Journal Information

npj Computational Materials is an open access journal from Nature Research dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that report significant advances on the development and application of computational techniques in materials science.

Abstracting & Indexing

npj Computational Materials is currently indexed in:

  • Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS)
  • Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  • Current Contents/Physical
  • Chemical and Earth Sciences
  • 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
  • UGC-CARE List (India)
  • TD Net Discovery Service
  • Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  • CNPIEC
  • CLOCKSS
  • Portico
  • Baidu
  • Wanfang

Aims and Scope

Find out about the journal's aims and scope.

Content types

Please see the detailed outline of the content types that npj Computational Materials considers.

About the Editors

npj Computational Materials international Editors span the breadth of the research areas covered by the journal.

Open Access

npj Computational Materials 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 Computational Materials 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 Computational Materials is a high-quality Nature Portfolio journal published by Springer Nature in partnership with the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

About the npj Series

The npj Series are online-only, open access journals that drive high-impact open science.