Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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Journal of Materials Chemistry C is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Impact factor: 5.7*

Time to first decision (all decisions): 12.0 days**

Time to first decision (peer-reviewed only): 28.0 days***

Editor-in-Chief: Natalie Stingelin

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Journal of Materials Chemistry C publishes a number of themed collections every year, guest edited by members of the materials community on timely and important topics.

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Journal scope

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C cover high quality studies across all fields of materials chemistry. The journals focus on those theoretical or experimental studies that report new understanding, applications, properties and synthesis of materials. The journals have a strong history of publishing quality reports of interest to interdisciplinary communities and providing an efficient and rigorous service through peer review and publication. The journals are led by an international team of Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors who are all active researchers in their fields.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C are separated by the intended application of the material studied. Broadly, applications in energy and sustainability are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry A, applications in biology and medicine are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry B, and applications in optical, magnetic and electronic devices are of interest to Journal of Materials Chemistry C. More than one Journal of Materials Chemistry journal may be suitable for certain fields and researchers are encouraged to submit their paper to the journal that they feel best fits for their particular article.

Example topic areas within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry C are listed below. This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive.

Bioelectronics
Conductors
Detectors
Dielectrics
Displays
Ferroelectrics
Lasers
LEDs
Lighting
Liquid crystals
Memory
Metamaterials
Multiferroics
Photonics
Photovoltaics
Semiconductors
Sensors
Single molecule conductors
Spintronics
Superconductors
Thermoelectrics
Topological insulators
Transistors

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Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship

This Lectureship recognises early career researchers, typically within 10 years of attaining their PhD or equivalent degree OR within the first five years of their independent career, who have made significant contributions to the field of materials chemistry.

This lectureship is presented annually. Nominations open in the spring, and the winner is announced in the autumn.

The recipient receives £1,000 to cover travel and accommodation costs to attend and present at a leading international meeting. They are also invited to contribute an article to one of the Journal of Materials Chemistry journals and receive a complimentary cover for the issue in which the article appears.

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Meet Journal of Materials Chemistry C's Editor-in-Chief and board members.

Editor-in-chief

Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Associate editors

A. S. Achalkumar, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

Rachel Crespo-Otero, University College London, UK

Renaud Demadrille, Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble, France

Antonio Facchetti, Georgia Institute of Technology and Northwestern University, USA

Unyong Jeong, POSTECH, South Korea

Oana Jurchescu, Wake Forest University, USA

Mingzhu Li, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Martyn McLachlan, Imperial College London, UK

Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain

Ana Flávia Nogueira, University of Campinas, Brazil

Yana Vaynzof, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Maia G. Vergniory, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany

Elin L. Winkler, Bariloche Atomic Center and Instituto Balseiro, Argentina

Zhiguo Xia, South China University of Technology, China

Hao-Li Zhang, Lanzhou University, China

Ni Zhao, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Zhenan Bao, Stanford University, USA

Laure Biniek, Institut Charles Sadron - Strasbourg, France

Hugo Bronstein, University of Cambridge, UK

Paola Carbone, University of Manchester, UK

Juan Casado, University of Malaga, Spain

Rajadurai Chandrasekar, University of Hyderabad, India

Lin X. Chen, Northwestern University, USA

Yen-Ju Cheng, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Manish Chhowalla, University of Cambridge, UK

Chunyan Chi, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Laylay Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Przemek Data, Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Olivier Dautel, University of Montpellier, France

Fernando Dias, Durham University, UK

Marc Fourmigué, University of Rennes, France

Gitti Frey, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Aiko Fukazawa, Kyoto University, Japan

Carlos F. O. Graeff, São Paolo State University, Brazil

Mark Green, King's College London, UK

Elizabeth von Hauff, Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) and TU Dresden, Germany

Luis Hueso, CIC nanoGUNE, Spain

Sandrine Heutz, Imperial College London, UK

Cheol Seong Hwang, Seoul National University, Korea

Malika Jeffries-El, Boston University, USA

Anna Köhler, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Hua Kuang, Jiangnan University, China

Tetsuro Kusamoto, Osaka University, Japan

Monica Lira-Cantú, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain

Maria Loi, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Princeton University, USA

Seth Marder, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Marta Mas-Torrent, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, Spain

