Although each regular issue of JMR covers a wide range of materials research topics, special Focus Issues devoted entirely or in part to a single topic are published several times a year. These Focus Issues allow the journal to provide a comprehensive look at the current research in a particular area of interest to JMR readers.
Call for Papers
Focus Issue: Understanding and Mitigating Materials Instabilities in Electrochemical Systems
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2020
JMR publishes Materials stability in the non-equilibrium environment of an electrochemical energy storage system is a critical issue for device operation and reliability. The shelf life of primary and rechargeable cell chemistries, together with the cycle life of rechargeable systems, are specifically dependent on the mechanical, crystallographic, morphological, and chemical stability of the electrodes and the separators.
Focus Issue: 3D-Printed Electrodes for Energy Storage
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2020
This JMR Focus Issue will present a broad range of topics covering the fabrication, characterization, and applications of 3D-printed materials for energy storage.
Focus Issue: Advanced Nanomechanical Testing
Submission deadline: November 16, 2020
The goal of this JMR Focus Issue will expand the scope of nanomechanical testing methods beyond classical nanoindentation.
Focus Issue: Multiscale Materials Modeling of Interface-mediated Thermomechanical Behavior
Submission Deadline: December 1, 2020
This JMR Focus Issue provides a forum for discussing recent developments in computational/experimental techniques and their applications to understand the heterogeneous materials’ mechanical and transport behavior across a broad range of length scales. The knowledge gained may be used to support the development of new materials with desired strength, ductility, toughness, thermal-/corrosion-/irradiation-resistance, and even a combination of these resistances.
Focus Issue: Multi-material Additive Manufacturing
Submission Deadline: January 8, 2021
JMR publishes new challenges and opportunities arise in multi-material additive manufacturing, which calls for new research in the science of new additive manufacturing processes, material design and characterizations, computational design and optimization methodologies needed to advance the state of art of realizing multi-functional products composed of multiple- and stimuli-responsive materials.
Focus Issue: Multifunctional Halide Perovskites
Submission Deadline: February 1, 2021
This Focus Issue will cover the latest research results on topics of structure, characterization, and properties of halide perovskites for multifunctional device applications. We invite contributions from the leading scientists in the perovskite field.
Focus Issue: 3D printing of biomedical materials and devices
Submission deadline: February 26, 2021
The goal of this JMR Focus Issue, our intent is to capture the perspectives of professionals from different disciplines including science, engineering, and medicine to application of 3D printing in biomaterials and biomedical devices. More specifically, this Focus Issue is geared toward understanding of the structure-process-property relationship involving different materials under in vitro, in vivo and in silico environments.
Focus Issue: Advanced Nanocatalysts for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Generation: Batteries, Supercapacitors, Electrolyzers and Fuel Cells
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2021
This JMR Focus Issue will review the state of the art and accelerate fundamental understandings of nanostructured materials used in alkaline fuel cells (hydrogen or alcohols as fuels) and electrolyzers, rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors. Contributions are solicited on experimental and theoretical studies of novel nanostructured materials for such electrochemical devices.
Focus Issue: Ultra-wide Bandgap Materials, Devices, and Systems
Submission Deadline: April 1, 2021
This JMR Focus Issue will feature experimental advances and theoretical developments in the field of ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors, devices, and systems.
Published Focus Issues
The following JMR Focus Issues have been published and are available online to JMR subscribers and subscribing institutions:
2020
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Complex Microstructures and Architecture Design
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 35
- Issue 15
- August 2020

- Journal Issue
- Annual Issue: JMR Early Career Scholars in Materials Science Annual Issue
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 35
- Issue 8
- April 2020
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Atomic Layer Deposition for Emerging Thin-Film Materials and Applications
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 35
- Issue 7
- April 2020
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: The Science and Technology of Vapor Phase Processing and Modification of Surfaces
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 35
- Issue 5
- March 2020



2019
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Thermodynamics of Complex Solids
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 34
- Issue 19
- October 2019
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Building Advanced Materials via Particle Aggregation and Molecular Self-Assembly
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 34
- Issue 17
- September 2019


- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Size Effects in Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 34
- Issue 13
- July 2019
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: (Nano)materials for Biomedical Applications
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 34
- Issue 11
- June 2019
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Nanocrystalline High Entropy Materials: Processing Challenges and Properties
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 34
- Issue 5
- March 2019



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Nanocrystalline High Entropy Materials: Processing Challenges and Properties
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 34
- Issue 5
- March 2019
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Understanding Water-Oxide Interfaces to Harness New Processes and Technologies
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 34
- Issue 3
- February 2019
- Journal Issue
- Annual Issue: Early Career Scholars in Materials Science 2019
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 34
- Issue 1
- January 2019



2018
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Catalytic Engineered Materials for Commercial and Industrial Energy Applications
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 21
- November 2018
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Fundamental Understanding and Applications of High-Entropy Alloys
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 19
- October 2018
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Soft Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 15
- August 2018



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: 3D Printing of Biomaterials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 14
- July 2018
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Stabilization of Organic Electronic Materials and Devices
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 13
- July 2018
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Porous Carbon and Carbonaceous Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 9
- May 2018



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Advanced Atomistic Algorithms in Materials Science
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 7
- April 2018
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 5
- March 2018
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Architected Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 3
- February 2018



- Journal Issue
- Annual Issue: Early Career Scholars in Materials Science 2018
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 33
- Issue 1
- January 2018

2017
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Advanced Metallic Alloys—in Honor of Prof. Haël Mughrabi PART B
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 32
- Issue 24
- December 2017
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Advanced Metallic Alloys—in Honor of Prof. Haël Mughrabi PART A
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 32
- Issue 23
- December 2017
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Jan van der Merwe: Epitaxy and the Computer Age
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 32
- Issue 21
- November 2017



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Achieving Superior Ceramics and Coating Properties through Innovative Processing
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 32
- Issue 17
- September 2017
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Biosensors
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 32
- Issue 15
- August 2017
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Microstructural Characterization for Emerging Photovoltaic Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 32
- Issue 10
- May 2017



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Aberration Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 32
- Issue 5
- March 2017
- Journal Issue
- Annual Issue: Early Career Scholars in Materials Science
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 32
- Issue 1
- January 2017


2016
- Journal Issue
- Focus Section: Reinventing Boron Chemistry for the 21st Century
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 31
- Issue 18
- September 2016
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Advances and Challenges in Carbon-based Tribomaterials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 31
- Issue 13
- July 2016
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Advanced Materials and Structures for Solar Fuels
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 31
- Issue 11
- June 2016



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Two-Dimensional Heterostructure Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 31
- Issue 7
- April 2016

2015
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Nitrides and Oxynitride Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 30
- Issue 19
- October 2015
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Advances in Thermoelectric Materials II
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 30
- Issue 17
- September 2015
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Characterization and Modeling of Radiation Damage on Materials: State of the Art, Challenges, and Protocols
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 30
- Issue 9
- May 2015



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: In-situ and Operando Characterization of Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 30
- Issue 3
- February 2015
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Soft Nanomaterials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 30
- Issue 1
- January 2015


2014
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Optical Ceramics Science
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 29
- Issue 19
- October 2014
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: The Materials Science of Additive Manufacturing
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 29
- Issue 17
- September 2014
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Graphene and Beyond
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 29
- Issue 3
- February 2014



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Synthesis of Nanostructured Functional Oxides
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 29
- Issue 1
- January 2014

2013
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Advances in the Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Bulk Porous Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 28
- Issue 17
- September 2013
- Journal Issue
- FOCUS ISSUE: Frontiers in Thin-Film Epitaxy and Nanostructured Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 28
- Issue 13
- July 2013
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: De Novo Carbon Nanomaterials: Opportunities and Challenges in a Flat World
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 28
- Issue 7
- April 2013



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 28
- Issue 3
- February 2013
- Journal Issue
- Focus Section: Silicon-based Nanoparticles for Biosensing and Biomedical Applications
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 28
- Issue 2
- January 2013


2012
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Oxide Semiconductors
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 27
- Issue 17
- September 2012
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Advanced Materials for Fuel Cells
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 27
- Issue 15
- August 2012
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Crystallization Processes in Polymer-Based Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 27
- Issue 10
- May 2012



- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Plasma and Ion-Beam Assisted Materials Processing
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 27
- Issue 5
- March 2012
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Advances in Mechanics of One-Dimensional Micro/Nanomaterials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 27
- Issue 3
- February 2012
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Instrumented Indentation
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 27
- Issue 1
- January 2012



2011
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Nanowires: Fundamentals and Applications
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 26
- Issue 17
- September 2011
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Advances in Thermoelectric Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 26
- Issue 15
- August 2011
- Journal Issue
- Focus Issue: Self-Assembly and Directed Assembly of Advanced Materials
- Journal of Materials Research, Volume 26
- Issue 2
- January 2011


