Special Steel (CN 42—1243/TF, ISSN 1003—8620, CODEN TESHAA) is governed by Citic Pacific Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. and sponsored by Daye Special Steel Co., Ltd. Founded in 1980, the journal is published bimonthly on the 30th day of the odd-numbered months.

The journal aims to exchange cutting-edge academic research results and production experience, and promote advanced technologies' application and technological innovation in the field of special steel.

The journal mainly reports the latest scientific achievements in the field of special steel research and production, manufacturing technologies, and automation equipment. It also promotes the exchange of latest research information.

The journal’s readers include researchers, specialists, professionals, and administrators engaged in the national industry of metallurgy, machinery, petrochemistry, new energy, aerospace, marine, and other related fields. It is highly recognized among the national special steel industry, universities, colleges, and research institutes.

Special steel overview, product development, special steel refractory , smelting and solidification, deformation and phase transformation, application and service and other columns.