國際自然科學材料的進步為世界各地的科學家和工程師提供了交流和傳播基礎理論研究和先進材料應用研究的中心工具。重點放在工程師和科學家長期感興趣的原始分析和實驗研究上，涉及新材料和新技術的所有方面，如能源和環(huán)境材料；先進的結構材料；先進的運輸材料；功能材料和電子材料；納米尺度和非晶態(tài)材料；健康和生物材料；材料建模和模擬；材料特性；等等。認真選擇和及時報告基礎理論研究和材料科學應用研究的最新研究成果和創(chuàng)新論文。因此，本期刊的目的是為全球材料科學和技術界提供最新的研究成果。作為對讀者的一項服務，每兩個月出版一份最新高級材料出版物的國際書目。

Progress in Natural Science-Materials International provides scientists and engineers throughout the world with a central vehicle for the exchange and dissemination of basic theoretical studies and applied research of advanced materials. The emphasis is placed on original research, both analytical and experimental, which is of permanent interest to engineers and scientists, covering all aspects of new materials and technologies, such as, energy and environmental materials; advanced structural materials; advanced transportation materials, functional and electronic materials; nano-scale and amorphous materials; health and biological materials; materials modeling and simulation; materials characterization; and so on. The latest research achievements and innovative papers in basic theoretical studies and applied research of material science will be carefully selected and promptly reported. Thus, the aim of this Journal is to serve the global materials science and technology community with the latest research findings. As a service to readers, an international bibliography of recent publications in advanced materials is published bimonthly.