March 8^th will mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025; a day designed to recognize the achievements of women and to raise awareness of the unique challenges they face. In recognition of this, we have decided to showcase Nanomaterials, a journal with exceptional female leadership and outstanding scientific contributions from female researchers. Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991) publishes reviews, regular research papers, communications, and short notes that are relevant to any field of study that involves nanomaterials, with respect to their science and application.

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eugenia Valsami-Jones

Current Impact Factor: 4.4

Current CiteScore: 8.5

All statistics as of March 2025.

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A history of Nanomaterials

Nanomaterials’ founding Editor-in-Chief in 2010 was Prof. Dr. Thomas Nann, a Professor of Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Prof. Dr. Nann served as EiC until 2017, and currently remains on the Editorial Board as a Section Board Member. The Editor-in-Chief position was then taken up by Prof. Dr. Shirley Chiang of the University of California Davis. A prominent researcher in the field of scanning probe and electron microscopies, Prof. Dr. Chiang headed Nanomaterials up until 2024.

Read Prof. Dr. Nann’s Editorial Piece

Current Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Dr. Eugenia Valsami-Jones of the University of Birmingham, who’s research interests focus on nanoscale processes in the environment and also within biota. She is also a member of the Birmingham Plastics Network, which brings together chemists, environmental scientists, philosophers, linguists, economists and other experts to help strengthen the future of sustainable plastics.

To read Prof. Dr. Valsami-Jones’ introductory interview, visit this webpage.

Nanomaterials is affiliated with two societies, the first of which being the Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (CSMNT), which is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting research and industrialization of micro and nano technologies.

Nanomaterials’ other affiliation is with the Spanish Carbon Group (GEC), which organizes biannual scientific congresses and specialized training courses for young researchers in order to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between different R&D agents derived from the use of carbon and carbon materials. Members of both of these societies receive discounts on Article Processing Charges for the journal.

Aims & scope

The journal was launched with the hope of providing an Open Access, high-quality platform for research into the characterization, modelling and application of nanomaterials with minimal fees for authors. Both Nanomanufacturing (ISSN 2673-687X) and Applied Nano (ISSN 2673-3501) are companion journals for Nanomaterials.

Nanomaterials can be defined as materials with typical size features in the lower nanometer size range that exhibit characteristic mesoscopic properties such as quantum size effects. Their properties can be applied to a multitude of fields, from biomedicine to laser physics.

Research within this field should ideally be published under an Open Access policy to provide greater public access to important advances in nanoscience, particularly in medicine. Nanomaterials are utilized across a range of medical applications, including drug delivery, regenerative medicine, oncology, and more.

“Open access creates a level playing field for all, regardless of location, status, or affiliation. It can only be a good thing. It removes limitations and bias from the intellectual development of parts of the academic world and allows everyone to keep up to date with scientific progress, regardless of their ability to pay for learning.” – Prof. Dr. Valsami-Jones, EiC.

The journal publishes research spanning fields from nanoparticles, coatings, and membranes to. To see the complete journal scope, visit this webpage.

Journal metrics

CiteScore (Elsevier) takes the average number of citations received by a particular journal’s articles over the course of 4 years. Nanomaterials has observed a continuous improvement in CiteScore over the years, more than doubling from its first score of 3.5 in 2018. With regards to CiteScore categories, the journal also performs well, appearing in Q1 for both “General Chemical Engineering” and “General Materials Science”.

Nanomaterials has also consistently received impressive Impact Factor results, with an exceptional high of 5.719 in 2021. Impact Factor (JIF, Clarivate) measures the frequency with which the average article in a scholarly journal has been cited in a particular year. The journal’s IF remains impressively high, particularly when the number of years that it has maintained this range of scores is considered.

The journal has been mentioned 1,269 times in various news outlets, 69 times in policy documents, and also 713 times in patents, exemplifying the expansive and significant impact of Nanomaterials and its research.

The Nanomaterials publication with the highest number of citations is currently “Biomedical Applications of Silver Nanoparticles: An Up-to-Date Overview” by Alexandra-Cristina Burdușel, Oana Gherasim, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Laurențiu Mogoantă, Anton Ficai and Ecaterina Andronescu. This 2018 paper, which has received 981 citations, discusses the intrinsic anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activities of silver-based nanostructures.

For more details on the most cited, viewed, and downloaded Nanomaterials papers, visit this webpage.

The Nanomaterials community

The 5^th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials will be held from 22-24 September 2025. Chaired by EiC Prof. Dr. Valsami-Jones, IOCN 2025 will centre around discussions related to the manufacture of high-performance chips and the development of efficient batteries and clean energy.

The journal also gives out a range of scholarly awards, including “Young Investigator Awards”, “Exceptional Reviewer Awards” and more. These are given out annually to recognize the academic community for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of their field. To learn more about Nanomaterials awards, visit this webpage.

An incredible 40 Editorial Board Members of Nanomaterials were recognized in Clarivate’s “Highly Cited Researchers” list in 2024. The list highlights researchers who rank in the top 1% by citations for their research field and publication year in the Web of Science database.

International Women’s Day

Despite significant progress being made in recent years, gender inequalities are still present in a number of scientific research fields. With this year’s theme of #AccelerateAction, International Women’s Day 2025 calls for the expedition of diversity, equity, and inclusivity across industries.

At MDPI, we believe this sentiment should be promoted throughout the scientific publishing community. Despite science being a predominantly male-dominated industry, we aim to use our Open Access model to ensure that equal opportunity to access research findings is provided to all.

Submitting a manuscript

Manuscripts for Nanomaterials should be submitted online at susy.mdpi.com. The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer review process.

To submit your manuscript, register and login to the submission website. Once you have registered, click here to go to the submission form. All co-authors can see the manuscript details in the submission system if they register and login using the e-mail address provided during manuscript submission.

Prior to submitting, explore the useful resources on our author guidelines webpage.

If you’d like to find out more about Nanomaterials and its publication process, please visit the journal website.

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This article was written by Lucy Hardcastle, Social Media Coordinator.