Journal rankings · indicator year 2014
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Field ranking · 2014
Materials Science journal rankings 2014
395 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Materials Science has 395 ranked journals in 2014. The median journal has an OJR of 0.66, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2013; Q1 starts at OJR 1.08. The top three are Progress in Materials Science, Progress in Polymer Science, and Nature Materials.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2014. 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 2011–2013, the window the 2014 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 2013. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2011–2013, the window the 2014 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2011–2013 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 2005 to 2014. | Compare |
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1Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 15.55Q1 | 28.73 4.16 up from 2013 | 76 | 32% | $6,040 | ||
2Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 14.05Q1 | 24.75 3.89 down from 2013 | 178 | 14% | $6,500 | ||
3Nature MaterialsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 10.15Q1 | 19.20 0.79 down from 2013 | 855 | 32% | $12,690 | ||
4Nature NanotechnologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 9.53Q1 | 18.70 0.36 down from 2013 | 769 | 37% | $12,690 | ||
5Nano LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 6.47Q1 | 15.13 0.61 up from 2013 | 3,042 | 35% | $4,500 | ||
6Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.76Q1 | 16.22 3.94 up from 2013 | 61 | 9% | $4,530 | ||
7ACS NanoAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 5.60Q1 | 13.68 0.64 up from 2013 | 3,678 | 31% | $4,500 | ||
8Coordination Chemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.01Q1 | 12.38 1.08 up from 2013 | 475 | 16% | $5,740 | ||
9Advances in Colloid and Interface ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.24Q1 | 6.84 2.40 down from 2013 | 234 | 20% | $5,150 | ||
10Nano ResearchOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China | 3.33Q1 | 7.83 0.28 up from 2013 | 303 | 14% | $5,290 | ||
11The Journal of Physical Chemistry LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 3.26Q1 | 7.93 0.73 up from 2013 | 1,924 | 28% | $4,500 | ||
12Journal of Materials ChemistryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.10Q1 | 7.97 0.80 up from 2013 | 5,525 | 0% | — | ||
13NanoscaleRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.09Q1 | 7.82 0.51 up from 2013 | 3,515 | 19% | — | ||
14Journal of CatalysisElsevier BV · United States | 3.00Q1 | 6.76 0.05 up from 2013 | 941 | 23% | $4,250 | ||
15NanophotonicsOADe Gruyter · Germany | 2.73Q1 | 5.90 0.67 down from 2013 | 68 | 88% | $2,995 | ||
16Acta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 4.87 0.66 up from 2013 | 2,163 | 23% | $3,700 | ||
17BiomacromoleculesAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.65Q1 | 6.33 0.42 down from 2013 | 1,496 | 28% | $4,500 | ||
18NanotoxicologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.62Q1 | 5.86 0.67 up from 2013 | 270 | 21% | — | ||
19Journal of Applied CrystallographyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.56Q1 | 5.30 1.48 down from 2013 | 592 | 39% | $5,110 | ||
20MacromoleculesAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.56Q1 | 6.14 0.26 down from 2013 | 3,315 | 16% | $4,500 | ||
21CarbonElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.34Q1 | 5.44 0.06 up from 2013 | 2,573 | 14% | $4,830 | ||
22Science and Technology of Advanced MaterialsOATaylor & Francis · United States | 2.25Q1 | 6.10 2.20 up from 2013 | 265 | 100% | $1,134 | ||
23Corrosion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 5.04 0.96 up from 2013 | 1,410 | 11% | $4,070 | ||
24Journal of Magnesium and AlloysOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.14Q1 | 4.31no 2013 value | 49 | 100% | $1,500 | — | |
25Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological CrystallographyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 3.44 4.61 down from 2013 | 594 | 60% | $4,740 | ||
26The Journal of Physical Chemistry CAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.05Q1 | 5.10 0.19 down from 2013 | 9,601 | 16% | $4,500 | ||
27Carbohydrate PolymersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.98Q1 | 4.34 0.29 up from 2013 | 3,055 | 10% | $5,340 | ||
28NanomedicineFuture Medicine · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 4.38 0.67 down from 2013 | 545 | 21% | — | ||
29LangmuirAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.96Q1 | 4.81 0.05 down from 2013 | 5,912 | 18% | $4,500 | ||
30Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer PhysicsWiley · United States | 1.96Q1 | 3.96 0.25 down from 2013 | 554 | 17% | $3,200 | ||
31Ultrasonics SonochemistryOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.95Q1 | 4.89 1.04 up from 2013 | 609 | 77% | $3,710 | ||
32Faraday DiscussionsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 3.85 0.11 up from 2013 | 514 | 38% | — | ||
33Physical Chemistry Chemical PhysicsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 4.68 0.18 up from 2013 | 6,555 | 24% | — | ||
34PolymersOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.90Q1 | 3.93 0.31 up from 2013 | 267 | 100% | $3,258 | ||
35Chemical ReviewsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.86Q1 | 36.49 14.34 down from 2013 | 622 | 38% | $4,500 | ||
36Crystal Growth & DesignAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.84Q1 | 4.76 0.04 down from 2013 | 2,199 | 15% | $4,500 | ||
37NanotechnologyIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 4.25 0.26 up from 2013 | 3,151 | 50% | $3,325 | ||
38Inorganic ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.79Q1 | 5.02 0.36 down from 2013 | 4,714 | 17% | $4,500 | ||
39International Journal of Impact EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 2.96 0.39 up from 2013 | 323 | 15% | $4,170 | ||
40Applied Catalysis A GeneralElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.74Q1 | 4.04 0.05 down from 2013 | 1,666 | 13% | $3,760 | ||
41Soft MatterRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 4.07 0.25 down from 2013 | 3,968 | 28% | — | ||
42PolymerElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 3.59 0.17 down from 2013 | 2,305 | 12% | $3,980 | ||
43Journal of the European Ceramic SocietyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 3.25 0.60 up from 2013 | 1,316 | 13% | $3,900 | ||
44Nano ReviewsTaylor & Francis · Sweden | 1.66Q1 | 4.33 0.33 up from 2013 | 30 | 100% | — | ||
45Polymer Degradation and StabilityElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 3.49 0.53 up from 2013 | 953 | 13% | $4,190 | ||
46European Polymer JournalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 3.38 0.37 up from 2013 | 878 | 15% | $4,330 | ||
47Applied Clay ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.64Q1 | 2.76 0.33 down from 2013 | 744 | 11% | $3,810 | ||
48Applied Physics LettersAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 1.63Q1 | 3.71 0.13 down from 2013 | 15,084 | 30% | — | ||
49Dyes and PigmentsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 4.07 0.30 up from 2013 | 945 | 9% | $3,590 | ||
50Polymer TestingOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 2.65 0.37 up from 2013 | 466 | 13% | $3,370 |
Citations made in 2014. Corpus-wide, 77.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
128 additional Materials Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2011–2013, 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: 2014. Publication window: 2011–2013. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 395
- Window papers (baseline)
- 431,123 +21.2% from indicator year 2011
- Median OJR
- 0.6577 +3.7% from indicator year 2011
- Rising journals (2025)
- 60Comparison-group list (60)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2011–2013 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.