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Best Materials Science (all) journals
467 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Materials Science (all). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 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 | 93th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 31 | Materials Today Physics | 16.7 | 93th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 32 | Corrosion Science | 16.3 | 93th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 33 | Desalination | 16.1 | 93th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 34 | International Journal of Mechanical Sciences | 16.1 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 35 | NPG Asia Materials | 16.1 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 36 | Journal of Membrane Science | 15.6 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 37 | Materials Horizons | 15.3 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 38 | Materials Today Advances | 14.8 | 92th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 39 | Materials Today Sustainability | 14.6 | 91th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 40 | Journal of Materials Chemistry A | 14.5 | 91th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 41 | Small Structures | 14.5 | 91th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 42 | Construction and Building Materials | 14.2 | 91th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 43 | npj 2D Materials and Applications | 13.6 | 91th | 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 | 83th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 78 | ChemPhysMater | 10 | 83th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 79 | Journal of Materials Chemistry B | 10 | 83th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 80 | Progress in Natural Science: Materials International | 10 | 83th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 81 | DeCarbon | 9.8 | 83th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 82 | Geotextiles and Geomembranes | 9.8 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 83 | Materials Chemistry and Physics | 9.7 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 84 | Materials Advances | 9.5 | 82th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 85 | Materials Technology | 9.5 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 86 | Science and Technology of Advanced Materials | 9.5 | 82th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 87 | ChemSusChem | 9.4 | 81th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 88 | Engineered Science | 9.3 | 81th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 89 | IEEE Access | 9.3 | 81th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 90 | Materials and Manufacturing Processes | 9.2 | 81th | 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 |
Rank and percentile are within the Materials Science (all) 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.