Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES
Composites and Advanced Materials
ISSN 2634-9833 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
Composites and Advanced Materials: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.27; fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Composites and Advanced Materials is published by SAGE Publishing and is in Zone 4 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites, Mechanical Behavior of Composites and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Please note, this title was formerly Advanced Composites Letters. Composites and Advanced Materials is a JCR ranked, peer reviewed, open access journal welcoming submissions of Original Research Articles, Reviews and Short Communications, which make a distinctive contribution in the broadly defined field of science and engineering of composites and advanced materials or structures. Whilst investigations in well-established areas that fall within the scope of the journal are welcome, innovative ideas, and recent theoretical, computational and experimental developments are particularly encouraged.The journal comprises five main themes, each of which will be led by a Topic Editor Biomaterials Coatings, Films and Interfaces Composites Materials Science Sustainable and Green Materials This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).Submission informationSubmit your manuscript today at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/advcomPlease see the Submission Guidelines for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.Article Processing Charge (APC)Publication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC). The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.The Article Processing Charge (APC) for this journal is currently $2400Short Communications will be charged at $1920.The article processing charge (APC) is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.ContactPlease direct any enquiries to acm.admin@sagepub.co.uk
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES
Editor-in-chief Igor GuzPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 23%); most named India 8, Mainland China 5, United Kingdom 2, Taiwan, China 1, United States 1 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesMaterials Science14.6%
- Mechanical Behavior of CompositesEngineering12.3%
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering9.2%
- Fiber-reinforced polymer compositesEngineering5%
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction MaterialsEngineering5%
- Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesEngineering4.6%
- Tribology and Wear AnalysisEngineering4.6%
- Cellular and Composite StructuresEngineering4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Composites | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Composites | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Composites | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 3.27LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 156 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 38 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 192 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 239 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 135 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 430 |
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 review time (community reports)
- about 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 / USD 1,920 | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Article types accepted11
- brief communicationView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- editorialView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- letter to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- letters to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- opinionView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- original research articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- perspectiveView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews: A critical review of the state-of-the-art.Length not stated
- short communicationView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
- viewpointView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Original Research Article: Presenting fundamental research, describing new methods, structures, ap…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
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
Online-only journal Model summary
Composites and Advanced Materials 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, pai…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency:Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor/Authors 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 des…
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
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 ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2634-9833
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Composites and Advanced Materials
What CAS zone is Composites and Advanced Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Composites and Advanced Materials is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Composites. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Composites and Advanced Materials?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.27; CiteScore 0, h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at Composites and Advanced Materials?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Composites and Advanced Materials?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Composites and Advanced Materials based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 23%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (8), Mainland China (5) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Composites and Advanced Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Composites and Advanced Materials is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Composites and Advanced Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Composites and Advanced Materials is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .