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Materials Chemistry journal rankings 2025

363 ranked journals · Subfield in Materials Science

Materials Chemistry has 363 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.68, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.07. The three highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are Progress in Materials Science, Nature Nanotechnology, and Nature Materials: each is likely ranked within the top 4.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

363
72% of Materials Science
Median OJR

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.

0.68
This subfieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

37%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$3,308
Median positive listed APC: $3,308 among 246 journals. Another 9 list $0; 108 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields of Materials Science (8)

363 ranked journals

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Quartile

Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

They are computed within the list on screen, so a journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 in the global ranking.

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Materials Chemistry ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #1 of 363Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom
9.68Q145.91 4.15 up from 202430836%$6,040
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #2 of 363Nature NanotechnologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom
6.52Q127.98 1.80 up from 202474838%$12,690
Rank 3; likely between #3 and #4 of 363Nature MaterialsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom
5.44Q123.12 0.39 up from 202486732%$12,690Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 4; likely between #3 and #5 of 363Advances in Colloid and Interface ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands
5.15Q125.63 5.37 up from 202450823%$5,150Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 5; likely between #4 and #5 of 363Coordination Chemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands
4.74Q126.50 1.88 up from 20241,47419%$5,740Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 6; likely between #6 and #7 of 363ACS NanoAmerican Chemical Society · United States
3.54Q117.72 0.87 up from 20246,53425%$4,500
Rank 7; likely between #7 and #12 of 363Chemical ReviewsAmerican Chemical Society · United States
2.97Q166.02 11.75 up from 202469749%$4,500Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 8; likely between #7 and #17 of 363Smart MoleculesOAWiley
2.93Q114.01 4.67 up from 202483100%$0 listed
Rank 9; likely between #7 and #14 of 363Accounts of Materials ResearchAmerican Chemical Society · United States
2.92Q113.69 0.31 down from 202434125%$4,500
Rank 10; likely between #7 and #14 of 363npj Computational MaterialsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom
2.88Q113.85 1.32 up from 2024770100%$3,490
Rank 11; likely between #7 and #14 of 363Journal of Advanced CeramicsOASpringer Science+Business Media · China
2.85Q112.98 2.98 down from 2024514100%$2,372Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 12; likely between #7 and #26 of 363Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.76Q111.72 3.05 down from 20245511%$4,530
Rank 13; likely between #8 and #16 of 363AggregateOAWiley · United States
2.72Q113.77 0.78 up from 2024484100%$3,000
Rank 14; likely between #7 and #28 of 363Plant Nano BiologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.56Q111.94 1.67 up from 2024126100%$2,380
Rank 15; likely between #13 and #20 of 363Ultrasonics SonochemistryOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.46Q110.59 0.31 up from 20241,263100%$3,710Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 16; likely between #12 and #27 of 363Communications MaterialsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom
2.36Q19.71 0.55 down from 2024482100%$3,690
Rank 17; likely between #11 and #29 of 363Corrosion CommunicationsOAElsevier BV · China
2.33Q110.61 0.20 up from 2024110100%$1,800
Rank 18; likely between #10 and #37 of 363Materials Genome Engineering AdvancesOAWiley
2.27Q111.53 5.64 up from 202464100%$2,650
Rank 19; likely between #16 and #25 of 363Acta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.24Q110.37 1.50 up from 20242,50044%$3,700
Rank 20; likely between #13 and #37 of 363Hybrid AdvancesOAElsevier BV
2.20Q111.17 3.55 up from 2024350100%$1,540
Rank 21; likely between #18 and #26 of 363Corrosion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.19Q110.30 1.62 up from 20242,19821%$4,070
Rank 22; likely between #8 and #42 of 363npj Materials DegradationOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom
2.16Q17.64 0.86 down from 2024318100%$2,590
Rank 23; likely between #14 and #37 of 363Applied Surface Science AdvancesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.12Q110.59 0.30 up from 2024434100%$2,350
