Where China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (CPSF) Funded Research Is Published: Top 50 Journals

In shortChina Postdoctoral Science Foundation (China) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 939 journals we checked, most often in Nano Materials Science (22 of 200 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	Nano Materials Science	22 of 200	ESCI	9.18	n/a
2	eScience	21 of 200	SCIE	34.13	n/a
3	Drug Resistance Updates	20 of 200	SCIE	16.39	n/a
4	ACS Nano	19 of 200	SCIE	18.21	n/a
5	Biomaterials	17 of 200	SCIE	12.32	n/a
6	International Journal of Mining Science and Technology	17 of 200	SCIE	14.49	n/a
7	The Innovation	17 of 200	ESCI	10.13	n/a
8	Bioactive Materials	16 of 200	SCIE	10.72	n/a
9	Defence Technology	16 of 200	SCIE	5.11	n/a
10	International Journal of Mechanical Sciences	16 of 200	SCIE	11.79	n/a
11	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	16 of 200	SCIE	6.97	n/a
12	Phytomedicine	16 of 200	SCIE	9.52	n/a
13	SCIENCE BULLETIN	16 of 200	SCIE	9.18	n/a
14	Chinese Journal of Aeronautics	15 of 200	SCIE	5.38	n/a
15	Energy storage materials	15 of 200	SCIE	14.25	n/a
16	GPS Solutions	15 of 200	SCIE	5.88	238 days
17	Joule	15 of 200	SCIE	29.01	n/a
18	Journal of Controlled Release	15 of 200	SCIE	11.38	n/a
19	Journal of genetics and genomics/Journal of Genetics and Genomics	15 of 200	SCIE	4.93	n/a
20	Journal of Materiomics	15 of 200	SCIE	7.45	n/a
21	Journal of the American Chemical Society	15 of 200	SCIE	17.62	n/a
22	Matter	15 of 200	SCIE	12.28	n/a
23	iMeta	14 of 200	SCIE	23.85	50 days
24	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	14 of 200	SCIE	11.32	n/a
25	Journal of the National Cancer Center	14 of 170	ESCI	18.42	n/a
26	Materials Today	14 of 200	SCIE	14.92	n/a
27	Nano Energy	14 of 200	SCIE	19.24	n/a
28	Petroleum Science	14 of 200	SCIE	4.90	n/a
29	Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology	14 of 200	SCIE	4.37	n/a
30	Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica	13 of 200	SCIE	12.83	n/a
31	Additive Manufacturing Frontiers	13 of 200	Scopus	6.16	n/a
32	Biochar	13 of 200	SCIE	19.24	154 days
33	Burns & Trauma	13 of 181	SCIE	12.76	n/a
34	Cancer Letters	13 of 200	SCIE	10.63	n/a
35	CATENA	13 of 200	SCIE	5.95	n/a
36	Exploration	13 of 200	ESCI	14.67	246 days
37	Green Synthesis and Catalysis	13 of 200	ESCI	4.13	n/a
38	International Journal of Coal Science & Technology	13 of 200	SCIE	11.24	373 days
39	Materials Research Letters	13 of 200	SCIE	8.42	n/a
40	PhotoniX	13 of 140	SCIE	15.07	130 days
41	Sensors and Actuators B Chemical	13 of 200	SCIE	8.69	n/a
42	Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	13 of 200	SCIE	8.13	n/a
43	Angewandte Chemie	12 of 200	Scopus	2.31	82 days
44	Angewandte Chemie International Edition	12 of 200	SCIE	15.99	83 days
45	Cell Reports Medicine	12 of 200	SCIE	12.41	n/a
46	Chinese Herbal Medicines	12 of 200	ESCI	4.18	n/a
47	Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering	12 of 200	SCIE	5.61	n/a
48	Emerging contaminants	12 of 200	ESCI	9.12	n/a
49	Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology	12 of 200	ESCI	6.62	n/a
50	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer	12 of 200	SCIE	5.52	n/a

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

National Natural Science Foundation of China National Key Research and Development Program of China Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province National Research Foundation of Korea Beijing Natural Science Foundation Chinese Academy of Sciences Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province National Science Foundation National Science and Technology Major Project Key Technologies Research and Development Program Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province National Institutes of Health

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name China Postdoctoral Science Foundation as a funder most often are Nano Materials Science, eScience, Drug Resistance Updates, ACS Nano, Biomaterials. In all, 939 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my China Postdoctoral Science Foundation grant?

These journals already publish work supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does China Postdoctoral Science Foundation pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check China Postdoctoral Science Foundation's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with China Postdoctoral Science Foundation or these journals.