Published by The Science Press, started in 1986, bimonthly, 192 pages per issue, the journal of Inorganic Materials in an academic periodical with English abstracts sponsored by the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Main Contents: creative treaties on new inorganic non-metallic materials, including artificial crystals, functional and structural ceramics, special composite, solid thin film, special glass and gradient materials; brief reports on achievement obtained at different stages; summarized and reviews on the progress of special areas or subjects of inorganic non-metallic materials; new processes and new techniques.

Readers: scientific and technical corkers engaged in inorganic nonmetallic materials and university teachers and students interested in these special fields.

Honorable Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Yan Dongsheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Address of the Editorial Office:
1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences