The documents listed below contain general information required to publish an MRS Advances paper. Facts and opinions are solely the personal statements of the respective authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors, the Materials Research Society, or Springer Nature, MRS's publishing partner as of January 2021.

All manuscript submissions must include a cover letter.

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically. Hard-copy submissions will not be accepted.

2020 MRS Spring/Fall Meeting Manuscript Submission

MRS journals allow submission and publication of figures and content that have appeared online as part of a virtual presentation. Standard journal peer review policies apply to these submitted papers. If you plan to submit to a non-MRS journal, we recommend that you first review that journal’s policies.

Submissions for the 2020 MRS Spring/Fall Meeting will be accepted through December 16, 2020.

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically. Hard-copy submissions will not be accepted. (Please view the documents in the MRS Advances Author and Editor Information section for important information Manuscript Preparation Instructions.)

Electronic papers are available to over 14,000 MRS members and a growing number of subscribing institutions. MRS welcomes submission of manuscripts from all 2020 MRS Spring/Fall Meeting authors.

Publications list for the 2020 MRS Spring/Fall Meeting:

2020 MRS Fall Meeting

• MRS Advances: Broader Impact
• MRS Advances: Electronics and Optics
• MRS Advances: Energy
• MRS Advances: Flexible, Wearable Electronics, Textiles and Sensors
• MRS Advances: General Interest
• MRS Advances: Materials Theory, Characterization and Data Science
• MRS Advances: Nanomaterials and Quantum Materials
• MRS Advances: Soft Materials and Biomaterials
• MRS Advances: Structural and Functional Materials 

2020 MRS Spring Meeting

• MRS Advances: Characterization and Theory
• MRS Advances: Electronics and Photonics
• MRS Advances: Energy, Storage and Conversion
• MRS Advances: Nanoscale and Quantum Materials
• MRS Advances: Soft Materials and Biomaterials

Manuscript Preparation Instructions »

Includes information regarding paper length, formatting, as well as title, authors and affiliations, tables, figures and equations.

Read More »

---

MRS Advances Template »

A Word template for formatting your manuscript according to MRS style.

Read More »

---

MRS Advances Sample (PDF) »

Example of a properly-formatted manuscript

Read More »

---

MRS Advances Reference Style »

Style manual for creating references in MRS Advances.

Read More »

---

Disclaimer

Authors of each article appearing in this Journal are solely responsible for all contents in their article(s) including accuracy of the facts, statements, and citing resources. Facts and opinions are solely the personal statements of the respective authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors, the Materials Research Society, or Cambridge University Press.