Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
NPG Asia Materials
ISSN 1884-4049 · eISSN 1884-4057 · Springer Nature · JAPAN · Founded 2009
NPG Asia Materials: CAS Zone 2 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 9.02; fully open access; APC about USD 4,490; median 176 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 15%; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NPG Asia Materials is published by Springer Nature 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 Graphene research and applications, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, together about 22.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publishing research on all aspects of the materials sciences. Covering physical and chemical sciences, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Emphasising the novelty of the research, either in novel materials or synthetic methods.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Graphene research and applicationsMaterials Science9.2%
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering8.2%
- Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesMaterials Science5.3%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science4.9%
- Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationMaterials Science4.5%
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering4.5%
- Graphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsEngineering4.4%
- Magnetic properties of thin filmsPhysics and Astronomy4.2%
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
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 | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 9.02LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 16.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 143OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 928OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,615,617Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,977 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 50 | 22 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 230 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 1,341 |
| 2023 | 71 | 71 | 1,734 |
| 2022 | 99 | 99 | 3,400 |
| 2021 | 79 | 79 | 4,481 |
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
176 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 130 days – 240 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 224 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (113 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 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 15%LetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,490 / EUR 3,690 / GBP 3,090 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 3,690 / USD 4,490 / GBP 3,090 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 2,990 / USD 3,590 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
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
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2009
- ISSN
- 1884-4049
- Electronic ISSN
- 1884-4057
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NPG Asia Materials
What CAS zone is NPG Asia Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NPG Asia Materials is in Zone 2 of Materials Science, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. 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 NPG Asia Materials?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9.02; CiteScore 16.1, h-index 143.
How long does peer review take at NPG Asia Materials?
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 176 days (interquartile range 130–240 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 15%”. 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 NPG Asia Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NPG Asia Materials is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is NPG Asia Materials open access, and what is the APC?
NPG Asia Materials is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,490.
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: .