《新碳材料》发表了关于有机物质的物理、化学和技术的原始研究论文，这些有机物质是产生芳香或四面体键合碳质固体的前体，以及可能由这些有机前体产生的材料。这些材料从金刚石和石墨到焦、半焦、中间相物质、碳、碳纤维、碳炔、富勒烯和碳纳米管等。关于利用上述各种碳二次生产新型碳及复合材料(如碳碳复合材料)的论文也在该期刊的范围之内。只有当研究与所得碳材料密切相关时，才会考虑有关有机物的论文。
http://www.elsevier.com/journals/new-carbon-materials/1872-5805/guide-for-authors
New Carbon Materials publishes original research papers devoted to the physics, chemistry and technology of the organic substances that are precursors for producing aromatically or tetrahedrally bonded carbonaceous solids, and of the materials that may be produced from those organic precursors. These materials range from diamond and graphite through chars, semicokes, mesophase substances, carbons, carbon fibers, carbynes, fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, etc. Papers on the secondary production of new carbon and composite materials (for instance, carbon-carbon composites) from the above mentioned various carbons are also within the scope of the journal. Papers on organic substances will be considered only if the research has close relation to the resulting carbon materials.
