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Best Surfaces and Interfaces journals

61 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Surfaces and Interfaces. The top 61 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 16 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Progress in Polymer Science 46.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 33.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Opto-Electronic Science 32 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
4 Applied Surface Science Advances 15.4 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
5 Surface Science Reports 14.2 92th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 14 91th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Applied Surface Science 13.3 89th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Tribology International 13.1 88th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Progress in Surface Science 12.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Adsorption Science and Technology 11.9 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 10.9 83th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Surface and Coatings Technology 10.8 81th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Wear 10.4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Hybrid Advances 10.1 78th Q1 – – Yes
15 Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 9.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Innovation Materials 9.2 75th Q1 – – Yes
17 npj Spintronics 7.7 73th Q2 – – Yes
18 Capillarity 7.3 72th Q2 ESCI – No
19 Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 6.8 70th Q2 SCIE – No
20 Journal of Adhesion 6.8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
21 Coatings 6.1 67th Q2 SCIE – No
22 Langmuir 6 65th Q2 SCIE – No
23 Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 5.9 64th Q2 SCIE – No
24 Results in Surfaces and Interfaces 5.9 62th Q2 ESCI – Yes
25 Tribology Letters 5.5 61th Q2 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Tribology 5.5 59th Q2 SCIE – No
27 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology 4.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
28 Thin Solid Films 4.3 56th Q2 SCIE – No
29 Surfaces 4.2 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
30 Progress in Optics 4 53th Q2 – – No
31 European Physical Journal E 4 51th Q2 SCIE – No
32 Adsorption 3.9 50th Q2 SCIE – No
33 Surface and Interface Analysis 3.9 48th Q3 SCIE – No
34 Physical Mesomechanics 3.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
35 Surface Science 3.8 45th Q3 SCIE – No
36 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 3.7 43th Q3 SCIE – No
37 Tribology Transactions 3.7 42th Q3 SCIE – No
38 Surface Engineering 3.7 40th Q3 SCIE – No
39 Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 3.7 38th Q3 SCIE – No
40 Surface Review and Letters 3.5 37th Q3 SCIE – No
41 Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 3.3 35th Q3 ESCI – No
42 Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 3.2 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
43 Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing 3.2 32th Q3 SCIE – No
44 Tribology in Industry 2.7 30th Q3 – – Yes
45 Colloid Journal 2.5 29th Q3 SCIE – No
46 Jurnal Tribologi 2.3 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
47 Surface Science Spectra 2.3 26th Q3 ESCI – No
48 International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology 2.2 24th Q4 – – No
49 Kongqi Donglixue Xuebao/Acta Aerodynamica Sinica 2.1 23th Q4 – – Yes
50 International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering 1.7 21th Q4 SCIE – No
51 Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer 1.6 19th Q4 ESCI – No
52 Tribologia: Finnish Journal of Tribology 1.4 18th Q4 – – No
53 Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry 1.4 16th Q4 ESCI – No
54 Himia, Fizika ta Tehnologia Poverhni 1.2 15th Q4 – – Yes
55 e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology 1 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
56 Modern Electronic Materials 0.9 11th Q4 – – Yes
57 Tribologie und Schmierungstechnik 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
58 Tribology and Lubrication Technology 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
59 Coatings Tech 0.2 5th Q4 SCIE – No
60 Toraibarojisuto/Journal of Japanese Society of Tribologists 0.1 3th Q4 – – No
61 Proceedings of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, IMWS-AMP 0.1 2th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Surfaces and Interfaces 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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