According to the newly released Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports, Journal of Materials Science & Technology (JMST) gains an Impact Factor of 3.609, and is ranked as top 5 in the SCI metallurgy journals in Q1 zone which denotes the top 25% of the Impact Factor distribution. It’s also the first time for JMST to get into Q1 zone in materials science (miscellaneous). And it’s the only Chinese journal in Q1 zones both in the fields of metallurgy and miscellaneous materials science.

Started in 1985, JMST is an international journal published in English. It is sponsored by the Chinese Society for Metals, the Chinese Materials Research Society and the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR, CAS).

It aims to enhance the international exchange of scientific activities in materials science and technology. JMST reports principally the achievements of materials science and engineering all over the world, putting the stress on the original research papers, review articles invited by editor, letters, research notes with novelty as well as brief of scientific achievement, covering a broad spectrum of materials science and technology, encompassing: metallic materials , inorganic nonmetallic materials and composite materials.

Impact factor history of Journal of Materials Science & Technology . (Image by IMR)

Journal of Materials Science & Technology (Image by IMR)