Materials (ISSN 1996-1944; CODEN: MATEG9) is a peer-reviewed open access journal of materials science and engineering published semi-monthly online by MDPI.Impact Factor: 3.748 (2021) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 4.042 (2021)Q1 (18/79) at category "Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering"Q3 (84/163) at category "Chemistry, Physical"Q3 (177/345) at category "Materials Science, Multidisciplinary"Q2 (56/161) at category "Physics, Applied"Q2 (28/69) at category "Physics, Condensed Matter"Scope:• To publish research related to all classes of materials including ceramics, glasses, polymers (plastics), composites, semiconductors, magnetic materials, biological and biomimetics materials, silica, dots, and carbon materials, metals, and alloys from nanoscale to bulk. All kinds of functional materials used for the development of medical implants in medicine and in dentistry, coatings and films, pigments, ionic crystals, covalent crystals, metals, and intermetallics are also considered.• To cover all aspects of materials science or materials engineering, including nanoscience and nanotechnology.• To contribute to the advancement of material characterization techniques such as electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, calorimetry, nuclear microscopy and spectroscopy, laser technology, optical fibers, Rutherford backscattering, and neutron diffraction, among others.• To incite fundamental research in condensed matter physics and materials physics, continuum mechanics and statistics, mechanics of materials, tribology, solid-state physics, etc.Authors Benefits• Open Access: Unlimited and free access for readers• High visibility: indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Ei Compendex and other databases.• Thorough Peer-Review• Rapid publication: a first decision provided to authors approximately 16.5 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 3.6 days• CiteScore (2021 Scopus data): 4.7, Q2 at Condensed Matter Physics