Journal History
| 2008 | The inaugural issue was released. Materials was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2010 | Materials adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2011 | Materials was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). |
| Materials received its first Impact Factor (1.677). | |
| 2013 | Materials established the following sections: - Biomaterials; - Materials for Energy Applications; - Advanced Composites; - Structure Analysis and Characterization; - Porous Materials; - Manufacturing Processes and Systems. |
| Materials announced the first edition of the Best Paper award. | |
| The Impact Factor increased to 2.247. | |
| Materials published its 1,000th paper. | |
| 2014 | Materials received its new Impact Factor (1.879). |
| 2015 | Materials received its new Impact Factor (2.651). |
| 2016 | Materials was indexed in PubMed. |
| The Impact Factor increased to 2.728. | |
| 2017 | Materials established the following sections: - Advanced Nanomaterials; - Catalytic Materials; - Carbon Materials; - Smart Materials; - Thin Films. |
| Materials received its 2016 Impact Factor (2.654). | |
| 2018 | Materials established the following sections: - Materials Chemistry; - Materials Physics; - Optics and Photonics; - Corrosion and Materials Degradation. |
| Materials received its 2017 Impact Factor (2.467). | |
| The year 2018 marks the 10th Anniversary of Materials. | |
| 2019 | Materials published its 10,000th paper. |
| Materials adopted a semi-monthly publication schedule. | |
| The Portuguese Materials Society (SPM) became affiliated to Materials. The Manufacturing Engineering Society (MES) became affiliated to Materials. |
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| Prof. John B. Goodenough, the 2019 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, authored a review paper on "Advanced Electrodes for High Power Li-ion Batteries" in Materials in 2013. | |
| Materials established the following sections: - Construction and Building Materials; - Materials Simulation and Design; - Electronic Materials. |
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| The Impact Factor increased to 2.972. | |
| 2020 | The Impact Factor increased to 3.057. |
| 2021 | Materials established the following sections: - Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses; - Metals and Alloys; - Soft Matter; - Polymeric Materials; - Quantum Materials. |
| - Structure Analysis and Characterization was renamed as Advanced Materials Characterization. | |
| Materials received its first CiteScore (2021) of 4.2. | |
| The Impact Factor increased to 3.623. | |
| 2022 | The Impact Factor increased to 3.748. |
| Materials received its CiteScore (2021) of 4.7, ranked 159/455 in “General Materials Science”. | |
| Materials established the following section: - Green Materials. |
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| 2023 | Materials received its 2022 Impact Factor (3.4). |
| Materials received its CiteScore (2022) of 5.2, ranked 163/453 in “General Materials Science”. | |
| - Optics and Photonics was renamed as Optical and Photonic Materials. | |
| 2024 | Materials received its 2023 Impact Factor (3.1), ranked 20/90 (Q1) in “Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering”, ranked 208/438 (Q2) in “Materials Science, Multidisciplinary”. |
| Materials received its CiteScore (2023) of 5.8, ranked 149/463 in “General Materials Science”. | |
| The Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (CSMNT) became affiliated to Materials. | |
| 2025 | The Impact Factor increased to 3.2. |
| Materials received its CiteScore (2024) of 6.4, ranked 91/443 (Q1) in “Condensed Matter Physics”. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2008–2011 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andreas Taubert |
| 2010–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian |
| 2019–2023 | Associate Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto |
| 2019–present | Associate Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Christof Schneider Associate Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Guillermo Requena |
| 2023–present | Associate Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yanlin Song |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rafael Luque for the section on Porous Materials |
| 2013–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sanjay Mathur for the section on Manufacturing Processes and Systems |
| 2018–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andrei V. Petukhov for the section on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology |
| 2019–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Teofil Jesionowski for the section on Materials Chemistry |
| 2021–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heesun Yang for the section on Quantum Materials |
| 2013–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini for the section on Biomaterials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thomas Lippert for the section on Materials for Energy Applications Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Luciano Feo for the section on Advanced Composites |
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Steven L. Suib for the section on Catalytic Materials |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eddie Koenders for the section on Construction and Building Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stefano Bellucci for the section on Carbon Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Raman Singh for the section on Corrosion |
| 2019–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Valery Tuchin for the section on Optical and Photonic Materials |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pascal Van Der Voort for the section on Advanced Materials Characterization Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Panagiotis G. Asteris for the section on Materials Simulation and Design Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vlassios Likodimos for the section on Materials Physics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Seung Hwan Ko for the section on Smart Materials |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Francesco Baino for the section on Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yong-Cheng Lin for the section on Metals and Alloys Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Sommer for the section on Soft Matter Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shouke Yan and Prof. Dr. Xu-Ming Xie for the section on Polymeric Materials |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Federico Bella for the section on Energy Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Ingo Dierking for the section on Soft Matter Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga for the section on Materials Chemistry |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Carlos Lodeiro for the section on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Camblor for the section on Porous Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Javier Gil for the section on Biomaterials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Salonitis for the section on Green Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xinyu Liu for the section on Quantum Materials |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Weili Zhang for the section on Optical and Photonic Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sanjay Mathur for the section on Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang for the section on Corrosion |
