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China Foundry

Springer Nature · China · Est. 2004

ISSN1672-6421eISSN2365-9459

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.563

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.254

Total Worksi

694

Total Citationsi

5,240

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering; Materials Chemistry; Metals and Alloys.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 71 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications694

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2003

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1672-6421 / 2365-9459

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

522

2019

567

2020

789

2021

627

2022

467

2023

479

2024

186

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Materials ChemistryQ2

Metals and AlloysQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

Scopus Categories

Materials ChemistryMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesMagnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsSolidification and crystal growth phenomenaAdditive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesMetallurgical Processes and ThermodynamicsMetallurgy and Material FormingMetal Alloys Wear and PropertiesMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Frequently asked questions about China Foundry

Is China Foundry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for China Foundry: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of China Foundry?

China Foundry is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.66.

Is China Foundry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

China Foundry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of China Foundry?