New research in the physical sciences, engineering, and applied mathematics.

Phase-field modelling of hydrogen embrittlement in high-strength ferritic steels under cyclic loading

L. Andreassen, M. Kowalski, R. Delgado

A conformal metasurface for broadband acoustic absorption below 800 Hz

J. P. Moreau, H. Takahashi, E. Nilsson

Stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics on Riemannian manifolds: convergence guarantees for non-convex potentials

A. Suleiman, V. Petrov

Operando X-ray diffraction of lithium trapping in silicon-anode half-cells during extended cycling

M. Chen, L. Bergström, P. Johansson

14 July 2026

Materia receives 2026 OASPA Open Access Innovation Award

Materia has been awarded the 2026 OASPA Open Access Innovation Award in recognition of its diamond open-access model and pathbreaking reproducibility initiative. The award citation noted Materia's requirement that all published research deposit data and code in recognised public repositories, its no-APC policy sustained over 12 volumes, and its active programme of author workshops in low- and middle-income countries. Editor-in-Chief Prof. Elena Vasconcelos said: "This award belongs to our authors, reviewers, and editorial board, who have shown that rigorous peer review and equitable access are not in tension — they reinforce each other."

3 June 2026

Associate Editor Francesca Moore appointed to ERC Mathematical Sciences panel

Prof. Francesca Moore (University of Cambridge), an associate editor of Materia since 2022, has been appointed to the European Research Council Starting Grant panel for Mathematical Sciences for the 2027–2029 funding cycle. Prof. Moore's research spans numerical analysis, scientific machine learning, and uncertainty quantification. She is the fifth member of Materia's editorial board to serve on an ERC panel.

12 May 2026

New LaTeX template v3.0 released for Materia submissions

Version 3.0 of the Materia LaTeX article template is now available. New features include improved figure placement with automatic subfigure numbering, native ORCID integration via the orcidlink package, automated data-availability statement generation from a structured .dat block, and updated bibliography styles conforming to Materia's house format. The template is available for download from the submission guidelines page and is compatible with TeX Live 2024 and later.

20 April 2026

Materia impact factor rises to 5.8 in 2025 Journal Citation Reports

The 2025 Journal Citation Reports, released by Clarivate, list Materia's impact factor at 5.8, up from 5.2 the previous year. The journal now ranks in the first quartile (Q1) in three categories: Multidisciplinary Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Applied Physics. The CiteScore, as reported by Scopus, has reached 8.3. The editorial board attributes the sustained growth to a rising submission rate, rigorous peer review, and a growing international author base.