OA Policy

All articles published by Nonferrous Metals since 2020 are open-access works, available to all readers free of charge immediately and permanently upon publication. Readers can enter the "Archive" on the home page (http://ysjs.bgrimm.cn/) from the official website of Nonferrous Metals, search the papers through the issue, find the required papers, click to enter the paper page, and then download the papers in PDF format. Readers may copy, distribute, and use these articles under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and further does not permit distribution of the paper if it is changed or edited in any way. For more information, please visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0//.

Before 2020, the journal operates on a subscription model, but to facilitate data dissemination, all articles can be downloaded for free from the official website of Nonferrous Metals (http://ysjs.bgrimm.cn/ysjsgcen/ch/index.aspx). The reuse of journal article content requires obtaining copyright permission and appropriate citation. Articles before and after open access can be viewed or obtained through this website.

Author Rights

For open access publishing, Nonferrous Metals uses a Copyright Transfer Agreement. After the article is accepted, all the authors transfer the licensed Copyright (including but not limited to reproduction right, distribution right, information network communication right, translation right, compilation right) of the whole paper and the charts attached to the paper to the Editorial Department of Nonferrous Metals worldwide. However, the third parties are allowed to share articles (such as stored in the institutional knowledge base) in accordance with the knowledge sharing license agreement, and can also be used for other academic purposes, such as using it for non-commercial academic discussion, communication, lecturing, and teaching. The author shall not damage the interests of Nonferrous Metals when exercising the above rights or transferring the above rights to a third party in accordance with the copyright law. For example, when compiling into other collections of papers, he must indicate that he has been published in this journal, and indicate the year and period of publication. The author agrees to use the article with the license of CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 after publication.

Self-Archiving Policy

It is allowed for authors to deposit all versions (preprint/submitted version, accepted version, published version/version of record) of their articles in an institutional or other repository of the authors' choice. However, it is necessary to indicate the publication information of the article in the metadata within the institutional or other repository and use that as the recommended way of citation.

Article Processing Charge

Nonferrous Metals has an Article Processing Charge, which needs to be paid by the authors or by their research funder or institution. The normal charge is 4,000 CNY (or 600 USD) per article. The time interval from acceptance to formal publication is approximately 6 months.  An expedited  fee of 1,000 CNY (or 150 USD) is charged for each issue brought forward. Authors from developing countries or in special circumstances such as lack of funds may also receive discounts or APC exemptions. Please contact the editorial department at Authors who require more information (e.g., about waivers or discounts as provided by the journal), please contact the editorial office (E-mail: ysjs@bgrimm.com).