Senior Scientist, Materials Science
A senior scientist with 10+ years across materials science, nanoscience, and energy materials, covering nanomaterials synthesis, thin films, and battery/solar cell technologies. Has prepared manuscripts for Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Small, and Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Brings specific knowledge of Wiley and Elsevier editorial processes for materials journals, supplementary data expectations, and how to frame application-driven results for materials audiences.
Journals reviewed for:
Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Small, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Research published in:
Published in Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, and Journal of Materials Chemistry A
A practical guide to the Journal of Alloys and Compounds submission process, covering what editors screen for first and what to fix before upload.
A practical Acta Materialia submission-process walkthrough: the Elsevier Editorial Manager workflow, the Processing Editor screen, the 11,000-word gate, and what each status actually means before and after review.
A practical Nature Nanotechnology submission-process walkthrough: the in-house professional-editor pre-screen, the status path, the review timeline, and what each stage actually means before and after review.
A practical Small submission-process walkthrough: the Wiley ScholarOne workflow, the full-time professional-editor desk screen, the post-review timeline, and what each ScholarOne status actually means before and after review.
How to write a point-by-point response to reviewers for Advanced Functional Materials, where a major revision usually means a new performance benchmark and a mechanism, not extra characterization.
How to write a point-by-point response to reviewers for Advanced Materials, where the question driving every revision is whether the work is a genuine breakthrough over the existing literature, not whether it is well characterized.
How to write a point-by-point response to reviewers for Small, the Wiley nanoscience journal, where the nanoscale advance and benchmarked performance, not extra characterization, decide whether a revision clears.
ACS Nano response to reviewers: structure a point-by-point rebuttal an Associate Editor accepts, with template, tone calibration, and mechanism proof.
Pre-submission and post-decision rebuttal guide for Construction and Building Materials authors, grounded in pre-submission reviews on CBM-targeted manuscripts.
Paper rejected from ACS Nano? 7 ranked alternative journals plus the ACS transfer cascade and the rejection patterns to fix before you resubmit.
Rejected from Construction and Building Materials? Six alternative journals ranked by fit, scope, speed, and APC, plus the Elsevier cascade.
Paper rejected from Small? 6 alternative nanoscience journals ranked by fit, with scope, review speed, and APC, plus the Wiley transfer route.
If your ACS Applied Energy Materials manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Acta Biomaterialia manuscript shows Under Review, here is what Elsevier and the editor may be doing and what to prepare next.
If your Biosensors and Bioelectronics manuscript is Under Review, interpret the Elsevier status through reviewer routing, real-sample evidence, and response prep.
If your Carbon manuscript is Under Review, interpret the Elsevier status through carbon-materials reviewer routing and evidence preparation.
If your Chemistry of Materials manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Chem manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Composite Structures manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Composites Science and Technology manuscript is Under Review, interpret the Elsevier status through mechanism, characterization, and reviewer routing.
If your Energy Storage Materials manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your International Journal of Fatigue manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Journal of Alloys and Compounds manuscript shows Under Review, here is what Elsevier and the editor may be doing next.
If your Polymer Degradation and Stability manuscript shows Under Review, interpret the Elsevier status through journal-specific reviewer routing and evidence preparation.
If your Progress in Polymer Science manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Acta Materialia manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Advanced Energy Materials manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Energy & Environmental Science manuscript shows Under Review, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
What submitting to Advanced Materials actually requires: the Wiley publishing structure, the broad materials editorial scope, the Advanced Materials family routing, and the editorial culture distinguishing the journal from sister Wiley Advanced family journals and broader materials venues.
What submitting to International Journal of Plasticity actually requires: the Elsevier publishing structure, the plasticity-theory + crystal-plasticity editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing the journal from sister solid-mechanics venues (JMPS, IJSS, Acta Materialia).
A practical ACS Energy Letters submission guide for energy researchers testing whether a short-format manuscript has enough urgency, evidence, and field consequence for ACS.
