About this journal
Aims and scope
Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials is an international journal for outstanding research in the field of functional materials inclusive of biomaterials, packaging materials and flexible electronics, specifically, advanced materials in which composition, structure and surface are functionalised to confer specific, applications-oriented properties.
Contributions should address the physical, chemical, or engineering sciences that underpin the design and application of these materials. The scientific and engineering aspects may include processing and structural characterisation from the micro- to nanoscale to achieve specific functionality.
The Editor welcomes experimental and theoretical papers including review articles on biological response, biosensing, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of materials in bulk, thin film, nanotube/nanofibre or particulate form. Research articles that focus on integrating basic and applied research on nanostructured aspects of materials are also within the scope of the journal.
The main topics of interest are:
Advanced Functional Materials:
- Materials for energy storage and harvesting
- Advanced magnetic materials
- Piezoelectronic, ferroelectric, pyroelectric and multiferroic materials
- Memory materials
- Nanostructured functional materials for advanced applications
- Hybrid and advanced functional composite materials
- Simulation and modelling for new functional materials
- Applications of advanced functional materials in sensors and actuators
- Advanced processing and manufacturing for functional materials
- Advanced and emerging fabrication/processing techniques of flexible electronics and devices such as 2D and 3D printing, lithography, solution processing, patterning, self-assembly, device integration, and other techniques
- Advanced devices and design of flexible optoelectronics, robotics, packaging, sensors, actuators, and other flexible devices
- Functional applications in the fields of wearable healthcare monitoring, flexible displays, flexible cell phones/computers/digital cameras, energy harvesting and storage, and other flexible electronic systems
Advanced Biomaterials:
- Advanced biomaterials in which composition, structure, and surface are designed for a specific functionality
- Research that addresses the physical, chemical or engineering sciences that underpin the design, fabrication and application of these advanced biomaterials
- The integration of basic and applied research on nanostructured aspects of advanced biomaterials
- Biosensing materials
- Biomimetic materials
- Drug delivery materials
- Hybrid, hierarchical and advanced composite biomaterials
- Scaffold biomaterials
- Controlled degradation biomaterials
- Surface engineering for biocompatibility and other bio-functional properties
- Biomaterials considered in bulk, thin film, nanotube/nanofiber or particulate form
Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expect referees. All peer-review is single anonymized.Publishing Ethics
The journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/Please note, from 2023 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 110K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- 2.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 6.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.614 (2023) SNIP
- 0.554 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 2 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 12 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 48% acceptance rate
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
R. D. K. Misra (Professor, Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso); [email protected]
Associate Editors:
Li Lu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Kamakhya Prakash Misra (Manipal University Jaipur, India)
Zuyong Wang (Hunan University, China)
Donald Martin (Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
Assistant Editors:
Jiangfeng Ni (School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, China)
Sachin A. Mali (Medtronic Spine, USA)
Editorial Board:
Mamoru Aizawa (Meiji University, Japan)
Chee Kong Chui (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Rüdiger-A. Eichel (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Yu Gao (Nanjing University of Post and Telecommunications, China)
Jie Huang (University College London, United Kingdom)
Xunxiang Hu (Sichuan University, China)
Benhui Hu (Nanjing Medical University, China)
Sridharan Kumar (University of Wisconsin, USA)
Lawrence E. Murr (University of Texas at El Paso)
Hiroki Nagai (Kogakuin University of Technology and Engineering, Japan)
K.C. Nune (Oerlikon AM, USA)
Lei Ren (Xiamen University, China)
Jinesh S. Shah (Global Nanotech, India)
Lili Tan (Institute for Metal Research, China)
Lay Poh Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Prakash P. Wadgaonkar (National Chemical Laboratory, India)
Hui Xia (Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China)
Dongfeng Xue (State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, China)
Chaohe Xu (Chongqing University, China)
Cheng Yan (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Hong Yang (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
Ke Yang (Institute for Metal Research, China)
Shu Yin (Tohoku University, Japan)
Yu Chen (Soochow University, China)
Kongjun Zhu (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China)
Tiejun Zhu (Zhejiang University, China)
Yu Wang (North University of China, China)
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Open access
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- 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
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Continuous publication
Currently known as:
- Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials (1993 - current)
Formerly known as
- Materials and Processing Report (1987 - 1992)
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