Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis that publishes state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical reviews of solid state materials formation, properties, processing and applications, established in 1970 and with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 12.7（Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences）是由（Taylor & Francis）出版的双月刊同行评审期刊，发表固态材料形成、性能、加工与应用的实验与理论前沿综述，创刊于 1970 年，2025 年影响因子为 12.7。

Scope

• It publishes state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical reviews of solid state materials formation, properties, processing and applications该刊发表关于固态材料形成、性能、加工与应用的前沿实验与理论综述。
• It emphasizes new and emerging theoretical and experimental topics in condensed matter physics, physical chemistry, materials, and electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering该刊侧重凝聚态物理、物理化学、材料以及电气、化学与机械工程中的新兴理论与实验主题。
• The reviews provide a critical assessment of the state of the art for both experimental and theoretical studies所刊综述对实验与理论研究的最新进展给出批判性评估。
• Covered topics include advanced processing techniques for new materials, and analysis of solid composition, bonding, structure and topography涵盖主题包括新材料的先进加工技术，以及固体成分、键合、结构与形貌分析。^[1]
• It covers deposition techniques that form the solid state and epitaxial layers, diffusion and defects in the solid state, and interfaces in the solid state该刊涵盖形成固态与外延层的沉积技术、固态中的扩散与缺陷，以及固态界面。
• It addresses electrical, optical, magnetic and thermal properties of new organic and inorganic materials, and also optical spectroscopy of solids该刊关注新型有机与无机材料的电学、光学、磁学与热学性质，并涉及固体的光谱学。^[2]
• Further topics include nanoparticle processing and properties, nucleation and growth, mechanical properties of low dimensional solids, solid state band structure, quantum effects and solid state energy sources其他主题包括纳米颗粒的加工与性质、成核与生长、低维固体的力学性质、固态能带结构、量子效应与固态能源。^[3]

History

• It was established in 1970 as C R C Critical Reviews in Solid State Sciences and has appeared under its current title since 1977该刊于 1970 年以（C R C Critical Reviews in Solid State Sciences）为名创刊，自 1977 年起使用现刊名。
• It is published by Taylor & Francis, part of Informa UK Limited, with a publication office in Philadelphia该刊由（Taylor & Francis）出版，隶属（Informa UK Limited），出版事务办公室设于（Philadelphia）。
• It is a hybrid open access journal in the Taylor & Francis Open Select programme, letting authors pay to publish open access该刊为混合开放获取期刊，参与（Taylor & Francis Open Select）计划，作者可付费以开放获取方式发表。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Chemical Abstracts, INSPEC, Compendex and Current Contents该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（Scopus）、（Chemical Abstracts）、（INSPEC）、（Compendex）与（Current Contents）收录。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 10.367 in 2021 and 11.178 in 2022 to 8.9 in 2024 and 12.7 in 2025, with a 2025 five-year Impact Factor of 12.8 and a Scopus CiteScore of 26.0其影响因子由 2021 年的 10.367 与 2022 年的 11.178，变动至 2024 年的 8.9 与 2025 年的 12.7，2025 年五年影响因子为 12.8，（Scopus）CiteScore 为 26.0。
• It reports an average of 21 days from submission to first decision and 63 days from submission to first post-review decision, with an acceptance rate of about 21 percent该刊自投稿至初审决定平均为 21 天，至外审后首次决定平均为 63 天，稿件接受率约为 21%。

Editors

• Its editor is Wolfgang Sigmund of the University of Florida其编辑为（Wolfgang Sigmund），任职于（University of Florida）。
• Its Editorial Advisory Board includes Li-Chyong Chen of National Taiwan University其编辑顾问委员会成员包括（Li-Chyong Chen），任职于（National Taiwan University）。
• Its Editorial Advisory Board includes Charles B. Duke of the Xerox Innovation Group其编辑顾问委员会成员包括（Charles B. Duke），任职于（Xerox Innovation Group）。
• Its Editorial Advisory Board includes Joseph E. Greene of the University of Illinois其编辑顾问委员会成员包括（Joseph E. Greene），任职于（University of Illinois）。
• Its Editorial Advisory Board includes Siegfried Hofmann of the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research其编辑顾问委员会成员包括（Siegfried Hofmann），任职于（Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research）。
• Its Editorial Advisory Board includes Markku Leskela of the University of Helsinki其编辑顾问委员会成员包括（Markku Leskela），任职于（University of Helsinki）。