2013 ThomsonReuters TopPeerReviewedJournals MaterialsScience
2013 ThomsonReuters TopPeerReviewedJournals MaterialsScience
2013 ThomsonReuters TopPeerReviewedJournals MaterialsScience
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Materials Science
The subject discipline for Materials Science is made of 12 narrow subject categories from
the Web of Science. The 12 categories that make up Materials Science are:
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The chart below provides an ordered view of the top peer reviewed journals within the
1st quartile for Materials Science based on Impact Factors (IF), three year averages and
their quartile ranking.
Journal
2009 IF
2010 IF
2011 IF
Average IF
NATURE MATERIALS
29.5
29.92
32.84
30.75
Nature Nanotechnology
26.3
30.32
27.27
27.96
15.76
16.65
18.21
16.87
12.21
19.75
14.95
15.64
8.37
10.88
13.87
11.04
7.91
10.33
13.07
10.44
6.99
8.5
10.17
8.55
Materials Today
11.45
6.26
5.56
7.76
BIOMATERIALS
7.36
7.88
7.4
7.55
Small
6.17
7.33
8.34
7.28
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
5.36
6.4
7.28
6.35
5.37
9.65
3.02
6.01
4.85
5.79
6.96
5.87
5.53
5.53
4.95
5.35
6.33
4.76
4.79
5.1
5.96
5.28
Soft Matter
4.86
4.45
4.39
4.57
3.85
4.74
4.54
4.38
4.38
4.23
4.20
3.76
3.79
3.75
3.77
3.59
3.9
3.75
2.92
4.52
3.72
NANOTECHNOLOGY
3.13
3.65
3.97
3.58
2.59
3.22
3.51
3.11
CORROSION SCIENCE
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of
Biomedical Materials
MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS
MATERIALS
JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
CELLULOSE
2.31
3.26
3.73
3.10
3.17
3.29
2.81
3.09
2.65
3.22
3.28
3.05
2.47
3.25
3.28
3.00
2.9
2.86
3.14
2.97
2.15
2.81
3.6
2.85
GOLD BULLETIN
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
RESEARCH PART A
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
2.32
2.71
3.51
2.85
2.81
3.04
2.62
2.82
2.94
2.82
2.69
2.82
1.85
3.48
2.67
3.3
Biofabrication
Science of Advanced Materials
Functional Materials Letters
2.56
2.67
Biointerphases
2.48
3.11
2.65
2.62
2.2
2.57
2.60
2.57
2.41
2.34
2.69
2.48
2.37
2.18
2.78
2.44
2.18
2.68
2.43
2.57
2.35
2.34
2.29
2.29
2.09
2.23
2.33
2.28
2.01
2.35
2.23
2.20
1.95
2.32
2.31
2.19
Biomedical Materials
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED
BIOMATERIALS
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC
SOCIETY
MATERIALS LETTERS
COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
1.96
2.46
2.15
2.19
2.18
2.22
2.14
2.18
2.13
2.13
1.83
2.28
2.18
2.42
2.13
1.94
2.16
2.27
2.12
1.94
2.12
2.3
2.12
2.03
2.24
SOFT MATERIALS
2.08
2.09
2.08
1.87
2.14
2.1
2.04
HYDROMETALLURGY
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES
MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADHESION
AND ADHESIVES
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL
SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
2.07
1.92
2.02
2.00
1.9
2.1
2.00
1.85
1.94
2.17
1.99
2.2
1.91
1.76
1.96
1.95
1.95
1.79
2.1
1.95
1.69
2.2
1.95
1.85
2.01
1.93
1.86
1.93
1.79
2.14
1.75
2.07
1.82
1.82
1.91
1.85
1.72
1.93
1.89
1.85
WEAR
Current Nanoscience
Electronic Materials Letters
1.91
1.84
1.66
1.66
1.84
2.01
1.84
1.83
1.83
1.86
1.97
1.83
1.84
1.81
1.83
1.87
1.82
1.77
1.82
1.81
1.81
1.77
1.87
OPTICAL MATERIALS
1.72
1.67
2.02
1.80
1.82
1.8
1.79
1.80
1.78
1.80
1.78
1.8
1.75
1.76
1.75
1.74
GRANULAR MATTER
1.75
1.75
1.75
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
REFRACTORY METALS & HARD
MATERIALS
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
1.7
1.75
1.75
1.77
1.73
1.73
1.73
1.73
1.72
1.72
1.72
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
1.68
1.71
1.71
1.66
1.66
1.72
1.75
1.72
Year 2009
Journal
NATURE MATERIALS
Nature Nanotechnology
PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS
Materials Today
ADVANCED MATERIALS
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
BIOMATERIALS
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
MRS BULLETIN
Small
EUROPEAN CELLS & MATERIALS
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Soft Matter
INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS
Impact Factor
29.5
26.3
15.76
12.21
11.45
8.37
7.91
7.36
6.99
6.33
6.17
5.37
