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Journal News Materia receives 2026 OASPA Open Access Innovation Award 14 July 2026 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 req…
People Associate Editor Francesca Moore appointed to ERC Mathematical Sciences panel 3 June 2026 Journal News New LaTeX template v3.0 released for Materia submissions 12 May 2026 Journal News Materia impact factor rises to 5.8 in 2025 Journal Citation Reports 20 April 2026 People Outstanding Reviewer Awards announced for 2025 10 March 2026 Events Materia hosts author workshop at DTU Copenhagen 18 February 2026 Research Highlights Special Issue on Quantum Materials published 25 January 2026 Editorial Editorial: A commitment to peer review transparency 5 December 2025 Journal News Materia publisher becomes DORA signatory 14 November 2025 People Editorial board expands with four new associate editors 2 October 2025 Journal News Materia launches Reproducibility Initiative 8 September 2025 People Materia PhD Prize 2025 awarded to Dr Raj Kapoor 20 August 2025 Call for Papers Call for Papers: Next-Generation Electrochemical Energy Storage 15 July 2025 Journal News Materia launches Early-Career Reviewer Mentorship Programme 10 June 2025 Comment Comment: Academia must engage the policy process — and here is how 22 May 2025 Comment Comment: The false economy of disciplinary silos 15 April 2025 Comment Comment: Large language models in peer review — tool, not replacement 8 March 2025 Research Highlights Special feature: Women in Engineering — a Materia survey 20 February 2025 Journal News Materia introduces Open Data and Open Materials badges 10 January 2025 Comment Comment: Preprints and the evolution of scientific communication 30 November 2024