Materials Science & Engineering R-reports

Materials Science & Engineering R: Reports is an invited-review journal published by Elsevier and established in 1993, covering the full spectrum of materials science and engineering, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 21.1《材料科学与工程 R 辑报告》是由（Elsevier）出版、1993 年创刊的约稿综述期刊，涵盖材料科学与工程的完整谱系，2025 年影响因子为 21.1。

Scope

• It publishes the full spectrum of materials science and engineering, both experimental and theoretical该刊刊载材料科学与工程完整谱系的实验与理论研究。
• Its papers give general background information and a critical assessment of topics in a state of flux其论文提供一般背景信息，并对处于变动之中的课题作出批判性评估。
• It provides a critical overview of current issues in a well-defined area of immediate interest to materials scientists该刊就材料科学家所关注的明确领域中的当前问题提供批判性综述。
• Each review contains an extensive list of references, serving as a pointer to the primary research literature每篇综述附有大量参考文献，为原始研究文献提供指引。
• The journal is mainly an invited-review publication, with topics identified and authors invited by the Editorial Board该刊以约稿综述为主，由编委会确定选题并邀请作者撰写。
• Since 2023 it has also considered full-length research papers and reviews自 2023 年起，该刊也开始考虑全文研究论文与综述。

History

• It was established in 1993, when Materials Science Reports was split into Materials Science and Engineering C and Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports该刊创办于 1993 年，当时《材料科学报告》被拆分为《材料科学与工程 C 辑》与《材料科学与工程 R 辑报告》。
• Its first volume under the R: Reports title was Volume 10, whose opening issue appeared in July 1993其以 R 辑报告名义出版的首卷为第 10 卷，首期于 1993 年 7 月出版。
• It is published by Elsevier, and accepted articles are released online before being collected into volumes该刊由（Elsevier）出版，论文在接收后先在线发表，随后编入各卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 36.214 in 2021, 33.667 in 2022, 26.8 in 2024 and 21.1 in 2025其影响因子为 2021 年的 36.214、2022 年的 33.667、2024 年的 26.8 与 2025 年的 21.1。
• It has published widely cited reviews, such as Robertson's 2002 review on diamond-like amorphous carbon该刊发表过被广泛引用的综述，如 Robertson 于 2002 年关于类金刚石非晶碳的综述。^[1]
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Scopus）收录。

Editors

• Its Editor-in-Chief is Thomas Anthopoulos of the University of Manchester其主编为（The University of Manchester）的 Thomas Anthopoulos。
• Its editors include Qingwen Li, Jun Ming, Franky So, George Volonakis, Renbing Wu and Kun Zhou其编辑包括 Qingwen Li、Jun Ming、Franky So、George Volonakis、Renbing Wu 与 Kun Zhou。
• Caitian Gao of Hunan University serves as Outreach Editor（Hunan University）的 Caitian Gao 担任外联编辑。
• Its editorial board members are based at institutions in China, the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Japan and Singapore其编委会成员任职于中国、美国、荷兰、英国、法国、日本与新加坡等地的机构。
• Board members are affiliated with institutions such as Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Khalifa University and Utrecht University其编委任职于（Zhejiang University）、（Fudan University）、（Khalifa University）与（Utrecht University）等机构。
• It reports 22 editors and board members drawn from 12 countries and regions该刊共有 22 位编辑与编委，分布在全球 12 个国家与地区。