5.36
4.86
4.85
Ranking
1/274
2/274
3/274
4/274
5/274
6/274
7/274
8/274
9/274
10/274
11/274
12/274
13/274
14/274
15/274
4.79
16/274
17/274
3.85
3.76
3.17
3.13
2.94
2.9
18/274
19/274
20/274
21/274
22/274
23/274
2.81
24/274
2.65
25/274
2.59
26/274
2.56
2.48
2.47
27/274
28/274
29/274
2.41
30/274
2.37
2.32
2.31
2.23
2.2
31/274
32/274
33/274
34/274
35/274
2.18
36/274
2.15
2.13
2.09
2.07
2.01
2
1.96
37/274
38/274
39/274
40/274
41/274
42/274
43/274
1.95
44/274
1.94
1.94
45/274
45/274
1.9
47/274
1.87
48/274
1.85
49/274
1.84
50/274
1.83
51/274
1.82
1.82
1.79
1.77
1.76
1.75
52/274
52/274
54/274
55/274
56/274
57/274
1.75
57/274
1.75
57/274
1.72
1.72
1.72
60/274
60/274
60/274
1.71
63/274
1.7
1.68
1.66
1.66
1.66
64/274
65/274
66/274
66/274
66/274
Year 2010
Journal
Nature Nanotechnology
NATURE MATERIALS
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS
PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Annual Review of Materials Research
EUROPEAN CELLS & MATERIALS
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
BIOMATERIALS
Small
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Materials Today
INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
MRS BULLETIN
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Soft Matter
CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS
SCIENCE
ACTA MATERIALIA
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Metallomics
Impact Factor
30.32
29.92
19.75
16.65
10.88
10.33
9.65
8.5
7.88
7.33
6.4
6.26
5.79
5.1
4.76
4.74
4.45
Ranking
1/295
2/295
3/295
4/295
5/295
6/295
7/295
8/295
9/295
10/295
11/295
12/295
13/295
14/295
15/295
16/295
17/295
4.38
18/295
3.79
3.65
3.59
19/295
20/295
21/295
3.29
3.26
3.25
3.22
22/295
23/295
24/295
25/295
3.22
25/295
3.11
27/295
3.04
28/295
2.92
2.86
2.82
2.81
2.71
2.67
2.57
2.57
2.46
2.35
29/295
30/295
31/295
32/295
33/295
34/295
35/295
35/295
37/295
38/295
2.34
39/295
2.33
40/295
2.32
41/295
2.22
42/295
2.18
43/295
2.18
43/295
2.16
2.14
2.14
2.13
2.12
45/295
46/295
46/295
48/295
49/295
2.1
50/295
2.08
2.07
2.03
2.01
2
51/295
52/295
53/295
54/295
55/295
1.94
56/295
1.93
1.92
57/295
58/295
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Current Nanoscience
PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
Biofabrication
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
JOURNAL OF THERMAL SPRAY TECHNOLOGY
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS APHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
MATERIALS & DESIGN
OPTICAL MATERIALS
1.91
1.87
1.86
1.85
1.85
1.84
1.82
1.8
1.8
1.79
1.77
1.74
59/295
60/295
61/295
62/295
62/295
64/295
65/295
66/295
66/295
68/295
69/295
70/295
1.72
71/295
1.69
1.67
72/295
73/295
Year 2011
Journal
NATURE MATERIALS
Nature Nanotechnology
PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Annual Review of Materials Research
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Small
BIOMATERIALS
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Materials Today
NPG Asia Materials
MRS BULLETIN
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Soft Matter
CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS
SCIENCE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Metallomics
ACTA MATERIALIA
CORROSION SCIENCE
CELLULOSE
GOLD BULLETIN
Impact Factor
32.84
27.27
18.21
14.95
13.87
13.07
10.17
8.34
7.4
7.28
6.96
5.96
5.56
5.53
4.95
4.54
4.52
4.39
Ranking
1/300
2/300
3/300
4/300
5/300
6/300
7/300
8/300
9/300
10/300
11/300
12/300
13/300
14/300
15/300
16/300
17/300
18/300
4.23
19/300
3.97
3.9
3.75
3.73
3.6
3.51
20/300
21/300
22/300
23/300
24/300
25/300
3.51
25/300
3.48
3.3
3.28
3.28
3.14
3.02
2.81
2.78
27/300
28/300
29/300
29/300
31/300
32/300
33/300
34/300
2.69
35/300
2.69
35/300
2.68
37/300
2.62
38/300
2.42
2.35
39/300
40/300
2.31
41/300
2.3
42/300
2.29
43/300
2.28
2.27
2.24
2.23
2.2
2.2
44/300
45/300
46/300
47/300
48/300
48/300
2.17
50/300
2.15
51/300
2.14
52/300
2.1
2.1
2.02
2.02
2.01
53/300
53/300
55/300
55/300
57/300
58/300
1.97
59/300
1.95
60/300
1.91
1.89
1.87
1.86
1.83
1.81
1.81
1.79
1.78
1.77
1.76
1.75
1.75
61/300
62/300
63/300
64/300
65/300
66/300
66/300
68/300
69/300
70/300
71/300
72/300
72/300
1.73
74/300
1.73
74/300