Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Subfield ranking · 2009
Materials Chemistry journal rankings 2009
206 ranked journals · Subfield in Materials Science
Materials Chemistry has 206 ranked journals in 2009. The median journal has an OJR of 0.72, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2008; Q1 starts at OJR 1.23. The top three are Progress in Materials Science, Nature Materials, and Surface Science Reports.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. 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 2006–2008, the window the 2009 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 of Materials Science (8)
206 ranked journals
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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 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 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 2009. | Compare |
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1Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 14.35Q1 | 19.42 5.65 up from 2008 | 54 | 0% | $6,040 | ||
2Nature MaterialsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 9.57Q1 | 17.42 3.79 up from 2008 | 769 | 26% | $12,690 | ||
3Surface Science ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.09Q1 | 13.48 0.92 up from 2008 | 46 | 15% | $4,440 | ||
4Nano LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 5.98Q1 | 10.98 0.06 up from 2008 | 2,151 | 25% | $4,500 | ||
5Coordination Chemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.43Q1 | 8.60 0.45 down from 2008 | 463 | 6% | $5,740 | ||
6Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.18Q1 | 7.19 0.31 up from 2008 | 40 | 0% | $4,530 | ||
7ACS NanoAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 4.16Q1 | 7.59 3.16 up from 2008 | 431 | 17% | $4,500 | ||
8Nature NanotechnologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.12Q1 | 7.52 2.66 up from 2008 | 1,005 | 18% | $12,690 | ||
9Advances in Colloid and Interface ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.94Q1 | 5.32 0.19 down from 2008 | 218 | 4% | $5,150 | ||
10NanotoxicologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.30Q1 | 6.63 1.39 up from 2008 | 50 | 16% | — | ||
11Nano ResearchOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China | 3.11Q1 | 5.67no 2008 value | 54 | 100% | $5,290 | — | |
12Acta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.93Q1 | 3.70 0.07 down from 2008 | 1,889 | 8% | $3,700 | ||
13Journal of Materials ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.70Q1 | 5.21 0.65 up from 2008 | 1,936 | 9% | — | ||
14Journal of CatalysisElsevier BV · United States | 2.68Q1 | 5.33 0.07 down from 2008 | 976 | 7% | $4,250 | ||
15Soft MatterRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 4.90 0.18 up from 2008 | 694 | 14% | — | ||
16Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of CrystallographyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.36Q1 | 7.36 4.19 up from 2008 | 1,486 | 87% | — | ||
17Faraday DiscussionsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.30Q1 | 3.42 0.09 down from 2008 | 228 | 26% | — | ||
18Physical Chemistry Chemical PhysicsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.27Q1 | 4.19 0.31 down from 2008 | 1,984 | 10% | — | ||
19Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 9.30 6.64 up from 2008 | 37 | 0% | — | ||
20Inorganic ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.17Q1 | 4.83 0.20 up from 2008 | 4,397 | 13% | $4,500 | ||
21The Journal of Physical Chemistry CAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.16Q1 | 4.37 0.49 up from 2008 | 5,667 | 8% | $4,500 | ||
22Applied Physics LettersAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 2.15Q1 | 3.86 0.05 down from 2008 | 17,629 | 23% | — | ||
23LangmuirAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.08Q1 | 4.22 0.15 down from 2008 | 5,752 | 11% | $4,500 | ||
24Journal of Applied CrystallographyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.03Q1 | 3.13 0.21 down from 2008 | 626 | 23% | $5,110 | ||
25MRS BulletinSpringer Nature · United States | 1.98Q1 | 2.97 0.55 up from 2008 | 637 | 69% | $3,490 | ||
26Crystal Growth & DesignAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.97Q1 | 4.02 0.11 down from 2008 | 1,783 | 4% | $4,500 | ||
27CrystEngCommRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 4.15 0.59 up from 2008 | 643 | 7% | — | ||
28NanotechnologyIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 3.31 0.17 down from 2008 | 3,768 | 51% | $3,325 | ||
29CarbonElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.84Q1 | 3.22 0.07 down from 2008 | 1,435 | 6% | $4,830 | ||
30Progress in Solid State ChemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.84Q1 | 2.30 0.63 down from 2008 | 76 | 21% | — | ||
31Dalton TransactionsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 4.03 0.29 up from 2008 | 2,161 | 10% | — | ||
32ChemPhysChemWiley · Germany | 1.78Q1 | 3.07 0.12 down from 2008 | 1,248 | 20% | $4,550 | ||
33Applied Catalysis A GeneralElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 3.28 0.05 down from 2008 | 1,573 | 9% | $3,760 | ||
34Catalysis TodayElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 2.81 0.33 down from 2008 | 1,668 | 7% | $3,930 | ||
35Chemical ReviewsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.55Q1 | 37.49 11.42 up from 2008 | 527 | 25% | $4,500 | ||
36New Journal of ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.53Q1 | 2.87 0.27 down from 2008 | 794 | 7% | — | ||
37Corrosion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 2.76 0.58 up from 2008 | 953 | 6% | $4,070 | ||
38Photochemical & Photobiological SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.42Q1 | 3.08 0.71 up from 2008 | 475 | 16% | $3,390 | ||
39Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.42Q1 | 1.93 0.95 up from 2008 | 67 | 0% | — | ||
40Journal of the European Ceramic SocietyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.41Q1 | 2.07 0.33 up from 2008 | 1,487 | 7% | $3,900 | ||
41Ultrasonics SonochemistryOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.39Q1 | 2.82 0.62 up from 2008 | 389 | 7% | $3,710 | ||
42Topics in CatalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.39Q1 | 2.46 0.13 down from 2008 | 469 | 13% | $3,590 | ||
43Dyes and PigmentsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.37Q1 | 2.18 0.04 up from 2008 | 691 | 5% | $3,590 | ||
44Journal of Nanoparticle ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.36Q1 | 2.19 0.18 up from 2008 | 575 | 11% | $3,890 | ||
45Science and Technology of Advanced MaterialsOATaylor & Francis · United States | 1.36Q1 | 2.69 1.19 up from 2008 | 388 | 100% | $1,134 | ||
46physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research LettersWiley · Germany | 1.33Q1 | 2.00 0.03 down from 2008 | 260 | 12% | $4,430 | ||
47Journal of the American Ceramic SocietyWiley · United States | 1.33Q1 | 2.08 0.30 down from 2008 | 2,054 | 7% | $4,070 | ||
48Science and Technology of Nuclear InstallationsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.30Q1 | 0.55 0.48 up from 2008 | 74 | 100% | $1,630 | ||
49Catalysis Surveys from AsiaSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.28Q1 | 2.26 0.68 up from 2008 | 58 | 0% | $3,990 | ||
50Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sourcesSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.25Q1 | 1.81 0.11 down from 2008 | 1,270 | 8% | $3,490 |
Subfields of Materials Science, with Materials Chemistry highlighted.
- Materials Chemistry206
- Polymers and Plastics57
- Biomaterials20
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials10
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films5
- Ceramics and Composites4
- General Materials Science0
- Metals and Alloys0
Journals
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
47 additional Materials Chemistry journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2006–2008, 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: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 206
- Window papers (baseline)
- 174,081 +28.5% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 0.722 +1.4% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 43
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 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 | 147 | 150 | 153 | 165 | 172 | 175 | 177 | 191 | 198 | 206 | 213 | 221 | 240 | 256 | 277 | 288 | 300 | 312 | 324 | 329 | 332 | 334 | 346 | 362 | 366 | 363 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 83,525 | 91,142 | 97,816 | 106,715 | 114,237 | 125,073 | 135,445 | 148,491 | 161,932 | 174,081 | 185,077 | 194,748 | 210,226 | 221,886 | 236,788 | 246,172 | 254,827 | 256,248 | 256,729 | 258,993 | 266,963 | 275,349 | 282,624 | 283,079 | 285,185 | 294,138 | |
| Median OJR | 0.61 | 0.644 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.711 | 0.723 | 0.712 | 0.722 | 0.716 | 0.654 | 0.645 | 0.6530 | 0.6590 | 0.6595 | 0.63 | 0.6526 | 0.649 | 0.62 | 0.676 | 0.660 | 0.678 | 0.67 | 0.683 | 0.679 |
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.