Nature Materials

Aims & Scope

Nature Materials is a monthly multi-disciplinary journal aimed at bringing together cutting-edge research across the entire spectrum of materials science and engineering.

Materials research is a diverse and fast-growing discipline, which has moved from a largely applied, engineering focus to a position where it has an increasing impact on other classical disciplines such as physics, chemistry and biology.

Nature Materials covers all applied and fundamental aspects of the synthesis/processing, structure/composition, properties and performance of materials, where "materials" are identified as substances in the condensed states (liquid, solid, colloidal) designed or manipulated for technological ends.

Nature Materials provides a forum for the development of a common identity among materials scientists while encouraging researchers to cross established subdisciplinary divides.

To achieve this, and strengthen the cohesion of the community, the journal takes an interdisciplinary, integrated and balanced approach to all areas of materials research while fostering the exchange of ideas between scientists involved in the different disciplines.

Nature Materials is an invaluable resource for all scientists, in both academia and industry, who are active in the process of discovering and developing materials and materials-related concepts.

Nature Materials offers an engaging, informative and accessible product including papers of exceptional significance and quality in a discipline which promises to have great influence on the development of society in years to come.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	38.5
2024	37.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	14.204

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	583

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	40

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	21829

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The rise of graphene

  Citation: 36164

  Authors: A. K., K. S.

• Materials for electrochemical capacitors

  Citation: 14908

  Authors: Patrice, Yury

• A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light

  Citation: 11666

  Authors: Xinchen, Kazuhiko, Arne, Kazuhiro, Gang, Johan M., Kazunari, Markus

• Complex thermoelectric materials

  Citation: 10003

  Authors: G. Jeffrey, Eric S.

• Li–O2 and Li–S batteries with high energy storage

  Citation: 8800

  Authors: Peter G., Stefan A., Laurence J., Jean-Marie

• Nanostructured materials for advanced energy conversion and storage devices

  Citation: 8251

  Authors: Antonino Salvatore, Peter, Bruno, Jean-Marie, Walter

• Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

  Citation: 7390

  Authors: Harry A., Albert

• Detection of individual gas molecules adsorbed on graphene

  Citation: 7287

  Authors: F., A. K., S. V., E. W., P., M. I., K. S.

• Solvent engineering for high-performance inorganic–organic hybrid perovskite solar cells

  Citation: 6210

  Authors: Nam Joong, Jun Hong, Young Chan, Woon Seok, Seungchan, Sang Il

• Understanding biophysicochemical interactions at the nano–bio interface

  Citation: 6178

  Authors: Andre E., Lutz, Darrell, Tian, Eric M. V., Ponisseril, Fred, Vince, Mike

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