Journal profile · Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
ISSN 1045-389X · eISSN 1530-8138 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1990
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.65; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review 3–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 95 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures is published by SAGE Publications 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 Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids, Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, together about 29.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes the highest quality original research reporting the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems and/or structures research also called smart structure, smart materials, active … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Kon-Well WangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United States 28, Mainland China 4, South Korea 4, France 4, Hong Kong, China 2 (53 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Vibration Control and Rheological FluidsEngineering12.1%
- Aeroelasticity and Vibration ControlEngineering9.6%
- Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesEngineering8%
- Composite Structure Analysis and OptimizationEngineering6.3%
- Shape Memory Alloy TransformationsMaterials Science6.1%
- Innovative Energy Harvesting TechnologiesEngineering5.9%
- Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave PropagationEngineering5.4%
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering5%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| 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
- 2.65LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 147OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,109OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 93LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,145 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 99 | 37 | 18 |
| 2025 | 95 | 33 | 218 |
| 2024 | 106 | 19 | 649 |
| 2023 | 98 | 24 | 773 |
| 2022 | 144 | 18 | 1,413 |
| 2021 | 200 | 35 | 2,466 |
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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13.5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 48 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted12
- brief communicationJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- editorialJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- letter to the editorJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- letters to the editorJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- opinionJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- original research articleJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- perspectiveJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- research articleJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- reviewJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- short communicationJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
- special issues4. Special Issues.Length not stated
- viewpointJournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures reports on the results of experimental or theoretical work on any aspect of intelligent materials systems…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- 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
No submission or publication fees Model summary
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
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 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 desk rejec…
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 ·
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 Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 1045-389X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1530-8138
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
What CAS zone is Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 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 3 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.65; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 147.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures?
Authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13.5%. 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 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; 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 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures based?
Of the 53 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (28), Mainland China (4) and South Korea (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .