESCI – No
122 Tribologie und Schmierungstechnik 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
123 Zhenkong Kexue yu Jishu Xuebao/Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
124 Yosetsu Gakkai Ronbunshu/Quarterly Journal of the Japan Welding Society 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
125 Ochrona Przed Korozja 0.6 10th Q4 ESCI – No
126 Tribology and Lubrication Technology 0.3 9th Q4 – – No
127 Coatings Tech 0.2 8th Q4 SCIE – No
128 Yosetsu Gakkai Shi/Journal of the Japan Welding Society 0.2 8th Q4 – – No
129 METAL - International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Conference Proceedings 0.1 7th Q4 – – No
130 Proceedings of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, IMWS-AMP 0.1 6th Q4 – – No
131 Toraibarojisuto/Journal of Japanese Society of Tribologists 0.1 6th Q4 – – No
132 Springer Series in Surface Sciences 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
133 Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum, FCS 0 4th Q4 – – No
134 Galvanotechnik 0 3rd Q4 – – No
135 Composites and Advanced Materials 0 1st Q4 SCIE – Yes
136 Farbe und Lack 0 1st Q4 – – No
137 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics, RSM 0 1st Q4 – – No
138 JOT, Journal fuer Oberflaechentechnik 0 1st Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Surfaces, Coatings and Films Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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