Recognizing outstanding research, standout journal content, Special Topics, and more. |  | Highlights in Materials Science from 2025 |
As we begin 2026, we'd like to pause and recognize the groundbreaking research and remarkable achievements from the past year. | Dive into the research that captured the community's attention, featuring key journal highlights, most-read articles, and Special Topics from our broad portfolio of journals and conference proceedings, all of which spotlight the innovations shaping materials science and its impact across disciplines.
We're grateful to our authors, reviewers, and readers for choosing us as a trusted partner in sharing your work with the world. Together, we're accelerating discovery, and we're excited to see what we'll achieve in 2026. | | | FEATURED JOURNALS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE |
APL Materials A high-impact open access journal embracing all research across materials science | |
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2025 JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS
293 Articles published | 1,474,546 Article reads 34 Days avg. time to 1st decision‡ Q2 PHYSICS, APPLIED category* | Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY category* | Q2 NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY category* Celebrated the APL Materials Excellence in Research Award winners Jing Zhou, Anna Toschi and Elena Campagna | |
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MOST-READ ARTICLES FROM APL MATERIALS |
 Stimuli-responsive hydrogel dressing for wound healing Wei Zhang, Jun Hu, Hao Wu, Xiufei Lin, et al.
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| | |  AI-empowered digital design of zeolites: Progress, challenges, and perspectives Mengfan Wu, Shiyi Zhang, Jie Ren
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| | | Boron nitride nanosheets, quantum dots, and dots: Synthesis, properties, and biomedical applications Raksha Dubey, Matthew Cowles, Zohreh Salimi, Xiuling Liu, et al.
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AIP Advances A peer-reviewed, open access journal covering all areas of the physical sciences | |
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2025 JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS
1,761 Articles published | 4,305,890 Article reads 30 Days avg. time to 1st decision‡ | 92% Author satisfaction rating§ Expanded our editorial team with four new associate editors Sponsored the Advances in Magnetism Award recognizing Xinyu Cao | |
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MOST-READ ARTICLES FROM AIP ADVANCES |
Stretching and immobilizing a single DNA molecule on a glass surface using pressure flow in a microchannel for super-resolution imaging Naoki Azuma, Ryotaro Suzuki, Kenji Fukuzawa, Shintaro Itoh, et al.
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| | | VIS/NIR/FIR spectroscopy for blood glucose monitoring: A review Qin Chen, Wenwen Zhang, Wenzhi Wu
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| | |  Roles of doping in enhancing the performance of graphene/graphene-like semiconductors Yuqi Zhou, Xinbo He, Mengyang Li
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2025 JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS
46 Articles published | 125,347 Article reads 34 Days avg. time to 1st decision‡ Indexed in ESCI, Scopus, Ei Compendex Expansion of core editorial board, which has strengthened global research collaboration and offers a more comprehensive, global view of the research community. | |
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MOST-READ ARTICLES FROM NANOTECHNOLOGY AND PRECISION ENGINEERING |
A simulation and experimental study of a valveless piezoelectric micropump based on the synthetic jet principle Wencheng Lv, Jiafeng Ni, Weipeng Xuan, Yixing Li, et al.
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| | | Ultrasensitive iontronic pressure sensor based on microstructure ionogel dielectric layer for wearable electronics Hairong Kou, Yuhang Pang, Libo Yang, Xiaoyong Zhang, et al.
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| | | Hydrophilic hard-magnetic soft robots: A new approach for precise droplet manipulation Xiao Sun, Zhenming Li, Chunwei Li, Huimin Zhang, et al.
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MOST-READ ARTICLES FROM JOURNAL VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A: VACUUM, SURFACES AND FILMS |
XPS guide for insulators: Electron flood gun operation and optimization, surface charging, controlled charging, differential charging, useful FWHMs, problems and solutions, and advice B. Vincent Crist
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| | | Surface passivation approaches for silicon, germanium, and III–V semiconductors Roel J. Theeuwes, Wilhelmus M. M. Kessels, Bart Macco
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| | | Critical examination of the use of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) O 1s to characterize oxygen vacancies in catalytic materials and beyond Christopher D. Easton, David J. Morgan
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2025 JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS
235 Articles published | 135,578 Article reads 19 Days avg. time to 1st decision‡ 9.2 Years Cited Half-Life* Celebrated 50 years of publishing by digitizing the first 22 volumes | |
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MOST-READ ARTICLES FROM LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS |
The paradigm of magnetic molecule in quantum matter: Slow molecular spin relaxation Valentyna Sirenko, Fernando Bartolomé Usieto, Juan Bartolomé
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| | | Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy of TIPS-pentacene Moritz Michelbach, Alexander Demyanenko, Sebastian Hartweg, Hatsuki Otani, et al.
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| | | Carbon footprint of helium recovery systems A. T. Jones, R. B. E. Down, C. R. Lawson, D. Keeping, et al.
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OPEN SPECIAL TOPICS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE |
Ultrafast Opto-Spintronics Submission Deadline: February 28, 2026 APL Mater.
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Surfaces, Thin Films, and Applications of Vacuum Technology at Mexican Institutions Submission Deadline: July 13, 2026 J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A
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3D Smart Oxide Nanomaterials for Future Advanced Technologies Submission Deadline: December 31, 2026 Nanotechnol. Precis. Eng.
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| | RECENTLY PUBLISHED SPECIAL TOPICS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE |
Energy-Efficient Memory Materials APL Mater.
| | | Two-Dimensional Materials and Heterostructures Under Strain J. Appl. Phys,
| | | New Carbon Materials App. Phys. Rev.
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FEATURED AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS |
Proceedings of the 12th International Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science Congress & Exhibition |
| | III International Scientific and Practical Conference "Technologies, Materials Science and Engineering" (EEA-III-2024) |
| | International Conference on Advances in Material Science and Chemistry (ICAMSC – 2023) |
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| | *Data from the 2024 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Clarivate, 2025). ‡Publication speeds vary depending on article type §Accepted Author Satisfaction Survey run by AIP Publishing. 2025 data. All data is proprietary and confidential.
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