Top 10 Materials Chemistry Journals In The World 2026

1. Nature Reviews Materials

Nature Reviews Materials aims to cover the making, measuring, modelling and manufacturing of materials - thus, looking at materials science throughout the pipeline of laboratory discovery to functional device.  Reviews and Perspectives are commissioned by the editorial team. Research areas covered in the journal include: Soft matter Biomaterials, bio-inspired and biomedical materials Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials Magnetic materials Materials for electronics Superconductors Engineered and structural materials (metals, alloys, ceramics, composites) Two-dimensional materials Surfaces and thin films Devices Catalytic and separation materials Energy materials  Materials more...

2. Progress in Polymer Science

Progress in Polymer Science publishes state-of-the-art overview articles by internationally recognized authorities in polymer science and engineering, one of the fastest growing disciplines. The journal provides a link between original articles, innovations published in patents, and up-to-date knowledge of technology. It publishes review articles on subjects not only within the traditional fields of polymer science - chemistry, physics and engineering involving polymers - but also within interdisciplinary developing fields such as functional and specialty polymers, biomaterials, polymers and drug delivery, polymers in electronic applications, composites, conducting polymers, liquid more...

3. Chem

Chem, a sister journal to Cell, provides a home for seminal and insightful research and showcases how fundamental studies in chemistry and its sub-disciplines may help in finding potential solutions to the global challenges of tomorrow. Chem publishes work from across the chemical sciences and at the interfaces between chemistry and other disciplines. On submission, authors are asked to categorize their article into at least one of the following ten Sustainable Development Goals identified by the United Nations: Good health and well-being Affordable and clean more...

4. InfoMat

InfoMat is an interdisciplinary and open-access journal that will address the growing scientific interest in new materials with unique electrical, optical and magnetic properties, and their applications in the rapid development of information technology. It will serve as a high-quality journal for researchers working in a wide variety of scientific areas and bring together the communities of materials science and information technology to contribute in this emerging field. InfoMat is aimed at publishing experimental and theoretical approaches dealing with issues of advanced materials. more...

5. ACS Energy Letters

ACS Energy Letters publishes papers that report new scientific advances in all aspects of energy research that are of interest to scientists working in the fundamental, and applied sciences. A central criterion to acceptance is that the paper reports sufficiently urgent results such that rapid publication is essential. ACS Energy Letters is published monthly. The journal maintains one of the most rapid publication times in the field (average 4-6 weeks from submission to web publication in As Soon As Publishable format). ACS Energy Letters is currently more...

6. Carbon Energy

Carbon Energy is international and broad in scope, welcoming innovative interdisciplinary research covering all forms of energy, spanning from the conventional electric and thermal energy to the type that catalyzes chemical and biological transformations. more...

7. Accounts of Materials Research

Accounts of Materials Research publishes concise personal reviews and perspectives describing recent research developments in all aspects of materials science and engineering. An Account uses results previously published by the authors to teach readers new insights and thinking in an area of materials research. Each Account is directed not only to specialists in the field, but also to a broad range of scientists who wish to keep abreast of the best current research in fields other than their own. Readability by the more...

8. Rare Metals

Peer-reviewed and published monthly, Rare Metals is the official journal of the Nonferrous Metals Society of China. The journal is dedicated to the publication and the dissemination of original research articles (and occasional invited reviews) in the field of rare metals to establish a platform of communication between engineers and scientists. Its coverage includes the metallurgy, processing, and determination of rare metals. The journal also publishes papers on the application of rare metals in advanced materials, such as superconductors, semiconductors, composites, and more...

9. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials

International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials (Formerly known as Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing, Mineral, Metallurgy, Material) provides an international medium for the publication of theoretical and experimental studies related to the fields of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials. Papers dealing with minerals processing, mining, mine safety, environmental pollution and protection of mines, process metallurgy, metallurgical physical chemistry, structure and physical properties of materials, corrosion and resistance of materials, are viewed as suitable for publication. more...

10. Energetic Materials Frontiers

One of the key goals of Energetic Materials Frontiers journal is to disseminate original basic and applied research results in the field of energetic materials and fuels. It seeks to bridge gaps between theoretical and experimental basic science, and interdisciplinary, applied, goals-oriented research and development. It also aims to provide a comprehensive open access publishing platform to researchers and scholars from various fields of science and technology related to energetic materials and fuels. Our goal is to trigger effective "cross pollination" of more...