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Featured Journals

Journals dedicated to research in materials science:

APL Materials

A high-impact open access journal embracing all research across materials science

Journal Impact Factor: 4.5*
Cited Half-Life: 5.8 Years*
CiteScore™: 7.3^†
Avg. Views/Article Per Year (2024-2025): 775+
Days to 1st Decision (Avg.): 34^‡
Days to Acceptance (Avg): 87^‡
Days to Publish (Avg.): 107^‡
Topics covered: Materials science, energy, nanotechnology, photonics
Article types: Articles, Perspectives, Reviews, Accounts, Roadmaps
Access type: Gold open access
Indexed In: Web of Science, Scopus

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AIP Advances

A peer-reviewed, open access journal covering all areas of the physical sciences

Journal Impact Factor: 1.7*
Cited Half-Life: 5.5 Years*
CiteScore™: 2.8^†
Avg. Views/Article Per Year (2024-2025): 370+
Days to 1st Decision (Avg.): 30^‡
Days to Acceptance (Avg): 70^‡
Days to Publish (Avg.): 94^‡
Topics covered: Atomic and molecular physics, biological physics, chemical physics, quantum mechanics, materials science, condensed matter physics
Article types: Articles, Perspectives, Reviews
Access type: Gold open access

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Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering

An open access, peer-reviewed journal that covers all areas related to nanotechnology and precision engineering

Journal Impact Factor: 2.4*
Cited Half-Life: 4.4 Years*
CiteScore™: 4.1^†
Avg. Views/Article Per Year (2024-2025): 485+
Days to 1st Decision (Avg.): 34^‡
Days to Acceptance (Avg): 89^‡
Days to Publish (Avg.): 198^‡
Topics covered: Biological physics, electronics, nanotechnology, materials science
Article types: Articles, Reviews, Communications
Access type: Diamond open access
Indexed In: Web of Science, Scopus

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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films

Understanding interfaces and surfaces at a fundamental level and using this understanding to advance the state-of-the-art in various technological applications

Journal Impact Factor: 2.5*
Cited Half-Life: 10.3 Years*
CiteScore™: 3.7^†
Avg. Views/Article Per Year (2024-2025): 315+
Days to 1st Decision (Avg.): 28^‡
Days to Acceptance (Avg): 71^‡
Days to Publish (Avg.): 92^‡
Topics covered: Materials science, plasma physics, condensed matter physics, photonics, interdisciplinary physics, atomic and molecular physics
Article types: Articles, Letters, Perspectives, Reviews, Tutorials, Roadmaps
Access type: Hybrid open access
Indexed In: Web of Science, Scopus

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Low Temperature Physics

The international forum for studies of low temperature physical phenomena

Journal Impact Factor: 0.9*
Cited Half-Life: 9.6 Years*
CiteScore™: 1.1^†
Avg. Views/Article Per Year (2024-2025): 95+
Days to 1st Decision (Avg.): 19^‡
Days to Publish (Avg.): 42^‡
Topics covered: Superconductivity, superfluids, phonons, cryogenics, magnetic ordering, thermodynamic properties, phase transitions, crystallographic defects, electronic transport
Article types: Articles, Reviews, Communications, Memoirs, Biographies
Access type: Hybrid open access
Indexed In: Current Contents, Current Physics Index, INSPEC, PASCAL, Physics Abstracts, Physics Briefs, Science Citation Index, SPIN

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Low Temperature Physics, an English translation of the copyrighted journal FIZIKA NIZKIKH TEMPERATUR

Interdisciplinary Journals

Journals at the intersection of materials science and related disciplines:

Journal of Applied Physics

Significant results in cutting-edge applied physics

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Applied Physics Letters

Shaping the future of applied physics for over 60 years

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The Journal of Chemical Physics

The most cited in chemical physics

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APL Engineering Physics

Physicists study the world as it is. Engineering physicists create the world that has never been

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APL Bioengineering

Research at the intersection of biology, physics & engineering

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APL Electronic Devices

Fostering connections across multiple disciplines in the broad electronics community

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APL Energy

Bridging basic research and innovative technology that will impact the future

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MechanoEngineering

Publishing open research at the intersection of mechanics and emerging technologies in the digital-AI era

