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Editor-in-Chief: Suojiang Zhang
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Industrial Chemistry & Materials is pleased to announce a call for papers for Turning Emissions to Solutions: Innovations in CO2 Capture, Conversion, and Utilization.
Guest Editors: Prof. Chunshan Song (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China), Prof. Atsushi Urakawa (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), Prof. De Chen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway), Prof. Christoph Mueller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), Prof. Angela Dibenedetto (University of Bari, Italy).
Topics: CO2 capture materials; CO2 conversion catalysis with thermal, electro and/or photo activation; Catalytic membrane reactor with product separation; Use of CO2 as oxidant; Integrated CO2 capture and conversion.
Submission Deadline: 28 February 2025
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Backed by our unique partnership with the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), we provide a global platform to advance the application of science and technology.
Industrial Chemistry & Materials (ICM) publishes significant innovative research and major technological breakthroughs in all aspects of industrial chemistry and materials, focusing on the important innovation of the low-carbon chemical industry, energy and functional materials. By bringing researchers, engineers, and policymakers into one place, research is inspired, challenges are solved and the applications of science and technology are accelerated.
The global editorial and advisory board members are valued experts in the community. With their support, rigorous editorial practices and dissemination ensure your research is accessible and discoverable on a global scale.
Submissions
Submissions are initially assessed and taken through peer-review by our high-profile, internationally-recognised Associate Editors. The journal operates a single-anonymised peer review model, and a minimum of two reviewer reports are required.
Hear from our Editor-in-Chief
Chemical industry and materials science is entering a new green, high-value and intelligent era. ICM features application-driven chemistry and functional materials innovation. We hope this journal will be the premier home for papers related to industrial chemistry and materials, with a vision of stimulating inspiration, solving problems, and accelerating the application of science and technology.
Professor Suojiang Zhang, Editor-in-Chief, Industrial Chemistry & Materials
Featured Articles
Strategies to enable microsized alloy anodes for high-energy and long-life alkali-ion batteries
Herein, we review the recent progress of rational strategies to enable the use of microsized alloy anodes (Si, P, Sb, Sn, etc.) including electrolyte modulation, binder design and architecture engineering. We also provide perspectives on future directions and remaining challenges of microsized anodes towards practical applications.
Recent progress in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for electrocatalysis
In this review, the applications of MOF-based electrocatalysts in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) are presented in detail with the classification of monometallic MOFs, bimetallic MOFs, MOF-based composites and MOFs as supports.
Industrially applied and relevant transformations of 1,3-butadiene using homogeneous catalysts
The present review covers several of the most important homogeneously catalyzed processes and technologies which are currently used or have the potential to produce fine and bulk chemicals from 1,3-butadiene.
Strategies for enhancing the processability of UHMWPE
The synthesis and characterisation of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene using heterogenised permethylindenyl-phenoxy (PHENI*) catalysts has been explored in detail. Four approaches to enhancing the processability of UHMWPE have been assessed: active site concentration and disentanglement; chain transfer agents; multisite catalysis; and polymer composites.
See who's on the team
Meet Industrial Chemistry & Materials's Editor-in-Chief and board members.
Editor-in-Chief
Suojiang Zhang, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, China / Henan University, China
Associate Editors
Maohong Fan, University of Wyoming, USA
Chao Lu, Zhengzhou University / Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Anja V. Mudring, Aarhus University, Denmark
Rong Sun, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Electronic Materials, CAS, China
Atsushi Urakawa, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Quanhong Yang, Tianjin University, China
Shouliang Yi, National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA
Tierui Zhang, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS, China
Xiangping Zhang, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, China / China University of Petroleum-Beijing, China
Open access
Industrial Chemistry & Materials is a gold open access journal. This means that your meaningful publications can be shared widely and accessed easily around the world. The Institute of Process Engineering of CAS is also currently paying for all article processing charges (APCs) – so when you’re ready to make a start, you can publish your work for free. All manuscripts submitted after 31 December 2028 will be subject to our APCs if accepted and published in the journal: £800 (+ any applicable tax).
We offer Industrial Chemistry & Materials authors a choice of two Creative Commons licences: CC BY or CC BY NC. Publication under these licences means that authors retain the copyright of their article, but users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Read our open access statement for further information.
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Article types
Industrial Chemistry & Materials publishes:
- Communications
- Full papers
- Minireviews
- Reviews
- Perspectives
- Comments
Communications
Communications should report preliminary research findings that are highly original, of immediate interest and likely to have a high impact in the selected fields. Authors should supply a justification of why the work merits urgent publication as a Communication.
