Publishing with Oxford Open Materials Science

Oxford Open Materials Science is an Open Access journal that publishes high-impact, novel research and reviews across the spectrum of the materials sciences and materials engineering, encompassing theoretical/computational modelling, characteristic studies, synthesis, design and applications. The journal aims to seek answers to significant questions and challenges that are of real importance for not only the scientific community but for humanity.

While Oxford Open Materials Science covers the entirety of materials science, and does not limit any topic of interest in this wide discipline, several areas of contemporary interest are encouraged, listed as follows:

• advanced materials of various functionalities including nanostructured materials and materials in different forms

• low dimensional and quantum materials

• artificial intelligence in materials science

• computational materials science and materials genome

• bio and soft matter including materials for health care

• materials for energy and water sustainability

• materials for next generation devices

Reputation

The team are pleased to share that Oxford Open Materials Science was awarded a first-time Impact Factor of 2.9 (5 Year Impact Factor: 3.1) alongside a 2023 CiteScore of 3.6. The journal received 69,046 full-text downloads in 2023. We are excited to see how this high-impact, quality journal grows over the next few years.

Listed in the DOAJ

The DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) indexes and promotes quality, peer-reviewed open access journals from around the world. DOAJ upholds the reputation for advocating best practices and standards in open access journals. With Oxford Open Materials Science indexed in DOAJ, we proudly showcase our respectability and prominence.

Indexed in ESCI

The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) is a database in the Web of Science that contains high-quality, peer-reviewed journals that follow ethical publishing practices. It ensures important research is visible in the Web of Science Core Collection, making our authors’ work within Oxford Open Materials Science much more accessible to readers.

Open and Inclusive 

As a fully open access journal, Oxford Open Materials Science is available to readers all over the world with no barriers to access or re-use, meaning your fellow researchers can easily discover, read, cite, and build on your work. Immediate public access to your publication means you can be confident that publishing with Oxford Open Materials Science complies with a range of funder mandates.  

OUP has Read and Publish agreements with a wide range of institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publication.  This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access and the institution will pay the charge. Check our participating institutions to see if you are eligible. 

We also offer article processing charge waivers to corresponding authors in all countries and regions that are part of our developing countries initiative. 

Further information about open access charges can be found in our Instructions to Authors.  

A Global Audience for Your Work 

Oxford Open Materials Science connects your ideas and findings with a wide audience to give your research the greatest possible impact. Research published in the journal attracts readers from all over the world, with high readership in North America, Europe, and China.  

Efficient and Transparent Editorial Processes 

Led by Editor-in-Chief Robert Vajtai, Oxford Open Material Science's editors are an expert team representing the field. When you submit a manuscript, you can be confident that the support of our editors and our rigorous peer review process will ensure that your research findings are published at their best.    

Fuss-free formatting for streamlined submission: our submission process is designed to avoid unnecessary work and ensure your manuscript is handled efficiently. You can submit your manuscript in any common document format that can be easily opened and read by others. A single PDF file is usually reliable.    

Data sharing: we strongly encourage you to make the data underlying your research freely available to others, wherever legally and ethically possible.  

Ready to submit? 

Read our author guidelines for more information on publishing with Oxford Open Materials Science, including how to prepare your manuscript. When you are ready, you can submit your manuscript here. We look forward to working with you!