Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, TEXTILES
AATCC Journal of Research
ISSN 2330-5517 · American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists · UNITED STATES
AATCC Journal of Research: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.47; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; review about 142 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 25.3% (journal website); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AATCC Journal of Research is published by American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers, Textile materials and evaluations and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, together about 50.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The AATCC Journal of Research is a scholarly, peer reviewed, online scientific journal of textiles and materials research. This includes original articles and review articles relating to the chemical and biochemical sciences; the fundamentals, … | View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, TEXTILES
Editor-in-chief Gang SunPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 19%); most named United States 12, Mainland China 4, South Korea 2, India 1, Switzerland 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dyeing and Modifying Textile FibersEngineering23%
- Textile materials and evaluationsMaterials Science22.3%
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering5.2%
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsMaterials Science4.7%
- Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityMaterials Science3.1%
- Microplastics and Plastic PollutionEnvironmental Science3.1%
- Thermoregulation and physiological responsesMedicine3.1%
- Industrial Vision Systems and Defect DetectionEngineering2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Textiles | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.47LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.66%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 465 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 9 |
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | 108 |
| 2024 | 33 | 17 | 109 |
| 2023 | 43 | 23 | 288 |
| 2022 | 46 | 2 | 223 |
| 2021 | 76 | 0 | 297 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 142 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 48 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / GBP 2,493 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted7
- conference paperPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Research Papers compromise the bulk of submitted and publi…Length not stated
- conference papersConference Papers: AATCC Journal of Research occasionally publishes conference papers on a specific topic as part of a collection; these papers are published as…Length not stated
- original researchPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Research Papers compromise the bulk of submitted and publi…Length not stated
- research paperPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Research Papers compromise the bulk of submitted and publi…Length not stated
- research papersResearch Papers compromise the bulk of submitted and published manuscripts. These are full-length papers presenting original research results.Length not stated
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Research Papers compromise the bulk of submitted and publi…Length not stated
- review papersReview Papers summarizing the existing literature on a topic are also published in the Journal.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Research data sharing policy: authors encouraged to share data in a public repository, include a data availability statement, and cite the data. Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
AATCC Journal of Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review identity transparency: double anonymized. Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy: submissions posted on preprint servers are considered; preprint DOI required at submission; do not post updated versions during peer review. Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2330-5517
- Print ISSN
- 2472-3444
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AATCC Journal of Research
What CAS zone is AATCC Journal of Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AATCC Journal of Research is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Textiles. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AATCC Journal of Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.47; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 21.
How long does peer review take at AATCC Journal of Research?
The publisher reports about 142 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25.3%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of AATCC Journal of Research based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 19%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (12), Mainland China (4) and South Korea (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AATCC Journal of Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AATCC Journal of Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is AATCC Journal of Research open access, and what is the APC?
AATCC Journal of Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .