Discover Materials

Discover Materials is an open access journal launched by Springer Nature in 2021 within its Discover series, covering materials research from fundamentals to applications, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.8.《发现材料》（Discover Materials）由（Springer Nature）于 2021 年创办，属其（Discover）系列开放获取期刊，覆盖从基础到应用的材料研究，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.8。

Scope

• The journal is deliberately broad and publishes work from every field in which materials act as enablers of innovation.期刊有意保持宽口径，发表材料作为创新使能要素的各领域研究。
• Structural, functional, energy, biological and biomedical, and polymeric materials are all covered.结构材料、功能材料、能源材料、生物与生物医学材料以及高分子材料，均在覆盖之列。
• Materials for interfaces, thin films and coatings form a further strand, from deposition to durability.界面材料、薄膜与涂层构成另一条主线，从沉积工艺到耐久性均有涉及。
• The whole value chain is in scope, from fundamental and applied research to synthesis, characterisation, modelling and application.整条价值链都在收稿范围，从基础与应用研究，到合成、表征、建模与应用。
• Green materials are a declared priority, valued for natural abundance, low toxicity, affordability and recyclability.绿色材料是明确宣示的优先方向，看重天然丰度、低毒性、经济可负担与可回收性。
• Biomass-derived materials such as chitin, chitosan, cellulose and lignin are treated as routes to functional systems, not only as substitutes.甲壳素、壳聚糖、纤维素与木质素等生物质材料被视为通向功能体系的路径，而不仅是替代品。
• Artificial intelligence, machine learning and high-throughput density functional theory for materials design are explicitly welcomed.用于材料设计的人工智能、机器学习与高通量密度泛函理论，均为明确欢迎的方向。

History

• The journal belongs to the Discover series, a family of broad-scope open access titles that Springer Nature began rolling out at the end of the 2010s.本刊隶属（Discover）系列，这是（Springer Nature）在 2010 年代末开始推出的一族宽口径开放获取期刊。
• Its first articles appeared online in December 2020, and volume 1 is dated 2021.首批文章于 2020 年 12 月在线发表，第 1 卷标注为 2021 年。
• The launch editorial by Rodrigo Martins set out an agenda built around green materials, circularity and digitally driven materials discovery.主编 Rodrigo Martins 的创刊社论，确立了围绕绿色材料、循环性与数字化材料发现的办刊议程。
• The journal is online only, with a single electronic ISSN and article-level publication rather than printed issues.期刊仅在线出版，只有一个电子（ISSN），以单篇文章形式发表而不编印期次。
• It is indexed in ESCI and Scopus and sits in the second quartile of materials science, multidisciplinary.本刊被（ESCI）与（Scopus）收录，在材料科学综合类处于第二四分位。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.8, against 5.1 in 2024.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.8，2024 年为 5.1。

Editors

• Rodrigo Martins, full professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon, is editor-in-chief.里斯本新大学科学与技术学院正教授 Rodrigo Martins 担任主编。
• Martins leads the materials science department at NOVA and is known for transparent electronics and paper electronics.Martins 主持该校材料科学系，以透明电子学与纸基电子学闻名。
• He is also president of the European Academy of Sciences and a vice-president of the International Union of Materials Research Societies.他同时担任欧洲科学院院长与国际材料研究学会联合会副主席。
• Gustavo Dalpian of the Federal University of ABC in Brazil was appointed an associate editor at launch.巴西ABC联邦大学的 Gustavo Dalpian 在创刊时受聘为副编辑。
• An editorial advisory board of established materials scientists provides strategic input on the journal's direction.由资深材料科学家组成的编辑顾问委员会，就期刊方向提供战略建议。
• The journal promises a streamlined submission process and rapid review, with support at every stage for authors.期刊承诺简化的投稿流程与快速评审，并在各环节为作者提供支持。