A practical Carbon journal submission guide for carbon-materials researchers evaluating their work against the journal's materials advance bar.
A practical Cement and Concrete Research submission guide for cementitious-materials researchers evaluating mechanism, durability, and materials-science fit before upload.
A practical Composites Science and Technology submission guide for composites researchers evaluating their work against the journal's mechanism and characterization bar.
A practical Corrosion Science submission guide for corrosion researchers deciding whether the mechanism, surface evidence, electrochemistry, and journal fit are ready before upload.
A practical Energy Conversion and Management submission guide for energy researchers evaluating system-level contribution, quantitative analysis, benchmarking, and journal fit before upload.
A practical Renewable Energy submission guide for renewable-energy researchers evaluating their work against the journal's systems and analytical bar.
A practical Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells submission guide for authors deciding whether a solar-materials, solar-cell, photothermal, or photoelectrochemical manuscript is ready for Elsevier submission.
A practical Solar Energy submission guide for solar researchers evaluating their work against the journal's systems and analytical bar.
Applied Surface Science is quicker than many materials journals, but the useful question is not just how fast the desk screen moves. It is whether the manuscript is truly about surfaces and interfaces at the level the editors and reviewers expect.
Biomaterials impact factor is 13.6 with a 5-year JIF of 14. See rank, quartile, Scopus metrics, and what this means for biomaterials authors.
Biomaterials exposes one of the clearest official public timing dashboards in the field, and it shows a serious multi-month path to acceptance.
Ceramics International is quicker than many ceramics journals, but the practical question is not just how fast the first decision arrives. It is whether the manuscript already has the full processing-structure-property package that the journal expects.
International Journal of Plasticity impact factor is 15.4 with a 5-year JIF of 13.9. See rank, trend, and what it means before submission.
Small is selective and broad across nanoscience, so the real timing question is not just speed. It is whether the paper is strong enough to avoid a quick fit rejection.
A practical SmartMat submission guide for authors deciding whether their smart-materials manuscript is broad enough, device-relevant enough, and complete enough for editorial screening.
Nano Letters is unusually transparent about timing. The journal publishes current median review metrics, which means the real planning question is less about uncertainty and more about whether the manuscript is truly sharp enough for a short, high-visibility nano journal.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces has no strict word limit for Research Articles (most run 5,000-8,000 words). A TOC graphic (3.25 x 1.75 inches) is mandatory, references use ACS superscript numbered style, and Supporting Information is expected with every submission.
ACS Nano is hybrid. Here is what ACS open-access pricing actually looks like, when authors pay nothing, and when the APC is worth it.
ACS Nano has no strict word limit on full Articles (typically 6,000-10,000 words), while Letters cap at ~4,000 words. A TOC graphic (3.25 x 1.75 inches) is required, references use ACS superscript style, and Supporting Information is expected for nearly every paper.
Advanced Energy Materials editors are screening for field-level energy consequence fast. A strong cover letter makes that case without drifting into hype.
Advanced Energy Materials limits Full Papers to ~10 printed pages and Communications to ~5 pages. A Wiley Advanced-family TOC image is required, references use numbered style with square brackets, and Word is the preferred submission format.
Advanced Functional Materials editors are screening for demonstrated function fast. A strong cover letter makes the function case concrete in the first paragraph.
Advanced Functional Materials limits Full Papers to 10 published pages and Communications to 5 pages. A TOC image (5 x 12.7 cm) is mandatory, references use Wiley numbered style, and exactly 5 keywords are required.
Advanced Materials editors are screening for broad materials consequence fast. A strong cover letter makes that flagship case without hype.
Advanced Materials formatting guide. Word limits, figure specs, reference format, LaTeX vs Word, and journal-specific formatting quirks you need to know.
