Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Field ranking · 2025
Materials Science journal rankings 2025
504 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Materials Science has 504 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.64, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.06. The three highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are Progress in Materials Science, Progress in Polymer Science, and Nature Nanotechnology: each is likely ranked within the top 6.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. 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 2022–2024, the window the 2025 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. 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. | 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. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #1 of 504Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 9.68Q1 | 45.91 4.15 up from 2024 | 308 | 36% | $6,040 | ||
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #3 of 504Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.98Q1 | 34.54 6.59 up from 2024 | 135 | 40% | $6,500 | ||
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #3 of 504Nature NanotechnologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.52Q1 | 27.98 1.80 up from 2024 | 748 | 38% | $12,690 | ||
Rank 4; likely between #4 and #5 of 504Nature MaterialsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 5.44Q1 | 23.12 0.39 up from 2024 | 867 | 32% | $12,690 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 5; likely between #4 and #6 of 504Advances in Colloid and Interface ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.15Q1 | 25.63 5.37 up from 2024 | 508 | 23% | $5,150 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 6; likely between #5 and #6 of 504Coordination Chemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.74Q1 | 26.50 1.88 up from 2024 | 1,474 | 19% | $5,740 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 7; likely between #7 and #8 of 504ACS NanoAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 3.54Q1 | 17.72 0.87 up from 2024 | 6,534 | 25% | $4,500 | ||
Rank 8; likely between #8 and #16 of 504Chemical ReviewsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.97Q1 | 66.02 11.75 up from 2024 | 697 | 49% | $4,500 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 9; likely between #8 and #21 of 504Smart MoleculesOAWiley | 2.93Q1 | 14.01 4.67 up from 2024 | 83 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 10; likely between #8 and #17 of 504Accounts of Materials ResearchAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.92Q1 | 13.69 0.31 down from 2024 | 341 | 25% | $4,500 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #8 and #18 of 504npj Computational MaterialsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.88Q1 | 13.85 1.32 up from 2024 | 770 | 100% | $3,490 | ||
Rank 12; likely between #8 and #18 of 504Journal of Advanced CeramicsOASpringer Science+Business Media · China | 2.85Q1 | 12.98 2.98 down from 2024 | 514 | 100% | $2,372 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 13; likely between #8 and #18 of 504Advanced Composites and Hybrid MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 2.83Q1 | 15.41 7.24 down from 2024 | 767 | 99% | $3,490 | ||
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #17 of 504Carbohydrate PolymersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.82Q1 | 13.67 0.65 up from 2024 | 3,443 | 20% | $5,340 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 15; likely between #8 and #33 of 504Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.76Q1 | 11.72 3.05 down from 2024 | 55 | 11% | $4,530 | ||
Rank 16; likely between #10 and #20 of 504AggregateOAWiley · United States | 2.72Q1 | 13.77 0.78 up from 2024 | 484 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
Rank 17; likely between #7 and #43 of 504Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer ResearchOAElsevier BV · China | 2.63Q1 | 16.40 3.15 up from 2024 | 101 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 18; likely between #8 and #35 of 504Plant Nano BiologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.56Q1 | 11.94 1.67 up from 2024 | 126 | 100% | $2,380 | ||
Rank 19; likely between #16 and #26 of 504Ultrasonics SonochemistryOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.46Q1 | 10.59 0.31 up from 2024 | 1,263 | 100% | $3,710 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 20; likely between #17 and #29 of 504Journal of Magnesium and AlloysOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.39Q1 | 15.27 2.48 up from 2024 | 765 | 100% | $1,500 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 21; likely between #15 and #34 of 504Communications MaterialsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.36Q1 | 9.71 0.55 down from 2024 | 482 | 100% | $3,690 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #18 and #30 of 504Food Packaging and Shelf LifeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.34Q1 | 11.38 0.26 down from 2024 | 615 | 25% | $4,690 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 23; likely between #13 and #37 of 504Corrosion CommunicationsOAElsevier BV · China | 2.33Q1 | 10.61 0.20 up from 2024 | 110 | 100% | $1,800 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #12 and #47 of 504Materials Genome Engineering AdvancesOAWiley | 2.27Q1 | 11.53 5.64 up from 2024 | 64 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
