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Q2

China Foundry

Springer Nature

ChinaMaterials Chemistry (Q2); Metals and Alloys (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q2Ranking
2.9Impact Factor (2025)
30H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.563SJR (2025)
2008-2026Coverage

About China Foundry

China Foundry is a scholarly journal published by Springer Nature. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.563 and H-index of 30.

Coverage: 2008-2026. Research categories: Materials Chemistry (Q2); Metals and Alloys (Q2).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 2.9 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Yanchun Lou PhD (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2021-08-10. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY-NC
Peer-review processPeer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 3600 CNY
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedYes
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Reported submission-to-publication time24 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2004 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1672-6421, 2365-9459
ISSN-L1672-6421
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Nature
Publisher country codeCN
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex747
Citations recorded in OpenAlex5,962
OpenAlex H-index27
Years represented in OpenAlex2004–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties; Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties; Solidification and crystal growth phenomena; Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications; Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes; Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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