Materials Science journals by time to acceptance (2025)
54 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polymers | 32 (25–42) | 3,310 | 3 | ≈$3,258 | Open access | 0.33 |
| Nanomaterials | 32 (25–42) | 1,836 | 3 | ≈$3,544 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.14 |
| Journal of Functional Biomaterials | 37 (30–48) | 481 | 4 | ≈$3,300 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Fluorescence | 50 (40–65) | 563 | 21 | ≈$4,690 | — | 1.53 |
| RSC Advances | 58 (40–83) | 3,788 | 13 | ≈$2,831 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.38 |
| Journal of Molecular Modeling | 61 (43–101) | 346 | 18 | ≈$4,290 | — | 1.04 |
| Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 61 (45–83) | 148 | 15 | ≈$4,550 | — | 0.0 |
| ACS Polymers Au | 61 (48–78) | 97 | 9 | $3,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| ACS Applied Nano Materials | 63 (53–81) | 101 | 8 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Polymer science & technology. | 63 (50–79) | 79 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Chemistry - An Asian Journal | 65 (45–98) | 698 | 15 | ≈$4,520 | — | 0.0 |
| Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications | 69 (51–100) | 64 | 16 | ≈$3,520 | — | 0.0 |
| Nano Convergence | 69 (53–88) | 55 | 17 | $4,190 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| ACS Nanoscience Au | 70 (51–88) | 75 | 11 | $3,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| ACS Applied Energy Materials | 71 (54–87) | 112 | 9 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 72 (56–92) | 2,852 | 1 | ≈$4,470 | Hybrid | 0.17 |
| ACS Materials Au | 74 (54–98) | 94 | 9 | $3,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy | 75 (54–107) | 1,517 | 2 | ≈$3,750 | — | 0.14 |
| The Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 75 (51–97) | 195 | 11 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces | 76 (55–105) | 788 | 2 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.0 |
| ACS Applied Electronic Materials | 76 (62–91) | 51 | 11 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | — |
| Crystal Growth & Design | 77 (54–123) | 95 | 9 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Nano-Micro Letters | 78 (65–90) | 425 | 40 | $2,690 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Nanoscale Advances | 79 (56–109) | 602 | 4 | ≈$2,831 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.09 |
| ACS Applied Polymer Materials | 79 (64–97) | 77 | 8 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Small | 80 (53–110) | 318 | 13 | ≈$5,790 | Hybrid | 0.13 |
| Luminescence | 82 (52–127) | 317 | — | ≈$3,350 | — | 0.0 |
| IUCrJ | 83 (37–134) | 66 | 45 | $2,300 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Carbohydrate Polymers | 85 (65–117) | 1,277 | 1 | ≈$5,340 | Hybrid | 0.33 |
| Advanced Materials | 90 (64–118) | 220 | 11 | ≈$6,070 | Hybrid | 0.07 |
| Nanotechnology | 92 (67–117) | 366 | 12 | ≈$3,325 | Hybrid | 0.99 |
| ACS Omega | 93 (69–125) | 5,365 | 10 | $1,935 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.3 |
| Chemistry of Materials | 93 (70–127) | 146 | 11 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology | 95 (75–155) | 61 | 20 | ≈$5,230 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Macromolecules | 96 (70–128) | 187 | 9 | ≈$4,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| The European Physical Journal E | 97 (67–120) | 78 | 28 | ≈$3,153 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Physics Condensed Matter | 98 (73–136) | 546 | 13 | ≈$3,325 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine | 98 (69–145) | 85 | 5 | ≈$3,670 | — | 0.0 |
| Macromolecular Bioscience | 98 (60–126) | 70 | 19 | ≈$4,880 | — | 0.0 |
| NanoImpact | 98 (80–127) | 64 | 3 | ≈$3,600 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Nanobiotechnology | 100 (71–139) | 875 | 18 | $3,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.64 |
| International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 102 (74–143) | 9,317 | 1 | ≈$4,390 | Hybrid | 5.16 |
| Microscopy | 102 (55–137) | 59 | — | ≈$3,494 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Applied Crystallography | 105 (70–145) | 137 | 39 | ≈$5,110 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Nanomedicine | 110 (89–136) | 755 | 16 | $3,940 | Open access (DOAJ) | 4.34 |
| Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A | 115 (82–145) | 168 | — | ≈$4,220 | — | 0.0 |
| Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology | 116 (87–149) | 160 | 24 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Acta Biomaterialia | 124 (104–154) | 697 | 1 | ≈$3,810 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Discover Nano | 126 (101–161) | 228 | 16 | $2,190 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Microscopy and Microanalysis | 132 (97–187) | 132 | — | ≈$3,554 | Hybrid | 2.9 |
| Biomedical Materials | 137 (105–182) | 199 | 13 | ≈$3,325 | — | 1.89 |
| Ultramicroscopy | 145 (96–209) | 118 | 1 | ≈$3,760 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Nature Nanotechnology | 268 (190–358) | 179 | 47 | ≈$12,690 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Nature Materials | 300 (206–434) | 206 | 40 | ≈$12,690 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Materials Science (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Molecules | 70 (44–108) | 62 | 26 | $3,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials | 81 (56–115) | 59 | 41 | ≈$4,220 | — | 0.0 |
| Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology | 151 (103–222) | 72 | — | ≈$4,730 | — | 0.0 |
| Particle and Fibre Toxicology | 152 (108–211) | 52 | 14 | $4,290 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2023
1 journal without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2023 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances | 115 (83–162) | 54 | 47 | ≈$4,430 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2022
3 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2022 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nano Research | 57 (39–67) | 53 | 50 | ≈$1,937 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Nanoscale Research Letters | 94 (63–138) | 100 | 11 | $2,190 | Open access (DOAJ) | 30.93 |
| Methods and Applications in Fluorescence | 105 (75–135) | 66 | 12 | ≈$3,325 | — | — |
Latest available year: 2021
1 journal without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2021 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science and Engineering C | 100 (71–135) | 567 | 5 | ≈$3,560 | — | 0.0 |
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Which Materials Science journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 54 Materials Science journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 32 days (Polymers). The middle journal's median was 83 days. Speed is not a measure of quality; check scope, indexing and fees too.
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From the submission and acceptance dates publishers deposit in PubMed, for accepted articles only. Each journal needs at least 50 dated articles in the year shown, and a table headed with a year contains only that year's figures.
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Data sources. Submission, acceptance and publication dates: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed, entries through Sep 15, 2026). NLM does not endorse Journal Clock, and these figures may not reflect the most current PubMed data. Journal fees and open-access listing: DOAJ (CC0, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Fees paid by institutions: OpenAPC (Open Database License, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Retractions: Retraction Watch Database via Crossref (retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Journal identifiers and topics: OpenAlex (CC0). Currency conversion: ECB reference rates (Sep 15, 2026). How these numbers are calculated · For organisations.