Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B is a journal on the process science and engineering of materials, published by Springer for two learned societies.《Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B》是一份聚焦材料过程科学与工程的期刊，由施普林格为两家学会出版。

Its line reaches back to 1970, and the present name dates from 1994, when the title was split and shared between metallurgy and materials.该刊血脉上溯至 1970 年，现名始于 1994 年，当时题名被拆分并在冶金与材料之间分掌。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of metallurgical engineering.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在冶金工程类目列第二区。

Scope

• The journal takes the processing of metals and other materials as its subject, and it weighs both the theory and the engineering.该刊以金属及其他材料的加工为题材，兼顾理论与工程两端。

• Primary processing is named, and the journal carries work on the extraction and refining of a metal from its ore.一次加工被点名，该刊刊载从矿石中提取与精炼金属的工作。

• Hydrometallurgy is treated, and the journal admits work on how a metal is won from a solution.湿法冶金得到处理，该刊收载金属如何自溶液中取得的工作。

• Pyrometallurgy is part of the remit, and the journal carries work on how a metal is won at high temperature.火法冶金属于收稿范围，该刊刊载金属如何在高温下取得的工作。

• Electrometallurgy is named, and the journal takes work on how a current is used to drive a separation.电冶金被点名，该刊收载电流如何被用来驱动分离的工作。

• Secondary processing is treated, and the journal admits work on casting, forging, rolling and extrusion.二次加工得到处理，该刊收载铸造、锻造、轧制与挤压方面的工作。

• Reaction kinetics is pursued, and the journal carries work on how fast a process goes and what governs its rate.反应动力学受到追问，该刊刊载过程进行多快、其速率受何支配的工作。

• Thermodynamic equilibria are named, and the journal takes work on which phases are stable under a given set of conditions.热力学平衡被点名，该刊收载在一组给定条件下哪些相稳定的工作。

• Phase transformations are treated, and the journal admits work on how one structure becomes another.相变得到处理，该刊收载一种组织如何变为另一种的工作。

• Powder processing is named, and the journal carries work on sintering and on how a part is built up from powder.粉末加工被点名，该刊刊载烧结以及零件如何由粉末构成的工作。

• Additive manufacturing is treated, and the journal takes work on how a layer is laid down and how it bonds.增材制造得到处理，该刊收载层如何铺下、如何结合的工作。

• Mass transport is part of the remit, and the journal admits work on diffusion, convection and the interaction of phases.质量传递属于收稿范围，该刊收载扩散、对流与相间相互作用方面的工作。

• Solidification science is pursued, and the journal carries work on nucleation, grain growth, segregation and defect formation.凝固科学受到追问，该刊刊载形核、晶粒长大、偏析与缺陷形成的工作。

• Surface engineering is named, and the journal takes work on coating, on corrosion resistance and on the modification of a surface.表面工程被点名，该刊收载涂层、耐蚀与表面改性方面的工作。

• Welding and joining are treated, and the journal admits work on fusion welding and on solid-state bonding.焊接与连接得到处理，该刊收载熔焊与固态结合方面的工作。

• Microstructural analysis is a subject, and the journal carries work that identifies a phase and evaluates a defect.显微组织分析是一项选题，该刊刊载识别相、评估缺陷的工作。

• Mechanical and functional properties are treated, and the journal admits work on how a material bears a load or conducts.力学与功能性质得到处理，该刊收载材料如何承载或导电的工作。

• Environmental and sustainability considerations are named, and the journal takes work on recycling and on waste.环境与可持续性考量被点名，该刊收载回收与废弃物方面的工作。

• Modelling with experimental validation is a named subject, and the journal carries work that checks a simulation against a measurement.带实验验证的建模是被点名的选题，该刊刊载以测定检验模拟的工作。

History

• The line began in 1970 under the name Metallurgical Transactions, a title that carried work on both the process and the physical sides of the field.该血脉始于 1970 年，题名为（Metallurgical Transactions），兼载该领域过程一侧与物理一侧的工作。