Iain McCulloch, Princeton University, USA

Jovana Mili膰, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Ellen Moons, Karlstad University, Sweden

Hatsumi Mori, University of Tokyo, Japan

Christian Müller, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Jianyong Ouyang, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Thomas Penfold, Newcastle University, UK

Igor Perepichka, Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Dong Qin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Chad Risko, University of Kentucky, USA

Neil Robertson, University of Edinburgh, UK

Alberto Salleo, Stanford University, USA

Paolo Samori, University of Strasbourg, France

Clara Santato, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Angela Sastre-Santos, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain

David Scanlon, University of Birmingham, UK

Udo Schwingenschlögl, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Ram Seshadri, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Roberta Sessoli, University of Florence, Italy

Carlos Silva, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Peter Skabara, University of Glasgow, UK

Yanlin Song, Institute of Chemistry, CAS, China

Jadranka Travaš-Sejdi膰, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Alessandro Troisi, University of Liverpool, UK

Koen Vandewal, Hasselt University, Belgium

Christoph Weder, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Gregory Welch, University of Calgary, Canada

Wai-Yeung Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Yadong Yin, University of California Riverside, USA

Anatoly Zayats, King's College London, UK

Xiaowei Zhan, Peking University, China

Qichun Zhang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Michaela Mühlberg, Executive Editor ORCID

Geraldine Hay, Deputy Editor

Jonathon Watson, Editorial Production Manager

Natalie Cotterell, Development Editor

Rose Wedgbury, Development Editor

Katie Fernandez, Senior Publishing Editor

Matthew Blow, Publishing Editor

Juan Gonzalez, Publishing Editor

Rob Hinde, Publishing Editor

Sam Howell, Publishing Editor

Evie Karkera, Publishing Editor

Shruti Karnik, Publishing Editor

Carole Martin, Publishing Editor

Kirsty McRoberts, Publishing Editor

Charu Storr-Vijay, Publishing Editor

Manman Wang, Publishing Editor

Ash Hyde, Editorial Assistant

Jane Paterson, Publishing Assistant

Sam Keltie, Publisher, Journals, ORCID

Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship

This Lectureship recognises early career researchers, typically within 10 years of attaining their PhD or equivalent degree, who have made significant contributions to the field of materials chemistry in their independent academic career.

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Article types

Journal of Materials Chemistry C publishes:

Full papers
Communications
Reviews
Highlights
Perspectives
Comments

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Communications

Journal of Materials Chemistry C Communications contain novel scientific work of such importance that rapid publication is desirable. Authors should briefly indicate in a covering letter the reasons why they feel that publication of their work as a Communication is justified. The recommended length is three printed journal pages.

Full papers

Full papers contain original scientific work that has not been published previously.

Review-type articles

These are normally invited by the Editorial Board and editorial office, although suggestions from readers for topics and authors of reviews are welcome.

Review-type articles must be high quality, authoritative, state-of-the-art accounts of the selected research field. They should be timely and add to the existing literature, rather than duplicate existing articles, and should be of general interest to the journal's wide readership.

All Review-type articles undergo rigorous peer review, in the same way as regular research papers.

Reviews should report a detailed, balanced and authoritative current account of the existing state of knowledge on a particular facet of materials chemistry research for optical, magnetic and electronic devices. Simple literature surveys will not be accepted for publication. Reviews should not contain unpublished original research.

Highlight articles are short articles that highlight important new developments. Unlike Review articles, these are intended to cover developments made over the past year or so. They should explain the significance of these developments and may also identify where further work is urgently required or where challenges are still faced. These articles should discuss emerging areas of relevance to materials. Highlights should not contain unpublished original research.

Perspectives are short readable articles covering current areas of interest. They may take the form of personal accounts of research or a critical analysis of activity in a specialist area. By their nature they will not be comprehensive reviews of a field of materials chemistry.

Comments/Replies

Comments and Replies are a medium for the discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

For publication, a Comment should present an alternative analysis of and/or new insight into the previously published material. Any Reply should further the discussion presented in the original article and the Comment. Comments and Replies that contain any form of personal attack are not suitable for publication.

Comments that are acceptable for publication will be forwarded to the authors of the work being discussed, and these authors will be given the opportunity to submit a Reply. The Comment and Reply will both be subject to rigorous peer review in consultation with the journal’s Editorial Board where appropriate. The Comment and Reply will be published together.

