Thin Solid Films

Thin Solid Films is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published 24 times per year by Elsevier. It was established in July 1967. The current editor-in-chief is J. E. Greene (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign).

Aims and scope
The journal covers research on thin-film synthesis, characterization, and applications, including synthesis, surfaces, interfaces, colloidal behavior, metallurgical topics, mechanics (including nanomechanics), electronics, optics, optoelectronics, magnetics, magneto-optics, and superconductivity.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is indexed and abstracted in: According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.183.
 * Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
 * Chemical Abstracts
 * Chemical Abstracts Service
 * Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology
 * Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
 * Engineering Index
 * Inspec
 * Metals Abstracts
 * PASCAL
 * Physikalische Berichte
 * Science Citation Index
 * Scopus