Applied Surface Science limits Research Articles to 8,000 words (including tables, excluding abstract and references). Highlights (3-5 bullets, 85 characters each) are required, references use Elsevier numbered format, and figures must meet strict resolution requirements.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds does not disclose an official acceptance rate. The editorial filter that matters is whether your materials paper demonstrates functional properties, not just structural characterization.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds limits Research Articles to ~6,000 words, requires mandatory Highlights (3-5 items, 85 characters each), and uses Elsevier numbered references. Crystal structure reporting with space groups and PDF card numbers is expected.
Nano Letters limits papers to ~4,000 words with a mandatory TOC graphic (3.25 x 1.75 inches). ACS numbered reference style with superscript citations, and substantial Supporting Information is expected.
Wiley currently lists Small's acceptance rate as 31%. The better submission question is whether the nanoscale dimension genuinely drives the science and the function story is strong enough.
Small formatting: nano- or micro-scale science with broad-impact significance and quantified property characterization.
Applied Surface Science impact factor is 6.6 (JCR 2025). Q1, rank 3/23 in Materials Science. h-index 272. APC $3,670. Trend and submission guidance.
A practical Journal of Materials Chemistry A submission process guide covering editorial screening, reviewer routing, and what to fix before upload.
A practical Applied Catalysis B submission process guide for authors testing environmental-energy fit, mechanism support, benchmark logic, and Elsevier readiness.
Guide to the ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces submission process, editorial screening, reviewer routing, and common slowdowns.
A practical guide to Advanced Energy Materials submission, with editorial screening, reviewer routing, common slowdowns, and pre-upload fixes.
A practical guide to the Advanced Functional Materials submission process, including editorial triage, reviewer routing, common delays, and what to tighten.
Use this Ceramics International submission process guide to understand editorial screening, reviewer routing, common delays, and what to tighten.
JMCA submission guide: energy and sustainability materials advance with quantified energy-related performance metrics.
What submitting to Elsevier Biomaterials actually requires: the Elsevier Editorial Manager portal, the mandatory Highlights and graphical abstract, the material-plus-biology bar that catches both pure-materials and pure-biology submissions, the 1.5-round average revision cycle with 2.8 reports, and the routing distinction from Acta Biomaterialia, Biomaterials Science, ACS Biomaterials, and Advanced Healthcare Materials.
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering submission guide: invitation model, topic fit, authority, and proposal checks.
A practical Nano Letters submission guide for authors deciding whether the manuscript is sharp enough, urgent enough, and complete enough for editorial review.
ACS Nano submission guide: nanoscale science or engineering advance with experimental novelty.
Advanced Energy Materials submission guide: materials-synthesis papers without device-level energy-performance demonstration extend revision rounds.
ACS AMI submission guide: applied materials research with quantified property characterization and demonstrated practical-application pathway.
AFM submission guide: materials-synthesis-only papers without device-level demonstration get extended revision rounds.
Advanced Materials impact factor is 29.1. CiteScore 27.78, SJR 8.851. Q1, rank 5/250 in Materials Science.
Small impact factor is 11.8 with a 5-year JIF of 12.1. Q1, rank 27/250. Comparisons, trend, and submission guidance.
Advanced Materials is one of the most selective materials science journals, with a JIF of 29.1 (JCR 2025) and aggressive desk rejection for work that doesn't reach its impact standard. Here's what actually gets in.
ACS Nano IF 17.3 (JCR 2025), 5-yr JIF 17. Q1, rank 28/460. Stable in the 14-16 band for 8 years. Named failure patterns for nano submissions.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces JIF 7.8 is the biggest volume ACS journal in materials. This guide covers its application-first editorial test, APC, and how it compares to ACS Nano and Advanced Functional Materials.
Construction and Building Materials impact factor is 8.9 (JCR 2025). Q1, rank 8/183. h-index 340. APC $3,780. Trend, comparisons, and what editors want.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces impact factor is 7.8 (JCR 2025). Q1 in Materials Science. h-index 367. Review time, acceptance rate, and what editors want.
What submitting to Nature Energy actually requires: the Nature Portfolio publishing structure, the broad energy scope (technology + policy + economics), and the editorial culture distinguishing Nature Energy from sister Nature Portfolio energy venues and broader energy journals.
A practical Acta Biomaterialia submission guide for biomaterials researchers evaluating their work against the journal's biological-validation bar.
A practical Advanced Science submission guide for materials and interdisciplinary researchers evaluating their work against the journal's open-access bar.
A practical Building and Environment submission guide for built-environment researchers evaluating their work against the journal's performance and analytical bar.
A practical Chemosphere submission guide for environmental-chemistry researchers evaluating their work against the journal's mechanism and analysis bar.
A practical Nature Nanotechnology submission guide for authors deciding whether their nanoscale work has the breadth and significance Nature Nanotechnology expects.
At Advanced Materials, good data isn't the standard. That's the entry fee. The real question is whether the paper feels field-shifting enough to deserve reviewer time.
How to avoid desk rejection at Advanced Functional Materials: stronger function, mechanism, and device-level proof.
What triggers desk rejection at ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Editor screening criteria, manuscript fit, and strategies to survive initial review.
A package-readiness guide to submitting to Coatings (MDPI): section-scope fit, the SuSy portal, pre-check screening, single-blind review, and the CHF 2,600 APC.
A package-readiness guide to Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Elsevier, gold open access): the Editorial Manager portal, the $1,800 APC, the processing-structure-property-performance bar, the editorial triage timeline, and the failure patterns that stall materials submissions before review.
A package-readiness guide to Materials Today Communications (Elsevier): the Editorial Manager portal, the sound-science acceptance bar, the Materials Today transfer route, the editorial triage timeline, and the failure patterns that stall submissions before review.
A package-readiness guide to Nanomaterials (MDPI): the SuSy portal, the characterization bar that gates every nanoparticle paper, the fast 14-day triage timeline, the CHF 2400 APC, and the failure patterns that stall submissions before review.
A package-readiness guide to Polymers (MDPI): the SuSy portal, single-blind review, the two-stage pre-check, characterization-completeness norms, the CHF 2,700 APC, and the failure patterns that stall submissions before review.
A practical Nano Energy submission guide for authors evaluating whether their nanoscale-energy work meets the journal's editorial bar.
A package-readiness guide to Advanced Healthcare Materials (Wiley): the 8-page Full Paper cap, the no-preprint rule, ARRIVE ethics statements, the Advanced-portfolio transfer cascade, and the biological-validation bar that decides healthcare-materials fit before peer review.
A point-by-point rebuttal guide for Applied Sciences (MDPI) authors. Grounded in pre-submission review work on Applied Sciences-targeted manuscripts.
Rejected from Applied Sciences (MDPI)? 7 alternative journals ranked by scope fit, review speed, and APC, with a cascade plan that starts inside MDPI.
What submitting to Energy Storage Materials actually requires: the Elsevier publishing structure, the broad battery + supercapacitor + storage-materials editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing the journal from sister energy-materials venues.
If your Materials manuscript shows Under Review, here is what MDPI and SuSy are likely doing and when to follow up.
If your Nature Nanotechnology manuscript shows Under Consideration, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
What submitting to International Journal of Fatigue actually requires: the editorialmanager.com/IJFATIGUE portal, the eight-item Elsevier artifacts package, the Highlights-as-first-screen signal, the 45-day median peer review window, and how the journal routes against Engineering Fracture Mechanics, FFEMS, and MSEA.
What submitting to Cell Press Chem actually requires: the editorialmanager.com/chem portal, the journal-specific Bigger Picture 300-word box, the Resource Availability section with three mandatory subsections, the ~2.1-month median total handling per SciRev, the cross-subfield bridge bar that catches single-leg manuscripts, and the routing distinction from JACS, Nature Chemistry, Joule, Matter, and Cell Chemical Biology.
What submitting to ACS Chemistry of Materials actually requires: the acsparagonplus.acs.org portal, the structure-property integration bar that catches both materials-applied and general-chemistry submissions in the wrong direction, the early editorial-screen window, and the bidirectional routing logic across JACS (up) and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (down).