Rank 25; likely between #22 and #32 of 504Acta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 10.37 1.50 up from 2024 | 2,500 | 44% | $3,700 | ||
Rank 26; likely between #15 and #46 of 504Hybrid AdvancesOAElsevier BV | 2.20Q1 | 11.17 3.55 up from 2024 | 350 | 100% | $1,540 | ||
Rank 27; likely between #23 and #33 of 504Corrosion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.19Q1 | 10.30 1.62 up from 2024 | 2,198 | 21% | $4,070 | ||
Rank 28; likely between #8 and #94 of 504Smart Materials in ManufacturingOAElsevier BV | 2.17Q1 | 7.18 3.56 down from 2024 | 45 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 29; likely between #9 and #53 of 504npj Materials DegradationOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 7.64 0.86 down from 2024 | 318 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
Rank 30; likely between #18 and #47 of 504Applied Surface Science AdvancesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.12Q1 | 10.59 0.30 up from 2024 | 434 | 100% | $2,350 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #19 and #47 of 504Nano Materials ScienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.10Q1 | 10.51 4.30 down from 2024 | 205 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 32; likely between #26 and #37 of 504Chemical Society ReviewsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 51.62 8.99 up from 2024 | 851 | 57% | — | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 33; likely between #21 and #52 of 504NPG Asia MaterialsOANature Portfolio · Japan | 2.02Q1 | 9.67 0.80 up from 2024 | 227 | 100% | $4,490 | ||
Rank 34; likely between #21 and #56 of 504OpenNanoOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.97Q1 | 8.80 0.02 down from 2024 | 183 | 100% | $1,860 | ||
Rank 35; likely between #16 and #82 of 504Artificial Intelligence ChemistryOAElsevier BV | 1.96Q1 | 8.26 5.11 up from 2024 | 82 | 100% | $1,440 | ||
Rank 36; likely between #32 and #44 of 504CarbonElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 11.38 0.50 up from 2024 | 2,858 | 18% | $4,830 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #21 and #64 of 504Journal of nanostructure in chemistryOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.92Q1 | 21.64 12.65 up from 2024 | 71 | — | $3,690 | ||
Rank 38; likely between #16 and #81 of 504Progress in Solid State ChemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 10.14 1.40 down from 2024 | 60 | 11% | — | ||
Rank 39; likely between #35 and #45 of 504Nano LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.89Q1 | 9.33 0.04 down from 2024 | 4,938 | 24% | $4,500 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 40; likely between #20 and #75 of 504ACS Engineering AuOAAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.89Q1 | 10.26 4.23 up from 2024 | 119 | 100% | $3,500 | ||
Rank 41; likely between #29 and #53 of 504npj 2D Materials and ApplicationsOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 1.88Q1 | 9.00 0.10 up from 2024 | 247 | 100% | $3,405 | ||
Rank 42; likely between #37 and #46 of 504International Journal of Biological MacromoleculesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.86Q1 | 8.93 0.20 down from 2024 | 17,967 | 15% | $4,390 | ||
Rank 43; likely between #17 and #105 of 504TextilesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.81Q1 | 5.82 0.66 down from 2024 | 101 | 100% | $1,207 | ||
Rank 44; likely between #26 and #72 of 504NanoImpactElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.80Q1 | 8.06 1.03 up from 2024 | 153 | 43% | $3,600 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 45; likely between #31 and #66 of 504Green Chemistry Letters and ReviewsOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 8.27 2.58 up from 2024 | 203 | 100% | $1,533 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #22 and #114 of 504Journal of Leather Science and EngineeringOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 1.72Q1 | —no 2024 value | 33 | — | $1,230 | ||
Rank 47; likely between #30 and #85 of 504Catalysis ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.71Q1 | 7.62 1.43 down from 2024 | 68 | 22% | — | ||
Rank 48; likely between #34 and #77 of 504DropletOAWiley | 1.70Q1 | 8.25 0.89 up from 2024 | 99 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 49; likely between #19 and #140 of 504Macromol—A Journal of Macromolecular ResearchOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.69Q1 | 8.61 3.17 up from 2024 | 133 | 100% | $1,207 | ||
