Journal of Materials Science & Technology (JMST) (ISSN 1005-0302, CN 21-1315/TG) started in 1985, previous name: Chinese Journal of Metal Science & Technology. JMST is an international journal published in English. The Chinese Association for Science and Technology is responsible for this journal. It is sponsored by the Chinese Society for Metals (CSM), the Chinese Materials Research Society (CMRS) and the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR,CAS) The aims of this journal are to enhance the international exchange, extend the academic influence and service the economic construction. It reports principally the achievements of materials science and engineering in China, and publishes some foreign contributions with a proper space, putting the stress on the original papers, review articles invited by the editor, letters, research notes with novelty as well as brief of scientific achievement, covering a broad spectrum of materials science and technology, encompassing: metallic materials, inorganic nonmetallic materials, composite materials. The journal published papers from 70 countries all over the world with a publishing rate of about 10%.