Materials Engineering 2026
535 journals in P2.05 Materials Engineering (Engineering and Technology), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/535 | Progress in Polymer Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0079-6700 | 4.66 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/535 | Advances in Colloid and Interface Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0001-8686 | 4.32 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/535 | Chinese Journal of Catalysis Elsevier BV, ISSN 1872-2067 | 3.19 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/535 | ACS Nano American Chemical Society, ISSN 1936-0851 | 3.08 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/535 | Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2522-0128 | 3.07 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/535 | Nano TransMed Elsevier BV, ISSN 2790-6760 | 3.06 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/535 | Journal of Advanced Ceramics Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2226-4108 | 2.97 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/535 | Journal of Magnesium and Alloys Elsevier BV, ISSN 2213-9567 | 2.89 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/535 | Materials Today Elsevier BV, ISSN 1369-7021 | 2.85 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 10/535 | Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 1359-0286 | 2.79 | 98.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/535 | Annual Review of Materials Research Annual Reviews, ISSN 1531-7331 | 2.71 | 98.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/535 | Carbohydrate Polymers Elsevier BV, ISSN 0144-8617 | 2.65 | 97.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/535 | Advanced Nanocomposites Elsevier BV, ISSN 2949-9445 | 2.57 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/535 | Nano Materials Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 2589-9651 | 2.56 | 97.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/535 | npj Computational Materials Nature Portfolio, ISSN 2057-3960 | 2.42 | 97.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 16/535 | Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica Elsevier BV, ISSN 1000-6818 | 2.35 | 97.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 17/535 | Corrosion Communications Elsevier BV, ISSN 2667-2669 | 2.34 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 18/535 | Responsive materials ISSN 2834-894X | 2.34 | 96.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 19/535 | Matter Elsevier BV, ISSN 2590-2385 | 2.32 | 96.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 20/535 | Carbon Elsevier BV, ISSN 0008-6223 | 2.26 | 96.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 21/535 | Accounts of Materials Research American Chemical Society, ISSN 2643-6728 | 2.25 | 96.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 22/535 | Journal of macromolecular science. Part C, Reviews in macromolecular chemistry and physics/Journal of macromolecular science. Reviews in macromolecular chemistry and physics ISSN 0736-6574 | 2.18 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 23/535 | Applied Physics Reviews American Institute of Physics, ISSN 1931-9401 | 2.17 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 24/535 | Food Packaging and Shelf Life Elsevier BV, ISSN 2214-2894 | 2.11 | 95.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 25/535 | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Elsevier BV, ISSN 1389-5567 | 2.09 | 95.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 26/535 | Corrosion Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0010-938X | 2.00 | 95.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 27/535 | Plant Nano Biology Elsevier BV, ISSN 2773-1111 | 1.99 | 95.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 28/535 | Polyoxometalates Tsinghua University Press, ISSN 2957-9503 | 1.96 | 94.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 29/535 | Hybrid Advances Elsevier BV, ISSN 2773-207X | 1.89 | 94.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 30/535 | Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials ISSN 2948-2348 | 1.88 | 94.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 31/535 | Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing Elsevier BV, ISSN 1359-835X | 1.84 | 94.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 32/535 | Aggregate Wiley, ISSN 2692-4560 | 1.81 | 94.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 33/535 | Journal of Rare Earths Elsevier BV, ISSN 1002-0721 | 1.79 | 93.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 34/535 | NPG Asia Materials Nature Portfolio, ISSN 1884-4049 | 1.76 | 93.7 | Provisional C-Q1 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 35/535 | Journal of nanostructure in chemistry Springer Nature, ISSN 2008-9244 | 1.76 | 93.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 36/535 | Communications Materials Nature Portfolio, ISSN 2662-4443 | 1.74 | 93.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 37/535 | npj 2D Materials and Applications Nature Portfolio, ISSN 2397-7132 | 1.72 | 93.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 38/535 | Discover Polymers. Academy of Medicine, Singapore, ISSN 3004-9377 | 1.71 | 93.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 39/535 | Polymer Degradation and Stability Elsevier BV, ISSN 0141-3910 | 1.67 | 92.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 40/535 | Nano Letters American Chemical Society, ISSN 1530-6984 | 1.64 | 92.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 41/535 | Small Wiley, ISSN 1613-6810 | 1.62 | 92.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 42/535 | Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 1359-0294 | 1.58 | 92.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 43/535 | Collagen and Leather ISSN 2097-1419 | 1.58 | 92.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 44/535 | Applied Surface Science Advances Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-5239 | 1.58 | 91.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 45/535 | Journal of Materiomics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-8478 | 1.57 | 91.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 46/535 | npj Materials Degradation Nature Portfolio, ISSN 2397-2106 | 1.56 | 91.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 47/535 | OpenNano Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-9520 | 1.54 | 91.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 48/535 | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 1226-086X | 1.53 | 91.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 49/535 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Elsevier BV, ISSN 0141-8130 | 1.53 | 90.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 50/535 | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces American Chemical Society, ISSN 1944-8244 | 1.49 | 90.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 51/535 | Composites Communications Elsevier BV, ISSN 2452-2139 | 1.46 | 90.