Hydrometallurgy

Hydrometallurgy is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to all aspects of the aqueous processing of metals, published by Elsevier since 1975, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 6.3 with a CiteScore of 10.6.《湿法冶金》（Hydrometallurgy）是创刊于 1975 年、由爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版的国际同行评审期刊，聚焦金属水法处理各领域，2025 年影响因子为 6.3，CiteScore 为 10.6。

Scope

• The journal compiles studies on novel processes, process design, chemistry, modelling, control, economics and interfaces between unit operations, and provides a forum for discussions on case histories and operational difficulties.本刊汇集新工艺、工艺设计、化学、建模、控制、经济学及单元操作界面方面的研究，并为案例史与运行难点讨论提供论坛。
• A core topic is the leaching of metal values by chemical reagents or bacterial action at ambient or elevated pressures and temperatures.核心主题之一是在常温或高温高压条件下通过化学试剂或细菌作用浸出有价金属。
• Coverage includes the separation of solids from leach liquors and the removal of impurities and recovery of metal values.涵盖浸出液中固体分离、杂质脱除与有价金属回收。
• Recovery methods span precipitation, ion exchange, solvent extraction, gaseous reduction, cementation, electro-winning and electro-refining.回收方法涵盖沉淀、离子交换、溶剂萃取、气体还原、置换沉淀、电解沉积与电解精炼。
• The journal also addresses the pre-treatment of ores by roasting or by chemical treatments such as halogenation or reduction.本刊亦涉及通过焙烧或卤化、还原等化学方法对矿石进行预处理。
• Further topics include the recycling of reagents and the treatment of effluents.其他主题包括试剂再生与废水处理。
• Papers range from fundamental chemistry and thermodynamic modelling to process engineering and economic evaluation of hydrometallurgical flowsheets.论文范围从基础化学与热力学建模延伸到湿法冶金工艺流程的工程设计与经济评价。

History

• Hydrometallurgy was founded in 1975, and its first volume appeared in September 1975 under founding editor G. M. Ritcey of Ottawa, Canada, with Neville Rice of Leeds, United Kingdom, as first co-editor.《湿法冶金》创刊于 1975 年，第 1 卷于 1975 年 9 月出版，创刊编辑为加拿大渥太华的 G. M. Ritcey，首任共同编辑为英国利兹的 Neville Rice。^[1]
• Ritcey first approached Elsevier about launching a new journal after the International Solvent Extraction Conference held in Liege in 1971, and the journal filled a gap for a multidisciplinary forum linking chemistry, engineering, mineralogy, economics and environmental principles.Ritcey 在 1971 年列日国际溶剂萃取会议后向爱思唯尔提议创办新刊，该刊填补了连接化学、工程、矿物学、经济学与环境原理的多学科论坛空白。
• Mike J. Slater of the University of Bradford took over as co-editor from Rice in 1981 and remained an editor until 2003, while W. C. Cooper of the University of British Columbia assumed the founding-editor role in 1993.布拉德福德大学的 Mike J. Slater 于 1981 年接替 Rice 任共同编辑并留任至 2003 年，不列颠哥伦比亚大学的 W. C. Cooper 于 1993 年接任创刊编辑职责。^[2]
• Around the turn of the century Kwadwo Osseo-Asare of Pennsylvania State University served as editor-in-chief, first alongside Slater and later with editors from the AJ Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Hydrometallurgy at Murdoch University.世纪之交，宾夕法尼亚州立大学的 Kwadwo Osseo-Asare 出任主编，先与 Slater 合作，其后与莫道克大学 AJ Parker 湿法冶金合作研究中心的编辑共事。
• The journal reached its 100th volume in 2009, and a commemorative editorial marked the milestone and reviewed the development of the field over more than three decades.该刊于 2009 年出版第 100 卷，纪念社论标志着这一里程碑并回顾了该领域三十余年来的发展。^[3]
• Gamini Senanayake of Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, is the current editor-in-chief, and the journal publishes eight issues per year in a hybrid open access model.现任主编为澳大利亚珀斯莫道克大学的 Gamini Senanayake，该刊每年出版 8 期，采用混合开放获取模式。
• Its Journal Impact Factor climbed from 4.156 in 2021 to 5.3 in 2024 and 6.3 in 2025, and its CiteScore stands at 10.6.其影响因子由 2021 年的 4.156 升至 2024 年的 5.3 与 2025 年的 6.3，CiteScore 为 10.6。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Gamini Senanayake, PhD, of Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.主编为澳大利亚珀斯莫道克大学的 Gamini Senanayake 博士。
• The associate editors are Gisele Azimi of the University of Toronto, Man Seung Lee of Mokpo National University, Zhongwei Zhao of Central South University and Shili Zheng of the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences.副主编为多伦多大学的 Gisele Azimi、木浦国立大学的 Man Seung Lee、中南大学的 Zhongwei Zhao 与中国科学院过程工程研究所的 Shili Zheng。
• The editorial board brings together 35 editors and board members from 18 countries and regions, with the largest contingents from South Africa, Australia, Canada, China and the United States.编委会由来自 18 个国家和地区的 35 名编辑与编委组成，以南非、澳大利亚、加拿大、中国和美国的人数最多。
• The reported gender mix of the board is 78 percent men and 22 percent women.官方公布的编委性别构成为男性 78%、女性 22%。
• Peer review follows Elsevier's single-anonymized single-blind model, with submissions assessed by editors for suitability before being sent to external expert reviewers.同行评审遵循爱思唯尔的单名（单盲）评审模式，稿件先由编辑初审，再送外部同行专家评审。
• The journal reports submission to first decision in about 4 days, submission to decision after review in about 50 days, submission to acceptance in about 221 days, acceptance to online publication in about 4 days, and an acceptance rate of 15 percent.该刊公布投稿至首次决定约 4 天、投稿至评审后决定约 50 天、投稿至录用约 221 天、录用至在线出版约 4 天，录用率为 15%。