Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
ACS Materials Letters
ISSN 2639-4979 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2019
ACS Materials Letters: CAS Zone 2 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.61; transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 69 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); 465 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ACS Materials Letters is published by American Chemical Society and is in Zone 2 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Perovskite Materials and Applications, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, together about 22.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ACS Materials Letters reports transformative research on the design synthesis structure properties performance development and applications of emerging materials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering8.3%
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsChemistry8.2%
- Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMaterials Science6%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering5.8%
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering5.8%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science5.3%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy5.1%
- Covalent Organic Framework ApplicationsMaterials Science5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Chemistry Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Chemistry | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
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
- 8.61LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 108OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,447OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 431LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,608 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 310 | 73 | 228 |
| 2025 | 465 | 93 | 3,027 |
| 2024 | 573 | 92 | 9,859 |
| 2023 | 395 | 59 | 9,583 |
| 2022 | 312 | 46 | 10,641 |
| 2021 | 206 | 35 | 10,279 |
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
69 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 46 days – 90 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 81 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (56 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
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
Transformative journalLetPub
A subscription journal moving to full open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,500 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2019
- ISSN
- 2639-4979
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ACS Materials Letters
What CAS zone is ACS Materials Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ACS Materials Letters is in Zone 2 of Materials Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ACS Materials Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.61; CiteScore 13.3, h-index 108.
How long does peer review take at ACS Materials Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 69 days (interquartile range 46–90 days). 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.
Which databases index ACS Materials Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ACS Materials Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ACS Materials Letters open access, and what is the APC?
ACS Materials Letters is a transformative journal. APC about USD 4,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .