Materials Today Physics

Materials Today Physics is a peer-reviewed materials physics journal published by Elsevier as part of the Materials Today family, launched in 2017, spanning the physics and synthesis of materials, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.3《今日材料·物理》是爱思唯尔（Elsevier）旗下（Materials Today）系列的材料物理同行评审期刊，2017 年创刊，涵盖材料物理与合成，2025 年影响因子为 9.3。

Scope

• Functional materials, quantum materials and electronic properties功能材料、量子材料与电子性质。^[1]
• Thermal properties including thermoelectrics, and mechanical properties热学性质（含热电）与力学性质。^[2]
• Surfaces and interfaces, and low dimensional materials表面与界面以及低维材料。
• Optical materials and photonics, solid mechanics, and plasmonics光学材料与光子学、固体力学以及表面等离激元。
• Materials with extreme properties and condensed matter physics极端性能材料与凝聚态物理。
• The journal welcomes comprehensive articles, short communications and reviews该刊欢迎综合论文、短通讯与综述。
• It is a companion title of Materials Today, the flagship journal of the family该刊与家族旗舰刊《今日材料》（Materials Today）互为姊妹刊。

History

• The journal was announced in March 2016 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society and was edited from the start by the physicist Zhifeng Ren of the University of Houston该刊于 2016 年 3 月在（American Physical Society）年会上宣布创办，创刊主编为休斯顿大学物理学家（Zhifeng Ren）。
• It was officially launched in March 2017, and its first volume carried eight research and review articles by June of that year该刊于 2017 年 3 月正式上线，首卷至当年 6 月已发表八篇研究或综述论文。
• Its early content focused on thermoelectric and photovoltaic materials before widening to the whole of materials physics其早期内容侧重热电与光伏材料，随后扩展至材料物理全领域。
• It is published by Elsevier and is part of the Materials Today family of journals该刊由爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版，属（Materials Today）期刊家族。
• The journal publishes frequently, with about ten issues in each volume, and offers subscription and open access routes该刊出版频繁，每卷约十期，并提供订阅与开放获取两条发表路径。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 9.298 in 2021 to 11.021 in 2022, then 9.7 in 2024 and 9.3 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 9.298 升至 2022 年的 11.021，2024 年与 2025 年分别为 9.7 与 9.3。
• It is placed in the first quartile of Physics, Applied and Materials Science, Multidisciplinary该刊在应用物理与材料科学综合类别均居第一四分位。

Editors

• Zhifeng Ren of the University of Houston is the Editor-in-Chief and launch editor, working on nanomaterials, energy and physics主编（Zhifeng Ren）为创刊主编，任职于休斯顿大学，方向为纳米材料、能源与物理。
• Senior Editors are Takao Mori of the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan, working on thermoelectrics, magnetism and thermal transport, and David Singh of the University of Missouri, working on density functional theory and computational methods高级编辑为日本物质·材料研究机构的（Takao Mori），方向为热电、磁性与热输运，以及密苏里大学的（David Singh），方向为密度泛函理论与计算方法。
• Editors include Shuo Chen of the University of Houston, Chuan-Fei Guo of the Southern University of Science and Technology, Kornelius Nielsch of the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Ying Yu of Central China Normal University, Qian Zhang of Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, and Haiqing Zhou of Hunan Normal University编辑包括休斯顿大学的（Shuo Chen）、南方科技大学的（Chuan-Fei Guo）、德累斯顿莱布尼茨固态与材料研究所的（Kornelius Nielsch）、华中师范大学的（Ying Yu）、哈尔滨工业大学（深圳）的（Qian Zhang）与湖南师范大学的（Haiqing Zhou）。
• The editorial board includes Lidong Chen, Hui-Ming Cheng, Paul Ching-Wu Chu, Yuri Grin and Mercouri Kanatzidis, among others编委会包括（Lidong Chen）、（Hui-Ming Cheng）、（Paul Ching-Wu Chu）、（Yuri Grin）与（Mercouri Kanatzidis）等。
• The journal also has an Early Career Advisory Board for younger researchers该刊另设青年顾问委员会。
• The board has 54 editors and editorial board members from 14 countries and regions, led by China (19), the United States (14) and Hong Kong (4)编委会含 54 名编辑与编委，来自 14 个国家与地区，其中中国 19 名、美国 14 名、香港 4 名。
• It offers rigorous peer review, rapid decisions and high visibility for published work该刊实行严格同行评审、快速决策，并为所刊成果提供高显示度。