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Highest-impact journals for Materials Chemistry

The top Materials Chemistry journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-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 free Journal Finder.

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  1. 1
    Nature Nanotechnology
    22.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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  2. 2
    Nature Materials
    19.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Coordination Chemistry Reviews
    16.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    ACS Nano
    13.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)
    12.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of Science
  6. 6
    Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
    11.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Journal of Advanced Ceramics
    9.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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  8. 8
    Carbon
    9.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Applied Physics Reviews
    9.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Institute of Physics
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  10. 10
    Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
    9.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Peking University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Corrosion Science
    8.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    npj Computational Materials
    8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    NPG Asia Materials
    8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects
    8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Scopus
  15. 15
    Aggregate
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
    7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Nano Letters
    7.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Communications Materials
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Chemical Physics Impact
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  21. 21
    Materials Today Physics
    6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    New Carbon Materials
    6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of Science
  23. 23
    Carbon letters
    5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Surface and Coatings Technology
    5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Journal of Materiomics
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  26. 26
    Nano Research
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    RSC Advances
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    ACS Applied Nano Materials
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Applied Surface Science
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Materials Research Bulletin
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Nanoscale Advances
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Inorganic Chemistry Communications
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Journal of Rare Earths
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of Science
  38. 38
    Ceramics International
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Diamond and Related Materials
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Optical Materials
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb 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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