On October 23, Accounts of Materials Research (AMR), hosted and based at ShanghaiTech University and jointly published by ShanghaiTech University and American Chemical Society, celebrated its first anniversary!
Since its establishment, more than 110 commentary and review articles have been published in AMR, with over 230,000 downloads in total. The authors are from 18 countries including Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, and AMR has already been well recognized by international peers and experts. The following are milestones of AMR.
In June 2020, ShanghaiTech University and the American Chemical Society held an online agreemen-signing ceremony to jointly publish Accounts of Materials Research as a high quality communication platform for researchers worldwide.
In July 2020, AMR was selected to join the list of “2020 New Journals with High Starting Points in the Excellence Project for China Science and Technology Journal”.
On October 23, 2020, the first issue of AMR was published online. It included nine highly significance articles covering a diverse selection of research topics ranging from porous molecular crystals, mesoporous materials, to porous carbon membranes; from nano-structured chemical catalysis, nanowire array sensors, flexible carbon nanotube integrated circuits, to multi-level perovskite solar cells; from anion exchange and phase transition in perovskite materials to nano vlog of soft matter, etc. Of particular note, The Chief Editor of Accounts of Chemical Research provided an editorial article entitled “Welcoming Our New Sister Journal, Accounts of Materials Research” to express congratulations on AMR’s success.
In May 2021, AMR was included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) database, demonstrating that the academic quality and influence of the articles published in AMR had been internationally recognized.
On October 15, 2021, the 1st Anniversary Summit of AMR was successfully held online. Six outstanding materials scientists: Professor Bao Zhenan from Stanford University, Professor Chen Yulin from University of Oxford, Professor Claudia Felser from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Professor Stuart Parkin from Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Professor Sara Skrabalak from Indiana University, Bloomington, and Professor Yang Peidong from University of California, Berkeley presented outstanding reports.
Between October 18, 2021 to January 16, 2022, the 1st AMR cover exhibition is being held in the ShanghaiTech Library, displaying the 26 covers (12 main issue covers and 14 supplement covers) of the past 12 issues. The exhibition also displays introductions to the covers and QR codes for the links to the original articles, so as to promote academic exchanges in the fusion of science with visual design. The exhibited topics include catalytic materials, organic porous materials, metal nanoparticles, nanostructured materials, organic semiconductors, photovoltaic materials, two-dimensional materials, medical diagnostic and imaging materials, droplet override materials, water treatment materials, energy storage materials, smart materials, biological materials and the design of new materials.
AMR mainly publishes concise review articles outlining basic and applied research in various fields of materials science and engineering. These reviews focus on the author's own research specialty, aiming to introduce readers systematically to the research work. AMR also publishes forward-looking perspectives and commentaries, similar to the journals Accounts of Chemical Research and Chemical Reviews of the American Chemical Society, together building a new high-impact review journal platform.