Materials Science and Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing

Materials Science and Engineering: A, subtitled Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, is published by Elsevier and continues a series founded in 1967, covering the load-bearing capacity of materials as affected by properties, processing history, microstructure and service environment, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.9 and a rank of 8 of 97 in metallurgy and metallurgical engineering《材料科学与工程 A 辑：结构材料性能、显微组织与加工》（Materials Science and Engineering: A）由（Elsevier）出版，延续 1967 年创办的系列，研究材料承载能力与性能、加工历史、显微组织及服役环境的关系，2025 年影响因子为 7.9，在冶金与冶金工程类 97 种期刊中列第 8 位。

Scope

• The journal provides an international medium for theoretical and experimental studies of the load-bearing capacity of materials该刊为材料承载能力的理论与实验研究提供国际化载体。
• Submissions are expected to identify scientific or engineering factors that affect microstructure-strength relationships来稿应阐明影响「显微组织—强度」关系的科学或工程因素。
• Papers must report changes to mechanical behaviour rather than only microstructural description论文须报告力学行为的变化，而不止于显微组织描述。
• Processing history and operating environment are treated as first-order variables alongside basic properties加工历史与服役环境被视为与基本性能同等重要的一阶变量。
• Concrete and cement-based systems are no longer considered, and polymeric or polymer-based materials have also been excluded from the updated scope混凝土与水泥基体系已不再受理，聚合物及聚合物基材料亦被排除在更新后的范围之外。
• Papers emphasising corrosion or wear are discouraged unless they address novel mechanical behaviour or related phenomena以腐蚀或磨损为重点的论文原则上不鼓励，除非其讨论新的力学行为或相关现象。
• Coverage spans structural metals and alloys, intermetallics, composites, ceramics and nanostructured materials tested for mechanical performance覆盖范围包括结构金属与合金、金属间化合物、复合材料、陶瓷以及面向力学性能测试的纳米结构材料。

History

• The journal traces its lineage to Materials Science and Engineering, a series launched by Elsevier in 1967该刊渊源可追溯至（Elsevier）于 1967 年创办的（Materials Science and Engineering）系列。
• The series was divided in 1988, and part A began with volume 101 in May 1988, carrying on the original volume numbering该系列于 1988 年分辑，A 辑自 1988 年 5 月的第 101 卷开始，延续原卷号。
• Its subtitle, Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, has defined its remit within the split series其副题「结构材料：性能、显微组织与加工」界定了它在分辑后的系列中的定位。
• The journal has recently revised its aims and scope, removing concrete, cement-based and polymer-based materials and restricting corrosion and wear papers该刊近年修订了办刊范围，剔除混凝土、水泥基与聚合物基材料，并收紧了腐蚀与磨损类稿件。
• Impact factors were 5.234 in 2021, 6.044 in 2022, 7.0 in 2024 and 7.9 in 2025影响因子为 2021 年 5.234、2022 年 6.044、2024 年 7.0、2025 年 7.9。
• In 2025 it ranked 8th of 97 in metallurgy and metallurgical engineering at the 92.3rd percentile and 104th of 472 in materials science, multidisciplinary2025 年该刊在冶金与冶金工程类 97 种期刊中列第 8 位，百分位 92.3，在材料科学综合类 472 种期刊中列第 104 位。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are H. W. Hahn of the University of Arizona and B. Wei of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an主编为（University of Arizona）的 H. W. Hahn 与西安（Northwestern Polytechnical University）的 B. Wei。
• E. J. Lavernia of Texas A&M University serves as advisor and commissioning editor（Texas A&M University）的 E. J. Lavernia 担任顾问与组稿编辑。
• The editors include C. J. Boehlert of Michigan State University, M. Gupta of the National University of Singapore, K. Xia of the University of Melbourne and D. Zhang of Northeastern University in Shenyang编辑包括（Michigan State University）的 C. J. Boehlert、（National University of Singapore）的 M. Gupta、（University of Melbourne）的 K. Xia 与沈阳（Northeastern University）的 D. Zhang。
• The board has 83 editors and members in 22 countries, with 31 in the United States, 9 in China and 6 in the United Kingdom编委会共 83 位编辑与成员，分布于 22 个国家，其中美国 31 位、中国 9 位、英国 6 位。
• Board members include H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia of the University of Cambridge, D. Raabe of the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials and R. Z. Valiev of Ufa University of Science and Technology编委包括（University of Cambridge）的 H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia、（Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials）的 D. Raabe 与（Ufa University of Science and Technology）的 R. Z. Valiev。