Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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Impact factor: 7.059*
Publishing frequency: 48 issues per year
Editor-in-chief: Natalie Stingelin
Time to first decision: 26 days**

Scope

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C cover high quality studies across all fields of materials chemistry. The journals focus on those theoretical or experimental studies that report new understanding, applications, properties and synthesis of materials. The journals have a strong history of publishing quality reports of interest to interdisciplinary communities and providing an efficient and rigorous service through peer review and publication. The journals are led by an international team of Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors who are all active researchers in their fields.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C are separated by the intended application of the material studied. Broadly, applications in energy and sustainability are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry A, applications in biology and medicine are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry B, and applications in optical, magnetic and electronic devices are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry C. More than one Journal of Materials Chemistry journal may be suitable for certain fields and researchers are encouraged to submit their paper to the journal that they feel best fits for their particular article.

Example topic areas within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry C are listed below. This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive.

Bioelectronics
Conductors
Detectors
Dielectrics
Displays
Ferroelectrics
Lasers
LEDs
Lighting
Liquid crystals
Memory
Metamaterials
Multiferroics
Photonics
Photovoltaics
Semiconductors
Sensors
Single molecule conductors
Spintronics
Superconductors
Thermoelectrics
Topological insulators
Transistors

Editorial board

Editor-in-chief

Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Associate editors

Laylay Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Renaud Demadrille, Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble, France

Elizabeth von Hauff, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Luis Hueso, CIC nanoGUNE, Spain

Malika Jeffries-El, Boston University, USA

Unyong Jeong, POSTECH, South Korea

Oana Jurchescu, Wake Forest University, USA

Monica Lira-Cantú, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain

Martyn McLachlan, Imperial College London, UK

Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Neil Robertson, University of Edinburgh, UK

Federico Rosei, National Institute of Scientific Research, University of Quebec, Canada

Yana Vaynzof, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Wai-Yeung Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Yadong Yin, University of California, Riverside, USA

Xiaowei Zhan, Peking University, China

Ni Zhao, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Zhenan Bao, Stanford University, USA

Hugo Bronstein, University of Cambridge, UK

Paola Carbone, University of Manchester, UK

Juan Casado, University of Malaga, Spain

Rajadurai Chandrasekar, University of Hyderabad, India

Lin X. Chen, Northwestern University, USA

Yen-Ju Cheng, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Manish Chhowalla, University of Cambridge, UK

Chunyan Chi, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Przemek Data, Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Olivier Dautel, University of Montpellier, France

Fernando Dias, Durham University, UK

Antonio Facchetti, Northwestern University, USA

Marc Fourmigué, University of Rennes, France

Gitti Frey, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Aiko Fukazawa, Kyoto University, Japan

Carlos F. O. Graeff, São Paolo State University, Brazil

Mark Green, King's College London, UK

Sandrine Heutz, Imperial College London, UK

Cheol Seong Hwang, Seoul National University, Korea

Akiko Kobayashi, Nihon University, Japan

Anna Köhler, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Hua Kuang, Jiangnan University, China

Maria Loi, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Princeton University, USA

Seth Marder, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Marta Mas-Torrent, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain

Iain McCulloch, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Ellen Moons, Karlstad University, Sweden

Christian Müller, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Ana Flávia Nogueira, University of Campinas, Brazil

Jianyong Ouyang, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Thomas Penfold, Newcastle University, UK

Igor Perepichka, Institute of Flexible Electronics of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China

Cyril Poriel, University of Rennes, France

Dong Qin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Erin Ratcliff, University of Arizona, USA

Chad Risko, University of Kentucky, USA

Alberto Salleo, Stanford University, USA

Paolo Samori, University of Strasbourg, France

Clara Santato, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Angela Sastre-Santos, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain

David Scanlon, University College London, UK

Udo Schwingenschlögl, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Ram Seshadri, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Roberta Sessoli, University of Florence, Italy

Carlos Silva, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Peter Skabara, University of Glasgow, UK

Yanlin Song, Institute of Chemistry, CAS, China

Jadranka Travaš-Sejdić, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Alessandro Troisi, University of Liverpool , UK

Koen Vandewal, Hasselt University, Belgium

Christoph Weder, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Gregory Welch, University of Calgary, Canada

Anatoly Zayats, King's College London, UK

Qichun Zhang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Michaela Mühlberg, Executive Editor ORCID 0000-0002-3468-280X

Lynn Murphy, Deputy Editor

Alexander Whiteside, Development Editor ORCID 0000-0002-1743-1531

Jonathon Watson, Editorial Production Manager

Sarah Whitbread, Senior Publishing Editor

Matthew Blow, Publishing Editor

Sam Howell, Publishing Editor

Fiona Iddon, Publishing Editor

Carole Martin, Publishing Editor

Kirsty McRoberts, Publishing Editor

Jane Chan, Editorial Assistant

Jane Paterson, Publishing Assistant

Sam Keltie, Publisher

Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship

This Lectureship recognises early career researchers, typically within 10 years of attaining their PhD or equivalent degree, who have made significant contributions to the field of materials chemistry in their independent academic career.

Find out more about eligibility, how to nominate and deadlines for nomination and announcement.

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Article types

Journal of Materials Chemistry C publishes:

Full papers
Communications
Reviews
Highlights
Perspectives
Comments

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Communications

Journal of Materials Chemistry C 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.

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 optical, magnetic and electronic devices. 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 C.

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.

Submission and assessment process

On submission to the journal, all manuscripts are initially assessed by either a professional Publishing Editor or academic Associate Editor. They make an assessment of whether the manuscript may be suitable for the journal, based on the scope and very high significance and broad general interest criteria required for publication. Only manuscripts that successfully pass these initial assessments will be sent for full peer review, which may be with an Associate Editor. Full details of the initial assessment process can be found with our processes and policies.

The journal follows a single-blind peer review process and articles are typically sent to at least two independent reviewers for evaluation. Professional Publishing Editors and academic Associate Editors are equally responsible for peer review and associated editorial decisions. The team are guided by our Editorial Board who set the scientific standards and guidelines for the journal. Our Editorial Board are all leading scientists who together have expertise across the breadth of materials science.

Journal specific guidelines

The following guidelines are journal specific. For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article and Resources for authors pages, 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 C is a core journal for academic and industrial scientists involved in materials research.

Subscription information

Journal of Materials Chemistry C is part of RSC Gold, Core Chemistry and Materials Science subscription packages.

Online only 2021: ISSN 2050-7534 £2,202 / $3,534

*2019 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2020)

**Average time from receipt to first decision for peer reviewed manuscripts in 2019