Journal profile · Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Functional Materials Letters
ISSN 1793-6047 · eISSN 1793-7213 · World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd · SINGAPORE · Tri-annual
Functional Materials Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.93; subscription journal; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 83 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Functional Materials Letters is published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd 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 Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, together about 27.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Functional Materials Letters is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal for original contributions to research on the synthesis, behavior and characterization of functional materials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Hiroki NagaiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering11.5%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering8.4%
- Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesEnergy8.1%
- Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationMaterials Science6.7%
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMaterials Science5.1%
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsEngineering4.8%
- ZnO doping and propertiesMaterials Science4.2%
- Advanced battery technologies researchEngineering4.1%
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, Multidisciplinary | 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, Multidisciplinary | 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, Multidisciplinary | 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
- 0.93LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 413OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 122LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,728 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 83 | 0 | 31 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1 | 112 |
| 2023 | 115 | 2 | 333 |
| 2022 | 76 | 5 | 273 |
| 2021 | 125 | 6 | 687 |
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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
- World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
- Country or region
- SINGAPORE
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- ISSN
- 1793-6047
- Electronic ISSN
- 1793-7213
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Functional Materials Letters
What CAS zone is Functional Materials Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Functional Materials Letters is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. 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 Functional Materials Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.93; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Functional Materials Letters?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Functional Materials Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Functional Materials Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Functional Materials Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Functional Materials Letters 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .