Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Metals maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 573 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 17 days and the median time to publication was 43 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Abenojar, Juana | Lee, Jinwoo |
| Achillefs, Vairis | Lee, Jae-chul |
| Adrian, Henryk | Lee, Dongnyung |
| Aidun, Daryush K. | Lee, Jung-Moo |
| Akhiani, Hamed | Lee, Junghoon |
| Akiyama, Eiji | Lee, Sang-Kon |
| Alamdari, Houshang | Lee, Jae-Sung |
| Alessi, Roberto | Leitner, Martin |
| Allen, Jeffrey B. | Lenivtseva, Olga G. |
| Al-Mosawe, Alaa | Lesz, Sabina |
| Alorro, Richard Diaz | Lewis, Gladius |
| Álvarez, Jose Alberto | Lian, Junhe |
| Amato, Alessia | Liang, Jiandong |
| Anasori, Babak | Lieblich, Marcela |
| Andersson, Nils-Erik | Lilensten, Lola |
| Aoyagi, Takahiro | Lillemae, Ingrit |
| Argade, Gaurav | Lim, Mary Lyn C. |
| Atkins, Anthony | Limam, Ali |
| Attanasio, Aldo | Llanes, Luis Miguel |
| Aversa, Alberta | Lo, Kinho |
| Awual, Md. Rabiul | Lo Frano, Rosa |
| Baba, Yuzo | Lombardi, Franco |
| Bachmaier, Andrea | Long, Fei |
| Badulescu, Alina | Lopez, Felix |
| Bădulescu, Daniel | Lopez Castro, Juan De Dios |
| Bagherifard, Sara | Louhenkilpi, Seppo |
| Baker, Brad | Louzguine, Dmitri V. |
| Barella, Silvia | Lubarda, Vlado |
| Barriobero-Vila, Pere | Ludwig, Andreas |
| Barroso-Bogeat, Adrián | Lueth, Virgil |
| Bas, Ahmet Deniz | Lugovskoy, Svetlana |
| Bazin, Glaude | Ma, Duancheng |
| Beck, Tilmann | Macadre, Arnaud |
| Bedon, Chiara | Machado, Jorge |
| Bellantone, Vincenzo | Maetz, Jean-Yves |
| Belzunce, Francisco Javier Varela | Makanyire, Terence |
| Benasciutti, Denis | Malfliet, Annelies |
| Benedetti, Matteo | Maljaars, Johan |
| Berdin, Clotilde | Mansoor, Bilal |
| Bergmann, Jean-Pierre | Mapelli, Carlo |
| Bernardino, Raul J. | Marinel, Sylvain |
| Bertrand, Emmanuel | Markocsan, Nicolaie |
| Bhattacharya, Amrita | Marra, Francesco |
| Biermann, Horst | Marrow, James |
| Billard, Isabelle | Martin, James D. |
| Bizyukov, Pavel | Mastorakos, Ioannis |
| Blais, Jean-François | Mateo, Antonio |
| Bland, Leslie | Matsumoto, Michiaki |
| Boakye-Yiadom, Solomon | Matsushima, Yuta |
| Bojarevics, Valdis | Matsuura, Hiroyuki |
| Bong, Hyuk Jong | Matteis, Paolo |
| Borodachenkova, Marina | Mcnelley, Terry R. |
| Borodianskiy, Konstantin | Medici, Serenella |
| Borra, Chenna Rao | Medina, Sebastián F. |
| Borukhovich, Efim | Melero, Hortensia |
| Bozena, Gajdzik | Mendis, Chamini |
| Bozzini, Benedetto | Menéndez-Aguado, Juan Maria |
| Briner, Wayne | Michelic, Susanne |
| Briscoe, Joe | Miki, Hajime |
| Bryan, Eigenbrodt | Mikkola, Eeva |
| Buchmayr, Bruno | Mirihanage, Wajira U. |
| Bunney, Karl | Mitchell-Smith, Jonathon |
| Cadoni, Ezio | Miyamoto, Hiroyuki |
| Calliari, Irene | Mo, Kun |
| Camacho, Ana María | Modica, Francesco |
| Cantele, Giovanni | Mogucheva, Anna |
| Carlberg, Torbjorn | Mohamed, Mohamed S.K. |
| Castaneda, Homero | Monchoux, Jean-Philippe |
| Castro Cerda, Felipe M. | Mónica, Preciado |
| Cavalli, Matthew | Monticelli, Cecilia |
| Cayron, Cyril | Montoya, Alejandro |
| Cecchi, Emmanuelle | Morales-Palma, Domingo |
| Chang, Tso-Fu Mark | Morard, Guillaume |
| Charmet, Andrea Pietropolli | Morin, David |
