The Second Decade of Advanced Science – Expanding into New Areas

At the MRS Fall meeting in Boston, ten years ago, we celebrated a new addition to the Advanced Portfolio: Advanced Science.Although it started small with just a single issue featuring 5 papers published in December 2014, the launch represented a milestone in the history of the Advanced Portfolio, as it was the first gold open-access title in the group, at a time when the concept of open access was still relatively new.The journal got indexed on Web of Science in 2015, and received its first impact factor in 2016, which spurred the rapid development of the journal.To date, Advanced Science has published nearly 10,000 article (Figure 1), and it has established itself as a leading journal through the dedication and teamwork of the Advanced editorial team.Today, Advanced Science is recognized globally for its outstanding contribution to scientific publishing.It is a platform for sharing discoveries, and inspiring readers, and serves as a beacon for those who pursue progress and aim to share it widely.Advanced Science welcomes contributions from across physical sciences, engineering, biology, environmental science, social sciences, as well as health and life sciences.To mark this memorable 10th anniversary of Advanced Science, we have been honored and proud to celebrate this important milestone with our authors, our community, and our editors.In February, we published our Anniversary Special Issue with 29 reviews and perspectives exclusively written by our editorial board members on the most prominent topics in materials science; from chemoproteomics and neuroimmune interaction to liquid-crystalline polymer membranes, MXenes for aqueous zinc batteries, and many more.Figure 1.