What submitting to Progress in Polymer Science actually requires: the Elsevier Editorial Manager Proposal Form pathway (no unsolicited manuscripts considered), the 8-field proposal form mechanics, the ten-internationally-recognized-experts test that editors use as the routing oracle, the 9-to-15-month proposal-to-publication timeline, and the redirect map to Polymer Reviews (T&F), Macromolecular Rapid Communications (Wiley), and Polymer Chemistry (RSC).
If your Nature Materials manuscript shows Under Consideration, here is what the editor and reviewers are likely doing and when to follow up.
What submitting to Acta Materialia actually requires: the coordinating-editor model across the Acta journals family, the 11,000-word soft cap with 12-figure ceiling, the strong materials-science methodology bar, and the editorial culture that distinguishes Acta Materialia from sister journals Scripta Materialia, Materialia, and Acta Biomaterialia.
What submitting to ACS Applied Energy Materials actually requires: the ACS Publishing Center portal, the cover-letter requirement to name the application explicitly, the 300-word abstract cap and 70-reference limit, the plagiarism and CCDC pre-deposition gates, and the routing distinction from ACS Energy Letters and Chemistry of Materials.
A practical submission guide covering Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C: how to choose the right title, what RSC editors screen for, and what makes a viable submission.
A practical Nature Materials submission guide for authors deciding whether their materials work has the breadth, novelty, and significance Nature Materials expects.
A practical ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering submission guide for green-chemistry researchers evaluating their work against the journal's sustainability bar.
A practical Separation and Purification Technology submission guide for separation researchers evaluating their work against the journal's process and performance bar.
A practical Journal of Energy Storage submission guide for energy-storage researchers evaluating their work against the journal's system performance bar.
A practical Journal of CO2 Utilization submission guide for CO2 conversion researchers evaluating their work against the journal's mechanism and process bar.
A practical Composites Part An Applied Science and Manufacturing submission guide for composites manufacturing researchers evaluating their work against the journal's manufacturing bar.
A practical Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (JIEC) submission guide for industrial chemistry researchers evaluating their work against the journal's applied bar.
A practical Process Safety and Environmental Protection (PSEP) submission guide for process safety researchers evaluating their work against the journal's safety and environmental bar.
What submitting to Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids actually requires: the Elsevier publishing structure, the broad solid-mechanics + materials-physics editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing JMPS from sister solid-mechanics venues.
What submitting to Journal of Materials Science actually requires: the Springer Nature publishing structure, the broad general-materials editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing the journal from sister general-materials venues (Acta Materialia, Materials Today, Advanced Materials).
What submitting to Materials & Design actually requires: the Elsevier publishing structure, the broad materials-engineering and design editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing the journal from sister materials-engineering venues.
What submitting to Surface and Coatings Technology actually requires: the Elsevier publishing structure, the broad surface-engineering + thin-films editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing the journal from sister surface / materials venues.
A practical Desalination journal submission guide for water-treatment researchers evaluating their work against the journal's process and performance bar.
A practical Energy & Environmental Science submission guide for authors targeting the RSC's flagship energy journal. What editors screen for and what should be true before upload.
A practical Sensors and Actuators B Chemical submission guide for chemical-sensor researchers evaluating their work against the journal's performance and selectivity bar.
This Materials submission guide helps authors decide whether the manuscript is truly a Materials paper and whether the package is complete enough for MDPI's fast workflow.
What submitting to Journal of Materials Chemistry C actually requires: the Royal Society of Chemistry publishing structure, the materials-for-optical-magnetic-electronic-devices editorial scope, the JMCA/B/C family routing, and the editorial culture distinguishing JMCC from sister venues.
What submitting to Matter actually requires: the Cell Press publishing structure, the broad materials editorial scope, and the editorial culture distinguishing the journal from sister Cell Press venues (Cell, Joule, Chem) and broader materials journals (Nature Materials, Advanced Materials).
