材料研究公報是一份國際期刊，報告了對功能無機材料和納米材料中具有有趣的電子、磁性、光學、熱、機械或催化性質的加工結構----性質關系的高效研究。純關于熱力學或理論計算的論文（如密度泛函理論）不在期刊的范圍之內，除非它們也證明與物理性質有明確的聯系。所涉主題包括功能材料（如電介質、火電體、壓電材料、鐵電材料、放電器、熱電等）；電化學和固態電離材料（如光電、電池、傳感器和燃料電池）；納米材料、石墨烯和納米復合材料；發光和光催化；晶體結構和缺陷結構分析；新型電子學；非晶體固體。

Materials Research Bulletin is an international journal reporting high-impact research on processing-structure-property relationships in functional inorganic materials and nanomaterials with interesting electronic, magnetic, optical, thermal, mechanical or catalytic properties. Papers purely on thermodynamics or theoretical calculations (e.g., density functional theory) do not fall within the scope of the journal unless they also demonstrate a clear link to physical properties. Topics covered include functional materials (e.g., dielectrics, pyroelectrics, piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, relaxors, thermoelectrics, etc.); electrochemistry and solid-state ionics (e.g., photovoltaics, batteries, sensors, and fuel cells); nanomaterials, graphene, and nanocomposites; luminescence and photocatalysis; crystal-structure and defect-structure analysis; novel electronics; and non-crystalline solids.