Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Metals was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2014 | Metals was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| 2015 | Metals received its first Impact Factor (0.883). |
| 2016 | Metals adopted a monthly publication schedule. Metals announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2018 | Metals published its 1,000th paper. Metals held two physical editorial board meetings at the TMS 2018 and the Thermec’ 2018, respectively. Metals announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award. The Portuguese Materials Society (SPM) became affiliated to Metals. |
| 2019 | Metals held a physical editorial board meeting at The Euromat 2019. Metals announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. |
| 2020 | Metals established the following sections:
Metals published its 5,000th paper. Metals organized the 1st International Electronic Conference on Metallurgy and Metals. Metals announced the second edition of the Highly Cited Paper/Outstanding Reviewer Awards. Metals announced the fourth edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2021 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.351; the 5-year Impact Factor was 2.487. Metals announced the first edition of the Best Ph.D. Thesis/Best Cover Awards. Metals announced the second edition of the Young Investigator Award. Metals announced the third edition of the Highly Cited Paper/Outstanding Reviewer Awards. Metals established the following sections:
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| 2022 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.695. Metals announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. Metals announced the second edition of the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. Metals announced the third edition of the Young Investigator Award. Metals announced the fourth edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. Metals established the following sections:
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| 2023 | Metals received its 2023 Impact Factor (2.9), ranked 20/78 (Q2) in “Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering”. Metals received its CiteScore (2022) of 4.4, ranked Q1 in “Metals and Alloys”. Metals announced the third edition of the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. Metals announced the fourth edition of the Young Investigator Award. Metals announced the fifth edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hugo F. Lopez |
| 2023–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jose Manuel Torralba for the section on Powder Metallurgy |
| 2022–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ronald W. Armstrong * for the section on Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials * passed away on May 2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Victorino Franco for the section on Metallic Functional Materials |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bernd Friedrich for the section on Extractive Metallurgy Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Belén Díaz Fernández for the section on Corrosion and Protection Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Nakano for the section on Biobased and Biodegradable Metals Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Prahl for the section on Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Matteo Pavese for the section on Additive Manufacturing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Evangelos Hristoforou for the section on Metal Failure Analysis |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xing-Qiu Chen for the section on Computation and Simulation on Metals |
| 2022–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto for the section on Structural Integrity of Metals |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang for the section on Transition Metals and Rare Metals Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wei Zhou for the section on Welding and Joining Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manoj Gupta for the section on Metal Matrix Composites Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eric Hug for the section on Powder Metallurgy Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang for the section on Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. John D. Clayton for the section on Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials |
