2014年4月，施普林格·自然出版集團旗下的自然科研與全球知名研究機構合作推出一系列高質量開放獲取的在線出版物，稱為「自然合作期刊」即（Nature Partner Journals， NPJ）。該系列期刊致力於為作者提供覆蓋從基礎研究到應用研究的高質量論文出版平臺，目前材料學相關的期刊有6本，以下是相關期刊及編輯精選論文：
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Andras Kis (Switzerland)
期刊數據：Submission to first editorial decision: 13
npj 2D Materials and Applications由SpringerNature與Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT NOVA)和European Materials Research Society (E-MRS)共同出版，2017年4月發表第一篇文章。該刊出版針對現有及新興二維材料基本行為、合成、性能和應用領域的研究論文，旨在通過發表具有潛在影響力的論文促進二維材料研究的廣泛應用。
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2D materials in all their forms: graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, phosphorene and molecular systems, including relevant allotropes and compounds, and topological materialsfundamental understanding of their basic sciencesynthesis by physical and chemical approachesbehavior and properties: electronic, magnetic, spintronic, photonic, mechanical, including in heterostructures and other architecturesapplications: sensors, memory, high-frequency electronics, energy harvesting and storage, flexible electronics, water treatment, biomedical, thermal management
Editors-in-Chief: Professor Long-Qing Chen (USA) | Professor Lidong Chen (China)
期刊數據：IF 2017: 8.941|5-year IF: 8.941| Immediacy index: 0.981| Eigenfactor score: 0.0015| Article Influence Score: 3.219| Submission to first editorial decision: 4
npj Computational Materials創刊於2015年，由SpringerNature和中國科學院上海矽酸鹽研究所共同出版，致力於發表將計算方法應用於新材料設計，並加強我們對現有材料理解的高質量研究論文。
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application and development of existing and emerging theoretical and simulation approaches for the study of materials in their entirety (organic and inorganic)structure and property prediction of new materials, such as by the 『materials by design』 paradigmsignificant new understanding of materials fundamentals, behavior and propertiesintegrative/complementary experimental works that serve to validate, support and extend computational findingshigh-throughput techniques – both computational and experimental – for large data set generation, and materials data mining
Editors-in-Chief:Professor Donal Bradley (UK) | Professor Huang Wei (China)
期刊數據：Submission to first editorial decision: 7
npj Flexible Electronics創刊於2017年，由SpringerNature和南京工業大學共同出版，發表柔性電子(包括有機電子、塑料電子、印刷電子、生物電子)等相關方向的原創論文、評論文章和短篇通訊。
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Advanced and emerging materials for flexible electronics: plastic, molecular and inorganic systems, two-dimensional materials, biomaterialsFlexible devices and applications: bioelectronics and health monitoring, sensors and actuators, energy harvesting and storage, optoelectronics, computing, robotics, packagingFabrication and processing of flexible devices: lithography, printing, solution processing, patterning, self-assembly, device integrationMaterial properties and phenomena relevant for flexible devices, including device physicsDevice architecture, simulation and testing
Editors-in-Chief: Professor Nick Birbilis (Australia) | Dr. Stéphane Gin (France)
期刊數據：Submission to first editorial decision: 4
npj Materials Degradation創刊於2017年，由SpringerNature和中國腐蝕與防護學會、北京科技大學共同出版，發表材料腐蝕與降解研究領域的高質量論文，涵蓋金屬與非金屬材料。
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Degradation of metals, glasses, minerals, polymers, ceramics, cements and composites in natural and engineered environments, as a result of various stimuli: chemical, heat, light, mechanical stress, irradiation etc., and combinations of theseComputational and experimental studies of degradation mechanisms and kineticsCharacterization of degradation, in terms of changes to structure and material properties, by traditional and emerging techniquesNew approaches and technologies for enhancing resistance to degradation, ranging from materials design to coatingsInspection and monitoring techniques for materials in-service, such as sensing technologies
Editors-in-Chief:Professor Michelle Simmons (Australia)
期刊數據：IF 2017: 9.206|5-year IF: 9.206| Immediacy index: 2.184| Eigenfactor score: 0.00239| Article Influence Score: 5.104| Submission to first editorial decision: 16
npj Quantum Information創刊於2014年，由SpringerNature和The University of New South Wales共同出版，該期刊關注從基礎研究到應用和技術的傑出成果，旨在促進和鼓勵物理學家、計算機科學家、材料科學家、工程師、數學家和活躍在這一多樣化前沿領域的其他科研人員之間的全球思想交流。
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Fields covered include, but are not limited to, quantum computing and quantum communication, including solid state and optical devices, superconducting circuits, atomic and ion trap systems, topological quantum computing, atomic defects in solids, hybrid quantum circuits, cavity quantum electrodynamics, superconducting resonators, optical cavities, mechanical systems, single photon sources and detectors, engineering approaches for scale-up, quantum metrology, quantum sensing, quantum control, quantum networks, quantum error correction, architectures and quantum algorithms.
Editors-in-Chief: Professor Steven Kivelson (USA) | Professor Sang-Wook Cheong (USA)
期刊數據：Submission to first editorial decision: 7
npj Quantum Materials創刊於2016年，由SpringerNature和南京大學共同出版。該刊發表經同行評審的高質量的原創論文，以及評論、編讀往來、會議報告等內容，涵蓋量子材料及其基本特性、製造和應用等，反映該領域的最新科學進展。
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Superconductivity and Superconducting MaterialsCorrelated Electronic Physics and MaterialsTopological Quantum Physics and MaterialsOther Correlated SystemsQuantum Phenomena in Advanced Energy Materials
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