Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier that provides snapshots of the latest advances in materials science through concise, commissioned reviews, established in 1996 and with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 14.1（Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science）是由（Elsevier）出版的双月刊同行评审期刊，以简明特邀综述呈现材料科学最新进展，1996 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 14.1。

Scope

• It aims to provide a snapshot of the latest research and advances in materials science through concise, critical reviews该刊旨在以简明、批判性的综述呈现材料科学的最新研究与进展。^[1]
• Each year it publishes six issues, and each issue contains two or three sections of reviews commissioned by expert guest editors该刊每年出版六期，每期包含两到三个由专家客座编辑组织的综述专题。
• Regular topics include electronic materials, optical and magnetic materials, metals and alloys, and biomaterials常规主题包括电子材料、光学与磁性材料、金属与合金以及生物材料。^[2][3]
• Other regular topics include the synthesis and reactivity of solids, solid catalysts and porous solids, ceramics, composites and intergrowths, and characterization techniques其他常规主题包括固体的合成与反应性、固体催化剂与多孔固体、陶瓷、复合与共生材料，以及表征技术。
• It further covers amorphous materials, molecular crystals, polymers, surface science, and the modelling and simulation of solids该刊还涵盖非晶材料、分子晶体、聚合物、表面科学，以及固体的建模与模拟。
• Special issues add one-off sections on other important and emerging areas of materials science特刊会就材料科学其他重要与新兴领域增设一次性专题。
• The reviews are written for a broad readership and help materials scientists stay informed about their own and related fields综述面向广泛读者，帮助材料科学家随时了解本领域与相关领域的动态。

History

• It was established in 1996 and is published by Elsevier该刊于 1996 年创刊，由（Elsevier）出版。
• Its founding editor was J.M. Thomas of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom其创刊主编为英国（University of Cambridge）的（J.M. Thomas）。
• It appears bimonthly in six issues per year and mainly publishes commissioned review articles该刊双月出刊、每年六期，主要发表特邀综述文章。
• It is a subscription journal that also offers an open access option, with an article publishing charge of 5,370 US dollars该刊为订阅期刊，同时提供开放获取选项，文章处理费为 5370 美元。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）收录。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 14.1, and the 2024 value was 13.4其 2025 年影响因子为 14.1，2024 年为 13.4。
• In 2025 the median time from submission to first decision was 12 days and from submission to acceptance 113 days2025 年投稿至首次编辑决定的中位时间为 12 天，投稿至接收为 113 天。

Editors

• Its Editor-in-Chief is Izabela Szlufarska of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States其主编为美国（University of Wisconsin-Madison）的（Izabela Szlufarska）。
• Its Editors are Paul V. Braun of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gwan-Hyoung Lee of Seoul National University and Gerard Wong of the University of California Los Angeles其编辑为（University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign）的（Paul V. Braun）、（Seoul National University）的（Gwan-Hyoung Lee）与（University of California Los Angeles）的（Gerard Wong）。
• The editorial board comprises about 35 members drawn from seven countries编委会由约 35 位成员组成，来自七个国家。
• The board includes Stacey Bent of Stanford University and Craig Hawker of the University of California Santa Barbara编委包括（Stanford University）的（Stacey Bent）与（University of California Santa Barbara）的（Craig Hawker）。
• It also includes Hui-Ming Cheng of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yihui Zhang of Tsinghua University in China还包括（Chinese Academy of Sciences）的（Hui-Ming Cheng）与中国（Tsinghua University）的（Yihui Zhang）。
• The board spans condensed matter physics, energy storage, polymers, biomaterials and computational materials science编委研究覆盖凝聚态物理、储能、聚合物、生物材料与计算材料学等领域。
• Its members come from seven countries, mostly based in the United States, with others in China, South Korea, Japan, Australia and Europe编委来自七个国家，多数任职于美国，其余分布于中国、韩国、日本、澳大利亚与欧洲。