Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Field ranking · 2008
Materials Science journal rankings 2008
289 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Materials Science has 289 ranked journals in 2008. The median journal has an OJR of 0.63, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2007; Q1 starts at OJR 1.14. The top three are Progress in Materials Science, Progress in Polymer Science, and Surface Science Reports.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Materials Science (8)
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2008. | Compare |
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1Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 13.14Q1 | 13.77 1.04 down from 2007 | 53 | 5% | $6,040 | ||
2Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 10.90Q1 | 18.47 4.89 up from 2007 | 125 | 7% | $6,500 | ||
3Surface Science ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.15Q1 | 12.56 5.06 up from 2007 | 57 | 4% | $4,440 | ||
4Nature MaterialsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 9.01Q1 | 13.63 1.70 up from 2007 | 755 | 25% | $12,690 | ||
5Nano LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 6.20Q1 | 10.91 1.08 up from 2007 | 1,782 | 22% | $4,500 | ||
6Coordination Chemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.09Q1 | 9.04 1.45 up from 2007 | 500 | 7% | $5,740 | ||
7Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.70Q1 | 6.88 0.23 up from 2007 | 38 | 0% | $4,530 | ||
8Advances in Colloid and Interface ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.40Q1 | 5.51 1.94 up from 2007 | 209 | 11% | $5,150 | ||
9Nature NanotechnologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.18Q1 | 4.86 1.77 up from 2007 | 627 | 19% | $12,690 | ||
10Acta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.04Q1 | 3.77 0.01 down from 2007 | 1,700 | 8% | $3,700 | ||
11Journal of Materials ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.71Q1 | 4.56 0.24 up from 2007 | 1,788 | 6% | — | ||
12Faraday DiscussionsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.68Q1 | 3.51 0.85 down from 2007 | 223 | 10% | — | ||
13Journal of CatalysisElsevier BV · United States | 2.68Q1 | 5.40 0.57 up from 2007 | 1,038 | 6% | $4,250 | ||
14ACS NanoAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.55Q1 | 4.43no 2007 value | 81 | 16% | $4,500 | — | |
15Soft MatterRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.49Q1 | 4.72 0.65 up from 2007 | 390 | 15% | — | ||
16NanomedicineFuture Medicine · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 4.75 2.57 up from 2007 | 146 | 16% | — | ||
17MacromoleculesAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.29Q1 | 4.52 0.11 up from 2007 | 4,072 | 7% | $4,500 | ||
18Applied Physics LettersAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 2.25Q1 | 3.91 0.05 down from 2007 | 16,501 | 20% | — | ||
19The Journal of Physical Chemistry CAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.25Q1 | 3.88 1.89 up from 2007 | 2,662 | 8% | $4,500 | ||
20BiomacromoleculesAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.25Q1 | 4.61 0.21 up from 2007 | 1,461 | 14% | $4,500 | ||
21Physical Chemistry Chemical PhysicsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.22Q1 | 4.50 1.15 up from 2007 | 1,775 | 10% | — | ||
22LangmuirAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.22Q1 | 4.38 0.47 up from 2007 | 5,430 | 11% | $4,500 | ||
23Inorganic ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.15Q1 | 4.63 0.46 up from 2007 | 4,255 | 10% | $4,500 | ||
24Crystal Growth & DesignAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.11Q1 | 4.13 0.78 up from 2007 | 1,247 | 4% | $4,500 | ||
25PolymerElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.06Q1 | 3.65 0.38 up from 2007 | 3,197 | 8% | $3,980 | ||
26CarbonElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 3.29 0.06 up from 2007 | 1,529 | 7% | $4,830 | ||
27NanotechnologyIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.02Q1 | 3.49 0.10 down from 2007 | 3,055 | 52% | $3,325 | ||
28Macromolecular Rapid CommunicationsWiley · Germany | 1.98Q1 | 3.50 0.07 up from 2007 | 1,026 | 15% | $4,550 | ||
29Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.95Q1 | 2.66 1.45 up from 2007 | 39 | 0% | — | ||
30MRS BulletinSpringer Nature · United States | 1.87Q1 | 2.42 0.52 up from 2007 | 665 | 76% | $3,490 | ||
