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Best open-access journals for Materials Chemistry

The top Materials Chemistry journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then 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
    Journal of Advanced Ceramics
    9.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  2. 2
    npj Computational Materials
    8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    NPG Asia Materials
    8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Aggregate
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
    7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Communications Materials
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Chemical Physics Impact
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  8. 8
    Journal of Materiomics
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  9. 9
    RSC Advances
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Nanoscale Advances
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Nanomaterials
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    APL Materials
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Institute of Physics
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Digital Discovery
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    ACS Omega
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    IUCrJ
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · International Union of Crystallography
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    IET Nanobiotechnology
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Institution of Engineering and Technology
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Nuclear Materials and Energy
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  18. 18
    Structural Dynamics
    0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · AIP Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Catalysis Communications
    10.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  20. 20
    Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
    4.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Green Processing and Synthesis
    4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · De Gruyter
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  22. 22
    Coatings
    3.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Beilstein Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Crystals
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Materials Research Express
    2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · IOP Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Micro & Nano Letters
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Institution of Engineering and Technology
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Philosophical Magazine Letters
    3.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies
    1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  29. 29
    Materials Science-Poland
    1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · De Gruyter Open
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  30. 30
    BULLETIN OF CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING AND CATALYSIS
    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Diponegoro University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  31. 31
    Journal of Inorganic Materials
    0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · Science Press
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  32. 32
    Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Ceramic Society of Japan
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  33. 33
    Nanosystems Physics Chemistry Mathematics
    0.6 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  34. 34
    Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics
    0.6 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  35. 35
    Indian Journal of Chemical Technology
    0.6 cites/paper · Q3 · CSIR-NIScPR
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  36. 36
    Physics and Chemistry of Solid State
    0.7 cites/paper · Q4 · Vasyl Stefanyk Prycarpathian National University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  37. 37
    Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology/Science and Technology
    0.6 cites/paper · Q4 · Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
    Open AccessScopus
  38. 38
    Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4 · Japan Petroleum Institute
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  39. 39
    Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia
    0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · Universidad de Antioquia
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  40. 40
    Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access

“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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