Metal World (ISSN 1000-6826， CN 11-1417/TG) is supervised by the China Association for Science and Technology， and co-sponsored by the Chinese Society for Metals， the Chinese Society of Non-Ferrous Metals and the University of Science and Technology Beijing. Metal Worl was founded in 1985， bimonthly， published at home and abroad， the current Editor-in-Chief is Academician Mao Xinping. Metal World devoted to disseminate metal science and technology knowledge， serve the country's and the industry's major scientific and technological development， promote interdisciplinary development， show the scientific and technological achievements of China， carry forward the spirit of science and scientists， improve the level of scientific quality of the people. Coverage is well-rounded all fields related to metals.

Powder Metallurgy Technology (ISSN 1001-3784， CN11-1974/TF) is a professional technical publication sponsored by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology， the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering， the Chinese Society of Metals， the Chinese Society of Non-ferrous Metals and the University of Science and Technology Beijing. Founded in 1982， the editor-in-chief is Professor Qu Xuanhui. The journal is a landmark journal in the field of powder metallurgy， including China Science and Technology Core Journals， Chinese core journals， source journals of China Science Citation Database， journals included in China Core Journals (Selection) Database， and source journals of China Academic Journals Comprehensive Evaluation Database. Over the years， "Powder metallurgy technology" adhering to the "exchange of information for powder metallurgy research and development and production guidance; The editorial results are for the purpose of cultivating talents for powder metallurgy discipline， to carry out academic and technical exchanges， and to promote the scientific research and production application of powder metallurgy materials and products. Report the scientific research results， production practice experience， application， testing and testing of material products， new technologies， new processes， new materials， new equipment， standardization， review and comment on domestic and foreign development trends， academic activities and industrial production information.

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Publisher:

Youke Publishing Co., Ltd.

Distributed internationally via

IEEE Xplore

Publishing model

Open Access

Publishing cycle:

Quarterly

Technically supporter： the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT)

Submission and review system：

https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/chain

Aims and Scope

Chain, a scholarly peer-reviewed journal, aims to publish great advances made in the transportation related cutting-edge interdisciplines of information technology (artificial intelligence, intelligent control, computers, etc.), materials science (materials, chemical, metallurgy, etc.) and advanced manufacturing (transportation, aerospace, etc.). Chain is expected to foster the fusion of data and model for internet-of-things so as to pave a cross-disciplinary way in foundations, methodologies and applications.

The journal considers full length article, short communications, perspective, review articles and paper previews, and publishes 4 volumes per year.

Focal areas and topics of interest of the journal include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced design of energy materials, devices and systems

• Reliability, durability and safety of intelligent energy management and control systems

• Internet-of-things and cyber-physical energy system and internet

• Advanced material design, signal processing techniques, data fusion techniques, intelligent algorithms, and artificial intelligence for intelligent sensors

• Hybrid model, data science, artificial intelligence, internet of things, digital twin, computational intelligence, evolutionary computation, machine and deep learning

• Stereo-traffic network including new energy vehicles, aeronautics and astronautics

• New technologies, processes, methods, materials, systems, and applications in the field of additive manufacturing

Open Access Policy for Chain

Open access policy: According to the major definitions of open access in scientific literature (namely the Budapest, Berlin, and Bethesda Declarations), Youke Publishing (the owner of the journal) defines Open Access by using the following conditions:

(1) All open access articles will be published under either the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

(2) Peer-reviewed literature is freely available without subscription or price barriers.

(3) Article is immediately released in open access format (no embargo period), and is free to be distributed and achieved.

(4) Published material can be re-used as long as a correct citation to the original publication is given.

Article Processing charge (APC) : Chain is an open access journal. Authors currently do not have to pay any Article Processing Charge for Open Access Publication.

This magazine is a professional technical publication. Reflecting the technological achievements in the field of rare metal materials, including the mechanical, physical, chemical properties and processing technology of materials such as titanium, refractory metals, precious metals, rare earth metals, and superconducting materials, as well as the applications of rare metal materials in aviation, aerospace, shipbuilding, military, chemical and other sectors. It is available for scientific and technological personnel engaged in the research, production, and use of rare metals to refer to.

