Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Matter
ISSN 2590-2393 · eISSN 2590-2385 · ELSEVIER · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2019
Matter: CAS Zone 1 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 15.85; hybrid open access; APC about USD 9,350; review about 1.46 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 13.39%; 430 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Matter is published by ELSEVIER 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 Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Advancements in Battery Materials, together about 25.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Matter Matter: It's material. The home for multi-disciplinary, transformative material science research – from fundamentals to application, from nano to macro. More This journal offers the option to publish open access Authors may choose to publish open access by paying an article publishing charge. Article publishing charge: $9,350 To provide gold open access, this journal has a publication fee which needs to be met by the authors or their research funders for each article published open access
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering10.3%
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering8.9%
- Advancements in Battery MaterialsEngineering6.8%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering6%
- Machine Learning in Materials ScienceMaterials Science5.1%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science5%
- Advanced Materials and MechanicsEngineering4.6%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy4%
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: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
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
- 15.85LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 15.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 26.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 26.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4.96LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 153OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,443OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 12.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 270LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,695 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 286 | 39 | 531 |
| 2025 | 430 | 145 | 4,922 |
| 2024 | 373 | 373 | 7,799 |
| 2023 | 340 | 340 | 10,478 |
| 2022 | 382 | 382 | 18,993 |
| 2021 | 326 | 323 | 21,235 |
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)
- about 1.46 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 13.39%LetPub ·
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 9,350 / EUR 8,660 / GBP 7,490 / JPY 1,159,680 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 9,350 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2019
- ISSN
- 2590-2393
- Electronic ISSN
- 2590-2385
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Matter
What CAS zone is Matter in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Matter 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.
What is the impact factor of Matter?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 15.85; CiteScore 26.3, h-index 153.
How long does peer review take at Matter?
Authors report an average review time of about 1.46 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “13.39%”. 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 Matter?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Matter is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Matter open access, and what is the APC?
Matter is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 9,350.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .