Carbon Letters

Carbon Letters is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal founded in 2000 as the official journal of the Korean Carbon Society and now published by Springer, covering carbon materials and carbon-rich molecules, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.2《碳快报》（Carbon Letters）是韩国碳学会的官方期刊，2000 年创刊，为双月刊同行评审期刊，现由（Springer）出版，聚焦碳材料与富碳分子，2025 年影响因子为 6.2。

Scope

• The journal aims at complete coverage of carbon materials and carbon-rich molecules该刊致力于全面覆盖碳材料与富碳分子。
• Its remit spans diamond, graphite, chars, semicokes, mesophase substances, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, graphenes, carbon blacks, activated carbons, pyrolytic carbons and glass-like carbons其范围涵盖金刚石、石墨、焦炭、半焦、中间相物质、碳纤维、碳纳米管、石墨烯、炭黑、活性炭、热解碳与玻璃态碳。
• Papers on the secondary production of new carbon and composite materials from these carbons fall within the journal's scope以这些碳为原料二次制备新碳材料与复合材料的论文属于其范围。
• Work on organic substances, including coals, is considered only when closely related to the resulting carbon materials涉及有机物（含煤炭）的研究仅在与所得碳材料密切相关时才予考虑。
• The journal also seeks alternative energy answers to the greenhouse effect and ozone depletion, covering energy storage and conversion, solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, biomass and hydrogen technologies该刊还寻求应对温室效应与臭氧层损耗的替代能源方案，涵盖储能与能量转换、太阳能、风能、水能、核能、生物质能与氢能技术。
• In the Journal Citation Reports it ranks 70th of 250 in multidisciplinary chemistry and 139th of 472 in multidisciplinary materials science, both in the second quartile在《期刊引证报告》中，该刊在化学多学科类 250 种期刊中列第 70 位、在材料科学多学科类 472 种期刊中列第 139 位，均居第二分区。

History

• The journal was founded in 2000, the founding year recorded by the Korean Carbon Society该刊创办于 2000 年，此为韩国碳学会官方所载创刊年份。
• In its Korean era the journal registered its articles under identifier prefix 10.5714, reaching volume 8 by March 2007韩国时期该刊的文章标识符注册于前缀（10.5714）之下，至 2007 年 3 月已出至第 8 卷。
• The earliest articles under the Springer imprint date from January 2019, in volume 29带有（Springer）出版标识的最早文章见于 2019 年 1 月的第 29 卷。
• The journal appears bimonthly, one volume per year, with volume 36 assigned to 2026该刊为双月刊，每年一卷，第 36 卷对应 2026 年。
• Its print ISSN is 1976-4251 and its electronic ISSN is 2233-4998其印刷版 ISSN 为 1976-4251，电子版 ISSN 为 2233-4998。
• It operates hybrid open access, charging 2290 pounds, 3290 US dollars or 2590 euros for open articles under CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND licences该刊实行混合开放获取，开放文章收费 2290 英镑、3290 美元或 2590 欧元，许可为 CC BY 或 CC BY-NC-ND。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 1.917 in 2021 through 3.117 in 2022 and 5.8 in 2024 to 6.2 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 1.917 经 2022 年的 3.117 与 2024 年的 5.8 升至 2025 年的 6.2。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Yun Suk Huh of Inha University in the Republic of Korea主编为（Yun Suk Huh），任职于韩国仁荷大学。
• The working board counts fifteen editors, eighteen associate editors and eight board members工作编委包括十五位编辑、十八位副编辑与八位编委。
• A senior tier of four emeritus editors and twenty-two honorary advisory members advises the journal, about 68 people in all另有四位荣休编辑与二十二位荣誉顾问组成资深咨询层，编委会合计约 68 人。
• The owning Korean Carbon Society is headquartered in Daejeon, and the journal is published in English主办学会韩国碳学会总部位于大田，该刊以英文出版。
• Submissions undergo peer review, with a median time to first decision of fourteen days投稿须经同行评审，首次决定的中位时间为 14 天。