Materials Chemistry · 401 journals indexed
Best journals for Materials Chemistry
The top Materials Chemistry journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 5CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)14.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 6Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science12.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Journal of Advanced Ceramics12.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 8Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica11.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Peking University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Applied Physics Reviews10.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Institute of PhysicsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13International Journal of Hydrogen Energy9.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Ultrasonics Sonochemistry9.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15npj Computational Materials9.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Communications Materials8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 23RSC Advances6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 26Nano Research6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28Nanoscale Advances6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29ACS Applied Nano Materials6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 32Nanomaterials5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 37International Journal of Impact Engineering5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of ChemistryScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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