31ChemPhysChemWiley · Germany | 1.87Q1 | 3.19 0.22 up from 2007 | 1,178 | 16% | $4,550 | ||
32International Journal of Applied Ceramic TechnologyWiley · United States | 1.85Q1 | 2.01 0.14 up from 2007 | 179 | 10% | $4,270 | ||
33Journal of Applied CrystallographyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 3.35 0.47 up from 2007 | 601 | 28% | $5,110 | ||
34CrystEngCommRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 3.56 0.62 up from 2007 | 451 | 4% | — | ||
35Applied Catalysis A GeneralElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.81Q1 | 3.33 0.14 up from 2007 | 1,654 | 8% | $3,760 | ||
36Catalysis TodayElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.79Q1 | 3.14 0.23 up from 2007 | 1,694 | 10% | $3,930 | ||
37Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of CrystallographyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.73Q1 | 3.17 2.89 up from 2007 | 1,577 | 90% | — | ||
38Dalton TransactionsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 3.74 0.58 up from 2007 | 1,910 | 7% | — | ||
39New Journal of ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 3.14 0.45 up from 2007 | 715 | 7% | — | ||
40Chemical ReviewsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.61Q1 | 26.07 4.04 up from 2007 | 504 | 13% | $4,500 | ||
41Progress in Solid State ChemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 2.93 0.03 up from 2007 | 104 | 0% | — | ||
42European Polymer JournalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.57Q1 | 2.40 0.06 up from 2007 | 1,242 | 8% | $4,330 | ||
43Topics in CatalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.53Q1 | 2.59 0.29 down from 2007 | 452 | 13% | $3,590 | ||
44Polymer Degradation and StabilityElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.52Q1 | 2.08 0.20 down from 2007 | 929 | 7% | $4,190 | ||
45Journal of Nanoparticle ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.50Q1 | 2.01 0.02 up from 2007 | 408 | 8% | $3,890 | ||
46Corrosion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.44Q1 | 2.18 0.71 up from 2007 | 803 | 5% | $4,070 | ||
47physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research LettersWiley · Germany | 1.44Q1 | 2.04 0.44 up from 2007 | 139 | 15% | $4,430 | ||
48The Journal of Chemical ThermodynamicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 2.13 0.46 up from 2007 | 594 | 1% | $3,630 | ||
49Carbohydrate PolymersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.41Q1 | 2.54 0.68 up from 2007 | 1,046 | 7% | $5,340 | ||
50Journal of the American Ceramic SocietyWiley · United States | 1.41Q1 | 2.39 0.34 up from 2007 | 2,073 | 10% | $4,070 |
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
66 additional Materials Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 289
- Window papers (baseline)
- 293,613 +27.8% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 0.628 -1.8% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 60Comparison-group list (60)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 229 | 231 | 236 | 251 | 262 | 265 | 267 | 284 | 289 | 302 | 306 | 321 | 338 | 363 | 395 | 419 | 433 | 442 | 458 | 467 | 476 | 473 | 490 | 506 | 508 | 504 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 163,946 | 175,484 | 187,103 | 200,299 | 212,830 | 229,805 | 247,827 | 270,857 | 293,613 | 315,775 | 336,201 | 355,696 | 382,365 | 404,167 | 431,123 | 448,942 | 462,729 | 463,329 | 462,648 | 467,211 | 482,821 | 499,970 | 513,549 | 515,160 | 517,536 | 533,293 | |
| Median OJR | 0.61 | 0.629 | 0.660 | 0.6582 | 0.657 | 0.640 | 0.653 | 0.645 | 0.628 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.634 | 0.67 | 0.6541 | 0.6577 | 0.637 | 0.593 | 0.60 | 0.590 | 0.592 | 0.627 | 0.647 | 0.6542 | 0.648 | 0.650 | 0.639 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.9% | 455 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.792 per 1,000 | 384 journals |
| Output growth | Median: +2.0% | 446 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 43.0% | 504 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,328 | 348 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 24.1% | 495 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 504 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.64 | 498 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 22.3% | 504 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 43.1% | 503 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.