Journal profile · Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Annual Review of Materials Research
ISSN 1531-7331 · eISSN 1545-4118 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 2001
Annual Review of Materials Research: CAS Zone 1 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 14.44; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 20 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Materials Research is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials and Machine Learning in Materials Science, together about 22.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Materials Research covers the significant developments in the field of materials research, including original methodologies, materials phenomena, material systems, and special keynote topics.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electronic and Structural Properties of OxidesMaterials Science8.8%
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMaterials Science7.3%
- Machine Learning in Materials ScienceMaterials Science6.2%
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMaterials Science5.5%
- Force Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsPhysics and Astronomy5.5%
- Multiferroics and related materialsMaterials Science5.3%
- Microstructure and mechanical propertiesMaterials Science5.1%
- nanoparticles nucleation surface interactionsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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
- 14.44LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 14.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 19.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 140LetPub ·
- h-index
- 176OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 448OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 12.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 521 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 17 | 12 |
| 2025 | 20 | 19 | 259 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 378 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 752 |
| 2022 | 21 | 15 | 943 |
| 2021 | 24 | 11 | 1,713 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1531-7331
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-4118
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Materials Research
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Materials Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Materials Research is in Zone 1 of Materials Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Materials Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 14.44; CiteScore 19.3, h-index 176.
Which databases index Annual Review of Materials Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Materials Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Materials Research open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Materials Research is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .