IOP Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, will introduce three new journals in the field of materials science to its journal publishing programme. The journals are: Translational Materials Research, 2D Materials and Materials Research Express.
The new journals will enable IOP Publishing to respond to author and reader demand across the materials research community, while also supporting the company's broader physical sciences remit and established materials science programme.
Translational Materials Research will focus on the steps needed to translate breakthroughs in materials research into ready-for-market products and applications. The journal will combine primary research with news, analysis and opinion from both the creators of new technologies and key stakeholders in the policy, funding and business communities. Professor George Grüner from the University of California Los Angeles, USA, will serve as the journal's Editor-in-Chief.
2D Materials will bring together fundamental science and applications of one of the most rapidly developing classes of novel new materials. The journal will cover all aspects of graphene and other two-dimensional materials from a multidisciplinary angle. Professor Vladimir Fal'ko from the University of Lancaster, UK, will serve as the journal's Editor-in-Chief.
Materials Research Express has the broadest scope of the three new journals and will embrace the full range of research activities that now extend across materials science to complement IOP Publishing's other existing titles in the area. Meyya Meyyappan from NASA Ames Research Center, CA, USA, will be the journal's Editor-in-Chief.
All three journals will offer open access publishing options and will call for submissions later this year.
