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Materials Today — Template for authors

Publisher: Elsevier
Categories Rank Trend in last 3 yrs
Mechanical Engineering #4 of 596 -
Condensed Matter Physics #4 of 411 up up by 2 ranks
Mechanics of Materials #4 of 377 -
Materials Science (all) #7 of 455 -
journal-quality-icon Journal quality:
High
calendar-icon Last 4 years overview: 358 Published Papers | 11259 Citations
indexed-in-icon Indexed in: Scopus
last-updated-icon Last updated: 30/06/2020
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Journal Performance & Insights

Impact Factor

CiteRatio

Determines the importance of a journal by taking a measure of frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year.

A measure of average citations received per peer-reviewed paper published in the journal.

26.416

8% from 2018

Impact factor for Materials Today from 2016 - 2019
Year Value
2019 26.416
2018 24.372
2017 24.537
2016 21.695
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31.4

1% from 2019

CiteRatio for Materials Today from 2016 - 2020
Year Value
2020 31.4
2019 31.1
2018 31.8
2017 29.5
2016 27.0
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insights Insights

  • Impact factor of this journal has increased by 8% in last year.
  • This journal’s impact factor is in the top 10 percentile category.

insights Insights

  • CiteRatio of this journal has increased by 1% in last years.
  • This journal’s CiteRatio is in the top 10 percentile category.

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)

Measures weighted citations received by the journal. Citation weighting depends on the categories and prestige of the citing journal.

Measures actual citations received relative to citations expected for the journal's category.

8.071

6% from 2019

SJR for Materials Today from 2016 - 2020
Year Value
2020 8.071
2019 7.609
2018 7.392
2017 7.111
2016 7.254
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4.906

8% from 2019

SNIP for Materials Today from 2016 - 2020
Year Value
2020 4.906
2019 5.308
2018 5.597
2017 4.694
2016 4.45
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insights Insights

  • SJR of this journal has increased by 6% in last years.
  • This journal’s SJR is in the top 10 percentile category.

insights Insights

  • SNIP of this journal has decreased by 8% in last years.
  • This journal’s SNIP is in the top 10 percentile category.

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Materials Today

Materials Today is the flagship journal of the Materials Today family and is dedicated to covering the most innovative, cutting edge and influential work of broad interest to the materials science community.... Read More

Engineering

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Last updated on
30 Jun 2020
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ISSN
1369-7021
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Impact Factor
Maximum - 5.305
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Acceptance Rate
Not provided
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Frequency
Not provided
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Open Access
Yes
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Sherpa RoMEO Archiving Policy
Green faq
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Plagiarism Check
Available via Turnitin
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Endnote Style
Download Available
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Bibliography Name
elsarticle-num
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Citation Type
Numbered
[25]
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Bibliography Example
G. E. Blonder, M. Tinkham, T. M. Klapwijk, Transition from metallic to tunneling regimes in superconducting microconstrictions: Excess current, charge imbalance, and supercurrent conversion, Phys. Rev. B 25 (7) (1982) 4515–4532. URL 10.1103/PhysRevB.25.4515

Top papers written in this journal

open accessOpen access Journal Article DOI: 10.1016/J.MATTOD.2014.10.040
Li-ion battery materials: present and future
Naoki Nitta1, Feixiang Wu2, Feixiang Wu1, Jung Tae Lee1, Gleb Yushin1
01 Jun 2015 - Materials Today

Topics:

Lithium iron phosphate (63%)63% related to the paper, Lithium cobalt oxide (61%)61% related to the paper, Lithium vanadium phosphate battery (60%)60% related to the paper, Cobalt (57%)57% related to the paper, Nickel (51%)51% related to the paper
5,057 Citations
open accessOpen access Journal Article DOI: 10.1016/S1369-7021(11)70058-X
Biomaterials & scaffolds for tissue engineering
Fergal J. O'Brien1
01 Mar 2011 - Materials Today

Topics:

Tissue engineering (58%)58% related to the paper
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2,648 Citations
open accessOpen access Journal Article DOI: 10.1016/S1369-7021(08)70119-6
Resistive switching in transition metal oxides
Akihito Sawa1
01 Jun 2008 - Materials Today

