Journal profile · Multiple
SmartMat
ISSN 2688-819X · Wiley · Australia
SmartMat: CAS Zone 1 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 14.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,300; review about 57 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 84 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SmartMat is published by Wiley 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, Conducting polymers and applications and Advanced battery technologies research, together about 22% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
SmartMat, a flagship open access journal, is launched under the auspices of Wiley and Tianjin University. It aims to address the growing scientific interests in developing intelligent materials that can change significantly in a controlled fashion to external stimuli across the entire spectrum of materials science and engineering. SmartMat is expected to make a mark in the field of materials science with ambitions of a high academic impact. The scope of SmartMat is intentionally broad that encompasses the multidisciplinary research of physics, chemistry, biology, material science and engineering. It will include the topics such as optoelectronic, biomedical, stimuli-responsive, self-healing and nanomaterials for next-generation sensor, actuator, energy harvesting, wearable device and drug delivery system, etc. SmartMat invites you to submit original research and review articles. All papers will be published online as soon as they are accepted and will be fully citable. Readership Materials scientists, chemists, physicists, environmental and analytical scientists, engineers from academia and industry as well as policy makers. Indexing information CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) COMPENDEX (Elsevier) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) INSPEC (IET) Materials Science Collection (ProQuest) Materials Science Database (ProQuest) OneFile: Science (GALE Cengage) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central Basic (Korea) (ProQuest) ProQuest Central Essentials (ProQuest) ProQuest Central Student (ProQuest) Publicly Available Content Database (ProQuest) SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Technology Collection (ProQuest) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Wenping HuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 41 in mainland China (about 52%); most named Mainland China 41, Hong Kong, China 8, United States 6, Singapore 5, Germany 4 (79 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering8.6%
- Conducting polymers and applicationsMaterials Science7.5%
- Advanced battery technologies researchEngineering5.9%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionEnergy5.2%
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsEnergy4.8%
- Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesEngineering4.7%
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering4.7%
- Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationMaterials Science4.4%
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 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | 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 | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECCASPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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)
- 14.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 14.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 22.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 22.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 22.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.91LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 251OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 58Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 250,884Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 473 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 47 |
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | 896 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | 1,059 |
| 2023 | 90 | 90 | 2,469 |
| 2022 | 95 | 95 | 3,926 |
| 2021 | 67 | 67 | 3,157 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
57 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 7 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 7 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 57 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 74 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 7 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 2,860 / GBP 2,430 / USD 3,300 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,300 / EUR 2,860 / GBP 2,430 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 4,000 / GBP 3,065 / EUR 3,519 | Yes | — |
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- editorialQuick Navigation Policies and Procedures Professional Conduct and Publication Ethics Authors Reviewers Editors Data Security Peer Review Policy Appeals Procedur…Length not stated
- perspective(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of SmartMat. Word Limit: No strict word limits, however, it is better…Length not stated
- research article(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of SmartMat. Word Limit: No strict word limits, however, it is better…Length not stated
- review(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of SmartMat. Word Limit: No strict word limits, however, it is better…Length not stated
- review article(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of SmartMat. Word Limit: No strict word limits, however, it is better…Length not stated
- viewpoint(1) Research Article Description: The reports of original studies within the journal scope of SmartMat. Word Limit: No strict word limits, however, it is better…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
The list of authors should accurately indicate who contributed to the work. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria: Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. If the authors have no conflicts of interest, this should be stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing/Repositories
Wiley is committed to a more open research landscape, facilitating faster and more effective research discovery by enabling reproducibility and verification of data, methodology and reporting standards. We encourage authors of published articles to share their research data including, but not limited to: raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, and materials. We expect t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Professional Conduct and Publication Ethics
The journal requires that you include in the manuscript details IRB approvals, ethical treatment of human and animal research participants, and gathering of informed consent, as appropriate. You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission. Please review Wiley’s policies surrounding human studies, animal studies, clinical trial registration, biosecurity, and resear…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Permissions
Quick Navigation Figure Reproduction, Adaption, and Redrawing Seeking Permission to Reproduce Figures and Images Subscription Journals Open Access Re-Using Figures from Non-Journal Sources General Public Domain and CC0 Stock Photos Trademarks and Logos Classical Art Currency Don’t Use Material Without Permission Further Information Copyright is a complex subject and causes concern for many because…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Understanding Open Access
As an open access journal, all articles in SmartMat are freely available to read, download and share immediately on publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley's policy on confidentiality of the review process …
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2688-819X
- Print ISSN
- 2766-8525
- Society / sponsor
- Tianjin University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SmartMat
What CAS zone is SmartMat in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SmartMat is in Zone 1 of Materials Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary / 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 SmartMat?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 14.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 22.7, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at SmartMat?
The publisher reports about 57 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 7 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15% (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.
What are the manuscript requirements of SmartMat?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of SmartMat based?
Of the 79 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 41 (about 52%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (41), Hong Kong, China (8) and United States (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index SmartMat?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SmartMat is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is SmartMat open access, and what is the APC?
SmartMat is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,300.
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: .