About this journal
Aims and scope
Nanotechnology, Science and Applications is an international, peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that focuses on the science of nanotechnology in a wide range of industrial and academic applications.
The journal is characterized by the rapid reporting of reviews, original research, and application studies across all sectors, including engineering, optics, bio-medicine, cosmetics, textiles, resource sustainability and science. Applied research into nano-materials, particles, nano-structures and fabrication, diagnostics and analytics, drug delivery and toxicology constitute the primary direction of the journal.
Nanotechnology, Science and Applications will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 47K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 4.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 5.4 (2023) 5 year IF
- 11.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.304 (2023) SNIP
- 0.848 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Dr Kattesh V Katti, Department of Radiology, University of Missouri, United States
Editorial Board
Professor Ralph Albrecht, Departments of Animal Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
Professor Mansoor Amiji, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, United States
Professor Manfred Auer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Professor George Barisas, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, United States
Professor Hong-Wen Deng, Department of Medicine, Tulane University, United States
Dr Gleb Finkelstein, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Mr Mario Ganau, Department of Neuroscience, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Professor Craig Hawker, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Professor James Hickman, University of Central Florida; Chief Scientist, Hesperos, Inc., Orlando, FL, United States
Professor Vinod Labhasetwar, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, United States
Professor Yuri Lyubchenko, Pharmaceutical sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
Professor Phillip Messersmith, Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States
Dr Dimitrios Niarchos, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Neapoleos and Patriarchou Grigoriou, Aghia Paraskevi, Attikis, Athens, Greece
Professor Jieshan Qiu, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China Mainland (PRC)
Professor Tamar Schlick, Department of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Computer Science, New York University, United States
Dr Nisha Shukla, ICES/Center for Nano-enabled Device and Energy Technologies, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Dr Erik Svedberg, National Materials and Manufacturing Board, National Academies, Washington, DC, United States
Prof. Dr. Vladimir P. Torchilin, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, United States
Professor Maxim Tsoi, Physics, University of Texas at Austin, United States
Professor Gayle E. Woloschak, Departments of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology, Robert H Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
Prof. Dr. Karen Wooley, Chemistry, Texas A&M University, United States
Professor Qifa Zhou, Department of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, United States
Abstracting and indexing
Nanotechnology, Science and Applications is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
EMBASE (Elsevier)
Pubmed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)
Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
Nanotechnology, Science and Applications is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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