Science and Technology of Advanced Materials is a bimonthly peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 in materials science

Materials science

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...

 that was established in 2000. In 2008 it became an open access journal

Open access journal

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 through the sponsorship by the National Institute for Materials Science

National Institute for Materials Science

is an Independent Administrative Institution and one of the largest scientific research centers in Japan.- History :The growth and development of today's scientific research center has passed through several phases in a number of locations:...

 (NIMS). The journal is international, with its editors and referees located all around the world. However, the management is performed by NIMS (Tsukuba

Tsukuba, Ibaraki

is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is known as the location of the , a planned city developed in the 1960s.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 207,394 and a population density of 730 persons per km². Its total area is 284.07 km².Mount Tsukuba, particularly well-known...

, Japan). From 2008, the journal is published on-line and printed by the Institute of Physics

Institute of Physics

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. The printed volumes are distributed free of charge by NIMS and the Institute of Physics editorial staff. Prior to 2008, the journal was published by Elsevier

Elsevier

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.

Scope

The journal covers all aspects of materials science, including theoretical analysis, synthesis and processing, phase and structure analyses, characterization, properties, engineering, and applications. It covers advances in research on solids, liquids and colloids, with emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of materials science and issues at the forefront of the field, such as nano-, bio- and ecomaterials.

Open access

Authors can publish their papers free of charge, and the readers can view, download, and print them, also free of charge.

Impact

According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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of 3.220, ranking it 34th out of 206 journals in the category " Materials Science, Multidisciplinary".