Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Field ranking · 2023
Materials Science journal rankings 2023
506 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Materials Science has 506 ranked journals in 2023. The median journal has an OJR of 0.65, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2022; Q1 starts at OJR 0.99. The top three are Progress in Materials Science, Nature Nanotechnology, and Progress in Polymer Science.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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.
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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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 9.05Q1 | 30.07 4.29 down from 2022 | 235 | 44% | $6,040 | ||
2Nature NanotechnologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 7.81Q1 | 29.97 1.66 down from 2022 | 639 | 40% | $12,690 | ||
3Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.90Q1 | 26.98 1.74 up from 2022 | 155 | 40% | $6,500 | ||
4Nature MaterialsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.73Q1 | 23.61 4.60 down from 2022 | 820 | 37% | $12,690 | ||
5Coordination Chemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.64Q1 | 21.22 0.97 up from 2022 | 1,266 | 17% | $5,740 | ||
6Advances in Colloid and Interface ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.55Q1 | 17.80 0.94 up from 2022 | 470 | 29% | $5,150 | ||
7Advanced Composites and Hybrid MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 4.40Q1 | 23.65 3.05 up from 2022 | 460 | 15% | $3,490 | ||
8Journal of Advanced CeramicsOASpringer Science+Business Media · China | 3.87Q1 | 18.13 0.54 up from 2022 | 336 | 100% | $2,372 | ||
9ACS NanoAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 3.78Q1 | 16.60 1.02 down from 2022 | 5,055 | 28% | $4,500 | ||
10Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.25Q1 | 14.20 2.49 up from 2022 | 65 | 33% | $4,530 | ||
11AggregateOAWiley · United States | 3.07Q1 | 12.68 4.50 down from 2022 | 219 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
12Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer ResearchOAElsevier BV · China | 2.93Q1 | 10.11 1.04 down from 2022 | 87 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
13Accounts of Materials ResearchAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.79Q1 | 12.73 0.01 up from 2022 | 262 | 31% | $4,500 | ||
14Carbohydrate PolymersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.64Q1 | 11.12 0.71 down from 2022 | 4,024 | 25% | $5,340 | ||
15Chemical ReviewsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.59Q1 | 51.56 7.86 down from 2022 | 833 | 43% | $4,500 | ||
16npj Computational MaterialsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.53Q1 | 9.88 0.02 up from 2022 | 653 | 100% | $3,490 | ||
17Nano LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.40Q1 | 9.96 1.23 down from 2022 | 3,759 | 32% | $4,500 | ||
18npj 2D Materials and ApplicationsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.39Q1 | 9.09 0.30 down from 2022 | 225 | 100% | $3,405 | ||
19Materials Today AdvancesOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 8.40 2.28 down from 2022 | 273 | 100% | $3,790 | ||
20NPG Asia MaterialsOANature Portfolio · Japan | 2.30Q1 | 9.34 1.12 down from 2022 | 258 | 100% | $4,490 | ||
21Catalysis ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.28Q1 | 8.61 1.78 down from 2022 | 75 | 28% | — | ||
22Communications MaterialsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 8.16 0.21 up from 2022 | 316 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
23Acta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 7.74 0.81 down from 2022 | 2,496 | 53% | $3,700 | ||
24Ultrasonics SonochemistryOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.17Q1 | 9.23 0.36 up from 2022 | 1,188 | 100% | $3,710 | ||
25Food Packaging and Shelf LifeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.14Q1 | 9.33 0.09 down from 2022 | 556 | 33% | $4,690 | ||
26Corrosion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.07Q1 | 7.46 0.30 down from 2022 | 2,138 | 26% | $4,070 | ||
27Materials Today PhysicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 9.54 1.33 down from 2022 | 644 | 21% | $4,160 | ||
28Nano Materials ScienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.04Q1 | 9.94 1.61 up from 2022 | 120 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
29Journal of Magnesium and AlloysOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.01Q1 | 10.37 1.12 down from 2022 | 761 | 100% | $1,500 | ||
30OpenNanoOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.99Q1 | 7.50 3.25 up from 2022 | 84 | 100% | $1,860 | ||
31CarbonElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.99Q1 | 9.35 0.63 down from 2022 | 3,138 | 24% | $4,830 | ||
32International Journal of Biological MacromoleculesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.96Q1 | 8.42 0.68 down from 2022 | 8,773 | 13% | $4,390 | ||
33Chemical Society ReviewsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 42.24 6.33 down from 2022 | 973 | 52% | — | ||
34Applied Surface Science AdvancesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.92Q1 | 8.50 2.03 up from 2022 | 310 | 100% | $2,350 | ||
35Corrosion CommunicationsOAElsevier BV · China | 1.90Q1 | 6.91 0.37 up from 2022 | 65 | 100% | $1,800 | ||
36Nano ResearchOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China | 1.89Q1 | 9.95 0.16 down from 2022 | 2,644 | 7% | $5,290 | ||
37Materials Today NanoElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.87Q1 | 7.65 1.56 down from 2022 | 227 | 19% | $4,140 | ||
38npj Materials DegradationOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 7.05 1.63 up from 2022 | 195 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
39NanophotonicsOADe Gruyter · Germany | 1.80Q1 | 6.81 0.86 down from 2022 | 956 | 100% | $2,995 | ||
40Journal of Leather Science and EngineeringOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 1.79Q1 | 6.98 0.97 up from 2022 | 93 | — | $1,230 | ||
41Journal of nanostructure in chemistryOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.78Q1 | 8.89 1.62 down from 2022 | 190 | 42% | $3,690 | ||
42Nanoscale HorizonsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.78Q1 | 7.80 0.28 down from 2022 | 332 | 63% | — | ||
43Green Chemistry Letters and ReviewsOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 5.85 0.55 down from 2022 | 168 | 100% | $1,533 | ||
44Digital DiscoveryOARoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 6.27 3.94 up from 2022 | 91 | 100% | — | ||
45Materials Science for Energy TechnologiesOAElsevier BV · China | 1.63Q1 | 5.58 1.64 down from 2022 | 178 | 100% | $840 | ||
46Chinese Chemical LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.62Q1 | 7.96 0.10 down from 2022 | 2,725 | 6% | — | ||
47Bioinorganic Chemistry and ApplicationsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · Egypt | 1.62Q1 | 6.54 2.22 up from 2022 | 185 | 100% | $1,630 | ||
48Arabian Journal of ChemistryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.60Q1 | 6.15 0.38 down from 2022 | 1,732 | 98% | $1,490 | ||
49Composites CommunicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.58Q1 | 6.61 1.22 down from 2022 | 1,005 | 14% | $4,070 | ||
50Journal of Science Advanced Materials and DevicesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.57Q1 | 6.26 0.78 down from 2022 | 232 | 100% | $1,300 |
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
116 additional Materials Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 506
- Window papers (baseline)
- 515,160 +6.7% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.648 +3.3% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 60Comparison-group list (60)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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.