The Journal of Electronic Materials reports on the science and technology of electronic materials, while examining new applications of semiconductors, metallic and magnetic alloys, insulators, and optical and display materials. It strives to publish articles of interest to both specialists and non-specialists in the field of electronic materials.

The journal welcomes articles on methods for fabricating electronic materials and evaluating their chemical, physical, electronic, and optical properties. Specific areas of interest are materials for state-of-the-art transistors, quantum spintronics, nanotechnology, metallization, and superconductivity, and their applications in detectors, emitters, quantum information science and technology, energy, and electronic packaging.

The journal publishes technical articles detailing new developments in the field of electronic materials, as well as invited and contributed review articles on topics of current interest. The main article types are:

Original Research Articles: full-length articles that deal with new and original research work
Review Articles: lengthier articles providing comprehensive and up-to-date information on a certain area of research, enabling readers to keep abreast of activities in areas peripheral to their own
Brief Communications: short articles intended to communicate exciting new findings that will have high impact in the field
Topical Collection Articles: submitted as part of a group of articles concerned with research on the same topic—sometimes originating at a conference—presented in a dedicated collection. Minimum article requirements for topical collection are determined by the editorial team on a case-by-case basis.