Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Impact factor: 9.931*
Publishing frequency: 48 issues per year
Deputy editor-in-chief: Anders Hagfeldt
Time to first decision: 25 days**

Scope

The journal's scope is intentionally broad, covering all aspects of the production of materials or the properties or applications of materials related to energy storage and conversion, sustainability or living.

Submissions to the journal should contain chemistry in a materials context and can be theoretical and/or experimental studies. The novelty and advance should be focused on either the chemistry used to produce the materials, or on the properties or applications of the materials produced. Work submitted that is outside of these criteria will not usually be considered for publication.

Topics include the following.

Artificial photosynthesis
Batteries
Carbon dioxide conversion
Catalysis
Fuel cells
Gas capture/separation/storage
Green materials
Hydrogen generation
Hydrogen storage
Photocatalysis
Photovoltaics
Self-cleaning materials
Self-healing materials
Sensors
Supercapacitors
Sustainable materials
Thermoelectrics
Water splitting
Water treatment

Key features

Fast times to publication
Article types
- Review-type articles: Highlights and Reviews
- Communications
- Full papers
- Comments
Promotion of outstanding work: Hot articles are featured on the journal blog
International editorial and advisory boards, authorship and readership
Part of the Journal of Materials Chemistry journal family
- Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for biology and medicine
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C: Materials for optical, magnetic and electronic devices

Deputy editor-in-chief

Anders Hagfeldt , EPFL, Switzerland

Associate editors

Goutam De, Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, India

Mohamed Eddaoudi, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Yun Jeong Hwang, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

Kisuk Kang, Seoul National University, South Korea

Zhiqun Lin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

David Lou, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Frank Osterloh, University of California, Davis, USA

Shizhang Qiao, University of Adelaide, Australia

Jennifer Rupp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Stephen Skinner, Imperial College London, UK

Magdalena Titirici, Imperial College London, UK

Li-Zhu Wu, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, China

Yusuke Yamauchi, The University of Queensland, Australia

Zhen Zhou, Nankai University, China

Nazario Martin, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Anders Hagfeldt, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, EPFL, Switzerland

Jeroen Cornelissen, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Peter Skabara, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, University of Glasgow, UK

David Lou, Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Jessica Winter, Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Ohio State University, USA

Natalie Stingelin, Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Philipp Adelhelm, Friedrich Schiller Universitat Jena, Germany

Conchi Ania, CNRS Orleans, France

Curtis Berlinguette, University of British Columbia, USA

Michael Chabinyc, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Jie-Sheng Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Xinliang Feng, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Giulia Galli, University of Chicago, USA

Jiaxing Huang, Northwestern University, USA

Hiroshi Imahori, Kyoto University, Japan

Tatsumi Ishihara, Kyushu University, Japan

Saiful Islam, University of Bath, UK

Bumjoon Kim, KAIST, Korea

Dong Ha Kim, Ewha Womens University, Korea

Jing Li, Rutgers University, USA

Bettina Lotsch, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany

C. Buddie Mullins, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Arun K Nandi, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India

Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo, Canada

Markus Niederberger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Chinedum Osuji, Yale University, USA

Zoe Schnepp, University of Birmingham, UK

Yuichi Shimakawa, Kyoto University, Japan

Cheng-Yong Su, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Venkataraman Thangadurai, University of Calgary, Canada

Min Wei, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Yi-Jun Xu, Funzhou University, China

George (X S) Zhao, University of Queensland, Australia

Gengfeng Zheng, Fudan University, China

Sam Keltie, Executive Editor ORCID 0000-0002-9369-8414

Lynn Murphy, Deputy Editor

Rose Wedgbury, Development Editor ORCID 0000-0002-7192-5401

Jonathon Watson, Editorial Production Manager

Jack Busby, Senior Publishing Editor

Sarah Kenwright, Senior Publishing Editor

Lorna Arens, Publishing Editor

Matthew Blow, Publishing Editor

Chris Dias, Publishing Editor

Daniella Ferluccio, Publishing Editor

Laura Ghandhi, Publishing Editor

Geraldine Hay, Publishing Editor

Suzanne Howson, Publishing Editor

Sophie Kitching, Publishing Editor

Eloise Laity, Publishing Editor

Carole Martin, Publishing Editor

Millie Newman, Publishing Editor

Rebecca Plant, Publishing Editor

Eve Rooks, Publishing Editor

Amy Southall, Publishing Editor

Grace Thoburn, Publishing Editor

Ruth Zadik, Publishing Editor

Kate Bandoo, Editorial Assistant

Jane Chan, Publishing Assistant

Julie Ann Roszkowski, Publishing Assistant

Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship

This Lectureship recognises early career researchers, within 10 years of their PhD, who have made a significant contribution to the field of materials chemistry in their independent academic career.