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APL Machine Learning

Machine Learning for Applied Physics | Applied Physics for Machine Learning

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APL Photonics

Promotes fundamental, applied, and multidisciplinary research anchored in photonics

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APL Quantum

Bridging fundamental quantum research with technological applications

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Applied Physics Reviews

High-impact research and authoritative reviews in applied physics

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Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics

Devoted to reporting new and original experimental and theoretical research in interdisciplinary areas at the interface of chemistry and physics

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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Nanotechnology and Microelectronics

Devoted to publishing reports of original research, letters and review articles on microelectronics and nanometer structures and devices

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Matter and Radiation at Extremes

All areas of physical sciences in applied, theoretical, and experimental research on matter and radiation at extremes

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Structural Dynamics

An open access, peer-reviewed journal focused on the structure of matter and its properties

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AIP Conference Proceedings

AIP Conference Proceedings has been a trusted publishing partner for more than 40 years, delivering fast, affordable, and versatile publishing for maximum exposure of your meeting’s key research.

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Highlighted Research

Ferromagnetic materials for Josephson π junctions

Research involving Josephson junctions that contain ferromagnetic materials has expanded rapidly over the past two decades. These junctions are being considered for use in digital superconducting logic and memory technologies.

A first-principles study on structural stability and magnetoelectric coupling of two-dimensional BaTiO₃ ultrathin film with Cr and Cu substituting Ti site

Analysis of Jahn–Teller distortion indicates that replacing Ti produces a more stable configuration than replacing Ba. However, the resulting magnetoelectric coupling is weak because the doped unit cell does not develop spontaneous polarization.

Prediction of particle-reinforced composite material properties based on an improved Halpin–Tsai model

The article proposes an enhanced Halpin–Tsai model for estimating the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of silicon-carbide-reinforced polypropylene composites. It accounts for porosity and SiC concentration while relating property-dependent shape factors to particle aspect ratio, SiC volume fraction, and porosity.

Roles of doping in enhancing the performance of graphene/graphene-like semiconductors

Graphene’s distinctive bonding structure gives it exceptional chemical, thermal, mechanical, electrical, and optical characteristics. Its absence of an intrinsic bandgap, however, limits its usefulness in flexible nanoelectronic devices.

Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensor based on a graphene-carbon nanotube-polydimethylsiloxane composite

Flexible piezoresistive sensors are widely used in wearable technologies because they are practical and easy to operate. To reduce the cost and complexity of fabrication, the authors propose a simpler sensor made by replicating sandpaper microstructures and coating them with a graphene–carbon-nanotube and polydimethylsiloxane mixture.

Past, present, and future of hybrid plasmonic waveguides for photonics integrated circuits

The article examines the historical development, current state, and expected future of hybrid plasmonic waveguides. It comprehensively reviews passive and active photonic integrated-circuit devices based on these waveguides, along with their potential on-chip applications.

Interpretation of complex x-ray photoelectron peak shapes. I. Case study of Fe 2p₃/₂ spectra

Transition-metal XPS peaks are commonly analyzed to identify the composition and chemistry of material surfaces. Their structures are highly complex, however, and the correct interpretation of these peaks remains under investigation.

Critical examination of the use of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) O 1s to characterize oxygen vacancies in catalytic materials and beyond

A 2021 publication demonstrated that a commonly used spectral assignment in catalyst research is not physically valid. Nevertheless, researchers continue to claim that oxygen vacancies can be measured using ex situ x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Half-century of Efros–Shklovskii Coulomb gap: Romance with Coulomb interaction and disorder

The Efros–Shklovskii Coulomb gap and its associated variable-range-hopping conductivity law were introduced approximately five decades ago. Their theoretical foundation and earliest experimental confirmations were subsequently reviewed in the Shklovskii–Efros monograph about four decades ago.

Theoretical analysis of incomplete ionization on the electrical behavior of radial p-n junction structures

The study examines how incomplete atomic ionization below 800 K affects submicron radial p–n junctions made from silicon and gallium arsenide. The authors solve Poisson’s equation in cylindrical coordinates for radial structures with a core radius of 0.5 μm.

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