• In 1975 the title was split in two, and the process side took the name Metallurgical Transactions B.1975 年题名一分为二，过程一侧取名（Metallurgical Transactions B）。

• In 1994 the name was widened again, and the two halves became Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A and B.1994 年题名再次扩展，两半分别成为（Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A）与（B）。

• The volume number was carried straight through each change, and the series had reached volume 57 by 2026.每一次更名卷号都原样接续，到 2026 年该系列已出至第 57 卷。

• The journal is published by Springer, and it is issued jointly for two societies of the field.该刊由施普林格出版，并为该领域的两家学会联合发行。

• Those societies are ASM International, which serves materials engineers, and TMS, the minerals, metals and materials society.这两家学会为服务材料工程师的（ASM International），以及矿物、金属与材料学会（TMS）。

• One volume is issued for each year, and six issues were gathered into a volume in the years to 2024.该刊每年出版一卷，至 2024 年前后每卷汇集六期。

• The journal now describes itself as a monthly, and recent volumes have carried twelve or more issues in a year.该刊现自述为月刊，近年各卷每年载有十二期或更多。

• The journal is hybrid, and an author may pay a charge to make a paper free to read or leave it behind a subscription.该刊为混合模式，作者可以缴费使论文免费阅读，也可以留其在订阅之后。

• The published record has a seminar of its own, and a volume is occasionally opened to the wider public for a month.该刊的已刊记录有其专门讲解，有时一卷会在一个月内向更广公众开放。

• The impact figure has held near three for several editions, standing at 2.4 for 2023 and reaching 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子连续几版维持在 3 附近，2023 年为 2.4，2025 年版为 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the science citation index expanded, and its abstracts are gathered in the usual metallurgical services.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版收录，其摘要汇集在惯常的冶金学文摘服务之中。

• Abstracts of each paper are carried in a second language, and the journal runs a service that renders them in Chinese.每篇论文的摘要以第二种语言载出，该刊设有一项把其中文呈现的服务。

Editors

• Il Sohn of Yonsei University in the Republic of Korea is editor-in-chief, and his own field is the process metallurgy of steel.韩国延世大学的（Il Sohn）担任主编，其本人领域为钢铁的过程冶金。

• A body of editors drawn from universities and from industry shares the handling of papers.一组来自大学与工业界的编辑分担稿件处理。

• An editorial board advises on direction, and the journal lists members from several countries.一个编委会为方向提供建议，该刊列出数国成员。

• The journal sets out six classes of contribution, among them the original research article and the brief communication.该刊列出六类稿件，其中有原创研究论文与简报。

• A letter to the editor is taken as a short discussion of a published paper, and it is sent to the original authors for reply.致编辑的信被视为对已刊论文的简短讨论，并送原作者答复。

• Review articles are longer surveys, and an invited review is a class of its own and comes only by invitation.综述是更长的检视，而特邀综述自成一类，仅由约请而来。

• Uninvited reviews are held to a stricter bar, and the journal asks that their proposal be justified in advance.非约请的综述门槛更严，该刊要求其提议事先说明理由。

• The journal asks that a paper give the experimental conditions in full, so that another laboratory can verify the work.该刊要求论文完整给出实验条件，使另一实验室可以验证这项工作。

• Authors of review articles are encouraged to consider making their work open access after it is accepted.该刊鼓励综述作者在被录用后考虑将其作品开放获取。

• Topical collections are assembled around a subject, and the journal takes original papers and reviews into them.该刊围绕某一题目编成专题合集，把原创论文与综述收于其中。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's system, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.稿件通过出版方的系统投递，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal asks that a claim resting on a measurement name the method in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊要求依赖测定的论断完整写明所用方法。

• The journal is read by metallurgists and by materials scientists, by process engineers and by chemists, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有冶金学家与材料科学家，也有工艺工程师与化学家，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a laboratory result toward a plant is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes.把实验室结果带向工厂的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a process route that failed to work is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为未能奏效的工艺路线同样值得记录。

• Work on recycling a metal appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on how a scrap is returned to use.金属回收方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载废料如何被重新投入使用的工作。