MS Word, LaTeX templates, and author guidelines
This post is part of a series of blogs with links to Word, LaTeX templates and author instructions of top journals around the world in more than 25 core subjects in academia.
Getting started with your research paper formatting
Writing a successful research paper is more than just communicating your knowledge. Most of the journals prescribe a detailed set of authoring guidelines to apply to your content before you submit it. Many research papers even get rejected for not following the guidelines of the journal (a reason why we built SciSpace (Formerly Typeset) — a platform to automatically apply 100% journal guidelines on your content).
To get you quickly started with your research paper formatting, this blog article lists journal formats and authoring guidelines of top international journals in Materials Science. You can find the links to the MS Word template as well as the LaTeX template of each of the journals here. You can also find the access link to the detailed author guidelines set by the journal. Feel free to check it out, share with friends, and comment on the article.
Top International Materials Science Journals
We have used the Impact factor and various other parameters to rank the journals(Source).
1. ACS Nano
ACS Nano is a monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal, first published in August 2007 by the American Chemical Society. The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, perspectives, interviews with distinguished researchers, views on the future of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Impact Factor — 13.334 (2015)
Journal Abbreviation — ACS Nano
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2. Advanced Functional Materials
Advanced Functional Materials is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal, established in February 2001, is published by Wiley-VCH. However, it has been published under other titles since 1985.
Impact Factor — 11.382 (2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Adv. Funct. Mater.
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**The journal doesn’t provide you a LaTeX template. You have to follow the author guidelines to format your document. You can also write your document on SciSpace and format it to the journal guidelines in a click.
3. Advanced Materials
Advanced Materials is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering materials science. It includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles on topics in chemistry, physics, nanotechnology, ceramics, metallurgy, and biomaterials.
Impact Factor — 18.96(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Adv. Mater.
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**The journal doesn’t provide you a LaTeX template. You have to follow the author guidelines to format your document. You can also write your document on SciSpace and format it to the journal guidelines in a click.
4. Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
The Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics is an annual peer-reviewed review journal published by Annual Reviews. It was established in 2010 and covers advances in condensed matter physics and related subjects.
Impact Factor — 11.909 (2013)
Journal Abbreviation — Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys.
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**The journal doesn’t provide you an MS Word template. You have to follow the author guidelines to format your document. You can also write your document on SciSpace and format it to the journal guidelines in a click.
5. Journal of Materials Chemistry A
The Journal of Materials Chemistry A is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the synthesis, properties, and applications of novel materials related to energy and sustainability. It is one of three journals created after the Journal of Materials Chemistry was split at the end of 2012. Its first issue was published in January 2013. The journal is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and has two sister journals, Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Journal of Materials Chemistry C, which cover different materials science topics.
Impact Factor — 8.262(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — J. Mater. Chem. A
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6. Journal of Materials Chemistry B
The Journal of Materials Chemistry B is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the properties, applications, and synthesis of new materials related to biology and medicine. It is one of the three journals that were created after the Journal of Materials Chemistry was split at the end of 2012. The first issue was published in January 2013. It is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Impact Factor — 4.872(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — J. Mater. Chem. B
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7. Journal of Materials Chemistry C
The Journal of Materials Chemistry C is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the properties, applications, and synthesis of new materials related to optical, magnetic, and electronic devices. It is one of the three journals created from the splitting of the Journal of Materials Chemistry at the end of 2012. Its first issue was published in January 2013. The journal is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Impact Factor — 5.066(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — J. Mater. Chem. C
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8. Nano Letters
Nano Letters is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society. It was established in January 2001. The journal covers all aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology and their sub-disciplines.
Impact Factor — 13.779(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Nano Lett.
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9. Nature Materials
Nature Materials, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group. It was launched in September 2002.
Impact Factor — 38.891(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Nat. Mater.
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**The journal doesn’t provide you a LaTeX template or an MS Word template. You have to follow the author guidelines to format your document. You can also write your document on SciSpace, format it to the journal guidelines in a click and download the LaTeX version.
10. Nature Nanotechnology
Nature Nanotechnology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group. It was established in October 2006.
Impact Factor — 35.267(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Nat. Nanotechnol.
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**The journal doesn’t provide you a LaTeX template or MS Word template. You have to follow the author guidelines to format your document. You can also write your document on SciSpace and format it to the journal guidelines in a click and download the LaTeX version.
11. Progress in Materials Science
Progress in Materials Science is a journal publishing review articles covering most areas of materials science, published by the Pergamon imprint of Elsevier.
Impact Factor — 25.870(2013)
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**The journal doesn’t provide you a LaTeX template or MS Word template. You have to follow the author guidelines to format your document. You can also write your document on SciSpace and format it to the journal guidelines in a click and download the LaTeX version.
12. Progress in Polymer Science
Progress in Polymer Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing review articles on topics broadly related to polymer chemistry.
Impact Factor — 26.383 (2012)
Journal Abbreviation — Prog. Polym. Sci.
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**The journal doesn’t provide you a LaTeX template or MS Word template. You have to follow the author guidelines to format your document. You can also write your document on SciSpace and format it to the journal guidelines in a click and download the LaTeX version.
13. Materials Horizons
Materials Horizons is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research across the breadth of materials science at the interface between chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering.
Impact Factor — 9.095(2015)
Journal Abbreviation — Mater. Horiz.
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