Electron

Electron is an interdisciplinary journal launched in 2023 by Wiley in partnership with the Harbin Institute of Technology, covering the materials research that underpins sustainable living, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 15.2《电子》是（Wiley）与（Harbin Institute of Technology）于 2023 年合作创办的交叉学科期刊，聚焦支撑人类可持续生活的材料研究，2025 年影响因子为 15.2。

Scope

• It publishes research articles, reviews, perspectives, comments and editorials on materials for sustainable living该刊发表面向可持续生活的材料研究论文、综述、观点、评论与社论。
• Core areas are energy storage and conversion, pollution control, biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence and electronic information核心领域为能量存储与转换、污染控制、生物医学工程、人工智能与电子信息。^[1]
• Coverage runs from fundamental laboratory research through industrial manufacturing to product applications at the global level其内容自基础实验室研究延伸至工业制造与全球化产品应用。^[2]
• Its readership includes materials scientists, chemists, physicists, environmental and analytical scientists, and engineers from academia and industry读者群包括材料科学家、化学家、物理学家、环境与分析科学家，以及学术界与工业界的工程师。
• Policy makers are also among the intended readers政策制定者亦在其目标读者之列。
• It aims to unify scientists and inventors tackling the technical, economic, policy and social challenges of using materials efficiently with minimal environmental impact该刊意在汇聚那些应对高效利用材料并尽可能降低环境影响所涉技术、经济、政策与社会挑战的研究者与发明人。

History

• It was launched in 2023 by Wiley together with the Harbin Institute of Technology该刊由（Wiley）与（Harbin Institute of Technology）于 2023 年共同创办。^[3]
• Volume 1 appeared in 2023 and the journal reached its fourth volume in 2026第 1 卷于 2023 年出版，至 2026 年已出版到第 4 卷。
• It is fully open access, so all articles are free to read, and accepted papers appear online as soon as they are ready该刊为完全开放获取期刊，全部文章均可免费阅读，录用文章一经就绪即在线发布。
• Its impact factor reached 15.2 in 2025, its CiteScore is 11.8, and its acceptance rate is 31 percent其影响因子 2025 年为 15.2，CiteScore 为 11.8，稿件接收率为 31%。
• The median time from submission to first decision is 28 days从投稿到初审决定的用时中位数为 28 天。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and sits in the first quartile of both the chemistry and materials science categories该刊被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）收录，在化学与材料科学两个类别中均居第一四分位。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Jiecai Han, president of the Harbin Institute of Technology and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences主编为（Harbin Institute of Technology）校长韩杰才，他同时是中国科学院院士。
• The journal is edited in cooperation with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China该刊与中国的（Harbin Institute of Technology）合作编辑出版。
• Manuscripts are handled by a global editorial board whose members are experts in their fields稿件由全球编委会处理，其成员均为各自领域的专家。
• It offers a straightforward submission process with templates that help authors prepare manuscripts投稿流程简便，并提供模板帮助作者准备稿件。
• It welcomes research articles, reviews, perspectives, comments and editorials from authors worldwide该刊欢迎世界各地作者投递研究论文、综述、观点、评论与社论。