| Chaus, Alexander S. | Mostafa, Ahmad |
| Chen, Hans | Moya, Xavier |
| Chen, Jian | Müller, Timo |
| Cho, Jae-Hyung | Muñoz, Ángel |
| Choi, Joonphil | Murali, Sarangapani |
| Christensen, Mogens | Murayama, Riichi |
| Chromik, Richard R. | Nadendla, Hari Babu |
| Chumlyakov, Yuri I. | Naher, Sumsun |
| Ciancio, Claudio | Namazu, Takahiro |
| Ciceri, Davide | Nambu, Koichiro |
| Cicero, Sergio | Naveed, Muhammad |
| Citarella, Roberto | Niinae, Masakazu |
| Ciuffini, Andrea Francesco | Nikbin, Kamran |
| Clare, Tami Lasseter | Nishimoto, Satoshi |
| Coenen, Jan W. | O’Dowd, Noel P. |
| Coon, Dennis | Oehring, Michael |
| Cosson, Benoit | Oikawa, Katsunari |
| Coules, Harry | Okoro, Sunday Chukwudi |
| Couque, Hervé | Olmi, Giorgio |
| Culliton, David | Olsson, Rickard |
| Dal, Morgan | Olsson, Erik |
| Dancette, Sylvain | Ooi, Steve |
| Davide, Mombelli | Orlov, Dmytro |
| De Santis, Michele | Örnek, Cem |
| Dearnley, Peter A. | Ortelli, Simona |
| Del Vecchio, Ciro | Ortiz, Alberto |
| Delannay, Francis | Osamu, Kamiya |
| Dezecot, Sebastien | Ozevin, Didem |
| Dhiman, Rajnish | Paiva, Ana Paula |
| Di Capua, Francesco | Palma, Carla |
| Di Giovanni, Maria Teresa | Palumbo, Davide |
| Díaz-Álvarez, José | Pan, Zhiliang |
| Diego, Ignacio Manuel García | Pandey, Sudip |
| Dietrich, Dagmar | Paradiso, Valentino |
| Ditze, André | Park, Nokeun |
| Divinski, Sergiy V. | Patel, Jayesh |
| Dobrzański, Leszek Adam | Peixinho, Nuno |
| Dodds, Chris | Pellicer, Eva |
| Dorin, Thomas | Persson, Ingmar |
| Dubberstein, Tobias | Petkov, Nikolay |
| Duh, Jenq-Gong | Petrov, Roumen |
| Ebel, Thomas | Pezzato, Luca |
| Edjabou, Maklawe Essonanawe | Phan, Hoang-Phuong |
| Einarsrud, Kristian Etienne | Phaniraj, Madakashira |
| Eisenbart, Miriam | Philippe, Régis |
| Elahinia, Mohammad | Pickering, Ed |
| Eliyan, Faysal | Pietrzak, Katarzyna |
| Ellendt, Nils | Plucknett, Kevin |
| Erdeniz, Dinc | Pojtanabuntoeng, Thunyaluk |
| Ernst, Frank | Pola, Annalisa |
| Evangeli, Charalambos | Pollmann, Katrin |
| Fabre, Bruno | Pons, Dirk |
| Fall, Ameth | Potirniche, Gabriel |
| Farrokhpay, Saeed | Pradeep, Konda |
| Faulkner, Roy G. | Prahl, Ulrich |
| Feliu, Sebastian | Prates, Pedro |
| Feng, Yuqing | Prisco, Umberto |
| Fernandez, Begona | Psyk, Verena |
| Fihey, Jean-Luc | Puertas, Ignacio |
| Fini, Stefano | Qin, Wen |
| Flodin, Anders | Raaen, Steinar |
| Follansbee, Paul | Rams, Joaquín |
| Forcellese, Archimede | Rasilo, Paavo |
| Forsberg, Kerstin | Ratvik, Arne |
| Fray, Derek J. | Ravasio, Chiara |
| Frignani, Alessandro | Renterghem, Wouter Van |
| Fukuda, Takashi | Riedel, Hermann |
| Gailer, Jürgen | Riesch, Johann |
| Galindo-Nava, Enrique I. | Robertson, David G. |
| Gallimard, Laurent | Robson, Mark |
| Gao, Lu | Rodchanarowan, Aphichart |
| Garcia-Baños, Beatriz | Rodríguez-Ibabe, José María |
| Garcia-Mateo, Carlos | Rogovoy, Anatoly A. |
| Garcia-Moreno, Francisco | Rojas, Jose I. |
| Gattia, Daniele Mirabile | Romanoff, Jani |
| Gaudry, Émilie | Rosso, Mario |
| Genau, Amber | Roth, Stephan V. |
| Gentile, Marialuisa | Röttger, Arne |
| Ghazanfari, Amir | Ruano, Oscar |
| Giese, Bernd | Ruiz-Bustinza, Iñigo |
| Gil, Francisco Javier | Ryu, Ho Jin |
| Göken, Mathias | Sahajwalla, Veena |
| Goldman, Jeremy | Sahara, Ryoji |
| Gong, Xing | Sahoo, Seshadev |
