Materials Today Sustainability

Materials Today Sustainability is a peer-reviewed, fully open access materials science journal published by Elsevier, part of the Materials Today family and devoted to sustainability through materials research, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.4《今日材料可持续性》（Materials Today Sustainability）是（Elsevier）出版的同行评审、完全开放获取材料科学期刊，属（Materials Today）期刊家族，致力于以材料研究服务可持续性，2025 年影响因子为 9.4。

Scope

• The journal is a multidisciplinary title covering all aspects of sustainability through materials science该刊为多学科期刊，涵盖以材料科学实现可持续性的各个方面。
• Its editors welcome comprehensive articles, short communications and reviews that address the use of materials science for sustainability该刊编辑欢迎探讨运用材料科学解决可持续性问题的综合性论文、短通讯与综述。
• Topics include carbon dioxide capture and storage, and hydrogen generation and storage涵盖主题包括二氧化碳捕集与封存以及制氢与储氢。
• Further topics are biodegradables, novel energy storage technologies and solar energy进一步主题包括可生物降解材料、新型储能技术与太阳能。
• The scope extends to sustainable catalysis materials, sustainable utilization of raw materials and recycling of materials范围延伸至可持续催化材料、原料的可持续利用与材料回收。
• It also covers biomass, biofuels and bioenergy, green processes and technologies, and green chemistry还涵盖生物质、生物燃料与生物能源、绿色工艺与技术以及绿色化学。

History

• The title was established in 2018 as part of an expansion of the Materials Today family of journals by Elsevier该刊于 2018 年创办，是（Elsevier）扩展（Materials Today）期刊家族的一部分。
• It is one of several specialist titles under the Materials Today brand, alongside Materials Today Energy and Applied Materials Today它是（Materials Today）品牌下若干专业刊之一，与（Materials Today Energy）及（Applied Materials Today）并列。
• It operates as a fully open access publication and is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals该刊以完全开放获取方式出版，并被（Directory of Open Access Journals）收录。
• Volumes have advanced steadily, the journal reaching volume 24 by December 2023 and later volumes numbered in the thirties其卷号稳步推进，至 2023 年 12 月已达第 24 卷，其后卷号进入三十以后。^[1]
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 4.524 in 2021 and 7.244 in 2022 to 7.9 in 2024 and 9.4 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 4.524 与 2022 年的 7.244 升至 2024 年的 7.9 与 2025 年的 9.4。
• The publisher's open access article publishing charge is USD 2,580 excluding taxes出版方的开放获取文章处理费为 2580 美元（不含税）。

Editors

• Jian Liu is an editor-in-chief and a professor at Inner Mongolia University in Hohhot, China, working on energy materials and porous nanomaterials（Jian Liu）为共同主编之一，任中国呼和浩特（Inner Mongolia University）教授，从事能源材料与多孔纳米材料研究。
• Jun Huang is the other editor-in-chief and is a professor at the University of Sydney in Australia（Jun Huang）为另一位主编，任澳大利亚（University of Sydney）教授。
• The publisher lists both as editors-in-chief on the journal's official pages出版方在期刊官方页面将两人并列为共同主编。
• The publisher's metrics record 13 days from submission to first decision and 52 days from submission to the decision after review出版方数据记录，投稿到初审决定为 13 天，到评审后决定为 52 天。
• It additionally records 113 days from submission to acceptance and 2 days from acceptance to online publication另记录投稿到录用为 113 天，录用到在线发表为 2 天。
• The journal publishes commissioned special issues and article collections edited by guest editors该刊出版由客座编辑主持的专题与文章合集。