Materials Horizons

Materials Horizons is a peer-reviewed materials science journal established in 2014 by the Royal Society of Chemistry, chaired by Martina Stenzel, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 11.4《材料视野》（Materials Horizons）是 2014 年由英国皇家化学会创办的材料科学同行评审期刊，编委主席为（Martina Stenzel），2025 年影响因子为 11.4。

Scope

• It publishes urgent short reports of exceptionally high quality and innovative materials science该刊发表高质量且极具创新性的材料科学快报。
• It emphasises original research that demonstrates a new concept or a new way of thinking rather than primarily reporting technological improvements该刊强调展示新概念或新思维方式的原创研究，而非主要报道技术性改进。
• Outstanding articles featuring truly breakthrough developments such as record materials performance may also be accepted报道真正突破性进展（例如材料性能创纪录）的杰出论文亦可被接受。
• Work must be of significant general interest to its community-spanning readership发表成果须对其跨领域读者群具有显著的普遍意义。
• Its article types include communications, review articles, focus articles and editorials其文章类型包括通讯、综述、焦点文章与社论。
• It is a core journal for academic, government and industrial scientists working in all aspects of materials research该刊面向学术界、政府部门与产业界从事材料研究的科学家，是其核心期刊。
• The journal follows a hybrid publishing model and is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, PubMed and MEDLINE该刊采用混合出版模式，被（SCIE）、（Scopus）、（PubMed）与（MEDLINE）收录。
• Median first decision time is 12 days for all submissions and 33 days for peer-reviewed submissions, and the journal runs an annual Outstanding Paper Award全部稿件的首次决定中位时间为 12 天，送审稿件为 33 天，该刊另设年度杰出论文奖。

History

• It was launched by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2014, and volume 12 appeared in 2025该刊由英国皇家化学会于 2014 年创办，2025 年出版至第 12 卷。
• Its opening editorial, Materials Horizons, a personal perspective, opened volume 1, issue 1 in 2014其创刊社论《材料视野：个人视角》发表于 2014 年第 1 卷第 1 期。^[1]
• Seth Marder of the Georgia Institute of Technology was its founding editorial board chair and retired from the role in 2021创刊编委主席为（Georgia Institute of Technology）的（Seth Marder），他于 2021 年卸任。
• Martina Stenzel of the University of New South Wales was appointed editorial board chair in 2021（University of New South Wales）的（Martina Stenzel）于 2021 年获任编委主席。^[2]
• Ten years of publication were marked in 2023 by retrospective editorials from Martina Stenzel and Seth Marder该刊于 2023 年以（Martina Stenzel）与（Seth Marder）的回顾社论纪念出版十周年。^[3]
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 15.717 in 2022, 10.7 in 2024 and 11.4 in 2025其影响因子 2022 年为 15.717，2024 年为 10.7，2025 年为 11.4。
• It ranks 28th among 250 journals in multidisciplinary chemistry and 64th among 472 in multidisciplinary materials science该刊在综合化学类别 250 种期刊中排名第 28，在综合材料科学类别 472 种期刊中排名第 64，均属 Q1 区。

Editors

• Martina Stenzel of the University of New South Wales in Australia chairs the editorial board编委主席为澳大利亚（University of New South Wales）的（Martina Stenzel）。
• Michaela Muhlberg is executive editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry执行编辑为英国皇家化学会的（Michaela Muhlberg）。
• Scientific editors include Guoping Chen of the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan and Yong Cui of Shanghai Jiao Tong University科学编辑包括日本（National Institute for Materials Science）的（Guoping Chen）与（Shanghai Jiao Tong University）的（Yong Cui）。
• Scientific editors also include Simone Fabiano of Linkoping University, Joshua Goldberger of the Ohio State University and Norbert Koch of Humboldt University of Berlin科学编辑还包括（Linkoping University）的（Simone Fabiano）、（The Ohio State University）的（Joshua Goldberger）与（Humboldt University of Berlin）的（Norbert Koch）。
• Yun Jung Lee of Hanyang University is associate editor, and Roisin Owens of the University of Cambridge serves as scientific editor（Hanyang University）的（Yun Jung Lee）任副编辑，（University of Cambridge）的（Roisin Owens）任科学编辑。
• An advisory board of senior researchers and a community board of early career researchers support the journal该刊另由资深研究者组成的顾问委员会与早期职业研究者组成的社群委员会提供支持。