Submission and assessment process

On submission to the journal, all manuscripts are initially assessed by either a professional Publishing Editor or academic Associate Editor. They make an assessment of whether the manuscript may be suitable for the journal, based on the scope and very high significance and broad general interest criteria required for publication. Only manuscripts that successfully pass these initial assessments will be sent for full peer review, which may be with an Associate Editor. Full details of the initial assessment process can be found with our processes and policies.

The journal follows a single-blind peer review process and articles are typically sent to at least two independent reviewers for evaluation. Professional Publishing Editors and academic Associate Editors are equally responsible for peer review and associated editorial decisions. The team are guided by our Editorial Board who set the scientific standards and guidelines for the journal. Our Editorial Board are all leading scientists who together have expertise across the breadth of materials science.

Journal specific guidelines

The following guidelines are journal specific. For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article and Resources for authors pages, the content of which is relevant to all of our journals.

Reporting efficiencies of solar conversion devices

Guideline statement

Authors and referees should note the following guidelines for articles reporting the efficiency of solar conversion devices. Authors should ensure the following information is provided in the main manuscript or supplementary information as appropriate.

A full, conventional error analysis should be carried out and reported. This should consist of both random and systematic/bias analyses of values to support the main claims presented in the article, and information on how the error analysis was carried out.

Efficiencies should be reported to an appropriate number of significant figures, along with a standard deviation. This also includes presenting error bars on graphs.

A sufficient number of samples should be tested, and a sufficient number of trials performed.

The 1 Sun AM 1.5G reference spectrum should be used as standard for testing power conversion efficiency and a justification provided where this is not used.

Full experimental conditions under which the efficiency is measured should be declared. Special attention should be paid to documenting the active area of the device, the calibration protocol and properties of the illumination including spectral irradiance and intensity. This may also include as appropriate, but is not limited to, air temperature, use of a glove box, properties and characteristics of the test cell and standardized cell used for calibration, including dimensions and spatial non-uniformity, and calibration and measurement protocols.

Independent certification of the photovoltaic performance of the device being reported is encouraged when the main claims rely on the absolute efficiency value being reported.

If incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE), also referred to as external quantum efficiency (EQE) measurements are performed, the results should be integrated to a resulting short circuit current that can be compared with 1 Sun AM 1.5G power conversion efficiency data. The details of how this calculation is done and any correction factors should be clearly defined.

If hysteresis is observed, details on timescale and stability of the efficiency should be provided.

Open access publishing options

Journal of Materials Chemistry C is a hybrid (transformative) journal and gives authors the choice of publishing their research either via the traditional subscription-based model or instead by choosing our gold open access option. Find out more about our Transformative Journals. which are Plan S compliant.

Gold open access

For authors who want to publish their article gold open access, Journal of Materials Chemistry C charges an article processing charge (APC) of £3,000 (+ any applicable tax). Our APC is all-inclusive and makes your article freely available online immediately, permanently, and includes your choice of Creative Commons licence (CC BY or CC BY-NC) at no extra cost. It is not a submission charge, so you only pay if your article is accepted for publication.

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Traditional subscription model

Authors can also publish in Journal of Materials Chemistry C via the traditional subscription model without needing to pay an APC. Articles published via this route are available to institutions and individuals who subscribe to the journal. Our standard licence allows you to make the accepted manuscript of your article freely available after a 12-month embargo period. This is known as the green route to open access.

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Themed Collections

Journal of Materials Chemistry C publishes a number of themed collections every year, guest edited by members of the materials community on timely and important topics. .

Members of the community are welcome to submit proposals for themed collections that would be of interest to the Journal of Materials Chemistry C readership. Please use the form below to submit a proposal. All proposals will be considered by the Editorial Board and assessed based on the timeliness and relevance of the topic to the readership of the journal.

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Readership information

Journal of Materials Chemistry C is a core journal for academic and industrial scientists involved in materials research.

Subscription information

Journal of Materials Chemistry C is part of RSC Gold, Core Chemistry and Materials Science subscription packages.

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*2023 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2024)

**The median time from submission to first decision including manuscripts rejected without peer review from the previous calendar year

***The median time from submission to first decision for peer-reviewed manuscripts from the previous calendar year

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