Journal profile · Multiple
Responsive Materials
ISSN 2834-894X · eISSN 2834-8966
Responsive Materials: impact factor 22.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,200; median 65 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 58% (journal website); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Responsive Materials's largest topics are Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, together about 26.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Responsive Materials is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, premium open access journal dedicated to fast publishing cutting-edge and high-quality fundamental and applied research in the science and technology of functional materials that exhibit elegant response to various stimuli. The stimuli could be internal and/or external and could be physical or chemical in nature. Experimental and theoretical research on materials that response to any stimulus including, but not limited to:
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Quan LiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Materials and MechanicsEngineering13%
- Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMaterials Science7.3%
- Supramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsMaterials Science6.2%
- Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMaterials Science5.8%
- Photochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryMaterials Science5.4%
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering5.1%
- Carbon and Quantum Dots ApplicationsMaterials Science4.7%
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceScopusCASPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 22.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 22.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 18.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 18.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 13.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 30Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 92,982Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 170 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 52 | 73 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 457 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 1,431 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 852 |
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
65 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 41 days – 86 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 95 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (99 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 58%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 58%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 69 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,775 / GBP 2,354 / USD 3,200 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — |
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
- ISSN
- 2834-894X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2834-8966
- Society / sponsor
- Southeast University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 4, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Responsive Materials
What is the impact factor of Responsive Materials?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 22.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Responsive Materials?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 65 days (interquartile range 41–86 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 58% (2025). 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 Responsive Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Responsive Materials is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, Scopus and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Responsive Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Responsive Materials is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .