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Best Metals and Alloys journals

182 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Metals and Alloys. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 SCIE No
13 Light: Advanced Manufacturing 14 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
14 International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials 13.8 92th Q1 SCIE No
15 Materials Research Letters 12.1 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Scripta Materialia 11.6 91th 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 No
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 83th Q1 SCIE No
31 Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A 7.4 83th Q1 SCIE No
32 Chemical Communications 7.2 82th Q1 SCIE No
33 Journal of Central South University 6.8 82th Q1 SCIE No
34 Steel and Composite Structures 6.7 81th Q1 SCIE No
35 Metals Advances 6.6 81th Q1 SCIE No
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 73th Q2 No
49 Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy 4.6 73th Q2 SCIE No
50 Jinshu Xuebao/Acta Metallurgica Sinica 4.5 72th Q2 SCIE No
51 Progress in Physics of Metals 4.5 72th Q2 ESCI Yes
52 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science 4.5 71th Q2 SCIE No
53 Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 4.4 71th 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 63th Q2 SCIE No
68 ISIJ International 3.3 62th Q2 SCIE Yes
69 Kang T'ieh/Iron and Steel 3.2 62th Q2 No
70 Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 3.2 61th Q2 SCIE No
71 Xiyou Jinshu/Chinese Journal of Rare Metals 3.2 61th 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 53th Q2 ESCI No
86 Science of Sintering 2.5 53th Q2 SCIE Yes
87 Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering 2.5 52th Q2 Yes
88 Acta Metallurgica Slovaca 2.4 51th Q2 ESCI Yes
89 Welding International 2.3 51th 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

Rank and percentile are within the Metals and Alloys 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.

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