Giant

Giant is an interdisciplinary open access journal published by Elsevier, launched in 2020 and devoted to fundamental and applied macromolecular science, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.1《巨分子》（Giant）由（Elsevier）出版，2020 年创刊，是一份跨学科开放获取期刊，专注基础与应用高分子科学，2025 年影响因子为 6.1

Scope

• The journal focuses on fundamental and applied macromolecular science spanning all chemistry, physics, biology and materials aspects of the field期刊聚焦基础与应用高分子科学，涵盖化学、物理、生物与材料等学科层面
• Key areas covered include macromolecular chemistry, supramolecular assembly, and multiscale and multifunctional materials重点领域包括高分子化学、超分子组装以及多尺度与多功能材料
• Organic-inorganic hybrid materials, biophysics, biomimetics and surface science are included有机—无机杂化材料、生物物理、仿生学与表面科学均在收录之列
• Core topics range from synthesis and characterisation towards the assembly of uniformly sized precision polymers核心主题从合成与表征延伸到尺寸均一的精密高分子的组装
• The journal offers an inclusive perspective on the development of macromolecular science and a platform for discussing new concepts and common features of the discipline期刊为高分子科学的发展提供包容性视角，并为讨论该学科的新概念与共性特征提供平台
• Soft matter science and technology are represented across the journal's content软物质科学与技术是期刊内容的重要组成部分
• It was conceived as a forum for collecting and sharing the latest global research in macromolecular science as the field entered its second century期刊的创办初衷，是在高分子科学进入第二个百年之际汇集与分享全球最新研究

History

• The journal was launched in 2020 as an interdisciplinary open access title from Elsevier该刊由（Elsevier）于 2020 年创办，是一份跨学科开放获取期刊
• Its founding Editor-in-Chief is the polymer scientist Stephen Z. D. Cheng创刊主编为高分子学家程正迪（Stephen Z. D. Cheng）
• The launch was announced together with an international symposium for soft matter science and technology that had been running since 2017期刊的创办与自 2017 年起持续举办的软物质科学与技术国际研讨会同期公布
• The journal is fully open access and indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals期刊为完全开放获取，被新兴来源引文索引、（Scopus）与开放获取期刊目录收录
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 4.9 in 2024 and 6.1 in 2025, with a 2025 CiteScore of 9.5影响因子 2024 年为 4.9，2025 年为 6.1，2025 年 CiteScore 为 9.5
• Peer review is conducted by anonymous expert referees, and papers are published under Creative Commons licences评审由匿名专家完成，论文依知识共享许可协议发布

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Stephen Z. D. Cheng, a specialist in polymer physics and macromolecular materials现任主编为程正迪（Stephen Z. D. Cheng），研究方向为高分子物理与高分子材料
• The editorial board brings together leading researchers from chemistry, physics, materials science and biology编委会由来自化学、物理、材料科学与生物学领域的知名研究者组成
• Guest editors organise thematic issues on emerging directions in macromolecular and soft matter science期刊邀请客座编辑围绕高分子与软物质科学的新兴方向组织专题
• The journal publishes original research, reviews and perspective articles on macromolecular topics期刊发表高分子领域的原创研究、综述与观点文章
• Review is conducted by anonymous expert referees, and the journal checks submissions for plagiarism评审由匿名专家完成，期刊同时对投稿进行查重检测
• Manuscripts are submitted and tracked through the publisher's online system稿件经出版方在线系统提交与跟踪