Journal profile · Interdisciplinary-Materials science
Interdisciplinary Materials
ISSN 2767-4401 · eISSN 2767-441X · WILEY · CHINA MAINLAND · Quarterly · Founded 2022
Interdisciplinary Materials: CAS Zone 1 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 22.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,000; median 103 days to acceptance (61 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 63%; 72 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Interdisciplinary Materials is published by WILEY 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 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Advancements in Battery Materials, together about 31.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Interdisciplinary Materials is an open-access, peer-reviewed, and rapid-publication journal focusing on the interdisciplinary research between materials science and other disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, mechanics, biology, energy, environment, information, engineering, etc. The journal aims at reporting cutting-edge developments across science and technology around the world. Interdisciplinary Materials is expected to take an interdisciplinary, frontier, and integrated approach to all areas of materials research while cultivating the exchange of ideas between scientists involved in the different disciplines. Readership will include physicists, chemists, mathematicians, mechanics, biologists, and energy, environment, materials scientists, engineers from academia and industry as well as policymakers. Interdisciplinary Materials invites you to submit high-quality, innovative full-length research articles, rapid communications, reviews, perspectives, comments, and other editorial content of general interest to the field of interdisciplinary materials. All papers will be published online as soon as they are accepted and will be fully citable. Indexing Information CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) COMPENDEX (Elsevier) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) INSPEC (IET) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Interdisciplinary-Materials science
Editor-in-chief Qingjie ZhangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 75 in mainland China (about 65%); most named Mainland China 75, United States 10, Germany 5, United Kingdom 4, Australia 4 (115 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering10.8%
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering10.2%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering9.7%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science6.3%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy4.9%
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering4.5%
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.5%
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 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECCASPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 22.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 22.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 36.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 36.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 36.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 143OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 11.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 42Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 271,539Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 371 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 68 | 68 |
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | 411 |
| 2024 | 100 | 100 | 2,211 |
| 2023 | 69 | 69 | 1,693 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 3,434 |
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
103 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 75 days – 140 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 40 days (61 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 145 days
- Sample
- 61 articles with submission and acceptance dates (145 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 review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 63%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 98 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 3,000 / GBP 2,500 / EUR 2,880 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,000 / EUR 2,880 / GBP 2,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,500 / GBP 2,575 / EUR 3,035 | Yes | — | |
| 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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 260 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- editorialThe acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, ma…Length not stated
- original article(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Interdisciplinary Materials. Word Limit: No strict word limits, ho…Length not stated
- perspective articles(4) Perspective Articles Description: Perspectives are a forum for authors to discuss ideas from a personal viewpoint.Length not stated
- research article(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Interdisciplinary Materials. Word Limit: No strict word limits, ho…Length not stated
- review(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Interdisciplinary Materials. Word Limit: No strict word limits, ho…Length not stated
- review article(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Interdisciplinary Materials. Word Limit: No strict word limits, ho…Length not stated
- short communication(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of Interdisciplinary Materials. Word Limit: No strict word limits, ho…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
You will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. See the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on what to include in this section. Please ensure you liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Interdisciplinary Materials encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors may provide a data availability statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published in their paper. Shared data should be cited. All accepted manuscripts may elec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 6. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
Editorial Peer-review and Acceptance 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-blind 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. Wiley's policy on c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Open access license: CC BY; author retains copyright. Model summary
Accepted papers will be published under CC BY - Creative Commons Attribution License. With the Creative Commons license, the author retains copyright, and the public is allowed to reuse the content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Understanding Open Access
Open access model: fully open access. Model summary
As an open access journal, all articles in Interdisciplinary Materials are freely available to read, download and share immediately on publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Peer-review and Acceptance
Peer review type: single-blind peer review. Model summary
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-blind 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 ·
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 MAINLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2022
- ISSN
- 2767-4401
- Electronic ISSN
- 2767-441X
- Society / sponsor
- Wuhan University of Technology
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Interdisciplinary Materials
What CAS zone is Interdisciplinary Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Interdisciplinary Materials is in Zone 1 of Materials Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary / Physics, Applied; 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 Interdisciplinary Materials?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 22.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 36.1, h-index 49.
How long does peer review take at Interdisciplinary Materials?
Based on the dates recorded on 61 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 103 days (interquartile range 75–140 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “63%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (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 Interdisciplinary Materials?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 260 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: AMA; Cover letter: Required. 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 Interdisciplinary Materials based?
Of the 115 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 75 (about 65%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (75), United States (10) and Germany (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Interdisciplinary Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Interdisciplinary Materials is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Interdisciplinary Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Interdisciplinary Materials is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,000.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .