Functional Diamond

Functional Diamond is a gold open-access journal on diamond materials and their applications, published by Taylor & Francis as the official journal of the Zhengzhou Research Institute for Abrasives & Grinding Co., Ltd., launched in January 2021, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.6.《功能金刚石（英文）》（Functional Diamond）是聚焦金刚石材料及其应用的金色开放获取期刊，由（Taylor & Francis）出版，为郑州磨料磨具磨削研究所有限公司官方期刊，2021 年 1 月创刊，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.6。

Scope

• The journal publishes high-quality, high-impact papers on the latest technology breakthroughs in diamond-based materials, structures and composites.刊物刊载金刚石基材料、结构与复合材料最新技术突破的高质量、高影响力论文。
• Coverage spans diamond growth, properties and processing, together with abrasive and grinding engineering.覆盖范围包括金刚石生长、性质与加工，以及磨料磨具与磨削工程。
• Applications run from aerospace instruments, optical components and photonics to chips, electronics, sensors and detectors.应用方向从航空航天仪器、光学元件与光子学，延伸到芯片、电子学、传感器与探测器。
• MEMS and NEMS, quantum information, thermal management and energy are named among the journal's fields.微纳机电系统、量子信息、热管理与能源被列为刊物关注领域。
• Environment, healthcare and the biological and medical uses of diamond round out the scope.环境、医疗健康以及金刚石的生物与医学应用，使征稿范围更趋完整。
• Accepted article types include original research articles, research letters, comments, perspectives, mini reviews, reviews and reports.接受的稿件类型包括原创研究文章、研究快报、评论、观点、短篇综述、综述与报告。
• The sponsor also runs the International Symposium on Functional Diamond, whose sixth edition was held in 2025.主办方还主办国际功能金刚石论坛，第六届于 2025 年举行。

History

• Taylor & Francis and the Zhengzhou Research Institute for Abrasives & Grinding Co., Ltd. launched the journal on 13 January 2021.（Taylor & Francis）与郑州磨料磨具磨削研究所有限公司于 2021 年 1 月 13 日共同创办本刊。
• Volume 1, issue 1 appeared in 2021, and the journal is now in volume 6 for 2026, one volume a year.第 1 卷第 1 期于 2021 年出版，现出至 2026 年第 6 卷，每年一卷。
• The sponsor, founded in 1965, is a comprehensive research unit for China's abrasive industry and joined SINOMACH in 1999.主办方创建于 1965 年，是中国磨料磨具行业的综合性科研单位，1999 年加入中国机械工业集团（SINOMACH）。
• The journal was indexed by DOAJ in early 2023 and accepted into ESCI in June 2024, earning its first impact factor in 2025.本刊 2023 年初被（DOAJ）收录，2024 年 6 月被（ESCI）收录，2025 年获得首个影响因子。
• It is a fully open-access journal, and the Zhengzhou Research Institute for Abrasives & Grinding Co., Ltd. currently covers all publication charges.本刊为完全开放获取期刊，文章处理费目前由郑州磨料磨具磨削研究所有限公司全额承担。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.6, the five-year impact factor is 6.0, and the journal ranks Q2 in Materials Science, Multidisciplinary in ESCI.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.6，五年影响因子为 6.0，在（ESCI）材料科学综合类中位列 Q2。

Editors

• Meiyong Liao of the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan and Haitao Ye of Fudan University in China are co-editors-in-chief.共同主编为日本国立材料科学研究所的（Meiyong Liao）与复旦大学的（Haitao Ye）。
• Haitao Ye moved to Fudan from the University of Leicester, where he helped launch the journal, and remains an honorary professor there.（Haitao Ye）由莱斯特大学转任复旦大学，他曾助力本刊创刊，现仍为莱斯特大学名誉教授。
• Six associate editors sit between them, based in the United States, Japan, China and the United Kingdom.六位副编辑分驻美国、日本、中国与英国。
• Ho-Kwang Mao, Yongjun Tian and Guangtian Zou serve as honorary editors-in-chief.（Ho-Kwang Mao）、（Yongjun Tian）与（Guangtian Zou）担任名誉主编。
• The board runs to some seventy people across the associate, advisory, assistant, editorial and young editorial boards, drawn from more than ten countries and regions.编委会由副编辑、顾问编辑、助理编辑、编委与青年编委构成，约七十人，来自十余个国家与地区。
• Review pairs rigorous pre-screening with single blind refereeing, and official metrics report 18 days to first decision, 34 days to first post-review decision and a 72 percent acceptance rate.评审实行严格预筛加单盲同行评审；官方指标显示投稿至首次决定 18 天、首次审后决定 34 天，录用率为 72%。