Journal profile · Semiconductors, energy materials, ceramics, flexible and composite materials
Information & Functional Materials
ISSN 2751-9554 · eISSN 2751-9457 · Wiley · China · Quarterly · Founded 2024
Information & Functional Materials: fully open access; APC about USD 3,200; median 79 days to acceptance (36 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 76%; 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Information & Functional Materials is published by Wiley. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Perovskite Materials and Applications and 2D Materials and Applications, together about 31.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information & Functional Materials (IFM) is a single-anonymized peer-reviewed international and cross-disciplinary open access journal, publishing reviews, research papers, perspective, and short communications related to information and functional materials, within the scopes of semiconductor materials, metal materials, ceramics, soft materials, and composites etc. for various applications. IFM aims to provide an excellent platform for the dissemination of the cutting-edge research results in the general area of information and functional materials. All manuscripts are subject to critical, anonymous peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Semiconductors, energy materials, ceramics, flexible and composite materials
Editor-in-chief Deren YangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 13 in mainland China (about 46%); most named Mainland China 13, United States 10, Hong Kong, China 2, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsEngineering12.6%
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering11.1%
- 2D Materials and ApplicationsMaterials Science8.2%
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMaterials Science7.4%
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesEngineering5.9%
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsPhysics and Astronomy3.7%
- Semiconductor materials and devicesEngineering3.7%
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes ResearchEngineering3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.82OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 14Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 34,376Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 72 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 171 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 145 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 31 |
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 Crossref · to
79 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 54 days – 104 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (36 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 109 days
- Sample
- 36 articles with submission and acceptance dates (45 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".
Other sources
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 76%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 76%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 73 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 3,200 / GBP 2,350 / EUR 2,750 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 260 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted6
- editorialQuick Navigation Policies and Procedures Professional Conduct and Publication Ethics Authors Reviewers Editors Data Security Peer Review Policy Special Issues A…Length not stated
- perspective(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Information & Functional Materials. Word Limit: No strict word lim…Length not stated
- research article(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Information & Functional Materials. Word Limit: No strict word lim…Length not stated
- review(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Information & Functional Materials. Word Limit: No strict word lim…Length not stated
- review article(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Information & Functional Materials. Word Limit: No strict word lim…Length not stated
- viewpoint(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Information & Functional Materials. Word Limit: No strict word lim…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
The list of authors should accurately indicate who contributed to the work. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. If the authors have no conflicts of interest, this should be stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing/Repositories
Information & Functional Materials encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving them in an appropriate public repository. Authors may provide a data availability statement, including a link to the repository they have used, so that this statement can be published in their paper. Shared data should be cited. All accepted manuscripts may c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Professional Conduct and Publication Ethics
Follows COPE core practices and handles research/publication misconduct accordingly. Model summary
The journal requires that you include in the manuscript details IRB approvals, ethical treatment of human and animal research participants, and gathering of informed consent, as appropriate. You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission. Please review Wiley's guidelines surrounding human studies, animal studies, clinical trial registration, biosecurity, and rese…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Permissions
Quick Navigation Figure Reproduction, Adaption, and Redrawing Seeking Permission to Reproduce Figures and Images Subscription Journals Open Access Re-Using Figures from Non-Journal Sources General Public Domain and CC0 Stock Photos Trademarks and Logos Classical Art Currency Don’t Use Material Without Permission Further Information Copyright is a complex subject and causes concern for many because…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
A general exception to this rule is open access journals and articles, which have different agreements governing re-use of material. If you wish to reproduce materials from an open access title, you should check the journal homepage for more information on their re-use policies.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single anonymized peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uses iThenticate CrossCheck to detect overlapping/similar text in submitted manuscripts. Model summary
This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprints on non-profit community servers (ChemRxiv, bioRxiv, arXiv) are acceptable. Model summary
Consideration will be given to submitted papers that have been previously: posted as a preprint on a non-profit community preprint server such as ChemRxiv, bioRxiv, and arXiv.
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2024
- ISSN
- 2751-9554
- Electronic ISSN
- 2751-9457
- Society / sponsor
- Zhejiang University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 3, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Information & Functional Materials
How long does peer review take at Information & Functional Materials?
Based on the dates recorded on 36 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 79 days (interquartile range 54–104 days); the community-reported acceptance is “76%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 76% (2025). 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 Information & Functional Materials?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 260 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: AMA. 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 Information & Functional Materials based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 13 (about 46%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (13), United States (10) and Hong Kong, China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Information & Functional Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Information & Functional Materials is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Information & Functional Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Information & Functional Materials is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .