Journal Information
npj Materials Degradation is an open access journal from Nature Research dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that report significant advances on the degradation of all material types. We broadly define 'materials degradation' as a reduction in the ability of a material to perform its task in-service as a result of environmental exposure.
Abstracting & Indexing
npj Materials Degradation is currently indexed in:
- Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
- Current Contents/Engineering
- Computing and Technology
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- SCOPUS
- EI Compendex
- INSPEC
- Google Scholar
- ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- SCImago
- DOAJ
- CNKI
- INIS Atomindex
- EBSCO Applied Science & Technology Source
- ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- Semantic Scholar
- Meta
- Naver
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - GoOA
- Dimensions
- TD Net Discovery Service
- BFI List
- CNPIEC
- CLOCKSS
- Portico
- Baidu
- Wanfang
Aims and Scope
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Content types
Please see the detailed outline of the content types that npj Materials Degradation considers.
About the Editors
npj Materials Degradation international Editors span the breadth of the research areas covered by the journal.
Open Access
npj Materials Degradation is a fully open access journal. More on Creative Commons Attribution licenses and the benefits of publishing open access can be found in this section.
Article Processing Charges
To allow immediate global open access to all articles, npj Materials Degradation levies an article processing charge (APC). Current APCs and waiver information are available in this section.
Journal Impact
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About the Partner
npj Materials Degradation is a high-quality Nature Portfolio journal published by Springer Nature in partnership with the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection and the University of Science and Technology Beijing.
About the npj Series
The npj Series are online-only, open access journals that drive high-impact open science.