On June 28, Clarivate Analytics officially released the 2022 Journal Citation Reports. The three journals sponsored by Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR, CAS) received good news, among which the impact factor of Journal of Materials Science & Technology (JMST) continues to maintain an upward trend, reaching 10.9, an increase of 5.6% compared with last year's (10.319), and continues to remain in the Q1 area, ranking No. 2 in the discipline; the impact factor of Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) reached 3.5, with an increase of 15.7%, and entered Q1 area; the impact factor of Acta Metallurgica Sinica made a breakthrough, reaching 2.3, with an increase of 28%, and entered Q2 area for the first time.