Publishing frequency: 10 issues per year
Editorial Board Chair: Seth Marder
Submission to first decision: 29 days**
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Horizons research pushes the boundaries of materials science – think new unexpected observations, new directions and new levels of insight.
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Our editorial processes are transparent, rigorous, fair and rapid, with an editorial board of leading scientists, guided by a society publisher – we get great work into the world, fast.
Learn something new
Focus articles clarify often misunderstood topic areas, and original research comes with a New Concepts statement which explains the work and its wider significance.
Journal Scope
Materials Horizons is a leading journal for the publication of exceptionally high quality, innovative materials science.The journal places an emphasis on original research that demonstrates a new concept or a new way of thinking (a conceptual advance), rather than primarily reporting technological improvements. However, outstanding articles featuring truly breakthrough developments such as record performance of materials alone may also be published in the journal. For work to be published it must be of significant general interest to our community-spanning readership.
Editorial board
Editorial Board Chair Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Scientific editor: University of Toulouse, France
Scientific editor: University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Scientific editor: University of New South Wales, Australia
Scientific editor: Imperial College London, UK
Scientific editor: Tsinghua University, China
Editorial board member: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
Editorial board member: University of Pittsburgh, USA
Editorial board member: Northwestern University, USA
Editorial board member: University of Oxford, UK
Editorial board member: Riken, Japan
Editorial board member: University of Southern California, USA
Editorial board member: Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Zhenan Bao, Stanford University, USA
Paul Blom, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Mischa Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Jean-Luc Brédas, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Jillian Buriak, University of Alberta, Canada
Yong Cao, South China University of Technology, China
Rachel Caruso, University of Melbourne, Austrailia
Anthony Cheetham, University of Cambridge, UK
Hong Chen, Soochow University, China
Jinwoo Cheon, Yonsei University, South Korea
Luisa De Cola, University of Strasbourg, France
Richard Friend, University of Cambridge, UK
David Haddleton, University of Warwick, UK
Subi George, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India
Naomi Halas, Rice University, USA
Martin Heeney, Imperial College London, UK
Jurriaan Huskens, University of Twente, Netherlands
Taeghwan Hyeon, Seoul National University, South Korea
Hiroshi Imahori, Kyoto University, Japan
René Janssen, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Antoine Kahn, Princeton University, USA
Richard Kaner, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Susumu Kitagawa, Kyoto University, Japan
Frederik Krebs, Elite Science, Denmark
Katharina Landfester, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Nate Lewis, California Institute of Technology, USA
Yan Li, Peking University, China
Kian Ping Loh, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Lynn Yueh Lin Loo, Princeton University, USA
Bin Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
HongYee Low, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Richard Martel, University of Montreal, Canada
Hedi Mattoussi, Florida State University, USA
Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Phillip Messersmith, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University, USA
Catherine Murphy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
K S Narayan, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India
Markus Niederberger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Teri Odom, Northwestern University, USA
Marie-Paule Pileni, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
C N R Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
John A Rogers, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Vince Rotello, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Christine Schmidt, University of Florida, USA
Gregory D Scholes, Princeton University, USA
Nava Setter, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
Peter Skabara, University of Glasgow, UK
Takao Someya, University of Tokyo, Japan
Shu Wang, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Emily Weiss, Northwestern University, USA
David Weitz, Harvard University, USA
Yi Xie, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Jackie Ying, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
Jihong Yu, Jilin University, China
Shu-Hong Yu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Aldo J. G. Zarbin, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Xiaowei Zhan, Peking University, China
Dongyuan Zhao, Fudan University, China
Sarit Agasti, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India
Athina Anastasaki, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Maartje Bastings, Harvard University, USA
Thomas Bennett, Cambridge University, UK
Robert Chapman, University of NSW, Australia
Chaohua Cui, Soochow University, China
Xiaoguang Duan, Curtin University, Australia
Rebecca Gieseking, Brandeis University, USA
Masayuki Gon, Kyoto University, Japan
Jafar Hasan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Seong-Min Jo, Max-Planck institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Gregor Kieslich, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Peter Korevaar, Radboud University, Netherlands
Vipin Kumar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ester Kwon, University of California San Diego, USA
Collins Taehun Lee, Yonsei University, Korea
Ting Lei, Peking University, China
David Lunn, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Tian Yi Ma, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Kosuke Minami, WPI-MANA, NIMS, Japan
Markus Müllner, University of Sydney, Australia
Wee-Jun Ong, Xiamen University, Malaysia
Jaime Martin Perez, POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain
Christopher Proctor, University of Cambridge, UK
Alexandra Ramadan, Oxford University, UK
M. Tariq Sajjad, University of St Andrews, UK
Troy Townsend, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, USA
Daiki Umeyama, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Vipin Kumar, Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore
Mengye Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Chao Wang, University of California, Riverside, USA
Hongbin Yao, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Hamish Yeung, Oxford University, UK
Nan Zhang, Fuzhou University, China
Sam Keltie, Executive Editor ORCID 0000-0002-9369-8414
Lynn Murphy, Deputy Editor ORCID 0000-0003-4893-1536
Rose Wedgbury, Development Editor ORCID 0000-0002-7192-5401
Jonathon Watson, Editorial Production Manager
Chris Dias, Publishing Editor
Carole Martin, Publishing Editor
Rebecca Plant, Publishing Editor
Amy Southall, Publishing Editor
Ruth Zadik, Publishing Editor
Jane Chan, Editorial Assistant
Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Awards
In order to recognize some of the outstanding work published in the journal, as well as the authors behind those articles, we annually award an Outstanding Paper prize. The awards recognise both the corresponding author of the paper as well as the first author.
Each year, we put together a shortlist of articles published during the previous calendar year based on a variety of metrics including article downloads, Altmetrics, and citations. The shortlist is reviewed by the journal's Editorial and Advisory Board members based on the science presented and potential future impact. Based on this, and on the high quality of content we published throughout the year, an Outstanding Paper is chosen, with an additional option to award a runner-up and/or Outstanding Review.
2018 winners:
Inaugural Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper 2018:
Grace X. Gu, Chun-Teh Chen, Deon J. Richmond and Markus J. Buehler*
Inaugural Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper runner-up 2018:
Hui Geng, Haoyu Bai, Yangyang Fan, Shaoyu Wang, Teer Ba, Cunming Yu, Moyuan Cao* and Lei Jiang
Inaugural Materials Horizons Outstanding Review 2018:
Photocatalytic fixation of nitrogen to ammonia: state-of-the-art advancement and future prospects
Xingzhu Chen, Neng Li,* Zhouzhou Kong, Wee-Jun Ong* and Xiujian Zhao
Article Types
Materials Horizons publishes:
- Communications
- Reviews
- Minireviews
- Focus articles
- Comments
Communications
All original research published in the journal is in the form of Communication articles. These are exceptionally high quality and innovative reports that are of significant broad appeal to the materials science community at large. The research presented should provide new insight into the topic and demonstrate a new concept or a new way of thinking (a conceptual advance), rather than primarily reporting technological improvements. However, outstanding articles featuring truly breakthrough developments such as record performance of materials alone may also be published in the journal.
Materials Horizons Communications must include a separate ‘new concepts’ statement. This statement should be a paragraph of no more than 200 words and should address the following questions:
- What new concept has been demonstrated?
- What differentiates this concept from existing research?
- What additional insight does your work and the underlying concept bring to the materials science?
This statement will be seen by editors and reviewers and will help ascertain the significance of the research. The statement should not be a summary of the work reported, as in the article abstract. If the paper is accepted, this statement will also be published. Please note that papers cannot be peer-reviewed without this statement.
Although there is no page limit for a Communication, the recommended length is three printed journal pages. Authors are encouraged to provide a succinct and relevant introduction to the research and to consider the use of the electronic supplementary information for additional material. Please see below for some examples of exemplar 'new concepts' statements.
See examplesReviews
Reviews are typically commissioned by the Materials Horizons editorial board and editorial office, although suggestions from readers for topics and authors of reviews are very welcome and should be directed to the editor. Materials Horizons Reviews must be very high quality, authoritative, state-of-the-art accounts of the selected research field.
Reviews should be timely and provide insights based on existing literature as well as being of general interest to the journal's wide readership. All Reviews undergo a rigorous and full peer review procedure, in the same way as regular research papers.
Authors are encouraged to identify areas in the field where further developments are imminent or of urgent need, and any areas that may be of significance to the community in general. Reviews are typically six to eight printed journal pages in length.
Minireviews
Minireviews are highlights or summaries of research in an emerging area of materials science (typically from the last two to three years). They are not intended to be comprehensive overviews, but rather should highlight recent and important developments and provide insights into the emerging area on which they are focused. Minireviews should set the topic in the context of the relevant literature and may include perspectives of the future development of the field.
Perspectives of the future development of the field are appropriate. The recommended length of a Materials Horizons Minireview is three printed journal pages.
Focus articles
Materials Horizons Focus articles are educational articles that can take the form of either an editorial or review article. They are designed to address topic areas which are often misunderstood or require greater explanation.
Focus articles are invited by the Materials Horizons editorial board and editorial office. Suggestions from readers for topics and authors of Focus articles are welcome and should be directed to the editor.
Comments
Comments and Replies are a medium for the discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in Materials Horizons.
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 a team of professional Publishing Editors who have a wide range of scientific backgrounds. 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. Publishing Editors are supported in this decision making by our academic Scientific Editors who are members of our Editorial Board. Only manuscripts that are successful during these initial assessments will be sent for full peer review. 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 are 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
Communication articles must include a separate ‘New Concepts’ statement. See Communication guidelines above for further detail.
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.
Readership information
Materials Horizons is a core journal for academic, government and industrial scientists involved in all aspects of materials research.
Subscription information
Access is available to institutions/organisations who are not Royal Society of Chemistry publishing customers following a simple registration process.
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*2018 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2019)
**2018 median
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