Recently, based on its rigorous and detailed award evaluation criteria, KeAi Publishing selected four awards for its 2023 journals. Among them,Advanced Powder Materials(APM), a journal hosted by Central South University and organized by the State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy and the National Engineering Research Center for Powder Metallurgy, performed exceptionally well in this selection, winning three major awards: the 2023 Great Achievement Award (Impact Award), New Comer Award, and Rising Star Award. It was the only journal out of 171 KeAi publications to receive all three awards simultaneously.

It is reported that the evaluation criteria for the Great Achievement Award (Impact Award) include having an Impact Factor or Citescore ranking in the top 5% of its subject area. The New Comer Award requires that the journal was launched in 2021 or 2022, has published more than 15 articles annually, and each article has been downloaded more than 1,000 times. The Rising Star Award is given to journals whose first Impact Factor or Citescore ranks in the top 10% of their subject area. By winning all three awards, Advanced Powder Materials (APM) will further enhance the academic influence of our university’s journals within the scholarly community.