Additive Manufacturing Letters

Additive Manufacturing Letters is a gold open-access, short-format journal from Elsevier covering early-stage and emerging research in additive manufacturing, launched in 2021 and holding a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《增材制造快报》是（Elsevier）出版的金色开放获取短篇期刊，报道增材制造领域处于早期或新兴阶段的研究，2021 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 5.2。

Scope

• The journal is deliberately selective and short-format, with papers of 1000 to 4000 words excluding references.该刊刻意保持高选择性与短篇格式，论文正文为 1000 至 4000 词，不含参考文献。
• It targets rapid time to first decision, aiming for a final decision within four weeks after either conditional acceptance with a single minor revision or rejection.该刊追求快速的首次决定，在给予一次小修后有条件录用或直接拒稿之后，力争四周内作出最终决定。
• Advances in additive manufacturing processes are covered as defined by the ISO/ASTM 52900 standards.按（ISO/ASTM 52900）标准界定的增材制造工艺进展属于核心内容。
• Design for additive manufacturing is a main strand, including complex geometries, multi-material structures, lattice and cellular structures, topology optimisation and active structures.增材制造设计是主线之一，涵盖复杂几何、多材料结构、点阵与多孔结构、拓扑优化与主动结构。
• New high-performance material systems are central, from novel materials and metamaterials to multiple materials processed in a single build.新型高性能材料体系是重点，从新材料、超材料到单次成形中的多材料组合。
• Simulation and modelling, and nondestructive evaluation, are explicitly within scope.仿真与建模以及无损评价明确在收稿范围之内。
• Applications run from functional three-dimensional structures with electronics, sensors or energy storage, through hybrid manufacturing, to biomedical, aerospace and industrial uses, and short focused reviews of emerging topics are also published.应用涵盖集成电子、传感器或储能的功能性三维结构、增材与常规工艺的混合制造，以及生物医学、航空航天与工业应用，此外还刊载新兴主题的短篇聚焦综述。

History

• It was launched by Elsevier in 2021, and its first volume appeared in December 2021.该刊由（Elsevier）于 2021 年创办，首卷于 2021 年 12 月出版。
• The launch editorial, introducing a new member of the additive family, was written by Eric MacDonald and Anton Du Plessis.创刊社论题为《增材制造家族的新成员》，由 Eric MacDonald 与 Anton Du Plessis 执笔。^[1]
• It was conceived as a short-format, fast-publication companion to Elsevier's established Additive Manufacturing journal, giving early results a venue that a full-length paper would not suit.它被定位为（Elsevier）旗下老牌期刊（Additive Manufacturing）的短篇快速出版姊妹刊，为不适合长文的早期成果提供发表渠道。
• Publication is gold open access, with an article processing charge listed by DOAJ at 1,880 US dollars.该刊采用金色开放获取，DOAJ 列出的文章处理费为 1880 美元。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index of Web of Science and listed in DOAJ.该刊被（Web of Science）的（Emerging Sources Citation Index）收录，并见于（DOAJ）。
• Its 2024 Journal Impact Factor was 4.7, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.2.2024 年影响因子为 4.7，2025 年升至 5.2。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Eric W. MacDonald, PhD, of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso.主编为（University of Texas at El Paso）机械工程系的 Eric W. MacDonald。
• Anton Du Plessis, PhD, of Stellenbosch University in South Africa, serves as Deputy Editor.副主编为南非斯泰伦博斯大学的 Anton Du Plessis。
• Du Plessis works on laser powder bed fusion, process optimisation and monitoring, X-ray tomography and non-destructive testing.其研究涉及激光粉末床熔融、工艺优化与监测、X 射线断层成像与无损检测。
• The editorial board includes Moataz Attallah of the University of Birmingham, Sara Bagherifard and Bianca Maria Colosimo of the Polytechnic of Milan, and Adam Clare of the University of Nottingham.编委会包括（University of Birmingham）的 Moataz Attallah、（Polytechnic of Milan）的 Sara Bagherifard 与 Bianca Maria Colosimo，以及（University of Nottingham）的 Adam Clare。
• Board members also come from Purdue University, the University of Trento, Dublin City University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, giving the journal a broad geographical spread.编委还来自（Purdue University）、（University of Trento）、（Dublin City University）与（Oak Ridge National Laboratory），地域分布广泛。
• Every manuscript is peer reviewed, the short-format length limit is enforced at submission, and focused reviews of emerging topics are published alongside research letters.所有稿件均经同行评审，短篇篇幅限制在投稿阶段即严格执行，新兴主题的聚焦综述与研究快报一并刊载。