I want to ask who the editor is?

(0) 讚！ | jiaozhuxiaodidi

Are you submitting an invitation or a proposal?

(0) 讚！ | 黄小生

January 29, 2024 Submitted

February 6, 2024 Under Review System shows that 12 reviewers have been invited

June 5, 2024 Currently showing no reviewers have accepted the invitations (Review invitations accepted: 0)

Emails were sent to the editor-in-chief and editors requesting to invite more reviewers, but no replies were received. 

Contacted Elsevier Service, they said they have recorded our request, but there has been no change since then.

This is the first time encountering this situation despite having published over 50 first-author/corresponding author papers

(0) 讚！ | QingLina

Why are the journals with an impact factor of more than twenty now downgraded to non-top by the Chinese Academy of Sciences?

(0) 讚！ | 毕业难

Are you submitting a guest post or a proposal?

(1) 讚！ | Dayin

Have your questions been reviewed?

(0) 讚！ | Wenyi lu

2024.1.25 With editor

(0) 讚！ | 旺仔zw

Please submit your article to the designated editor, Jun Lou

(0) 讚！ | 旺仔zw

Research Article
Submitted to Journal on January 24, 2024

(0) 讚！ | 旺仔zw

Submission review on 23.12.08
Received review comments on 23.12.28, with two minor revisions and two major revisions. Editor gave 20 days to make revisions.
Returned on 24.01.08
Accepted on 24.01.12
Thanks to Gleb Yushin, the editor, very friendly

(11) 讚！ | qfz

Which one is the editor?

(0) 讚！ | 飘来飘去的蒲公英

Brother, why are you so slow?

(0) 讚！ | 大huang

10-16-2023 Submitted to Journal
10-18-2023 With Editor
10-30-2023 With Editor
11-08-2023 Rejected

(0) 讚！ | yihongdapao

The instant impact factors for the next 23 years were calculated as of June 29, 2023. The impact factors are as follows: Materials Today: 7.43; Nano Today: 5.07; Advanced Materials: 10.35; Advanced Engineering Materials: 9.07; ACS Energy Letters: 7.33; Energy Storage Materials: 7.47; Matter: 5.94; Joule: 11.32; ACS Nano: 6.07; Nano Energy: 6.51; Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 6.85.

It is predicted that the impact factors for the next 23 years, updated in June next year, will be approximately as follows: Materials Today: 21.3; Nano Today: 14.53; Advanced Materials: 29.66; Advanced Engineering Materials: 25.9. This means that Materials Today will experience a three-year consecutive decline, with a cumulative decline of 10 points. The evaluation of whether this is good or bad is subjective.

(60) 讚！ | 科研民工

Indeed, this publication has a mediocre reputation. People around me often say that it's not worth paying attention to, and I haven't come across any articles from this journal in all these years.

(0) 讚！ | 科研民工

Buddy, I initially came to check the impact factor updates, but your infuriating comment made me laugh. Where did you see the "only accept invited submissions" in my comment? I can't remember exactly, but the original intention should be that it is primarily an invitation-based submission, but you can still write a proposal to communicate with the editor if you want to submit your own work. Because my review article was not an invited submission nor from a large research group, but it still got published in this journal. So your comment is incorrect, it's better for researchers to be more rigorous.

(1) 讚！ | dhtnumber1

Replying to the statement below that AM also has connections, it is indeed true. However, when it comes to publication volume, at least the probability of giving opportunities to regular teams is still very high. The publication volume of MT is only one-tenth of AM, so how many of those insiders with connections can actually contribute? Generally, most small teams do not consider MT, and this is a fact.

(0) 讚！ | penguin

Looking at the background, there are also a lot on AM.

(1) 讚！ | Lab worker

First time submitting, the review speed is very fast, and the editor is very nice.

(44) 讚！ | LaBour93

Famous relationship-based journals have low publication rates (with a total of just over 100 articles including reviews), and the proportion of reviews is disproportionately high. Furthermore, the submission guidelines explicitly state that only invited reviews are accepted. As a result, its impact factor dropped by 5 points in one go, and the bubble is bound to burst sooner or later. AFM has a publication rate of over 2000, with a low proportion of reviews, and its impact factor can reach 20. Journals like Nano Energy and ESM also have a publication rate of over 1000, with the same impact factor of 20. AM has a publication rate of nearly 2000 articles and an impact factor of 30+. On the other hand, Materials Today has just over 100 articles published with an impact factor of only around 20, making its impact factor questionable. Therefore, the impact factor of this journal can rise and fall dramatically. It will eventually fade away! The number of slots for first-tier journals is already limited, and such journals occupying these slots only increases the difficulty for ordinary people to submit their work. It belongs to the series of "taking up space without doing anything" journals, just like its sibling journal Nano Today.

(267) 讚！ | penguin

Congratulations to the host for your good luck!!!

(0) 讚！ | 心心安安

2023/05/17 Submission, With Editor,
2023/05/23, Not reviewed, Transfer Offer, suggesting transferring to Applied Materials Today or Materials & Design. They want me to make a decision before 2023/06/21, but I haven't decided yet.

(0) 讚！ | lilycheung

May I ask how long it takes for the author to receive the initial review feedback after submitting the article?

(0) 讚！ | tzl6880

Could you please ask if the initial review results of this journal will be available soon? I am nearing graduation and need the results urgently.

(0) 讚！ | tzl6880

The original research paper submitted has a slow review process.

(0) 讚！ | xiaojianwei