advanced-materials
Advanced Materials (advanced-materials)
Journal positioning
Advanced Materials is Wiley's flagship high-impact materials journal and the highest-volume venue in its tier, publishing significant advances across the full breadth of materials science — from functional polymers and soft matter to inorganic, hybrid, 2D, and bio-inspired materials. Unlike Nature Materials, Advanced Materials rewards demonstrated performance advances and thorough materials characterization within a recognized subfield, not only cross-disciplinary conceptual leaps; the bar is significant progress within a well-established paradigm or a genuinely new materials concept at breadth. The readership is the global materials science and engineering community. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Wiley Online Library site.
When to trigger
- The author names Advanced Materials as the target venue for a high-quality materials advance.
- A manuscript demonstrates significant performance improvement or a new materials design concept that falls below the Nature Materials conceptual threshold but above a specialty-journal scope.
- The author is choosing between Advanced Materials, Nature Materials, and specialty Wiley Advanced journals and needs tier guidance.
- The author needs Advanced Materials' desk-reject triggers and credible alternatives before submitting.