232 Materials Science journals in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Materials Science by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 0141-8130 | 9,812 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Ceramics International | 0272-8842 | 5,640 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Advanced Materials | 0935-9648 | 4,288 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Polymers | 2073-4360 | 3,420 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,13,838 to publish | Yes | No | Switzerland |
| ACS Nano | 1936-0851 | 3,309 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Inorganic Chemistry | 0020-1669 | 2,721 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Nano Letters | 1530-6984 | 2,351 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 1932-7447 | 2,286 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Nanoscale | 2040-3364 | 2,253 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research | 0888-5885 | 2,052 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| ACS Catalysis | 2155-5435 | 1,858 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Dalton Transactions | 1477-9226 | 1,756 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Materials Science | 0022-2461 | 1,485 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Polymer | 0032-3861 | 1,399 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Diamond and Related Materials | 0925-9635 | 1,275 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry | 1388-6150 | 1,263 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Hungary |
| Catalysts | 2073-4344 | 1,180 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,55,656 to publish | Yes | No | Switzerland |
| Carbon | 0008-6223 | 1,137 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Optical Materials | 0925-3467 | 1,082 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Acta Materialia | 1359-6454 | 1,042 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing | 1369-8001 | 1,016 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Chemistry - An Asian Journal | 1861-471X | 987 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| ChemCatChem | 1867-3880 | 886 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of the American Ceramic Society | 0002-7820 | 882 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids | 0022-3697 | 873 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces | 0927-7765 | 827 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Dyes and Pigments | 0143-7208 | 825 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of the European Ceramic Society | 0955-2219 | 823 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Corrosion Science | 0010-938X | 820 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Progress in Organic Coatings | 0300-9440 | 788 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| International Journal of Nanomedicine | 1176-9114 | 779 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,79,535 to publish | Yes | Yes | New Zealand |
| Biomacromolecules | 1525-7797 | 739 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Computational Materials Science | 0927-0256 | 738 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Catalysis Science & Technology | 2044-4753 | 718 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Science China Chemistry | 1001-652X | 687 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Nanoscale Advances | 2516-0230 | 683 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,67,704 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Catalysis | 0021-9517 | 666 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Polymer Degradation and Stability | 0141-3910 | 650 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Polymer Bulletin | 0170-0839 | 601 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Materials Research Bulletin | 0025-5408 | 598 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Polymer Engineering and Science | 0032-3888 | 596 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Luminescence | 0022-2313 | 587 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Applied Catalysis A General | 0926-860X | 564 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Cellulose | 0969-0239 | 559 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| BioNanoScience | 2191-1630 | 528 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Scripta Materialia | 1359-6462 | 514 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Ultrasonics Sonochemistry | 1350-4177 | 510 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,72,792 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Polymer Research | 1022-9760 | 478 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Taiwan |
| FEBS Journal | 1742-464X | 476 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Polymers for Advanced Technologies | 1042-7147 | 456 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Advanced Theory and Simulations | 2513-0390 | 443 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| npj Computational Materials | 2057-3960 | 434 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,36,291 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Microporous and Mesoporous Materials | 1387-1811 | 429 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Nanotechnology | 0957-4484 | 417 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications | 2666-8939 | 414 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,93,802 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Nature Materials | 1476-1122 | 391 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids | 0022-3093 | 384 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Catalysis Today | 0920-5861 | 365 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology | 0928-0707 | 365 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Digital Discovery | 2635-098X | 357 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,67,704 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Materials Today Physics | 2542-5293 | 356 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Biomedical Materials & Devices | 2731-4812 | 352 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,97,655 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Environmental Science Nano | 2051-8153 | 348 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Magnesium and Alloys | 2213-9567 | 347 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,44,493 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Materials Chemistry Frontiers | 2052-1537 | 345 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Polymer Testing | 0142-9418 | 333 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,15,958 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Nanoscale Horizons | 2055-6756 | 331 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Impact Engineering | 0734-743X | 327 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Nanoparticle Research | 1388-0764 | 327 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Discover Materials | 2730-7727 | 323 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,62,160 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Communications Materials | 2662-4443 | 321 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,174 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Rare Earths | 1002-0721 | 317 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Machine Learning Science and Technology | 2632-2153 | 316 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,18,696 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology | 1546-542X | 313 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| ChemPlusChem | 2192-6506 | 308 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Applied Clay Science | 0169-1317 | 306 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Solid State Sciences | 1293-2558 | 302 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) | 0253-9837 | 297 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| International Journal of Electrochemical Science | 1452-3981 | 297 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,951 to publish | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Results in Surfaces and Interfaces | 2666-8459 | 296 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,46,419 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| APL Materials | 2166-532X | 294 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,64,904 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| International Journal of Plasticity | 0749-6419 | 290 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Aggregate | 2692-4560 | 288 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,82,963 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Sustainable Food Technology | 2753-8095 | 277 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,80,452 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Food Packaging and Shelf Life | 2214-2894 | 264 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Nature Nanotechnology | 1748-3387 | 263 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering | 0256-1115 | 254 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | South Korea |
| Macromolecular Materials and Engineering | 1438-7492 | 246 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,03,435 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Solid State Ionics | 0167-2738 | 244 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Applied Physics Reviews | 1931-9401 | 240 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Nanomedicine | 1743-5889 | 240 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Discover Nano | 2731-9229 | 237 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,05,692 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Polymers and the Environment | 1064-7546 | 236 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Next Nanotechnology | 2949-8295 | 231 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Chinese Journal of Polymer Science | 0256-7679 | 227 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials | 0892-7057 | 226 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Results in Materials | 2590-048X | 224 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,81,098 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Structure | 0969-2126 | 220 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Macromolecular Bioscience | 1616-5187 | 215 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Topics in Catalysis | 1022-5528 | 215 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
The first 100 of 232 journals, by papers published in 2025. The rest load in the browser, with search, sort and filters.