Rank 24; likely between #15 and #36 of 363Nano Materials ScienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.10Q110.51 4.30 down from 2024205100%$0 listed
Rank 25; likely between #19 and #30 of 363Chemical Society ReviewsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom
2.10Q151.62 8.99 up from 202485157%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 26; likely between #16 and #42 of 363NPG Asia MaterialsOANature Portfolio · Japan
2.02Q19.67 0.80 up from 2024227100%$4,490
Rank 27; likely between #17 and #45 of 363OpenNanoOAElsevier BV · United States
1.97Q18.80 0.02 down from 2024183100%$1,860
Rank 28; likely between #13 and #62 of 363Artificial Intelligence ChemistryOAElsevier BV
1.96Q18.26 5.11 up from 202482100%$1,440
Rank 29; likely between #25 and #35 of 363CarbonElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.94Q111.38 0.50 up from 20242,85818%$4,830
Rank 30; likely between #16 and #49 of 363Journal of nanostructure in chemistryOASpringer Nature · Germany
1.92Q121.64 12.65 up from 202471—$3,690
Rank 31; likely between #13 and #62 of 363Progress in Solid State ChemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.91Q110.14 1.40 down from 20246011%—
Rank 32; likely between #27 and #36 of 363Nano LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States
1.89Q19.33 0.04 down from 20244,93824%$4,500Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 33; likely between #15 and #56 of 363ACS Engineering AuOAAmerican Chemical Society · United States
1.89Q110.26 4.23 up from 2024119100%$3,500
Rank 34; likely between #23 and #42 of 363npj 2D Materials and ApplicationsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom
1.88Q19.00 0.10 up from 2024247100%$3,405
Rank 35; likely between #19 and #56 of 363NanoImpactElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.80Q18.06 1.03 up from 202415343%$3,600Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 36; likely between #24 and #51 of 363Green Chemistry Letters and ReviewsOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
1.77Q18.27 2.58 up from 2024203100%$1,533
Rank 37; likely between #23 and #65 of 363Catalysis ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United States
1.71Q17.62 1.43 down from 20246822%—
Rank 38; likely between #26 and #63 of 363PolyoxometalatesOATsinghua University Press
1.66Q19.51 1.10 down from 202473100%—
Rank 39; likely between #20 and #81 of 363Surface Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media
1.63Q17.03 1.71 up from 202461100%$0 listed
Rank 40; likely between #29 and #60 of 363Materials Today AdvancesOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.62Q17.17 1.15 down from 2024320100%$3,790Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 41; likely between #30 and #61 of 363Discover NanoOAPublisher not listed
1.62Q17.84 2.47 up from 2024365100%$2,090
Rank 42; likely between #25 and #74 of 363ACS Nanoscience AuOAAmerican Chemical Society · United States
1.62Q17.33 0.73 up from 2024116100%$3,500
Rank 43; likely between #35 and #53 of 363Digital DiscoveryOARoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom
1.61Q17.43 1.39 up from 2024467100%—
Rank 44; likely between #36 and #51 of 363International Journal of Impact EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.60Q16.90 1.12 up from 202476523%$4,170Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 45; likely between #29 and #65 of 363Precision ChemistryOAAmerican Chemical Society
1.59Q18.19 1.27 up from 2024139100%$0 listed
Rank 46; likely between #35 and #58 of 363Journal of MateriomicsOAElsevier BV · China
1.56Q18.61 0.22 up from 2024476100%$1,750
Rank 47; likely between #26 and #82 of 363Discover MaterialsOASpringer Nature · Switzerland
1.56Q17.01 1.12 up from 2024145100%$1,590
Rank 48; likely between #40 and #55 of 363Materials Today PhysicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.53Q18.17 1.14 down from 202494418%$4,160Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 49; likely between #34 and #75 of 363Journal of Materials InformaticsUnited States
1.50Q17.05 1.16 up from 20248198%—
Rank 50; likely between #45 and #56 of 363Nano ResearchOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China
1.48Q18.64 1.09 down from 20243,284100%$5,290Falling vs field, 2022–25

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

49 additional Materials Chemistry journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
363
Window papers (baseline)
294,138 +4.1% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.679 +0.1% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
43

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals147150153165172175177191198206213221240256277288300312324329332334346362366363
Window papers (baseline)83,52591,14297,816106,715114,237125,073135,445148,491161,932174,081185,077194,748210,226221,886236,788246,172254,827256,248256,729258,993266,963275,349282,624283,079285,185294,138
Median OJR0.610.6440.750.780.730.740.7110.7230.7120.7220.7160.6540.6450.65300.65900.65950.630.65260.6490.620.6760.6600.6780.670.6830.679

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.