Founded in 1984， 《Copper Engineering》is a bimonthly academic journal that comprehensively reflects the innovation and development of copper industry at home and abroad. It is sponsored by Jiangxi Copper Group Co.， LTD. The current chief editor is Academician Xu Zhenghe， and the executive editors are Mi Xujun， Zhu Tiejun and Hou Yanglong. The journal has columns such as "Material Preparation and Processing Engineering"， "Mining Engineering and Engineering Construction"， "Mineral Processing and Process Mineralogy"， "Extraction Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering"， "Industrial Digitization and Digital Intelligence Engineering"， "Analytical Testing and Environmental Engineering"， etc. It has been collected by American "Chemical Abstracts"， Russian "Abstracts Magazine"， "China Core Periodical (Selection) Database"， "Wanfang Database"， "Weipu Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database"， "Super Star periodical domain Publishing Platform" and other domestic and foreign retrieval databases. Focusing on the scientific research achievements， academic papers and comprehensive comments on the mining， mineral processing， metallurgy， analysis and laboratory testing， material processing， mechanical and electrical engineering， industrial construction， automation， energy conservation， environmental engineering， information technology and computer applications， enterprise management and comprehensive utilization of resources， financial investment and financing， and capital management of non-ferrous metals dominated by copper， etc. And focus on the domestic and foreign copper industrial production construction achievements， scientific and technological trends， market information， new knowledge， new   technology， new views and so on.

The journal “Conservation and Utilization of Mineral Resources” was founded in 1981 and is now published bimonthly. It is superintended by China Geological Survey and sponsored by Zhengzhou Institute of Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources， Chinese Academy of Geological Science. The journal is currently indexed/abstracted by many databases， including JST (JST Chinese Science &Technology Literature Database，JST China)， Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citation Database (CSTPCD)， China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)， WanFang data and CQVIP， ，etc. The purpose of “Conservation and Utilization of Mineral Resources” is to provide publication of original articles on green utilization of mineral resources and comprehensive utilization of mining solid wastes， featuring the latest developments in the allied fields of minerals processing， extractive metallurgy and mineral materials. Its wide ranging coverage of research and practical topics includes physical separation methods， such as comminution， magnetic separation and flotation concentration， chemical methods such as thermo-， hydro- and bio- metallurgy， modification and processing of non-metallic minerals， mining environmental issues and more. The impact factor of Conservation and Utilization of Mineral Resources is now 1.798 from CNKI with more than 15% of an annual growing rate in last five years.

The main publications cover mining, ground pressure beneficiation, blasting, mining electromechanical and automation, mining computer applications, mining environmental protection, comprehensive resource utilization, special mining and business management, etc. Mainly targeting engineering and technical personnel, management cadres, and teachers and students from mining enterprises, scientific research and design, higher education institutions, mining management and other departments.

Hunan Nonferrous Metals was founded in 1985 and has been indexed by multiple domestic and international databases, including Chinese Academic Journals (CD version), Chinese Core Journals (Selection) Database, Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database, CEPS Chinese Electronic Journal, and American Chemical Abstracts.

This magazine mainly reports on the scientific and technological achievements, production experience, usage technology, and domestic and international trends in the field of hard alloys and hard materials, and is a professional technical publication published nationwide. This magazine is an authoritative scientific and technological publication in China's hard alloy industry. Its publication policy and purpose are to follow the principle of science and technology serving economic construction, face production and scientific research, based on production practice, focus on technological development, introduce scientific research achievements, exchange production experience, disseminate technical information, promote applied technology, reflect domestic and international trends, and so on. The coverage is very extensive.

The bi-monthly Journal of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering， initiated in 1981 and co-sponsored by Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Co.， Ltd. (CRIMM) and Chinese Society for Metals (CSM)， is publically distributed at home and abroad. With the aim of "actively reporting new theories， new technologies， new processes and new equipment in mining and metallurgy industries， and striving to push ahead technological progress in industries"， the journal has main columns covering mining， mineral processing， metallurgy， materials， mining economics and management， focusing on reporting cutting-edge trends in mining and metallurgy industries， exchanges of scientific and technological achievements and experiences in mining and metallurgy， so as to playing an important role in transforming scientific research achievements into productivity.Over more than 40 years of efforts， the Journal of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering has been listed among the national core journals of metallurgical engineering technology according to the comprehensive evaluation scores. The journal is among the first group of periodicals creating both social and economic benefits， evaluated by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the General Administration of Press and Publication. It has also been listed in the national core periodicals in Chinese， China’s core journals of science and technology， China’s core academic journals (based on RCCSE)， Excellent Journals of China Metal Society， China’s Excellent Publications of Nonferrous Metals， Tier-2 journals of high-quality sci-tech journals in the field of non-ferrous metals， Tier-3 journals of high-quality sci-tech journals in the field of metallurgical engineering technologies， Q1 journals in CNKI database， World Journal Clout Index (WJCI) Report of Scientific and Technological Periodicals (2021)， Top Ten Periodicals in Natural Science in Hunan Province， Excellent Publications in Hunan Province， as well as selected in the Project of Cultivating World-Class Sci-tech Journals in Different Echelons in Hunan Province. The journal has also been collected by many authoritative abstracts databases for science research at home and abroad.