Journal profile · Materials Science-Biomaterials
Materials Futures
ISSN 2752-5724 · IOP Publishing · United Kingdom
Materials Futures: CAS Zone 1 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 77 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); 73 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Materials Futures is published by IOP Publishing 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 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advancements in Battery Materials and Perovskite Materials and Applications, together about 32.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Materials Futures is an international multidisciplinary gold open access journal focusing on publishing original works, perspectives, reviews, articles in all areas of basic and applied materials science and technology. Topic of interests include but are not limited to the following: Structural Materials: Materials whose mechanical properties, such as elasticity, hardness, and strength etc. are focus of study. Examples include but not limited to: Metals and ceramics. Alloys including high entropy alloys, shape memory alloys etc. Non-crystalline materials and glasses. Composite materials. Materials in the extreme. Energy Materials: Materials and devices for energy storage and conversion. Examples include but not limited to: Photovoltaic devices & materials, including materials for perovskite, organic, silicon solar cells etc. Artificial photosynthesis materials. Energy harvesting technologies and materials, including nanogenerators etc. Thermoelectric devices and materials. Batteries and supercapacitor materials, including electrode, separator, binder and electrolyte materials. Flow batteries and related electrode & electrolyte materials. Fuel cell technology and related electrode & catalyst materials. Electrolysis related materials. Catalytic materials and processes for energy generation, conversion and storage. Nanomaterials: Nanoscale materials with novel properties. Examples include but not limited to: Nanocomposites. Granular materials. 2D materials and coatings. Nanomaterial and nanodevice applications, such as in magnetic devices, optics, catalysis, microelectronics, pharmaceutics, and energy technologies. Nanomaterial synthesis, processing, treatment, characterizations, and engineering. Biomaterials: Bio and bioinspired materials, polymers, colloids, gels etc. Examples include but not limited to: Bioactive materials, including nanomaterials, hydrogels, 2D materials, biopolymers, composites, biohybrids, biomimetics, as well as inorganic materials for biomedical applications. Nanomedical biomaterials, with applications in drug delivery, imaging, theranostics, gene therapy, and immunotherapy, and for therapy of infectious diseases, cancer, metabolic diseases, and cardiovascular diseases, as well as for vaccines and precision medicine. Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine biomaterials, including scaffolds and scaffold-free approaches. For example, for bone, ligament, and muscle tissue engineering, skin regeneration and wound healing, nerve graft
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science-Biomaterials
Editor-in-chief Weihua WangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering11.6%
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering10.4%
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering10.1%
- Advanced battery technologies researchEngineering5.4%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy4.8%
- 2D Materials and ApplicationsMaterials Science4.8%
- High Entropy Alloys StudiesEngineering4.2%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science3.9%
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 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview 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 CompendexINSPECCASPublisher website
Other: Scilit
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 16.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 143OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 266 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 44 | 50 |
| 2025 | 73 | 73 | 472 |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 1,475 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 1,567 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 415 |
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
77 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 105 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (136 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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 / EUR 0 / GBP 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright
Authors publishing in Materials Futures retain copyright in their article and publish it under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. We work with our authors to make sure that they understand their rights and responsibilities when they publish in Materials Futures. Please see our information about the licence terms page for details of those in place for Materials Futures.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Materials Futures is a fully open access journal. Articles are published under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence. Articles are freely available to everyone to read and reuse immediately upon publication, provided attribution to the author is given. Publication is funded by Dongguan Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and no charges are required f…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
All research papers and reviews to be published by Materials Futures will be rigorously peer reviewed. Materials Futures uses the single-blind peer review process in which reviewers know the identity of the authors, but authors do not know the identity of the reviewers. More information about the peer review process can be found on our Peer review policy page.
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
- IOP Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2752-5724
- Society / sponsor
- Dongguan Institute of Materials Science and Technology
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Materials Futures
What CAS zone is Materials Futures in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Materials Futures is in Zone 1 of Materials Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; 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.
How long does peer review take at Materials Futures?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 77 days (interquartile range 51–105 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. 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 Materials Futures?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Materials Futures is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Materials Futures open access, and what is the APC?
Materials Futures is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .