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Nature Reviews Materials

Nature Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2058-8437eISSN2058-8437

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

20.801

H-Indexi

270

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

11.021

Total Worksi

1,142

Total Citationsi

273,747

2yr Mean Citednessi

27.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Nature Reviews Materials publishes authoritative reviews and perspectives on topics across the spectrum of materials science, covering all aspects from materials design and synthesis to their use in devices and real-life applications. Reviews and perspectives, which are mostly, but not only, commissioned by the editorial team, provide critical, forward-looking overviews of current topics, aiming to bridge the gap between different subfields within materials science and related disciplines like physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 117 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,142

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Nature Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2058-8437 / 2058-8437

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

29k

2019

106

37k

2020

130

29k

2021

120

18k

2022

112

9.9k

2023

124

2024

115

2.4k

2025

114

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

BiomaterialsQ1

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ1

Energy (miscellaneous)Q1

Materials ChemistryQ1

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryNanoscience & Nanotechnology

Scopus Categories

BiomaterialsSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials ChemistryEnergy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials2D Materials and Applications3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchAdvancements in Battery MaterialsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesConducting polymers and applicationsMachine Learning in Materials ScienceGraphene research and applicationsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics

Frequently asked questions about Nature Reviews Materials

Is Nature Reviews Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature Reviews Materials: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Nature Reviews Materials?

Nature Reviews Materials is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 27.65.

Is Nature Reviews Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature Reviews Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.