Topics:

Resistive random-access memory (63%)63% related to the paper, Non-volatile memory (60%)60% related to the paper, Flash memory (54%)54% related to the paper, Memory cell (51%)51% related to the paper
2,641 Citations
open accessOpen access Journal Article DOI: 10.1016/S1369-7021(07)70078-0
ZnO - nanostructures, defects, and devices
01 May 2007 - Materials Today

Topics:

Hybrid solar cell (50%)50% related to the paper
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1,828 Citations
open accessOpen access Journal Article DOI: 10.1016/S1369-7021(12)70017-2
SERS: Materials, applications, and the future
Bhavya Sharma1, Renee R. Frontiera1, Anne Isabelle Henry1, Emilie Ringe1, Richard P. Van Duyne1
01 Jan 2012 - Materials Today

Topics:

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (54%)54% related to the paper
1,793 Citations
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2. Do you follow the Materials Today guidelines?

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3. Can I cite my article in multiple styles in Materials Today?

Of course! We support all the top citation styles, such as APA style, MLA style, Vancouver style, Harvard style, and Chicago style. For example, when you write your paper and hit autoformat, our system will automatically update your article as per the Materials Today citation style.

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5. Can I use a manuscript in Materials Today that I have written in MS Word?

Yes. You can choose the right template, copy-paste the contents from the word document, and click on auto-format. Once you're done, you'll have a publish-ready paper Materials Today that you can download at the end.

6. How long does it usually take you to format my papers in Materials Today?

It only takes a matter of seconds to edit your manuscript. Besides that, our intuitive editor saves you from writing and formatting it in Materials Today.

7. Where can I find the template for the Materials Today?

It is possible to find the Word template for any journal on Google. However, why use a template when you can write your entire manuscript on SciSpace , auto format it as per Materials Today's guidelines and download the same in Word, PDF and LaTeX formats? Give us a try!.

8. Can I reformat my paper to fit the Materials Today's guidelines?

Of course! You can do this using our intuitive editor. It's very easy. If you need help, our support team is always ready to assist you.

9. Materials Today an online tool or is there a desktop version?

SciSpace's Materials Today is currently available as an online tool. We're developing a desktop version, too. You can request (or upvote) any features that you think would be helpful for you and other researchers in the "feature request" section of your account once you've signed up with us.

10. I cannot find my template in your gallery. Can you create it for me like Materials Today?

Sure. You can request any template and we'll have it setup within a few days. You can find the request box in Journal Gallery on the right side bar under the heading, "Couldn't find the format you were looking for like Materials Today?”

11. What is the output that I would get after using Materials Today?

After writing your paper autoformatting in Materials Today, you can download it in multiple formats, viz., PDF, Docx, and LaTeX.

12. Is Materials Today's impact factor high enough that I should try publishing my article there?

To be honest, the answer is no. The impact factor is one of the many elements that determine the quality of a journal. Few of these factors include review board, rejection rates, frequency of inclusion in indexes, and Eigenfactor. You need to assess all these factors before you make your final call.

13. What is Sherpa RoMEO Archiving Policy for Materials Today?

SHERPA/RoMEO Database

We extracted this data from Sherpa Romeo to help researchers understand the access level of this journal in accordance with the Sherpa Romeo Archiving Policy for Materials Today. The table below indicates the level of access a journal has as per Sherpa Romeo's archiving policy.

RoMEO Colour Archiving policy
Green Can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF
Blue Can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's version/PDF
Yellow Can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)
White Archiving not formally supported
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  1. Pre-prints as being the version of the paper before peer review and
  2. Post-prints as being the version of the paper after peer-review, with revisions having been made.

14. What are the most common citation types In Materials Today?

The 5 most common citation types in order of usage for Materials Today are:.

S. No. Citation Style Type
1. Author Year
2. Numbered
3. Numbered (Superscripted)
4. Author Year (Cited Pages)
5. Footnote

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16. Can I download Materials Today in Endnote format?

Yes, SciSpace provides this functionality. After signing up, you would need to import your existing references from Word or Bib file to SciSpace. Then SciSpace would allow you to download your references in Materials Today Endnote style according to Elsevier guidelines.

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