Rank 50; likely between #33 and #83 of 504PolyoxometalatesOATsinghua University Press | 1.66Q1 | 9.51 1.10 down from 2024 | 73 | 100% | — |
60 Materials Science journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
Full rising list for Materials Science
- 1Kuwait Journal of ScienceOAMaterials Chemistry+231% vs groupOJR 0.27 → 0.81range +146% to +344%
- 2Nano Biomedicine and EngineeringOAMaterials Chemistry+226% vs groupOJR 0.37 → 1.11range +122% to +377%
- 3International Journal of NanoscienceMaterials Chemistry+121% vs groupOJR 0.14 → 0.28range +56% to +213%
- 4Journal of Rare EarthsMaterials Chemistry+66% vs groupOJR 0.85 → 1.29range +48% to +87%
- 5Inorganic Chemistry CommunicationsMaterials Chemistry+59% vs groupOJR 0.72 → 1.06range +45% to +75%
- 6RSC AdvancesOAMaterials Chemistry+45% vs groupOJR 0.96 → 1.27range +38% to +52%
- 7Chemical Research in Chinese UniversitiesMaterials Chemistry+58% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.67range +33% to +87%
- 8Carbon lettersMaterials Chemistry+68% vs groupOJR 0.83 → 1.28range +33% to +113%
- 9Computational Condensed MatterMaterials Chemistry+64% vs groupOJR 0.48 → 0.72range +30% to +107%
- 10Packaging Technology and ScienceBiomaterials+69% vs groupOJR 0.74 → 1.14range +30% to +119%
- 11MRS BulletinMaterials Chemistry+61% vs groupOJR 0.58 → 0.86range +30% to +101%
- 12AATCC Journal of ResearchPolymers and Plastics+101% vs groupOJR 0.24 → 0.44range +28% to +215%
- 13Anti-Corrosion Methods and MaterialsMaterials Chemistry+66% vs groupOJR 0.34 → 0.51range +28% to +115%
- 14NanoImpactMaterials Chemistry+72% vs groupOJR 1.14 → 1.80range +25% to +136%
- 15ACS OmegaOAMaterials Chemistry+29% vs groupOJR 1.07 → 1.27range +24% to +35%
- 16Polymer BulletinPolymers and Plastics+38% vs groupOJR 0.74 → 0.93range +21% to +57%
- 17Journal of the Korean Physical SocietyMaterials Chemistry+42% vs groupOJR 0.18 → 0.23range +20% to +68%
- 18Journal of Sol-Gel Science and TechnologyMaterials Chemistry+35% vs groupOJR 0.57 → 0.70range +19% to +53%
- 19Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and MaterialsMaterials Chemistry+32% vs groupOJR 0.88 → 1.06range +19% to +48%
- 20TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRYOAMaterials Chemistry+45% vs groupOJR 0.35 → 0.46range +18% to +77%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -81% to +416% (ratio scale)
67 Materials Science journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1Engineered ScienceOAMaterials Chemistry-50% vs groupOJR 1.99 → 0.91range -61% to -36%
- 2Molecular CatalysisMaterials Chemistry-36% vs groupOJR 0.87 → 0.51range -42% to -29%
- 3Journal of Porphyrins and PhthalocyaninesMaterials Chemistry-41% vs groupOJR 0.26 → 0.14range -53% to -26%
- 4physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research LettersMaterials Chemistry-36% vs groupOJR 0.61 → 0.36range -45% to -26%
- 5New Journal of ChemistryMaterials Chemistry-28% vs groupOJR 0.74 → 0.49range -31% to -25%
- 6Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)Materials Chemistry-40% vs groupOJR 0.31 → 0.17range -52% to -24%
- 7NanoscaleMaterials Chemistry-27% vs groupOJR 1.51 → 1.01range -30% to -24%
- 8eXPRESS Polymer LettersOAPolymers and Plastics-35% vs groupOJR 0.76 → 0.45range -46% to -22%
- 9Applied NanoscienceMaterials Chemistry-33% vs groupOJR 0.94 → 0.57range -44% to -21%
- 10Environmental Science NanoMaterials Chemistry-29% vs groupOJR 1.42 → 0.92range -37% to -21%
- 11The Journal of Physical Chemistry LettersMaterials Chemistry-24% vs groupOJR 1.40 → 0.98range -27% to -20%
- 12ChemNanoMatMaterials Chemistry-31% vs groupOJR 0.71 → 0.45range -40% to -20%
- 132D MaterialsMaterials Chemistry-31% vs groupOJR 1.21 → 0.77range -41% to -19%
- 14Nano LettersMaterials Chemistry-22% vs groupOJR 2.66 → 1.89range -26% to -19%
- 15Dalton TransactionsMaterials Chemistry-22% vs groupOJR 0.83 → 0.59range -26% to -18%
- 16Materials Today PhysicsMaterials Chemistry-28% vs groupOJR 2.30 → 1.53range -36% to -18%
- 17NanotechnologyMaterials Chemistry-22% vs groupOJR 0.73 → 0.52range -28% to -17%
- 18Materials Research InnovationsMaterials Chemistry-42% vs groupOJR 0.63 → 0.34range -60% to -16%
- 19NanotoxicologyMaterials Chemistry-32% vs groupOJR 1.21 → 0.75range -45% to -16%
- 20APL MaterialsOAMaterials Chemistry-28% vs groupOJR 1.47 → 0.98range -38% to -15%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -63% to +171% (ratio scale)
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.
71 additional Materials Science 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.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 504
- Window papers (baseline)
- 533,293 +3.8% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.639 -2.3% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 60Comparison-group list (60)
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.
| 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 |
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| 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.