About this journal
Aims and scope
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials publishes research on the combination of smart materials with nanotechnology to develop novel materials or structures.
The combination of smart materials and nanotechnology provides many advantages, that could not be achieved in traditional engineering, and also offers greater opportunities as well as challenges. International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials aims to publish cutting edge information and encourages more scientists to make their contribution to this dynamic research field.
The topics of this journal cover the application of smart and nano materials in the following fields:
- Smart materials and structures
- Nano and multifunctional materials
- Autonomous materials
- Nanocomposites
- Bio-inspired materials and structures
- Sensors and actuators
- Structural health monitoring
- Energy harvesting
- Self-healing and self-assembly
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials publishes original results, critical reviews, technical discussion, and book reviews. The journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy
Journal metrics
Usage
- 129K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 4.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 4.2 (2023) 5 year IF
- 6.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.205 (2023) SNIP
- 0.863 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 8 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 28 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 39% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
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
Jinsong Leng
Centre for Composite Materials and Structures
Harbin Institute of Technology, PO Box 3011
No.2 Yikuang Street
HIT Science Park, Harbin
150080
PR China
Deputy Editors
Fenghua Zhang
Harbin Institute of Technology
PR China
Jianglong Guo
Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
PR China
Managing Editors
Cheng Lin
Harbin Institute of Technology
PR China
Nuo Xu
Harbin Institute of Technology
PR China
Honorary Editors
Shanyi Du
Centre for Composite Materials and Structures
Harbin Institute of Technology, PO Box 3010
No.2 Yikuang Street
HIT Science Park, Harbin
150080
PR China
Ken P. Chong
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
USA
Associate Editors
Anand K. Asundi, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Horst Baier, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität München, Germany
Ayech Benjeddou, Institut Supérieur de Mécanique de Paris, France
Debes Bhattacharyya, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Federico Carpi, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, Italy
Erasmo Carrera, Aerospace Engineering Department, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Liming Dai, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Wolfgang Ecke, Jena Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany
Alison B. Flatau, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, USA
Wei Gao, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jan Gou, Department of Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, USA
Chuanfei Guo, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Alfredo Guemes, Center of Composite Materials & Smart Structures, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Jae-Hung Han, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Wei Huang, President of Nanjing University of Technology, China
Weimin Huang, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jaehwan Kim , Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Republic of Korea
Kwang J. Kim, Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Manfred Kohl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Microstructure Technology, Germany
Alan K.T. Lau, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
William I. Milne, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK
Ilkwon Oh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Qibing Pei, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Fabrizio Scarpa, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, UK
Stefan Seelecke, Department of Systems Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Saarland University, Germany
Anne Ladegaard Skov, The Danish Polymer Centre, DTU-Chemical Engineering, Denmark
Henry A. Sodano, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, USA
Gangbing Song, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Texas, USA
Vijay Varadan, Center for the Engineering of Electronic and Acoustic Materials and Devices, University of Arkansas, USA
Gordon G. Wallace, IPRI (Intelligent Polymer Research Institute), University of Wollongong, Australia
Zhonglin Wang, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Zhishen Wu, International Institute for Urban Systems Engineering, Southeast University, China
Lin Ye, Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, University of Sydney, Australia
Lin Zhang, Department of Electronic Engineering, Aston University, UK
Songye Zhu, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Zhuhua Zhang, Institute of Nanoscience, College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Tiefeng Li, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University, China
Yihui Zhang, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China
Lijie Grace Zhang, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, USA
Xu Hou, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, China
Huisheng Peng, Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, China
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials is abstracted and indexed in:
Academic Keys
CASSI SM
Clarivate Analytics: Science Citation Index Expanded
Ei Compendex®
Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
INSPEC®
ProQuest® Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
ProQuest® Aerospace Database
ProQuest® Aluminium Industry Abstracts
ProQuest® Ceramic Abstracts
ProQuest® Civil Engineering Abstracts
ProQuest® Copper Technical Reference Library
ProQuest® Corrosion Abstracts
ProQuest® Earthquake Engineering Abstracts Database
ProQuest® Engineered Materials Abstracts
ProQuest® Materials Science & Engineering Database
ProQuest® METADEX
ProQuest® Technology Collection
SCOPUS® – click here for current CiteScore
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