This award is presented annually. Nominations open in the spring. The winner is announced in the autumn.

Royal Society of Chemistry Associate Editors in appropriate fields are asked to nominate candidates, providing a cover letter and the nominee’s CV. Nominations are also open to the public for one week before the deadline. Self-nominations are accepted. Shortlisted candidates from the previous year, who are still eligible, are automatically renominated.

Nominations are then shortlisted and the winner selected by the Journal of Materials Chemistry Executive Editorial Board.

The recipient of this award receives: the opportunity to present at a relevant high-profile meeting and a contribution of up to £1,000 to cover associated travel and accommodation costs. Also, an invitation to submit an article to one of the Journal of Materials Chemistry journals and a complimentary back cover advert for the issue in which the article appears.

Latest recipient: Shaojun Guo Peking University, China

Article types

Journal of Materials Chemistry A publishes:

Full papers
Communications
Reviews
Highlights
Perspectives
Comments

See more information about these article types

Communications

Communications contain novel scientific work of such importance that rapid publication is desirable. Authors should briefly indicate in a covering letter the reasons why they feel that publication of their work as a Communication is justified. The recommended length is three printed journal pages.

Full papers

Full papers contain original scientific work that has not been published previously.

Reviews & Perspectives

These are normally invited by the Editorial Board and editorial office, although suggestions from readers for topics and authors of reviews are welcome. Interested review authors should complete a review proposal form and return it to the editor at MaterialsA-rsc@rsc.org.

Reviews and Perspectives must be high quality, authoritative, state-of-the-art accounts of the selected research field. They should be timely and add to the existing literature, rather than duplicate existing articles, and should be of general interest to the journal's wide readership.

All Reviews and Perspectives undergo rigorous peer review, in the same way as regular research papers.

Reviews should report a detailed, balanced and authoritative current account of the existing state of knowledge on a particular facet of materials chemistry research for energy and sustainability. Simple literature surveys will not be accepted for publication. Reviews should not contain unpublished original research.

Highlight articles are short articles that highlight important new developments. Unlike Review articles, these are intended to cover developments made over the past year or so. They should explain the significance of these developments and may also identify where further work is urgently required or where challenges are still faced. These articles should discuss emerging areas of relevance to materials. Highlights should not contain unpublished original research.

Perspectives are short readable articles covering current areas of interest. They may take the form of personal accounts of research or a critical analysis of activity in a specialist area. By their nature they will not be comprehensive reviews of a field of materials chemistry. Some new unpublished research may be included.

Comments/Replies

Comments and Replies are a medium for the discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

For publication, a Comment should present an alternative analysis of and/or 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.

Journal specific guidelines

The following guidelines are journal specific. For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article page, the content of which is relevant to all of our journals.

Reporting efficiencies of solar conversion devices

Guideline statement

Authors and referees should note the following guidelines for articles reporting the efficiency of solar conversion devices. Authors should ensure the following information is provided in the main manuscript or supplementary information as appropriate.

A full, conventional error analysis should be carried out and reported. This should consist of both random and systematic/bias analyses of values to support the main claims presented in the article, and information on how the error analysis was carried out.

Efficiencies should be reported to an appropriate number of significant figures, along with a standard deviation. This also includes presenting error bars on graphs.

A sufficient number of samples should be tested, and a sufficient number of trials performed.

The 1 Sun AM 1.5G reference spectrum should be used as standard for testing power conversion efficiency and a justification provided where this is not used.

Full experimental conditions under which the efficiency is measured should be declared. Special attention should be paid to documenting the active area of the device, the calibration protocol and properties of the illumination including spectral irradiance and intensity. This may also include as appropriate, but is not limited to, air temperature, use of a glove box, properties and characteristics of the test cell and standardized cell used for calibration, including dimensions and spatial non-uniformity, and calibration and measurement protocols.

Independent certification of the photovoltaic performance of the device being reported is encouraged when the main claims rely on the absolute efficiency value being reported.

If incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE), also referred to as external quantum efficiency (EQE) measurements are performed, the results should be integrated to a resulting short circuit current that can be compared with 1 Sun AM 1.5G power conversion efficiency data. The details of how this calculation is done and any correction factors should be clearly defined.

If hysteresis is observed, details on timescale and stability of the efficiency should be provided.

Readership information

Journal of Materials Chemistry A is a core journal for academic and industrial scientists involved in materials research.

Subscription information

Journal of Materials Chemistry A is part of collections RSC Gold, Core Chemistry and Materials Science

Print + online 2019: ISSN 2050-7488 £1,918 / $3,983
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*2017 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics 2018)

**2018 median

**average time from receipt to first decision in 2018