Materials Chemistry Frontiers

Materials Chemistry Frontiers is a hybrid journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry since 2017 in partnership with the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, covering all aspects of materials chemistry, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.1 and first-quartile ranks in multidisciplinary chemistry and materials science《材料化学前沿》（Materials Chemistry Frontiers）是（Royal Society of Chemistry）自 2017 年起出版的混合出版期刊，由该会与中国科学院化学研究所合作创办，覆盖材料化学各方向，2025 年影响因子为 8.1，在化学多学科与材料科学类别中均居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal is presented as an international, high quality venue for topical and multidisciplinary research on all aspects of materials chemistry该刊定位为面向材料化学各方向选题与多学科研究的国际高标准发表平台。
• It belongs to the Royal Society of Chemistry's Frontiers project, which publishes high impact chemistry journals intended to showcase research from China, Asia and the rest of the world to an international readership该刊属（Royal Society of Chemistry）的（Frontiers）期刊计划，该计划出版高影响力化学期刊，旨在把中国、亚洲及世界其他地区的研究推介给国际读者。
• Under that project each journal is developed with a leading Chinese institute in its field, and for Materials Chemistry Frontiers the partner is the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences在该计划下，每种期刊分别与中国同领域领先研究机构合作，本刊的合作方为中国科学院化学研究所。
• The title is co-published within the Frontiers series alongside Organic Chemistry Frontiers and Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, in cooperation with the Chinese Chemical Society该刊与（Organic Chemistry Frontiers）、（Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers）同属（Frontiers）系列，并同中国化学会合作出版。
• It appears in 24 issues a year, giving rapid and frequent release of research across materials chemistry该刊每年出版 24 期，以较高频率快速发布材料化学领域的研究成果。
• The journal states that it is indexed in the Web of Science Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus and Chemical Abstracts该刊载明其被（Web of Science）的（SCIE）、（Scopus）与（Chemical Abstracts）收录。

History

• Materials Chemistry Frontiers was launched in 2017 by the Royal Society of Chemistry, with the first issue of Volume 1 dated 1 January 2017, as part of the Frontiers project developed with Chinese partner institutions该刊于 2017 年由（Royal Society of Chemistry）创办，第 1 卷第 1 期日期为 2017 年 1 月 1 日，属与中国合作机构共同发展的（Frontiers）期刊计划。
• The founding Editor-in-Chief was Ben Zhong Tang of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology创刊主编为香港科技大学的唐本忠。
• On 21 December 2020 Shu-Hong Yu of the University of Science and Technology of China took over as Editor-in-Chief on the joint recommendation of the Chinese Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry2020 年 12 月 21 日，经中国化学会与（Royal Society of Chemistry）联合推荐，中国科学技术大学的俞书宏接任主编。
• The journal operates a hybrid publishing model, under which authors may publish by subscription or choose gold open access with an article publishing charge, and its electronic international standard serial number is 2052-1537该刊采用混合出版模式，作者可按订阅模式发表，或选择支付文章处理费的金色开放获取；其电子刊号为（2052-1537）。
• Its Journal Impact Factor stood at 6.482 in 2021 and 8.683 in 2022, then 6.4 in 2024 and 8.1 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 6.482、2022 年为 8.683，2024 年版为 6.4、2025 年版为 8.1。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Shu-Hong Yu of the University of Science and Technology of China, who completed a doctorate in inorganic chemistry at that university in 1998 and works on biomimetic and nanocarbon materials chemistry现任主编为俞书宏，任职于中国科学技术大学，1998 年在该校获无机化学博士学位，长期从事仿生与纳米材料化学研究。
• Ben Zhong Tang of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology led the journal from its launch in 2017 until Yu succeeded him in December 2020香港科技大学的唐本忠自 2017 年创刊起主持该刊，直至 2020 年 12 月由俞书宏接任。
• Associate editors include Shu Seki of Kyoto University in Japan, and the wider editorial board draws members from several countries副编辑包括日本京都大学的 Shu Seki，编委会成员来自多个国家。
• The editorial board is constituted through the joint framework of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Chinese Chemical Society and the partner institute, which is reflected in the journal's topical collections and symposia编委会依托（Royal Society of Chemistry）、中国化学会与合作研究机构的三方框架组建，并体现于该刊的专题合辑与学术活动之中。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's submissions system and handled by associate editors according to materials chemistry specialisms, with editorial board members declaring competing interests稿件经出版方的投稿系统提交，由副编辑按材料化学细分方向分工处理，编委会成员须申报利益冲突。