Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL-ENERGY & FUELS
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
ISSN 2050-7488 · eISSN 2050-7496 · Royal Society of Chemistry · ENGLAND
Journal of Materials Chemistry A: CAS Zone 2 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 9.27; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 83 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); 3,555 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Materials Chemistry A is published by Royal Society of Chemistry and is in Zone 2 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, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, together about 29.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journals have a strong history of publishing quality reports of interest to interdisciplinary communities and providing an efficient and rigorous service through peer review and publication. The journals are led by an international team of Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors who are all active researchers in their fields. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C are separated by the intended application of the material studied. Broadly, applications in energy and sustainability are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry A, applications in biology and medicine are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry B, and applications in optical, magnetic and electronic devices are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry C. More than one Journal of Materials Chemistry journal may be suitable for certain fields and researchers are encouraged to submit their paper to the journal that they feel best fits for their particular article. Topics of interestThis list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive.Artificial photosynthesisBatteriesCarbon dioxide conversionCatalysisFuel cellsGas capture/separation/storageGreen/sustainable materialsHydrogen generationHydrogen storagePhotocatalysisPhotovoltaicsSelf-cleaning materialsSelf-healing materialsSensorsSupercapacitorsThermoelectricsWater splittingWater treatment
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL-ENERGY & FUELS
Editor-in-chief Li-Zhu WuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 25%); most named Mainland China 1, India 1, Spain 1, Australia 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering11.9%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy8.9%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering8.6%
- Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesEnergy7.5%
- Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationMaterials Science7.4%
- Advanced battery technologies researchEngineering7%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science5%
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Energy & Fuels | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher 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
- 9.27LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.95LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 152LetPub ·
- h-index
- 363OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28,011OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 3,262LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 40,264 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,940 | 825 | 3,491 |
| 2025 | 3,555 | 993 | 25,665 |
| 2024 | 3,022 | 885 | 53,110 |
| 2023 | 2,490 | 809 | 63,828 |
| 2022 | 2,375 | 394 | 82,724 |
| 2021 | 2,516 | 476 | 122,198 |
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 PubMed · to
83 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 66 days – 112 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 2 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 89 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (74 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
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Open 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | GBP 3,100 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- 50–250 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- comments and repliesComments and Replies are a medium for the discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in Journal of…Length not stated
- communicationsCommunications contain novel scientific work of such importance that rapid publication is desirable.Length not stated
- full papersFull papers contain original scientific work that has not been published previously.Length not stated
- highlightsHighlight articles are short articles that highlight important new developments.Length not stated
- perspectivesPerspectives are short readable articles covering current areas of interest.Length not stated
- reviewsReviews should be a high quality, authoritative, state-of-the-art account of the existing knowledge on a particular facet of materials chemistry research for po…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Include full names and affiliations for all authors. Everyone who made a significant contribution to the conception, design or implementation of the work should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author has the responsibility to include all (and only) co-authors. The corresponding author also signs a copyright licence on behalf of all the authors. If there are more than 10 co-authors on th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest
In accordance with our policy on Conflicts of interest please ensure that a conflicts of interest statement is included in your manuscript. This statement is required for all submitted manuscripts. If no conflicts exist, please state that ‘There are no conflicts to declare’.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data availability statement required for all articles. Model summary
A data availability statement (DAS) is required to be submitted alongside all articles. Please see the submit section of these guidelines for more details and examples of suitable statements you can use.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Using images and copyright
Any images that are used should be numerically referenced in the figure caption. If your work is solely for your course, and will not be published publicly, you don’t need to obtain copyright permission. If you are preparing an article to be published you will have to obtain copyright permission. The publisher/copyright owner of the image will need to be contacted and asked for their process for r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing options
Gold open access For authors who want to publish their article gold open access, our article processing charge (APC) of £3,100 (+ any applicable tax) is applied. Our APC is all-inclusive and makes your article freely available online immediately, permanently, and includes your choice of Creative Commons licence (CC BY or CC BY-NC) at no extra cost. It is not a submission charge, so you only pay if…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Transparent peer review
Transparent peer review available as opt-in. Model summary
In the interest of transparency and open science, transparent peer review is where the editor’s decision letter, reviewers’ comments and authors’ response for all versions of the manuscript are published alongside the article under an Open Access Creative Commons licence (CC-BY) . You can see some examples here: Transparent peer review example oneTransparent peer review example twoTransparent peer…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint servers (for example, ChemRxiv, arXiv)
ChemRxiv & bioRxiv: The citation should include the author(s), the name of the preprint server, the year, the word “preprint” and the DOI (including version number). S. Bhattacharjee, S. P. Chaudhary and S. Bhattacharyya, ChemRxiv, 2019, preprint, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.9794270.v1 arXiv: The citation should include the author(s), the name of the preprint server, the year, the article number and th…
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
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-7488
- Electronic ISSN
- 2050-7496
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Materials Chemistry A
What CAS zone is Journal of Materials Chemistry A in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Materials Chemistry A is in Zone 2 of Materials Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary / Energy & Fuels. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Materials Chemistry A?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9.27; CiteScore 14.5, h-index 363.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Materials Chemistry A?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 83 days (interquartile range 66–112 days). 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 Materials Chemistry A?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 50–250 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: LaTeX and Word; 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 Materials Chemistry A based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (1), India (1) and Spain (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Materials Chemistry A?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Materials Chemistry A is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Materials Chemistry A open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Materials Chemistry A is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .