Materials Today Advances

Materials Today Advances is a multidisciplinary, gold open access journal published by Elsevier as part of the Materials Today family, launched in 2019 and covering the full breadth of materials science and engineering, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.0 and a first-quartile rank of 102 among 472 multidisciplinary materials journals《今日材料进展》（Materials Today Advances）是（Elsevier）出版的多学科金色开放获取期刊，属（Materials Today）期刊家族，2019 年创刊，覆盖材料科学与工程全领域，2025 年影响因子为 8.0，在 472 种材料科学综合类期刊中列第 102 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal connects different communities within materials science and highlights studies that make a significant impact on the field, favouring work that crosses traditional subject boundaries该刊致力于连接材料科学内部的不同学术社群，突出对本领域有显著影响的研究，优先考虑跨越传统学科边界的成果。
• It welcomes both fundamental and applied research at the forefront of materials science, including comprehensive articles, short communications and reviews该刊欢迎处于材料科学前沿的基础与应用研究，刊载综合性论文、短篇通讯与综述。
• Listed topics include low-dimensional materials, functional materials, synthesis and processing, and characterization techniques列明的主题包括低维材料、功能材料、合成与加工，以及表征技术。
• Energy applications form a further pillar, alongside biomaterials and biomedical applications such as tissue engineering and drug delivery能源应用是另一支柱，与生物材料及组织工程、药物递送等生物医学应用并列。
• Bioinspired materials and soft materials, including hydrogels and flexible systems, complete the stated coverage仿生材料与软材料（含水凝胶与柔性体系）构成其列明的其余覆盖范围。
• As a gold open access title the journal charges an article publishing charge of 4,170 US dollars excluding taxes, and reports ten days from submission to first decision作为金色开放获取期刊，该刊收取 4,170 美元（不含税）的文章出版费，并公布从投稿到首次决定约需 10 天。

History

• Materials Today Advances was established in 2019 as a multidisciplinary open access member of the Materials Today family, which is anchored by the flagship review magazine Materials Today该刊于 2019 年创办，是（Materials Today）期刊家族中的多学科开放获取成员，该家族以旗舰综述杂志（Materials Today）为核心。
• It adopted gold open access from the outset rather than a subscription model, so all articles are immediately free to read and reuse under the publisher's licence该刊自创刊起即采用金色开放获取，而非订阅模式，所有文章按出版方许可立即免费阅读与复用。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 7.579 in 2021 to 9.918 in 2022, then settled at 8.0 in 2024 and 8.0 in 2025 as the journal matured其影响因子由 2021 年的 7.579 升至 2022 年的 9.918，随后随刊物成熟稳定在 2024 年的 8.0 与 2025 年的 8.0。
• The journal reports a median of 33 days from submission to a post-review decision carrying 72 days to acceptance and seven days from acceptance to online publication该刊公布从投稿到审稿后决定的中间值为 33 天，接受到录用为 72 天，录用至在线发表为 7 天。
• Its CiteScore reached 14.0 and article output grew steadily, with review articles on biomaterials and biomedical topics dominating recent issues其 CiteScore 达 14.0，发文量稳步增长，近期各期以生物材料与生物医学主题的综述文章为主。

Editors

• The journal is led by two Editors-in-Chief, Xu Song of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Wei Zhai of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore该刊由两位主编共同主持，即香港中文大学的 Xu Song 与新加坡国立大学机械工程系的 Wei Zhai。
• Editing is supported by an international board drawn from materials science, mechanics and biomedical engineering communities across Asia, Europe and North America编辑工作由来自亚洲、欧洲与北美材料科学、力学及生物医学工程界的国际编委支持。
• Topical collections and special issues are organized by guest editors, with recent examples edited by Harish Bhaskaran, Babak Anasori and Yang Yong专题合集与专刊由客座编辑组织，近期实例包括由 Harish Bhaskaran、Babak Anasori 与 Yang Yong 编辑的专辑。
• Elsevier describes the editorial process as rigorous peer review combined with rapid decisions and high visibility for accepted work（Elsevier）将该刊的编辑流程描述为严格同行评审，配以快速决定与对录用成果的高显示度。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the Elsevier submission system and, once accepted, are published online immediately with no subscription barrier稿件经（Elsevier）投稿系统提交，录用后立即在线发表，读者无需订阅即可访问。