Journal History
| 2008 | Inaugural issue released, initially published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2010 | Changes to a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2011 | Covered by the Science Index Expanded (SCIE). |
| 2012 | First Impact Factor (1.677) received. |
| 2013 | Six sections are setup: “Biomaterials”, “Materials for Energy Applications”, “Advanced Composites”, “Structure Analysis and Characterization”, “Porous Materials” and “Manufacturing Processes and Systems”. First Best Paper Award announced. Materials Impact Factor released in June 2013 (2.247). Sponsored International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials (ISSIB) 2013 in Rome, Italy. Materials publishes more its 1,000th paper. |
| 2014 | Materials Impact Factor released in June 2014 (1.879) |
| 2015 | Materials Impact Factor released in June 2015 (2.651) |
| 2016 | Materials is covered by PubMed Materials Impact Factor released in June 2016 (2.728) |
| 2017 | New sections were set up: Section “Advanced Nanomaterials”; “Catalytic Materials”; “Carbon Materials”; “Smart Materials” “Thin Films”. Materials Impact Factor released in June 2017 (2.654) |
| 2018 | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Andrei V. Petukhov for Section “Advanced Nanomaterials” . Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Steven L. Suib for Section “Catalytic Materials”. 4 new sections were set up: Materials Chemistry; Materials Physics Section; Optics and Photonics Section; Corrosion and Materials Degradation Section. Materials Impact Factor released in June 2018 (2.467). The year 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of Materials. |
| 2019 | Materials published its 10,000th paper. Materials changes to a semi-monthly publication schedule. Two Societies cooperated with Materials: Portuguese Materials Society (SPM) and Manufacturing Engineering Society (MES). 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. Associate Editor-in-Chief Dr. Christof Schneider. Associate Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto. 3 new sections were set up: Construction and Building Materials Section; Materials Simulation and Design Section; Electronic Materials Section. Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Eddie Koenders for Section ‘Construction and Building Materials’. Section Editor-in-Chief Dr. Valery Tuchin for Section ‘Optics and Photonics’. Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Teofil Jesionowski for Section ‘Materials Chemistry‘. Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Stefano Bellucci for Section ‘Carbon Materials‘. Materials Impact Factor released in June 2019 (2.972). |
| 2020 | Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Pascal Van Der Voort for Section "Structure Analysis and Characterization". Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Panagiotis G. Asteris for Section "Materials Simulation and Design". Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Vlassios Likodimos for Section "Materials Physics". Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Seung Hwan Ko for Section "Smart Materials". Materials Impact Factor released in June 2020 (3.057). |
| 2021 | 5 new Sections were set up: Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses Section; Metals and Alloys Section; Soft Matter Section; Polymeric Materials Section; Quantum Materials Section. Section Editor-in-Chief Dr. Francesco Baino for Section "Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses". Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Yong-Cheng Lin for Section "Metals and Alloys". Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Sommer for Section "Soft Matter". Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Shouke Yan and Prof. Dr. Xu-Ming Xie for Section "Polymeric Materials". Section Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Heesun Yang for Section "Quantum Materials". Materials CiteScore released in May 2021 (4.2). Materials Impact Factor released in June 2021 (3.623). Materials had been approved for coverage within four new categories of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR): Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering, Q1 Chemistry, Physical, Q2 Physics, Applied, Q2 Physics, Condensed Matter, Q2 |
| 2022 | Materials received an increased Impact Factor (3.748). Materials received an increased CiteScore (2021) of 4.7, ranked 159/455 in "General Materials Science". Materials established the following section:
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Editor-in-Chief
| 2008–2011 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andreas Taubert |
| 2010–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maryam Tabrizian |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rafael Luque for the section on Porous Materials |
| 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 |
| 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 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sanjay Mathur for the section on Manufacturing Processes and Systems |
| 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 |
