Synthetic Metals

Synthetic Metals (commonly abbreviated as Synth. Met.) is a journal published by Elsevier, founded in October 1979 and devoted to the physics, chemistry and applications of organic and carbon electronic materials. It began as research on conducting polymers accelerated and has watched organic electronics grow from concept to industry, and it now runs at six volumes a year.《合成金属》（Synthetic Metals，常用缩写为 Synth. Met.）是爱思唯尔出版的期刊，1979 年 10 月创刊，关注有机与碳电子材料的物理、化学与应用。刊物由导电聚合物研究升温的年代起步，目睹并记录了有机电子学从概念到产业的整段历史，现为每年 6 卷。

Scope

The journal's stated areas are:官方列出的收文方向包括：

• Conducting and semiconducting materials: conducting and semiconducting polymers and electronic molecular materials.导电与半导体材料： 导电与半导体聚合物、电子分子材料。
• Carbon materials: fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, related novel carbon architectures and nanoelectromechanical systems.碳材料： 富勒烯、碳纳米管、相关新型碳结构与纳机电系统。
• Supramolecular and nanoscale materials: supramolecular conjugated architectures and nanoscale electronic molecular and polymer materials.超分子与纳米材料： 超分子共轭结构、纳米级电子分子与电子聚合物材料。
• Charge transfer and conjugated systems: organic charge-transfer compounds, metal chain compounds and functional pi-conjugated systems.电荷转移与共轭体系： 有机电荷转移化合物、金属链化合物与功能化π共轭体系。
• Hybrid and magnetic materials: organic-inorganic electroactive hybrids including perovskites, molecular and polymer based magnets and ferroelectrics.杂化与磁性材料： 有机-无机电活性杂化材料（含钙钛矿）、分子与聚合物基磁体与铁电体。
• Article types: original research papers, short communications and reviews, spanning the electrical, photonic and magnetic properties of these materials and their device applications.文章类型： 原创研究论文、短通讯与综述，覆盖这些材料的电学、光子学与磁学性质及器件应用。

History

• Founding (1979): volume 1 appeared in October 1979, launched in Lausanne by Elsevier Sequoia as research on conducting polymers was taking off.创刊（1979年）： 刊物于 1979 年 10 月出版第 1 卷，由（Elsevier Sequoia）在洛桑创刊，正值导电聚合物研究升温的年代。
• Publisher transition: Elsevier Sequoia launched the journal, which now belongs to Elsevier and is registered in Switzerland.出版方沿革： 创刊由（Elsevier Sequoia）出版，现归爱思唯尔，注册地在瑞士。
• Frequency: twenty-four volumes a year until 2013, twelve from 2014 to 2021, nine from 2022 to 2024, and six from 2025.刊期演变： 2013 年及以前每年 24 卷，2014 至 2021 年减至每年 12 卷，2022 至 2024 年为每年 9 卷，2025 年起为每年 6 卷。
• Shifting field: the journal's subjects widened with organic electronics, from conducting polymers to fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and perovskite hybrids, tracing the field's several shifts of centre.领域变迁： 刊物题材随有机电子学扩张，从导电聚合物延伸到富勒烯、碳纳米管与钙钛矿杂化材料，见证了该领域数次重心转移。
• Metric trend: the impact factor has moved between 4.0 and 4.6 in recent years and stood at 4.5 in 2025, second quartile in the relevant materials categories.指标走势： 影响因子近年落在 4.0 至 4.6 之间，2025 年为 4.5，在相关材料科学类目中列二区。

Editors

The publisher reports 4 days from submission to first decision, 33 days to decision after review and 81 days to acceptance. No acceptance rate is given.出版方公布的用时为：投稿至首个决定 4 天，至审后决定 33 天，至接受 81 天；未公布录用比例。

• Editor-in-chief: Russell Holmes of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.现任主编： 拉塞尔·霍姆斯（Russell Holmes），明尼苏达大学双城分校。
• Threshold for papers: original papers and short communications must advance the understanding or application of the materials, with preparative properties and device performance weighed together.稿件门槛： 原创论文与短通讯须在材料的理解或应用上构成实质推进，制备性质与器件性能并重。
• Open access: the journal is hybrid, open access costs USD 3,650, and subscription publication is free.开放获取： 本刊为混合开放获取，付费开放版面费 3,650 美元，订阅发表不收费。
• Indexing and standing: the journal is covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus, and is a long-standing title in organic electronic materials.收录与口碑： 刊物为科学引文索引扩展版与（Scopus）所收，是有机电子材料领域的传统刊物。