Composites Part B-engineering

Composites Part B: Engineering is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier covering composite materials and their engineering applications, established in 1996 and continuing the volume numbering of the journal Composites, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 14.0（Composites Part B: Engineering）是（Elsevier）出版的同行评审期刊，覆盖复合材料及其工程应用，1996 年创刊并沿袭（Composites）的卷号，2025 年影响因子为 14.0。

Scope

• It publishes impactful research on composite materials supported by fundamental mechanics and materials science and engineering approaches发表以基础力学与材料科学与工程方法为支撑、具有影响力的复合材料研究。^[1]
• Research may cover length scales from nano over micro and meso to full product and structure level研究尺度覆盖从纳米到微观、细观直至完整产品或结构层级。
• It focuses on engineering, spanning from low-volume high-cost to high-volume low-cost composite development以工程为导向，涵盖从低产量高成本到高产量低成本的复合材料研发。
• It welcomes fundamental and applied research papers as well as proposals for review articles欢迎基础与应用研究论文，以及综述文章的选题建议。
• Focus areas include high performance fibre reinforced composites for aerospace and composites for automotive, wind turbine, infrastructure and marine applications重点领域包括航空航天用高性能纤维增强复合材料，以及汽车、风力发电机、基础设施与海洋应用的复合材料。
• It covers design, modelling, characterisation, validation and manufacturing of composite materials and structure assemblies涵盖复合材料与结构组件的设计、建模、表征、验证与制造。
• Current interests include recycling and sustainability, functional and multi-functional composites, additive manufacturing and bio-based composites当前关注点包括回收与可持续性、功能与多功能复合材料、增材制造及生物基复合材料。^[2]
• Manuscripts centred on stand-alone chemistry, purely theoretical modelling or metallurgy and metal alloys are considered out of scope以纯化学、纯理论建模或冶金与金属合金为核心的手稿不在收稿范围。

History

• It was established in 1996 as volume 27, continuing the volume numbering of the journal Composites launched in 1969该刊 1996 年创刊于第 27 卷，沿袭 1969 年创办的（Composites）的卷号。
• It superseded the journal Composites Engineering, which ran from 1991 to 1994它接替了 1991 至 1994 年出版的（Composites Engineering）。
• It is a hybrid journal offering both subscription publication and open access publication, the latter with an article publishing charge of 4,920 US dollars该刊为混合期刊，同时提供订阅出版与开放获取出版，后者收取 4,920 美元版面费。
• Its acceptance rate is about 9 percent, with a submission to first decision of 4 days and to acceptance of 76 days其录用率约为 9%，投稿至首次决定为 4 天，投稿至录用为 76 天。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 9.078 in 2021 to 11.322 in 2022, 14.2 in 2024 and 14.0 in 2025影响因子从 2021 年的 9.078 升至 2022 年的 11.322，2024 年为 14.2，2025 年为 14.0。
• It ranks first among 178 journals in Engineering, Multidisciplinary in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports and is in the Q1 quartile在 2025 年期刊引证报告中位列（Engineering, Multidisciplinary）类别 178 种期刊之首，属 Q1 区。

Editors

• The Co-Editors-in-Chief are Hua-Xin Peng, Ole Thomsen and Uday Kumar Vaidya现任共同主编为（Hua-Xin Peng）、（Ole Thomsen）与（Uday Kumar Vaidya）。
• Hua-Xin Peng works at Zhejiang University and Ole Thomsen at the University of Bristol Composites Institute（Hua-Xin Peng）任职于（Zhejiang University），（Ole Thomsen）任职于（University of Bristol Composites Institute）。
• Uday Kumar Vaidya is at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory（Uday Kumar Vaidya）任职于（University of Tennessee）与（Oak Ridge National Laboratory）。
• Editors are Joong Hee Lee, Jun Takahashi and Chuck Zhang, based in South Korea, Japan and the United States respectively编辑为（Joong Hee Lee）、（Jun Takahashi）与（Chuck Zhang），分别来自韩国、日本与美国。
• Associate editors include Lei Ge, Luise Karger, Zhong-Ming Li, Soraia Pimenta, Pavana Prabhakar, Dong Quan, Guangyong Sun and Zuhua Zhang副编辑包括（Lei Ge）、（Luise Karger）、（Zhong-Ming Li）、（Soraia Pimenta）、（Pavana Prabhakar）、（Dong Quan）、（Guangyong Sun）与（Zuhua Zhang）。
• The editorial board includes Chiara Bisagni, Paolo A. Ermanni, Wim Van Paepegem, Sofia Teixeira de Freitas and Jin Zhu编委会成员包括（Chiara Bisagni）、（Paolo A. Ermanni）、（Wim Van Paepegem）、（Sofia Teixeira de Freitas）与（Jin Zhu）。