Materials Science and Technology

Materials Science and Technology is published by Maney Publishing 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 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels, Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties and Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties, together about 29.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Published by Sage from 2024. Materials Science and Technology is an international forum for the publication of refereed contributions covering fundamental and technological aspects of materials science and engineering. The journal has a particular interest in the continuum from understanding of process routes leading to the generation of microstructure, through characterisation and understanding of how microstructure is controlled and manipulated, to the control and prediction of relevant engineering properties. 'Microstructure' is shorthand for nano/micro/meso/macrostructure, provided that 'structure' is identified at the appropriate size scale. 'Properties' may be electrical, mechanical, electronic, chemical, magnetic, thermal, optical, or biochemically related. Reports of the use of modelling, informatics and related approaches to enhance understanding and predict properties must include validation against experimental results. Contributions addressing any part of the continuum in an insightful manner, whatever the material system, are invited. What is important is that an attempt is made to relate 'properties' back to effects of 'microstructure'. Subscribers receive online access to the full back archive of MST included in their subscription. This archive provides complete coverage of MST back to Volume 1 (1985) and of its predecessors, Metal Science (1967-84) and Metals Technology (1974-84). Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expect referees. All peer-review is single anonymized and submissions can be submitted online via https://www.editorialmanager.com/MST Publishing Ethics The journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics(COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• CiteScore Q2 · 2022

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

EI CompendexCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website

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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.

Impact

Impact factor

1.67LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2022

1.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2022

2.3Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

4.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2022

3.6Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.45LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2022

0.47Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

0.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2022

0.67Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

76LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

143OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

4,649OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.68OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.6%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

4.55%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

198LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

259,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 2.6 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

26%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

12 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

56 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

14 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Maney Publishing

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

ISSN

0267-0836

Electronic ISSN

1743-2847

Latest issue on the website

Volume 39, Issue 18 (2023)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website