Nano Futures

Nano Futures is a selective, multidisciplinary journal from IOP Publishing that publishes fundamental and applied nanoscience with an eye on emerging fields, launched in 2017 and carrying a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《纳米未来》（Nano Futures）由（IOP Publishing）出版，2017 年创刊，刊载纳米科学与技术的基础与应用研究，偏重有望开辟新领域的工作，2025 年影响因子为 5.2。

Scope

• Nanobiotechnology, from nanoparticles for therapy and diagnosis to DNA and RNA origami, bioelectronic interfaces, nanozymes and antiviral systems.纳米生物技术，从用于治疗与诊断的纳米颗粒到核糖核酸折纸结构、生物电子界面、纳米酶与抗病毒体系。
• Quantum nanomaterials phenomena, including the growth and control of qubits, optically active qubits, quantum error correction, skyrmion materials and quantum tomography.量子纳米材料现象，包括量子比特的生长与操控、光学活性量子比特、量子纠错、斯格明子材料与量子层析。
• Nano energy, covering nanomaterials for photovoltaics, tandem and living solar cells, battery and anode materials, fuel cells and metal-organic framework catalysts.纳米能源，涵盖光伏纳米材料、叠层与活体太阳能电池、电池与负极材料、燃料电池以及金属有机框架催化剂。
• Nanoelectronics, from flexible and wearable arrays to Josephson junctions, single-molecule junctions, transistor arrays and van der Waals semiconductors.纳米电子学，从柔性可穿戴阵列到约瑟夫森结、单分子结、晶体管阵列与范德华半导体。
• Nano and low-dimensional materials: scalable graphene and other two-dimensional materials, moire superlattices, black phosphorus, MXenes and boron nitride.纳米与低维材料：可规模化的石墨烯及其他二维材料、摩尔超晶格、黑磷、（MXenes）与氮化硼。
• Computational nanomaterial design, including electronic structure, multiscale modelling, digital twins, machine learning and inverse design.计算纳米材料设计，包括电子结构、多尺度建模、数字孪生、机器学习与逆向设计。
• Article types run from Letters of about 5,000 words and original research papers to topical reviews, perspectives, roadmaps, Nano Standards and Trajectories.体裁包括约五千词的快报、完整研究论文，以及专题综述、观点、路线图、纳米标准与轨迹类文章。

History

• IOP Publishing launched the title in 2017 as the selective flagship of its nanoscience list, which also includes Nanotechnology and Nano Express.（IOP Publishing）于 2017 年创办本刊，将其定位为纳米科学刊群中遴选最严的旗舰，同群还有（Nanotechnology）与（Nano Express）。
• The opening editorial, Nano Futures: shaping the nanoscience landscape, was written by Anna Demming of IOP in Bristol and Mark Reed of Yale University.创刊社论《塑造纳米科学图景》由布里斯托（IOP）的（Anna Demming）与耶鲁大学的（Mark Reed）撰写。^[1]
• Volume 1 appeared in 2017, and volume 10 covers 2026 in four issues dated March, June, September and December.第 1 卷于 2017 年出版，第 10 卷覆盖 2026 年，按三月、六月、九月、十二月分四期。
• The journal has been hybrid from the start: subscription publication is free, gold open access costs 3075 pounds or 4295 dollars, and a green route is also offered.本刊自创刊即为混合模式：传统订阅路径不收费，金色开放获取需支付 3075 英镑或 4295 美元，另提供绿色开放获取路径。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.2, against 3.3 in 2024, 4.07 in 2022 and 3.306 in 2021, with a CiteScore of 6.9 and a rank of 46 of 191 in applied physics.2025 年影响因子为 5.2，2024 年为 3.3，2022 年为 4.07，2021 年为 3.306，引用分（CiteScore）为 6.9，在应用物理类别排名 46/191。
• It is indexed in SCIE and Scopus, the median time to a first decision is three days before review and 38 days after review, and accepted articles appear within 24 hours.本刊被（SCIE）与（Scopus）收录，初审决定中位时间为三天，外审后决定为三十八天，录用文章二十四小时内上线。

Editors

• Vincenzo Pecunia of Simon Fraser University is editor-in-chief, leading a group that works on printable semiconductors, lead-free perovskite photovoltaics and printed light sensors.主编为（Simon Fraser University）的（Vincenzo Pecunia），其团队研究可印刷半导体、无铅钙钛矿光伏与印刷光传感器。
• An Executive Editorial Board handles advocacy and commissioning, with Laurie Calvet of CNRS, Andres Castellanos-Gomez of CSIC, Bozhi Tian of Chicago, Muhammad Usman of Monash, Ranjani Viswanatha of JNCASR and Yaroslava Yingling of North Carolina State.执行编委会负责学术推广与组稿，成员包括（CNRS）的（Laurie Calvet）、（CSIC）的（Andres Castellanos-Gomez）、芝加哥大学的（Bozhi Tian）、莫纳什大学的（Muhammad Usman）、（JNCASR）的（Ranjani Viswanatha）与北卡罗来纳州立大学的（Yaroslava Yingling）。
• The wider board adds María Bernechea Navarro of CSIC-Zaragoza, Gary Brudvig of Yale, Markus Buehler of MIT, Marta De Luca of Sapienza and Stuart Higgins of York.更广泛的编委还包括（CSIC）萨拉戈萨的（Maria Bernechea Navarro）、耶鲁大学的（Gary Brudvig）、麻省理工学院的（Markus Buehler）、罗马大学的（Marta De Luca）与约克大学的（Stuart Higgins）。
• Members cover molecular electronics through Pascal Gehring of Louvain, neuromorphic devices through Su-Ting Han of Shenzhen and two-dimensional devices through Antonio Di Bartolomeo of Salerno.编委方向覆盖分子电子学、神经形态器件与二维器件，代表人物为鲁汶大学的（Pascal Gehring）、深圳大学的（Su-Ting Han）与萨莱诺大学的（Antonio Di Bartolomeo）。
• Review is single-anonymous by default, with double-anonymous review available at the author's request, and a board member oversees each submission from assessment to final decision.评审默认单匿名，作者可要求改为双匿名；每篇稿件由一位编委从初评到终审全程负责。
• Letters and research papers must carry a short insights statement in the cover letter, of no more than 300 words, explaining the novelty and its implications for the field.快报与研究论文须在投稿信中附不超过三百词的要旨说明，交代新颖性及其对领域走向的意义。