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Best Surfaces, Coatings and Films journals

138 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 35 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 Nano-Micro Letters 58.9 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Advanced Powder Materials 46.4 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
4 InfoMat 35.6 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
5 Opto-Electronic Advances 31.7 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 18.3 96th Q1 SCIE No
7 Journal of Materiomics 16.5 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Applied Surface Science Advances 15.4 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
9 Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 15.2 93th Q1 SCIE No
10 Tungsten 15.2 93th Q1 ESCI No
11 Friction 14.2 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Surface Science Reports 14.2 91th Q1 SCIE No
13 Progress in Organic Coatings 13.5 91th Q1 SCIE No
14 Applied Surface Science 13.3 90th Q1 SCIE No
15 Tribology International 13.1 89th Q1 SCIE No
16 Progress in Surface Science 12.6 89th Q1 SCIE No
17 Colloids and Interface Science Communications 12.5 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
18 Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 12.1 87th Q1 SCIE No
19 Journal of Materials Research and Technology 11.2 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Surface and Coatings Technology 10.8 86th Q1 SCIE No
21 Wear 10.4 85th Q1 SCIE No
22 FlatChem 10.2 84th Q1 SCIE No
23 Hybrid Advances 10.1 84th Q1 Yes
24 Giant 9.5 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
25 Ceramics International 9.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
26 Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 8.2 81th Q1 SCIE No
27 JCIS Open 7.9 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
28 Surfaces and Interfaces 7.8 80th Q1 SCIE No
29 Vacuum 7.6 79th Q1 SCIE No
30 Microelectronic Engineering 7.4 79th Q1 SCIE No
31 Chemical Communications 7.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
32 Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 6.8 77th Q1 SCIE No
33 Journal of Adhesion 6.8 76th Q1 SCIE No
34 Micro and Nano Engineering 6.8 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
35 Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 6.7 75th Q1 SCIE No
36 Surface Innovations 6.2 74th Q2 SCIE No
37 Coatings 6.1 74th Q2 SCIE No
38 Journal of the Electrochemical Society 6 73th Q2 SCIE No
39 Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 5.9 72th Q2 SCIE No
40 Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 5.9 71th Q2 SCIE No
41 Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing 5.9 71th Q2 SCIE No
42 Results in Surfaces and Interfaces 5.9 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
43 Journal of Electrochemistry 5.8 69th Q2 ESCI No
44 Surface Science and Technology 5.8 69th Q2 ESCI No
45 Journal of Physical Chemistry C 5.7 68th Q2 SCIE No
46 Composite Interfaces 5.6 67th Q2 SCIE No
47 Lubricants 5.6 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
48 Journal of Applied Polymer Science 5.6 66th Q2 SCIE No
49 Tribology Letters 5.5 65th Q2 SCIE No
50 Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE No
51 Journal of Tribology 5.5 64th Q2 SCIE No
52 Progress in Color, Colorants and Coatings 5.3 63th Q2 Yes
53 Interface Science and Technology 5.2 62th Q2 No
54 Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems 5 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
55 Journal of Physical Chemistry B 5 61th Q2 SCIE No
56 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology 4.9 60th Q2 SCIE No
57 Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting 4.5 59th Q2 SCIE No
58 Progress in Physics of Metals 4.5 59th Q2 ESCI Yes
59 Microelectronics Reliability 4.5 58th Q2 SCIE No
60 Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties 4.4 57th Q2 SCIE No
61 Thin Solid Films 4.3 57th Q2 SCIE No
62 Lubrication Science 4.3 56th Q2 SCIE No
63 Materials Research Express 4.3 55th Q2 SCIE Yes
64 Microelectronics Journal 4.2 54th Q2 SCIE No
65 Surfaces 4.2 54th Q2 ESCI Yes
66 Evergreen 4.1 53th Q2 No
67 Biosurface and Biotribology 4.1 52th Q2 ESCI Yes
68 Materials and Corrosion 4.1 52th Q2 SCIE No
69 Surface and Interface Analysis 3.9 51th Q2 SCIE No
70 RSC Applied Polymers 3.8 50th Q2 ESCI Yes
71 Surface Science 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE No
72 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films 3.7 49th Q3 SCIE No
73 Tribology Transactions 3.7 48th Q3 SCIE No
74 Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 3.7 47th Q3 SCIE No
75 Surface Engineering 3.7 47th Q3 SCIE No
76 Pigment and Resin Technology 3.7 46th Q3 SCIE No
77 Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE No
78 Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE No
79 RSC Applied Interfaces 3.5 44th Q3 ESCI Yes
80 Surface Review and Letters 3.5 43th Q3 SCIE No
81 Journal of Electrostatics 3.5 42th Q3 SCIE No
82 Industrial Lubrication and Tribology 3.4 42th Q3 SCIE No
83 Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing 3.2 41th Q3 SCIE No
84 International Journal of Surface Engineering and Interdisciplinary Materials Science 3.1 40th Q3 No
85 Tribology 3.1 40th Q3 No
86 Journal of Membrane Science and Research 2.9 39th Q3 Yes
87 Tribology in Industry 2.7 38th Q3 Yes
88 Microelectronics International 2.6 37th Q3 SCIE No
89 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 2.5 37th Q3 SCIE No
90 Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering 2.5 36th Q3 Yes
91 Jurnal Tribologi 2.3 35th Q3 ESCI Yes
92 Surface Science Spectra 2.3 35th Q3 ESCI No
93 Journal of Ovonic Research 2.2 34th Q3 SCIE No
94 International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology 2.2 33th Q3 No
95 Tribology Online 2.1 32th Q3 ESCI Yes
96 Journal of Nanostructures 2 32th Q3 ESCI Yes
97 Journal of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials 2 31th Q3 SCIE No
98 Corrosion Science and Technology 1.9 30th Q3 ESCI Yes
99 Zhongguo Biaomian Gongcheng/China Surface Engineering 1.9 30th Q3 ESCI No
100 Surface Technology 1.8 29th Q3 No

Rank and percentile are within the Surfaces, Coatings and Films 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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