International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

The International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (IJEM) is a peer-reviewed, fully open-access journal founded in 2019 and published by IOP Publishing on behalf of four Chinese partner institutions, covering the science and technology of extreme manufacturing, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 25.1《国际极端制造学报》（International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing，IJEM）是 2019 年创刊、由英国物理学会出版社（IOP Publishing）代表四家中国主办机构出版的同行评审全开放获取期刊，涵盖极端制造科学与技术，2025 年影响因子为 25.1。

Scope

• It uniquely covers the areas related to extreme manufacturing and pushes the limits of scale, precision, performance and environments in manufacturing该刊独树一帜地覆盖极端制造相关领域，推动制造在尺度、精度、性能与环境上的极限。
• It publishes theory, process, metrology, characterization, equipment, conditions and system integration in extreme manufacturing该刊刊载极端制造的理论、工艺、计量、表征、装备、条件与系统集成。
• It covers materials, structures and devices with extreme functionalities该刊涵盖具有极端功能的材料、结构与器件。^[1]
• Topics include material interactions with energy beams and fields, such as laser processing and additive manufacturing选题包括材料与能束和能场的相互作用，如激光加工与增材制造。
• It addresses approaches and theories of processing, including ultra-precision machining, atomic-level manufacturing and micro/nano manufacturing该刊涉及加工方法与理论，包括超精密加工、原子级制造与微纳制造。
• It covers measurement and systems, such as in-situ characterization, special sensors and extreme environment manufacturing该刊涵盖测量与系统，如原位表征、专用传感器与极端环境制造。
• It publishes papers, reviews, perspectives, letters and news and views该刊刊载论文、综述、观点文章、快报以及新闻与评论。

History

• It was founded in 2019 and launched its first volume in the same year该刊于 2019 年创办，并于同年出版第 1 卷。
• It is solely owned by four Chinese partners, namely the Institute of Machinery Manufacturing Technology of the China Academy of Engineering Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Fudan University and the Research Center of Laser Fusion该刊由四家中国主办单位共同所有，即中国工程物理研究院机械制造工艺研究所、大连理工大学、复旦大学与中国工程物理研究院激光聚变研究中心。
• It is published by IOP Publishing and is fully open access under a CC BY licence该刊由英国物理学会出版社（IOP Publishing）出版，采用知识共享署名（CC BY）协议的全开放获取模式。
• Funding from its partners means it charges no article publication fees to authors依托主办单位的经费支持，该刊不向作者收取文章处理费。
• It is published bimonthly, with six issues per year该刊按双月刊出版，每年 6 期。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 25.1, ranking first of 71 journals in engineering, manufacturing其 2025 年影响因子为 25.1，在制造工程类别的 71 种期刊中排名第 1 位。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Dongming Guo of Dalian University of Technology现任主编为大连理工大学的 Dongming Guo。
• The international editor-in-chief is Yongfeng Lu of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States国际主编为美国内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的 Yongfeng Lu。
• The executive editors-in-chief are Amit Bandyopadhyay of Washington State University and Huigao Duan of Hunan University执行主编为华盛顿州立大学的 Amit Bandyopadhyay 与湖南大学的 Huigao Duan。
• Its editorial board gathers leading researchers from China, the United States, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Singapore and Canada其编辑委员会汇集了来自中国、美国、德国、日本、英国、法国、澳大利亚、新加坡与加拿大的领军研究者。
• It also maintains an advisory board and a youth editorial board该刊还设有顾问委员会与青年编辑委员会。
• It performs fast, transparent and fair peer review to ensure rapid first decision and publication该刊实行快速、透明、公正的同行评审，以确保初审与发表的高效率。