Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Journal Title
Journal of Materials Chemistry A

J MATER CHEM A

ISSN / eISSN
2050-7488 / 2050-7496
Aims and Scope
Materials for energy and sustainability

The journal's scope is intentionally broad, covering all aspects of the production of materials or the properties or applications of materials related to energy storage and conversion, sustainability or living.

Submissions to the journal should contain chemistry in a materials context and can be theoretical and/or experimental studies. The novelty and advance should be focused on either the chemistry used to produce the materials, or on the properties or applications of the materials produced. Work submitted that is outside of these criteria will not usually be considered for publication.

Topics include the following.

Artificial photosynthesis
Batteries
Carbon dioxide conversion
Catalysis
Fuel cells
Gas capture/separation/storage
Green materials
Hydrogen generation
Hydrogen storage
Photocatalysis
Photovoltaics
Self-cleaning materials
Self-healing materials
Sensors
Supercapacitors
Sustainable materials
Thermoelectrics
Water splitting
Water treatment
Subject Area

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

ENERGY & FUELS

MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

CiteScore
22.00 View Trend
CiteScore Ranking
Category Quartile Rank
Materials Science - General Materials Science Q1 #15/453
Materials Science - General Chemistry Q1 #19/407
Materials Science - Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Q1 #12/235
Web of Science Core Collection
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed -
Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023) Quartile
CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL - SCIE Q1
ENERGY & FUELS - SCIE Q1
MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY - SCIE Q1
H-index
152
Country/Area of Publication
ENGLAND
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Annual Article Volume
2085
Open Access
NO
Contact
THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, CAMBS, CB4 0WF
Verified Reviews
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Share personal experience, I have written down specific dates that I can remember, for those I can't remember, please understand.

10/25/2021: Submitted the manuscript, initial assessment took 2 days. On 10/28, it entered peer review. On 11/1, one reviewer agreed to review, and after another week (I forgot which day), the second reviewer agreed to review. Then, there was a long wait until late November when one review comment was received, but the second comment was still not received. In early December, the editor found a third reviewer.

12/14/2021: First review completed, received 2 reports with a total of 13 questions, some major and some minor. The editor requested major revisions.

01/06/2022: Completed the revisions and submitted.

01/10/2022: Accepted.

01/19/2022: Proof is ready for checking (I'm not sure what this is called in Chinese either).

Overall, the experience was good. The reviewers were very thorough. As our article was very long, with additional materials of over 10,000 words, one reviewer even discovered a spelling mistake in the annotation of one of our figures (it was too meticulous, no wonder it took over a month for the review). Previously, we submitted the article to EES and it was rejected after the second review. Although it was highly innovative, there were indeed some flaws. The reviewers' comments were quite insightful, and the overall evaluation was fair.

For our unnamed small research group, after countless rejections, finally having an article accepted was not easy.
2022-01-20
6.23 submitted - Submitted
注意投稿系统有文件大小限制(70MB左右),导致PDF生成一直不对。修改文件大小后,才顺利上传。- Note that there is a file size limit (around 70MB) in the submission system, which caused issues with PDF generation. After adjusting the file size, it was successfully uploaded.

6.24 initial assessment - Initial assessment

6.28 with editor - Under review by the editor

7.1 in peer review - In peer review

7.13 a major revision 两个审稿人,都是大修。两位审稿人的意见都非常好。- A major revision requested by two reviewers. Both reviewers' comments were very positive.

7.25 submitted - Submitted

7.26 in peer review 这个阶段时间有点长,当时等的比较恐惧,生怕出现闪失。- In peer review. This stage took a bit long, and at that time, I was anxiously waiting, afraid of any mishaps.

8.09 accept 当天中午收到了接收的消息,太激动了,第一篇上10的文章也算尘埃落定,继续努力。- Accepted. Received the acceptance message at noon that day, I was so excited. The first article with a perfect score of 10 is finally settled. Will continue to work hard.
2022-08-13

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