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 52/535 | NanoImpact Elsevier BV, ISSN 2452-0748 | 1.46 | 90.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 53/535 | Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts Elsevier BV, ISSN 2369-9698 | 1.45 | 90.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 54/535 | Journal of Leather Science and Engineering Springer Nature, ISSN 2524-7859 | 1.44 | 90.0 | Provisional C-Q1 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 55/535 | Nano Trends Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-9781 | 1.44 | 89.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 56/535 | Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 2542-5048 | 1.43 | 89.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 57/535 | Applied Surface Science Elsevier BV, ISSN 0169-4332 | 1.42 | 89.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 58/535 | Materials Genome Engineering Advances Wiley, ISSN 2940-9489 | 1.40 | 89.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 59/535 | Materials Theory Springer Nature, ISSN 2509-8012 | 1.39 | 89.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 60/535 | Progress in Solid State Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 0079-6786 | 1.39 | 88.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 61/535 | Journal of the European Ceramic Society Elsevier BV, ISSN 0955-2219 | 1.38 | 88.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 62/535 | Frontiers in Nanotechnology Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2673-3013 | 1.34 | 88.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 63/535 | International Journal of Impact Engineering Elsevier BV, ISSN 0734-743X | 1.33 | 88.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 64/535 | Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-0865 | 1.32 | 88.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 65/535 | Macromol—A Journal of Macromolecular Research Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2673-6209 | 1.32 | 87.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 66/535 | Progress in Natural Science: Materials International Elsevier BV, ISSN 1002-0071 | 1.32 | 87.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 67/535 | Microstructures ISSN 2770-2995 | 1.30 | 87.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 68/535 | New Carbon Materials Elsevier BV, ISSN 1872-5805 | 1.29 | 87.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 69/535 | Tungsten Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2661-8028 | 1.29 | 87.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 70/535 | Journal of Alloys and Compounds Elsevier BV, ISSN 0925-8388 | 1.28 | 87.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 71/535 | Chemistry of Materials American Chemical Society, ISSN 0897-4756 | 1.27 | 86.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 72/535 | Surface and Coatings Technology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0257-8972 | 1.27 | 86.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 73/535 | Materials Research Bulletin Elsevier BV, ISSN 0025-5408 | 1.26 | 86.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 74/535 | RSC Advances Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 2046-2069 | 1.24 | 86.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 75/535 | Discover Materials Springer Nature, ISSN 2730-7727 | 1.24 | 86.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 76/535 | Polymers Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2073-4360 | 1.24 | 85.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 77/535 | Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces Elsevier BV, ISSN 0927-7765 | 1.24 | 85.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 78/535 | Polymer Testing Elsevier BV, ISSN 0142-9418 | 1.22 | 85.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 79/535 | Digital Discovery Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 2635-098X | 1.21 | 85.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 80/535 | Journal of Catalysis Elsevier BV, ISSN 0021-9517 | 1.21 | 85.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 81/535 | Science and Technology of Advanced Materials Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1468-6996 | 1.21 | 85.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 82/535 | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids Elsevier BV, ISSN 0022-3697 | 1.19 | 84.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 83/535 | JCIS Open Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-934X | 1.19 | 84.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 84/535 | Giant Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-5425 | 1.19 | 84.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 85/535 | Journal of Materials Informatics ISSN 2770-372X | 1.18 | 84.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 86/535 | Journal of Functional Biomaterials Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2079-4983 | 1.18 | 84.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 87/535 | Nanoscale Advances Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 2516-0230 | 1.18 | 83.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 88/535 | Artificial Intelligence Chemistry Elsevier BV, ISSN 2949-7477 | 1.18 | 83.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 89/535 | Nanotechnology Science and Applications Dove Medical Press, ISSN 1177-8903 | 1.17 | 83.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 90/535 | Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Royal Society of Chemistry, ISSN 2052-1545 | 1.16 | 83.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 91/535 | Ceramics International Elsevier BV, ISSN 0272-8842 | 1.15 | 83.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 92/535 | Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects Elsevier BV, ISSN 0927-7757 | 1.14 | 82.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 93/535 | SPE Polymers Wiley, ISSN 2690-3857 | 1.14 | 82.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 94/535 | Next Nanotechnology Elsevier BV, ISSN 2949-8295 | 1.13 | 82.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 95/535 | European Polymer Journal Elsevier BV, ISSN 0014-3057 | 1.13 | 82.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 96/535 | Chemical Physics Impact Elsevier BV, ISSN 2667-0224 | 1.13 | 82.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 97/535 | Carbon letters Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1976-4251 | 1.13 | 82.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 98/535 | FlatChem Elsevier BV, ISSN 2452-2627 | 1.12 | 81.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 99/535 | Inorganic Chemistry Communications Elsevier BV, ISSN 1387-7003 | 1.12 | 81.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 100/535 | Materials Today Physics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2542-5293 | 1.11 | 81.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 910 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.