Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

<h2 id="scope">Scope</h2>
<p>The journal covers all aspects of materials science, including theoretical analysis, synthesis and processing, phase and structure analyses, characterization, properties, engineering, and applications. It covers advances in research on solids, liquids and colloids, with emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of materials science and issues at the forefront of the field, such as nano-, bio- and eco- and energy materials.
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<h2 id="license-and-fees">License and fees</h2>
<p>Since March 2014, STAM articles are published under a Creative Commons <a href="/facts/Creative_Commons_license/6AV3V7UJ">CC BY</a> license, while the previous content is either copyrighted or released within a non-commercial CC BY-NC-SA platform.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> 
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<h2 id="indexing">Indexing</h2>
<p>STAM is indexed by major databases including the <a href="/facts/Astrophysics_Data_System/abKVsgvU">Astrophysics Data System</a>, <a href="/facts/Chemical_Abstracts_Service/CVLrS5IJ">Chemical Abstracts Service</a>,  <a href="/facts/Inspec/DlMIE7TM">Inspec</a>, <a href="/facts/PubMed/JlHAvMHt">PubMed</a>, <a href="/facts/Science_Citation_Index/uGcARlLI">Science Citation Index</a>, <a href="/facts/Scopus/4U5YtGXd">Scopus</a> and <a href="/facts/Web_of_Science/4pTA4Atl">Web of Science</a>.
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<h2 id="impact">Impact</h2>
<p>According to the <i><a href="/facts/Journal_Citation_Reports/H13uyJqD">Journal Citation Reports</a></i>, STAM has a 2024 <a href="/facts/Impact_factor/CamGH5MQ">impact factor</a> of 6.9.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>STAM has published articles and editorials by the Nobel Laureates <a href="/facts/Ei-ichi_Negishi/jkDVKS99">Ei-ichi Negishi</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Heinrich_Rohrer/Mspnj4vx">Heinrich Rohrer</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Dan_Shechtman/naGEoaaq">Dan Shechtman</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tsta20">Official website</a> (English)</li>
<li><a href="https://stam-journal.org/en/">STAM web portal</a> (Japanese/English)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Global partnership signed to expand opportunities for open access publishing in materials science. ioppublishing.org. 31 January 2014 <a href="http://ioppublishing.org/newsDetails/global-partnership-signed-to-expand-opportunities-for-open-access-publishing-in-materials-science" target="_blank">http://ioppublishing.org/newsDetails/global-partnership-signed-to-expand-opportunities-for-open-access-publishing-in-materials-science</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Aims and scope. tandfonline.com <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=tstm20&" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=tstm20&</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Leading open access material science journal changes copyright license. ioppublishing.org. 6 March 2014 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150419142420/http://ioppublishing.org/newsDetails/leading-open-access-material-science-journal-changes-copyright-license" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150419142420/http://ioppublishing.org/newsDetails/leading-open-access-material-science-journal-changes-copyright-license</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"InCites Journal Citation Reports". 2025. <a href="https://clarivate.com/blog/journal-citation-reports-2024-simplifying-journal-evaluation/" target="_blank">https://clarivate.com/blog/journal-citation-reports-2024-simplifying-journal-evaluation/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Xu, Shiqing; Kim, Eun Hoo; Wei, Alexander; Negishi, Ei-Ichi (2014). "Pd- and Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions in the synthesis of organic electronic materials". Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 15 (4): 044201. Bibcode:2014STAdM..15d4201X. doi:10.1088/1468-6996/15/4/044201. PMC 5090684. PMID 27877696. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090684" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090684</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Rohrer, Heinrich (2010). "Nanomaterials science". Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 11 (5): 050301. Bibcode:2010STAdM..11e0301R. doi:10.1088/1468-6996/11/5/050301. PMC 5090616. PMID 27877357. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090616" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090616</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Shechtman, Dan (2014). "Focus on complex metallic phases". Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 15 (5): 050302. Bibcode:2014STAdM..15e0302S. doi:10.1088/1468-6996/15/5/050302. PMC 5099671. PMID 27877710. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5099671" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5099671</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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