Full papers
Full papers should report original, innovative and significant research results in the particular field that has not been published previously. Authors should include a brief discussion in the Introduction that sets the context for the novel work and gives their motivation for carrying out the study.
Reviews, Minireviews & Perspectives
Reviews, Perspectives and Minireviews should be high-quality, authoritative, state-of-the-art accounts of the selected research field. They should be timely, insightful and of general interest to the journal's broad readership rather than duplicate existing articles.
All review content should consist of original text and interpretation, avoiding any direct reproduction. If a significant amount of other people's material is to be used, either textual or image-based, permission must be sought by the author in accordance with copyright law and must be made clear in the manuscript.
Reviews are detailed, in-depth and state-of-the-art accounts of the representative results, trends and future directions in the selected field.
Minireviews are shorter, more focused accounts of important new fields of research.
Perspectives are short readable articles on the latest breakthroughs and achievements of the selected field. They may take the form of personal accounts of research or a critical analysis of the activity in a specialist area.
All Reviews, Perspectives and Minireviews undergo a rigorous and full peer review procedure, in the same way as regular research papers.
Comments
Comments and Replies are a medium for the discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in Industrial Chemistry & Materials.
For publication, a Comment should present an alternative analysis of and/or a new insight into the previously published material. Any Reply should further the discussion presented in the original article and the Comment. Comments and Replies that contain any form of personal attack are not suitable for publication.
Comments that are acceptable for publication will be forwarded to the authors of the work being discussed, and these authors will be given the opportunity to submit a Reply. The Comment and Reply will both be subject to rigorous peer review in consultation with the journal’s Editorial Board where appropriate. The Comment and Reply will be published together.
Author guidelines
For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article page, the content of which is relevant to all our journals.
For the submission to Industrial Chemistry & Materials, please use this Article template or Review template. For the Review or Minireview article, please fill out the proposal form and submit it together with your cover letter. Please use the referencing template: Endnote style of Industrial Chemistry & Materials.
To learn more about the Royal Society of Chemistry's policies and processes, including licensing, peer review and formatting, please refer to our Resources for authors page.
Peer review and editorial process
All articles published in Industrial Chemistry & Materials are subject to external peer review by experts in the field and all manuscripts submitted are handled by a team of internationally recognised Associate Editors, who are all practicing scientists in the field.
The peer review for all articles submitted to the journal consists of the following stages:
- Phase 1: Your manuscript is initially assessed by an associate editor to determine its suitability for peer review.
- Phase 2: If the manuscript passes the initial assessment process, the associate editor solicits recommendations from at least two reviewers who are experts in the field. They will provide a report along with their recommendation.
- Phase 3: The associate editor handling your manuscript makes a decision based on the reviewer reports received. In the event that no clear decision can be made, another reviewer will be consulted.
Industrial Chemistry & Materials is committed to a rigorous peer review process and expert editorial oversight for all published content. Please refer to our processes and policies for full details including our appeals procedure.
Publication frequency
Articles accepted for publication in Industrial Chemistry & Materials are published online with citeable DOIs as Advance Articles after they are edited and typeset. Articles are then assigned page numbers and published in an issue. Issues of Industrial Chemistry & Materials are published six times per year from 2025. Please find our most recent issue here.
Transparent peer review policy
To support increased transparency, we offer authors the option of transparent peer review, where the editor’s decision letter, reviewers’ comments and authors’ response for all versions of the manuscript will be published alongside the article under an Open Access Creative Commons licence (CC-BY). Reviewers are anonymous unless they choose to sign their report.
Find out more about our transparent peer review policy.
Ethical Requirements
Industrial Chemistry & Materials authors, editors, reviewers and published works are required to uphold the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ethical standards. The Royal Society of Chemistry is a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and our ethical standards follow COPE’s core practices and best practice guidelines. In cases where these guidelines are breached or appear to be so, the Royal Society of Chemistry will consult with COPE.
When a study involves the use of live animals or human subjects, authors must include in the 'methods/experimental' section of the manuscript a statement that all experiments were performed in compliance with the author’s institute’s policy on animal use and ethics; where possible, details of compliance with national or international laws or guidelines should be included. The statement must name the institutional/local ethics committee which has approved the study; where possible, the approval or case number should be provided. A statement that informed consent was obtained for any experimentation with human subjects is required. Reviewers may be asked to comment specifically on any cases in which concerns arise.
For further guidance on author responsibilities and code of conduct, which apply to Industrial Chemistry & Materials and to all manuscripts submitted to Royal Society of Chemistry journals, please visit our author hub.
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ISSN 2755-2608 (Print)
ISSN 2755-2500 (Online)
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