Acta Materialia

Acta Materialia (abbreviated Acta Mater.) is a peer-reviewed materials science journal published by Elsevier on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc., issued twenty times per year, and is among the most authoritative general journals in structural and functional materials.《材料学报》（Acta Materialia，常用缩写 Acta Mater.）是一本由爱思唯尔（Elsevier）代表 Acta Materialia Inc. 出版的同行评审材料科学期刊，每年出版 20 期，是结构与功能材料领域最具权威性的综合性学术期刊之一。

Scope

Acta Materialia provides a forum for full-length original papers, commissioned Overviews, and feature articles that advance the in-depth understanding of the relationships between the processing, structure, and properties of inorganic materials, prioritizing papers that significantly move the field forward with mechanistic connections.Acta Materialia 为发表完整的原创论文、受委托综述（Overviews）与特色专题文章提供平台，核心宗旨是推动对无机材料「加工—结构—性能」三者内在关联的深入理解，优先录用能显著推进领域认知、给出机理关联的工作。

• Structure across all scales: Materials structure at all scales is of interest, from electronic, atomic, and molecular arrangements to chemical and electronic structures and microstructure.结构全尺度： 关注从电子、原子与分子排布，到化学与电子结构，再到微观组织的全尺度材料结构。
• Methods and paradigms: Explorations of these connections by experiment, computation, theory, data science, and machine learning are all welcome, with particular emphasis on studies that bridge theory, computation, and experiment through mechanistic means.方法与范式： 通过实验、计算、理论、数据科学与机器学习等多种手段探索上述关联均在欢迎之列，尤其重视以机理为纽带贯通理论、计算与实验的研究。
• Property emphasis: Emphasis is placed on the mechanical or functional behavior of inorganic solids at all length scales down to nanostructures.性能侧重： 重点聚焦无机固体在各长度尺度（直至纳米结构）下的力学或功能行为。
• Article types: The journal publishes primarily full-length original research papers and commissioned reviews, along with feature articles.稿件类型： 以完整长度的原创研究论文与受邀综述为主，兼收专题特色文章。

History

• Launch and predecessors (1953): The journal was established in 1953 as Acta Metallurgica, published by Pergamon Press from 1956, and renamed Acta Metallurgica et Materialia in 1990.创刊与前身（1953年）： 该刊前身 Acta Metallurgica 创刊于 1953 年，自 1956 年起由培格曼出版社（Pergamon Press）出版，并于 1990 年更名为 Acta Metallurgica et Materialia。^[1]
• Current title and consolidation (1996): The journal adopted its current name, Acta Materialia, in 1996 and incorporates Nanostructured Materials, which was published independently from 1992 to 1999, with the Pergamon imprint retained for some time after the acquisition by Elsevier.现行刊名与整合（1996年）： 1996 年该刊启用现名 Acta Materialia，并整合了 1992 至 1999 年间独立出版的 Nanostructured Materials；培格曼出版印记在爱思唯尔收购后仍沿用了一段时间。^[1]
• Society ownership and sibling journal: The journal is managed by Acta Materialia Inc., a nonprofit materials-science organization, and belongs to a journal family alongside its companion Scripta Materialia, established in 1967.学会主办与姊妹刊： 该刊由材料学界非营利组织 Acta Materialia Inc. 管理主办，并与 1967 年创立的姊妹刊 Scripta Materialia 同属一个期刊家族。^[1]

Editors

The journal is led by a Coordinating Editor, supported by field Editors who oversee manuscript handling and peer review:期刊实行协调编辑（Coordinating Editor）统筹、领域编辑分管的编辑制度：

• Current Coordinating Editor: Gregory S. Rohrer, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.现任协调编辑： 卡内基梅隆大学（Carnegie Mellon University）材料科学与工程系的 Gregory S. Rohrer 教授。^[2]
• Editorial board: The journal maintains a group of field editors spanning the mechanical behavior of metals and alloys, computational materials and materials informatics, nanostructured materials, and phase transformations and diffusion, who handle initial assessment and review organization in their areas.编辑团队： 期刊常设多位领域编辑，覆盖金属与合金力学行为、计算材料与材料信息学、纳米结构材料、相变与扩散等方向，负责各自领域的初审与评审组织。^[2]