List of popular scientific journals for Materials Science and Device Physics

Note, the list was created at the end of 2009 and no further updates were made.

SCIENCE Magazine

• Science, Impact factor 29.747, Articles – 4500 words, 5 pages. Reports – 2500 words, 3 pages.

NATURE journals

• Nature Materials, Impact factor 29.504, Letter 1500 words. Article 2000-3000 words
• Nature Nanotechnology, Impact factor 26.309, Letter 1500 words. Article 2000-3000 words
• Nature Photonics, Impact factor 22.869, Letter 1500 words. Article 2000-3000 words
• Nature Physics, Impact factor 15.491, Letter 1500 words. Article 2000-3000 words

AIP journals

• Applied Physics Letters, Five-Year Impact Factor 3.780, Impact Factor 3.554. 3 pages.
• Journal of Applied Physics, Five-Year Impact Factor 2.278, Impact Factor 2.072. Two types of manuscripts on original material are acceptable: Articles (full length) and Communications. The latter are short contributions limited to three (3) printed pages (not generally exceeding in length eight double-spaced manuscript pages or six printed columns, including allowances for illustrations, references, and tables).
• Journal of Chemical Physics, Five-Year Impact Factor 3.177, Impact Factor 3.093. Full articles – no page limit, Communications – max 4 pages
• Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. No pages limit
• Applied Physics Reviews, Impact Factor NA. No page limit
• AIP Advances, New journal in 2010, online open-access journal, funded by authors, 1350USD. No page limit

ACS journals

• Nano Letters, Impact factor 9.991. 2,3, or 4 pages
• Nano, Impact factor 7.493. Articles - intro 1000 words, >30 references, abstract 250 words. Reviews – 6-10 pages
• Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. New in 2010, Letters are short articles that report results whose immediate availability to the scientific community is deemed important. Letters are restricted to 2500 words or the equivalent (8–10 double-spaced typewritten pages of text, 3–4 figures, and 1–2 schemes/illustrations).
• Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Impact factor 4.224. Articles – no page limit, Featured or Review articles – 8 pages

APS journals

• Reviews of Modern Physics, Impact factor 33.145. 50-page limit on the length of regular reviews and a 20-page limit on colloquia. One journal page equals approximately 1.5 typed, single-spaced pages or four figures.
• Physical Review Letters, Impact factor 7.328. 4 pages
• Physical Review B, Impact Factor: 3.475. No length limit, Rapid Communications – 4 pages

WILEY journals

• Advanced Materials, Impact factor 8.379. 4 pages, 3000 words
• Advanced Functional Materials, Impact factor 6.990. 8 pages (7500 words)
• Advanced Engineering Materials, Impact factor 6.99. 8 pages, 5 figures
• ChemPhysChem, Impact factor 3.453. No page limit
• Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Impact factor 2.570.
• Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Impact factor 1.472. Communications – 3000 words, 4 figures
• Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Impact factor 1.532
• Physica status solidi (a), Impact factor 1.288
• Physica status solidi (b), Impact factor 1.15. No page limit

ELSEVIER journals

• Physics Reports, Impact factor 17.752. No pages limit
• Progress in Materials Science, Impact factor 16.769. Review papers – no page limit
• Nano Today, Impact factor 13.237. No page limit
• Materials Today, Impact factor 11.452. Reviews, Applications, Insights, Materials and Methods, Book Reviews and Opinions
• Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, Impact factor 3.858. No page limit
• Organic Electronics, Impact factor 3.262. 4 pages
• Chemical Physics Letters, Impact factor 2.291 4000 words, 8 display items (figures).
• Chemical Physics, Impact factor 2.277. No pages limit
• Materials Chemistry and Physics, Impact factor 2.015. No page limit
• Physics Letters A, Impact factor 2.009. No page limit
• Materials Letters, Impact factor 1.940. 4 figures (+1), 2000 words
• Synthetic Metals, Impact factor 1.901. No page limit
• Materials Research Bulletin, Impact factor 1.879. No page limit
• Solid State Communications, Impact factor 1.837. 6 page, 4200 words
• Materials Science and Engineering: B, Impact factor 1.756. No page limit
• Thin Solid Films, Impact factor 1.727. Full length paper – no limit, Letters – 2500 words
• Solid State Sciences, Impact factor 1.675. No page limit
• Current Applied Physics, Impact factor 1.586. No pages limit
• Solid-State Electronics, Impact factor 1.494. Research paper – no limit, letters – 2000 words
• Materials Characterization, Impact factor 1.416. No page limit
• Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Impact factor 1.252. No page limit
• Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Impact factor 1.189. Research papers – no limit, Letters/Review – 6 double-spaced typed pages and 4 figures
• Physica B: Condensed Matter, Impact factor 1.056. No page limit
• Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Impact factor 0.828. No page limit

SPRINGERLINK journals

• Nano Research, Impact factor 4.37. 40 pages
• Macromolecular Research, Impact factor 2.369. No page limit
• Nanoscale Research Letters, Impact factor 2.894
• Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, Impact factor 1.595. 4 pages
• Journal of Materials Science, Impact factor 1.471
• The European Physical Journal B, Impact factor 1.466. No page limit, but 20 pages max recommended
• Journal of Electronic Materials, Impact factor 1.428
• Electronic Materials Letters, Impact factor 1.292
• Opto-Electronics Review, Impact factor 1.168
• Polymer Bulletin, Impact factor 1.014
• Physics of the Solid State, Impact factor 0.721
• Semiconductors, Impact factor 0.637. 20 pages limit
• Bulletin of Materials Science, Impact factor 0.858
• Technical Physics Letters, Impact factor 0.58
• Technical Physics, Impact factor 0.495

IOPSCIENCE

• Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

OTHER journals

• Journal of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (JCEMS)