2D Materials

2D Materials is a quarterly, electronic-only, hybrid open-access journal published by IOP Publishing that reports fundamental and applied research on graphene and related two-dimensional materials, launched in 2014, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.3《二维材料》（2D Materials）是（IOP Publishing）出版的季度纯电子混合开放获取期刊，报道石墨烯及相关二维材料的基础与应用研究，2014 年创刊，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.3。

Scope

• The journal is multidisciplinary and devotes itself to original research of the highest quality and impact covering all aspects of two-dimensional materials, including fundamental properties worked out by experiment, theory and simulation该刊是一份多学科期刊，刊发二维材料各方面最高质量与影响力的原创研究，涵盖以实验、理论与模拟研究的基础性质。
• Its remit also extends to novel applications, electrical, mechanical, chemical and biomedical ones, and to synthesis and fabrication techniques其范围同样延伸至电学、力学、化学与生物医学等方面的新应用，以及合成与制备技术。
• Materials of interest named by the publisher include graphene and graphene-derived materials such as graphene oxides and graphene quantum dots, silicene and germanene with their silane and germane forms, boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenides出版方点名的关注材料包括石墨烯及其衍生物，如石墨烯氧化物与石墨烯量子点，硅烯与锗烯及其硅烷、锗烷形式，氮化硼与过渡金属硫族化合物。
• Two-dimensional topological insulators, complex oxides, composite materials and other novel two-dimensional layered structures are listed as well二维拓扑绝缘体、复杂氧化物、复合材料以及其他新型二维层状结构同样列于其上。
• Submissions are expected to be essential reading for a particular sub-field and to interest the wider multidisciplinary community, and papers that do not meet the strict acceptance criteria may be transferred to other journals in the IOP portfolio来稿应当是某一子方向上的必读文献，并能引起更广泛多学科读者的兴趣，不符合严格录用标准的稿件可经作者同意转投（IOP）组合中的其他刊物。
• Beyond research articles the journal publishes Perspectives, invited Topical Reviews of ten to fifteen thousand words, and Roadmaps written by leading researchers除研究论文外，该刊还刊发（Perspectives）、受邀撰写的万至一万五千字（Topical Reviews），以及由领域领军学者撰写的（Roadmaps）。

History

• The journal was launched in 2014 as a multidisciplinary, electronic-only title devoted to graphene and related two-dimensional materials, its first volume appearing in that year该刊 2014 年创刊，是一份专注于石墨烯及相关二维材料的多学科纯电子刊物，首卷即于当年出版。
• It is published by IOP Publishing, the publishing arm of the Institute of Physics, a purpose-led, not-for-profit, society-owned scientific publisher with more than a hundred journals on its IOPscience platform出版方为（IOP Publishing），它是（Institute of Physics）旗下、由学会持有且非营利的科学出版机构，在（IOPscience）平台上出版上百种期刊。
• It appears in four issues to a volume and one volume a year, the 2026 run being volume 13该刊每卷四期、每年一卷，2026 年为第 13 卷。
• Subscription access is free of charge, while authors may pay an article publication charge of 3075 pounds, 3500 euros or 4295 US dollars to publish in gold open access under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, and authors from lower and middle income countries may be eligible for discounted rates订阅获取不收取费用，作者可支付 3075 英镑、3500 欧元或 4295 美元的文章处理费，以（Creative Commons Attribution）许可在金色开放获取模式下发表，来自中低收入国家的作者还可享受优惠费率。
• The journal is covered by IOP's transformative agreements, and submissions that fail its acceptance criteria can be transferred to another IOP title with the peer review reports attached, saving reviewers from repeating their work该刊已被（IOP）的转换性协议覆盖，不符合录用标准的稿件可连同同行评审意见一并转投（IOP）旗下其他刊物，以省去审稿人重复劳动。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 4.3 in 2025 and 4.3 in 2024, after 6.861 in 2022 and 7.103 in 2021该刊 2025 年影响因子为 4.3，2024 年为 4.3，2022 年为 6.861，2021 年为 7.103。

Editors

• Wencai Ren of the Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is Editor-in-Chief中国科学院沈阳材料科学国家实验室的（Wencai Ren）任主编。
• An Executive Editorial Board of eight leads the journal, comprising Jong-Hyun Ahn of Yonsei University, Peter Boggild of the Technical University of Denmark, Andrea Ferrari of the University of Cambridge, Hongjun Gao of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yury Gogotsi of Drexel University, Zhong-Fan Liu of Peking University, Joan Redwing of Pennsylvania State University and Stephan Roche of the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies由八人组成的执行编委会主持该刊，分别是延世大学的（Jong-Hyun Ahn）、丹麦技术大学的（Peter Boggild）、剑桥大学的（Andrea Ferrari）、中国科学院物理研究所的（Hongjun Gao）、德雷塞尔大学的（Yury Gogotsi）、北京大学的（Zhong-Fan Liu）、宾夕法尼亚州立大学的（Joan Redwing）以及加泰罗尼亚高级研究机构的（Stephan Roche）。
• The wider Editorial Board numbers about forty members drawn from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Australia, South Korea, Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Luxembourg and Denmark更广泛的编委约四十人，来自中国、美国、英国、荷兰、意大利、西班牙、澳大利亚、韩国、瑞士、德国、台湾、新加坡、印度、卢森堡与丹麦。
• Authors must attach a cover letter stating what is new in their work, why it is timely and why it is significant, and the Editorial Board screens every submission for suitability before independent reviewers are approached, transferring unsuitable papers quickly to other IOP journals作者须随稿附上说明信，交代工作有何新意、为何及时、为何重要，编辑部先行审查每篇来稿是否适合，再交独立审稿人评审，不适合的稿件会被迅速转投（IOP）旗下其他刊物。
• Peer review is single-anonymous or double-anonymous at the author's choice, the reviewer interacts with the editor, and review reports, author-editor communication and reviewer identities are published on an opt-in basis评审采用单盲或双盲，由作者自行选择，审稿人与编辑交互，评审报告、作者与编辑的往来意见以及审稿人身份均可选择公开。