What submitting to Nano Research actually requires: the SciOpen submission route, Tsinghua University Press publishing structure, broad nanoscience scope, and venue-fit differences from ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Nanoscale, and Small.
What submitting to Nanoscale actually requires: the Royal Society of Chemistry publishing structure, the broad nanoscience editorial scope, the Nanoscale-family routing across Nanoscale, Nanoscale Horizons, and Nanoscale Advances, and the editorial culture distinguishing the journal from sister nanoscience venues.
A practical Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (ADDR) submission guide for drug-delivery researchers evaluating their proposed contribution to the journal's thematic-issue model.
A practical Applied Catalysis B Environmental submission guide for catalysis researchers evaluating their work against the journal's environmental-application bar.
A practical Biomaterials Science submission guide for biomaterials researchers evaluating their work against the journal's biomaterials-application bar.
A practical Biosensors and Bioelectronics submission guide for biosensing researchers evaluating their work against the journal's performance and applicability bar.
A practical Chemical Engineering Science (CES) submission guide for chemical engineers evaluating their work against the journal's fundamentals bar.
A practical Composites Part B Engineering submission guide for composites researchers evaluating their work against the journal's engineering-application bar.
A practical Energy and Buildings submission guide for building-energy researchers evaluating their work against the journal's quantitative analysis bar.
A practical Food Research International submission guide for food-science researchers evaluating their work against the journal's mechanistic-food-science bar.
A practical Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers submission guide for inorganic chemists evaluating their work against the journal's frontier-research bar.
A practical Journal of Materials Processing Technology (JMPT) submission guide for materials processing researchers evaluating their work against the journal's mechanism bar.
A practical Polymer Degradation and Stability submission guide for polymer researchers evaluating their work against the journal's degradation mechanism bar.
A practical Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (RSER) submission guide for energy researchers evaluating their proposed review against the journal's scope and quality bar.
A practical Soft Matter submission guide for soft-matter researchers evaluating their work against the journal's interdisciplinary bar.
A practical Talanta submission guide for analytical chemists evaluating their work against the journal's analytical-methods bar.
A practical Trends in Food Science and Technology (TiFS) submission guide for food-science researchers evaluating their proposed Review against the journal's Trends-style synthesis bar.
What submitting to Composite Structures actually requires: the editorialmanager.com/cs portal, the Elsevier artifacts package (Highlights, graphical abstract, declarations, CRediT, data statement), the ~3-month peer review window, and the structures-vs-materials scope rule that determines Elsevier composites-family routing.
Avoid desk rejection at Biomaterials with stronger biointerface logic, deeper mechanism, and biology that fully carries the claim.
What ACS Nano editors look for before peer review, and the gaps that make a nanomaterials paper feel impressive but still unready.
Energy storage papers need pre-submission review that tests device metrics, cycling evidence, controls, reporting completeness, and realistic journal fit.
Avoid desk rejection at International Journal of Plasticity by proving a real plasticity advance, not just a competent simulation or materials case.
Avoid desk rejection at SmartMat by proving real functional consequence, not just synthesis, characterization, and one strong metric.
Materials is known for speed, but the useful question is not whether the platform moves quickly. It is whether the manuscript is complete enough for a broad materials journal to move it without repeated evidence requests.
Materials publishes over 10,000 articles per year with Q2 ranking. Here is what the acceptance rate data actually tells you.
Materials formatting problems are usually package-discipline problems: the front matter, section structure, highlights, abstract, and data-availability layer all need to support one clear materials-science paper.
Progress in Materials Science does not accept unsolicited primary research. Here is what the invitation model means for materials researchers and where to submit primary research instead.
A decision guide to energy research journals by manuscript type, audience, selectivity, APC, review path, and fit across batteries, solar, systems, and policy venues.
ACS Nano vs Advanced Materials: scope differences, acceptance rates, and editorial philosophy for nanotechnology and materials science submissions.
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