Corrosion Communications

Corrosion Communications is a gold open access peer-reviewed journal launched in 2021 by Elsevier together with the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, devoted to corrosion science and protection, and it carries a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 10.7（Corrosion Communications）是由（Elsevier）与中国科学院金属研究所合作、于 2021 年创办的金开放获取同行评审期刊，专注腐蚀科学与防护，2025 年影响因子为 10.7。

Scope

• The journal publishes innovative original research articles and high-level reviews across corrosion and protection, and its editors have stated that it also takes perspectives, technical notes, communications and letters该刊发表腐蚀与防护领域的原创研究论文与高水平综述，主编另表示刊物也接受展望、技术短讯、通讯与快报。
• Advanced corrosion monitoring and detection technology is named first among the official topic areas官方主题中列在首位的是先进腐蚀监测与检测技术。
• A second area covers corrosion mechanisms and protection technology in interactive environments, together with the protection of light alloys第二类主题覆盖交互环境下的腐蚀机理与防护技术，以及轻合金防护。
• Long-term anti-corrosion coatings form a further area, as does corrosion and protection under extreme environments长效防腐涂层为又一主题，极端环境下的腐蚀与防护同样列入其中。
• Two more declared topics are the development of advanced anti-corrosion materials and multi-scale corrosion simulation and calculation官方还列出先进防腐材料开发与多尺度腐蚀模拟计算两个方向。
• Six aims are set out on the journal page, namely building a platform for corrosion researchers, reporting breakthroughs, reflecting current academic trends, leading disciplinary hot topics, promoting exchange and serving economic construction官网列明六项办刊宗旨，即搭建腐蚀研究者交流平台、报道突破性成果、反映最新学术动向、引领学科热点、促进学术交流与服务经济建设。
• Materials Chemistry is the single subject area assigned to the title, and its contents are abstracted in Scopus, the Directory of Open Access Journals and the Emerging Sources Citation Index该刊官方学科归类为材料化学，内容被（Scopus）、（DOAJ）与（ESCI）收录。

History

• The first articles appeared in 2021, with volume one opening in March of that year and four volumes issued annually ever since该刊最早文章刊于 2021 年，第 1 卷于当年 3 月开篇，此后每年出版 4 卷。
• The journal is sponsored by the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which the editors describe as supplying human, material and financial resources for its development该刊由中国科学院金属研究所主办，主编称研究所为该刊发展提供人力、物力与财力支持。
• An interview released on the Institute site presents the title as a full gold open access journal and points to its close link with Corrosion Science, the highest-impact journal in the field金属研究所发布的访谈将该刊定位为完全金开放获取期刊，并提到其与腐蚀领域影响因子最高的（Corrosion Science）关系密切。
• Annual output rose from thirty papers in 2021 to thirty-six in 2023 and fifty-six in 2025, with volumes twenty-one to twenty-four reached in 2026年发文量由 2021 年的 30 篇增至 2023 年的 36 篇与 2025 年的 56 篇，2026 年已排至第 21 至 24 卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 9.5 in 2024 and 10.7 in 2025, and its CiteScore stands at 15.0影响因子 2024 年为 9.5，2025 年为 10.7，（CiteScore）为 15.0。
• In the current edition it ranks fourth of ninety-seven titles in Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering and sixty-eighth of four hundred and seventy-two in Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, both in the first quartile在最新版中，该刊于冶金与冶金工程类以 4/97 居 Q1，于材料科学综合类以 68/472 居 Q1。

Editors

• Raman Singh of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is one of the two editors-in-chief and works on graphene, ultrathin coatings, nanocrystalline alloys and the stress corrosion cracking of steels and magnesium alloys两位主编之一为澳大利亚墨尔本（Monash University）的（Raman Singh），研究石墨烯、超薄涂层、纳米晶合金以及钢与镁合金的应力腐蚀开裂。
• Fuhui Wang of Northeastern University in Shenyang is the second editor-in-chief and chairs the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection, working on high-temperature corrosion of advanced materials and surface modification另一位主编为沈阳东北大学的（Fuhui Wang），他同时担任中国腐蚀与防护学会理事长，研究先进材料高温腐蚀与表面改性。
• Executive editors are Xinqiang Wu and Sufang Tang of the Institute of Metal Research and Tao Zhang of Northeastern University执行主编为中国科学院金属研究所的（Xinqiang Wu）与（Sufang Tang），以及东北大学的（Tao Zhang）。
• The board is international in composition and includes Randa Abdel-Karim of Cairo University, Rajan Ambat of the Technical University of Denmark, Ueli Angst of ETH Zurich and Daniel Blackwood of the National University of Singapore编委会具国际构成，成员包括开罗大学的（Randa Abdel-Karim）、丹麦技术大学的（Rajan Ambat）、（ETH Zurich）的（Ueli Angst）与新加坡国立大学的（Daniel Blackwood）。
• All papers appear open access under Creative Commons terms against a charge of 1800 United States dollars, and the journal reports five days to first decision, thirty-seven days to the decision after review and seventy-six days to acceptance所有论文按（Creative Commons）协议开放出版，处理费 1800 美元，官网公布投稿至首次决定 5 天、至外审后决定 37 天、至接收 76 天。