NPG Asia Materials
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Aims & Scope
NPG Asia Materials is an open access, international journal publishing peer-reviewed review and primary research articles that cover all aspects of the materials sciences. The journal is global in outlook and reach and its base in the Asia-Pacific reflects the substantial — and increasing — output of materials research from the region. NPG Asia Materials is aimed at an audience of scientists and researchers across the full spectrum of materials research, and publishes articles from the physical and chemical sciences, biotechnology and nanotechnology. The journal welcomes high-quality review and research articles from the most rapidly advancing fields that lie at the borders between materials science and engineering and the classical disciplines of physics, chemistry and biology.
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MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisNPG Asia Materials (acronym: am, abbr: NPG ASIA MATER, ISSN: 1884-4049) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of MATERIALS SCIENCE, published by Springer Nature in Japan since 2009. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 9.00, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.759 (Q1), an H-index of 129.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 77 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Gold OA model with an estimated APC of $3,859 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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