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.