Journal profile · Materials Science-General Materials Science
Nanoscale Horizons
ISSN 2055-6756 · eISSN 2055-6764 · Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom
Nanoscale Horizons: CAS Zone 2 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.44; hybrid open access; 331 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nanoscale Horizons 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 2D Materials and Applications, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, together about 19.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The home for rapid reports of exceptional significance in nanoscience and nanotechnology
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science-General Materials Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- 2D Materials and ApplicationsMaterials Science7.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.2%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering5.3%
- Graphene research and applicationsMaterials Science5.2%
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesMaterials Science4.9%
- Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsMaterials Science4.7%
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering4.5%
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 | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Zone 3 |
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
- 6.44LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 105OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 806OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 263LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,901 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 176 | 76 | 145 |
| 2025 | 331 | 158 | 1,609 |
| 2024 | 249 | 168 | 2,670 |
| 2023 | 192 | 120 | 2,777 |
| 2022 | 174 | 58 | 3,530 |
| 2021 | 128 | 42 | 3,335 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Front cover Open Access
Nanoscale Horiz. (2026) 11 (9): 2217–2218. https://doi.org/10.1039/D6NH90043G Abstract View articletitled, Front cover Open the PDF for Front cover in another window
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
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2055-6756
- Electronic ISSN
- 2055-6764
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nanoscale Horizons
What CAS zone is Nanoscale Horizons in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nanoscale Horizons is in Zone 2 of Materials Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary / Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. 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 Nanoscale Horizons?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.44; CiteScore 10.1, h-index 105.
Which databases index Nanoscale Horizons?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nanoscale Horizons is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Nanoscale Horizons open access, and what is the APC?
Nanoscale Horizons is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .