Discover Nano

Overview

Discover Nano is an open access journal publishing research from across all areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Indexed in DOAJ, SCIE, PubMedCentral and SCOPUS with a CiteScore 2023 of 0.7; published papers will be listed in Web of Science.
Formerly Nanoscale Research Letters (2023 Impact Factor: 5.5), Discover Nano is expected to receive its first Impact Factor under the new name in 2025.
Covers nanoscale research in physics, materials science, biology, chemistry, engineering.
A Discover journal focused on speed of submission and review, service, and integrity.

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Collection

This Collection aims to showcase cutting-edge research in energy, functional materials/molecules, and nanotechnology, which are pivotal in driving...

Collection

Nanophotonics, the study of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale, leverages advanced materials and systems to achieve unprecedented control...

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The long-range ferroic order observed in two-dimensional (2D) materials has aroused extensive research interest in 2D magnets, 2D ferroelectrics,...

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Introducing In Review
In Review, a new preprint service brought to you by Research Square, is available on Discover Nano. By opting in to this service, you will be able to:

Showcase your work to funders and others with a citable preprint while it is under review

Track the status of your manuscript through the peer review process on a more granular level

Benefit from early sharing, such as more collaboration opportunities and earlier citations.

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