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| |Subject |Discipline}} | Materials science |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | C. Barry Carter |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1966–present |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Frequency | Weekly |
Open access | Hybrid |
Impact factor | 4.682 (2021) |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Mater. Sci. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | JMTSAS |
| ISSN | 0022-2461 (print) 1573-4803 (web) |
| LCCN | 78211246 |
| OCLC no. | 21929562 |
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The Journal of Materials Science is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of materials science. It was established in 1966 by Robert W. Cahn and is published by Springer Science+Business Media. The journal incorporated Journal of Materials Science Letters in 2003 and Interface Science in 2004. The Editor-in-Chief is C. Barry Carter (University of Connecticut).
In 2012, the journal announced an annual "Cahn Prize" for best paper published in the journal, in honor of its founding editor.[1] In 2021, the journal announced a similar annual "Bonfield Prize" for best review paper published in the journal, in honor of a former Editor-in-Chief, William Bonfield.[2] There are two more specialized sister journals, Journal of Materials Science and Journal of Materials Science.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.220, ranking it 82nd out of 293 journals in the category "Materials Science, Multidisciplinary".[7]
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