Scopus subject area
Best Materials Chemistry journals
321 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Materials Chemistry. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 | 93th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 22 | EcoEnergy | 17.7 | 93th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 23 | Aggregate | 16.9 | 93th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 24 | Rare Metals | 15.3 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 25 | Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical | 15.2 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 26 | Tungsten | 15.2 | 92th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 27 | Microplastics and Nanoplastics | 14.9 | 91th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 28 | Chemical Record | 14.6 | 91th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 29 | Surface Science Reports | 14.2 | 91th | 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 | 83th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 54 | JPhys Energy | 9.6 | 83th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 55 | Giant | 9.5 | 83th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 56 | Macromolecular Materials and Engineering | 9.2 | 83th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 57 | ACS Applied Energy Materials | 9.2 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 58 | Ceramics International | 9.1 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 59 | Journal of Applied Organometallic Chemistry | 9.1 | 82th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 60 | ACS Macro Letters | 8.8 | 81th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 61 | Biomacromolecules | 8.8 | 81th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 62 | Macromolecules | 8.8 | 81th | 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 | 73th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 87 | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids | 7.3 | 73th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 88 | Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment | 7.3 | 73th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 89 | Materials Today Communications | 7.3 | 72th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 90 | Chemical Communications | 7.2 | 72th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 91 | Journal of Solid State Chemistry | 7.2 | 72th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 92 | Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology | 7.2 | 72th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 93 | Journal of the American Ceramic Society | 7.1 | 71th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 94 | ACS Applied Electronic Materials | 7 | 71th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 95 | Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds | 7 | 71th | 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 |
Rank and percentile are within the Materials Chemistry Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.