Introduction

The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals is a high-tech academic journal authorized by the China Association for Science and Technology, sponsored by The Nonferrous Metals Society of China and published by the Science Press of China. It was started in October 1991. It is published quarterly in 1991-1999, bimonthly in 2000-2003, and monthly from 2004. The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals promptly reports the new theories, technologies and methods in the field of nonferrous metals science and technology. It includes two main columns: materials science and engineering; mine engineering, metallurgical engineering, and chemistry and chemical engineering of nonferrous metals. In view of total citation number and impact factor, this journal has become one of the most famous scientific and technical journals of China.