Communications Materials


Communications Materials is a peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journal in the field materials science published by Nature Portfolio since 2020. The chief editor is John Plummer. The journal was created as one of several sub-journals to Nature Communications.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in selective databases such as Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 7.5.