{{short description|Scientific journal}} {{Infobox journal | title = Thin Solid Films | cover = Thin Solid Films cover image.gif | formernames = Symposium on Plasma Science for Materials | abbreviation = Thin Solid Films | discipline = Thin-film synthesis, applied physics | language = | editor = J. E. Greene | publisher = Elsevier | country = | history = 1967–present | frequency = Biweekly | openaccess = | license = | impact = 2.183 | impact-year = 2020 | ISSN = 0040-6090 | eISSN = | CODEN = THSFAP | JSTOR = | LCCN = 81005059 | OCLC = 1605925 | website = https://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/504106/description#description | link1 = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00406090 | link1-name = Online access | link2 = | link2-name = }} '''''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: * 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 According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.183.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Thin Solid Films |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.journals.elsevier.com/thin-solid-films/ }}
Category:Elsevier academic journals Category:Biweekly journals Category:Academic journals established in 1967 Category:English-language journals Category:Materials science journals