Nano Research focuses on original science theses and authoritative reviews written by international leading scientists in the field of nano research. Professor Dai Hongjie of Stanford University and Academician Li Yadong of Tsinghua University are the chief editors of the journal. The journal's latest impact factor (impact factor of an academic journal is a measurement reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal) is 7.010 and the journal is ranked in the Q1 quarter in the four areas it covers. It was the winner of the Chinese Government Award for Journals and named one of the Chinese Top 100 Science and Technology Journals.