On November 16, 2025, the 2025 International Editorial Board Meeting of the Journal of Magnesium and Alloys (JMA) was successfully held in a hybrid online-offline format. The offline venue was situated in Ma'anshan, Anhui Province, while the online session was conducted via Zoom. A total of 185 editorial board members and early-carrer editorial board members from 13 countries, including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Spain, Singapore, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Iran, India, and China, participated in the meeting. The meeting was attended by Academician Fusheng Pan, President of the International Mg Society, Editor-in-Chief of JMA, and Honorary Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloys. The meeting was chaired by Professor Xiaodong Peng, Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chiefof JMA, and organized by Professor Xianhua Chen, Director of the Editorial Office.
Address by Editor-in-Chief, Academician Fusheng Pan
Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief Prof. Xiaodong Peng presiding over the meeting
Prof. Xianhua Chen, Director of the Editorial Office
The meeting began with a review of JMA's progress over the past year. Professor Yan Yang, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the JMA, provided a detailed report on the journal's achievements and challenges. Following this, Professor Xiaodong Peng, Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of JMA, announced the list of 2024 Outstanding Editorial Board Members and presented certificates. Professor Rongshi Chen from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a speech as a representative award recipient.
Prof. Yan Yang delivering the annual report
Presentation of Awards by Academician Fusheng Pan, Prof. Karl Ulrich Kainer, and Academician Kwang Seon Shin
Prof. Rongshi Chen from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivering an acceptance speech
During the open discussion, the editorial committee members acknowledged the journal's achievements and actively provided suggestions on aspects such as academic quality, special issue planning, and manuscript internationalization. Their contributions demonstrated a strong sense of responsibility and academic enthusiasm. Professor Karl Ulrich Kainer of Germany, Academician Daolun Chen of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Academician Kwang Seon Shin of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Academician Javier Llorca of the European Academy of Sciences, Professor Yuanding Huang, Professor Mikhail Zheludkevich, Professor Hajo Dieringa, and Professor Sviatlana Lamaka from Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany, Professor Garces Gerardo from the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas (CENIM), Professor Yi Huang from the University of Southampton, UK, Professor Hamid Jahed from the University of Waterloo, Canada, Professor Jianfeng Nie from Monash University, Australia, Professor Sergey Sinebryukhov from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Satyam Suwas from the Indian Institute of Science, Professor Ming Jen Tan from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Professor Michiaki Yamasaki from Kumamoto University, Japan; Professor Hamid Reza Bakhsheshi-Rad from Islamic Azad University, Iran; Professor Arash Fattah-alhosseini from Bu-Ali Sina University; Professor Huiyuan Wang, President of Yanshan University; and Professor Zhiwei Shan, Vice President of Xi'an Jiaotong University, among other experts, attended the meeting to discuss the journal's publication.
Remarks by Deputy Editor-in-Chief Prof. Karl Ulrich Kainer
Remarks by Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Academician Kwang Seon Shin
Remarks by Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Professor Yuanding Huang
Remarks by Editorial Committee Member and Vice President Zhiwei Shan
Remarks by Editorial Board Member and President Huiyuan Wang
Remarks from online editorial board members
Finally, Academician Fusheng Pan delivered concluding remarks at the meeting, extending sincere gratitude to all editorial board members and young editorial board members for their steadfast support and invaluable developmental suggestions to JMA over the years. The meeting clarified the journal’s key tasks and development direction moving forward, laying a solid foundation for further enhancing its academic quality and international influence. The editorial team will work closely with the editorial board to preserve the journal’s distinctive academic profile, strengthen content quality, boost its international academic impact, and fully leverage its role as a platform for global scientific innovation and high-level academic exchange, thereby achieving even higher goals in the journal’s development.
Conference venue and online participants
International Mg Society