| Goossens, Darren J. | Saito, Genki |
| Gorecki, Kamil | Saltas, Vassilis |
| Grabowski, Blazej | Samuel, Agnes-Marie |
| Graczykowski, Bartlomiej | Sanchez, Jose M. |
| Gravenkamp, Hauke | Sánchez, Maria Luisa |
| Gregory, Haidemenopoulos | Sánchez-Amaya, Jose Maria |
| Grigoriev, Eugene | Santos-Carballal, David |
| Guagliano, Mario | Sapper, Erik |
| Guillemot, Gildas | Saunier, Sebastien |
| Guillou, Francois | Savasta, Salvatore |
| Guo, Sheng | Scalet, Giulia |
| Gupta, Manoj | Scamans, Geoff M. |
| HajyAkbary, Farideh | Schenk, Anna Sophia |
| Hallberg, Håkan | Schmidbaur, Hubert |
| Hamad, Kotiba | Schwandt, Carsten |
| Hamilton, Carter | Scutelnicu, Elena |
| Harada, Yohei | Secco, Fernando |
| Härtel, Sebastian | Senos, Ana Maria De Oliveira Rocha |
| Hasegawa, Masakatsu | Sevostianov, Igor |
| Hassan, Tasnim | Shah, Sandeep |
| Hawk, Jeffrey A. | Sharifimehr, Shahriar |
| He, Youliang | Shen, Yun-Hwei |
| He, Mo-Rigen | Shibutani, Yoji |
| Hermawan, Hendra | Shiraishi, Naru |
| Hernandez-Nava, Everth | Shterenlikht, Anton |
| Hickel, Tilmann | Silva, Chinthaka |
| Higashi, Yuichi | Silva, Abilio |
| Higueras, Pablo | Sinche Gonzalez, Maria |
| Hildebrand, Joerg | Singh, Ashish |
| Hinderdael, Michaël | Sisson, Richard D. |
| Hirohata, Mikihito | Slotwinski, John |
| Hirosawa, Shoichi | Smaga, Marek |
| Hirsch, Jürgen | Smolyaninov, Igor |
| Hofmeister, Clara | Sohn, Il |
| Holuszko, Maria | Sohn, Seok Su |
| Honaker, Rick | Sola, Ramona |
| Höppel, Heinz-Werner | Sołek, Krzysztof |
| Hosseini, Seyed B. | Solomon, Virgil |
| Hosseinpour, Saman | Solomou, Alexandros |
| Houichi, Kitano | Somani, Mahesh |
| Hoz, Antonio De La | Sommerseth, Camilla |
| Huang, Ke | Song, Jinhui |
| Hug, Eric | Şopu, Daniel |
| Hughes, Tony | Sornin, Denis |
| Humbeeck, Jan Van | Soucy, Gervais |
| Huston, Dryver | Spiess, Lothar |
| Hwang, Nong-Moon | Spigarelli, Stefano |
| Iftekhar, Sidra | Srivatsan, Tirumalai S. |
| Işıldar, Arda | Ståhl, Jan-Eric |
| Ito, Mikio | Stampfl, Catherine |
| Ivanisenko, Julia | Steenari, Britt-Marie |
| Ivey, Douglas | Steiner, Matthew A. |
| Jangam, Dilip | Stern Taulats, Enric |
| Jarfors, Anders | Streubel, Robert |
| Jauberteau, Isabelle | Stuhr, Uwe |
| Jedrasiak, Patryk | Su, Pi-Guey |
| Jeffs, Spencer | Sugimoto, Koh-ichi |
| Ji, Yanzhou | Sun, Yufeng |
| Jimenez, José A. | Sun, Zhidan |
| Jones, Rhys | Svecova, Lenka |
| Jothi, Sathiskumar | Tabelin, Carlito Baltazar |
| Jouini, Noureddine | Tada, Naoya |
| Julia Claudia, Julia Claudia | Tanner, Elizabeth |
| Jun, Teasung | Taupin, Vincent |
| Jung, In Hwan | Taxiarchou, Maria |
| Jung, Jae Pil | Taylor, Chris |
| Jyothi, Rajesh Kumar | Teixeira-Dias, Filipe |
| Kairy, Shravan | Telang, Abhishek |
| Kamat, Amar | Terentyev, Dmitry |
| Kanari, Ndue | Tewari, Surendra |
| Kaneko, Yoshihisa | Texier, Damien |
| Kaneko, Kenji | Theisen, Werner |
| Kanerva, Mikko | Thomä, Marco |
| Kang, Chun-gil | Thompson, Steve W. |
| Kang, Seong-Hoon | Thorne, Rebecca J. |
| Kang, Jun-Yun | Thünemann, Andreas |
| Kano, Naoki | Tomota, Yo |
| Kao, Po-We | Trdan, Uroš |
| Kaplan, Valery | Trško, Libor |
| Karolczuk, Aleksander | Tseng, Yu-Chuan |
| Karthikeyan, Muthukkumaran | Tunsu, Cristian |
| Kartsonakis, Ioannis | Tuovinen, Olli |
| Kasem, Kasem K. | Uematsu, Yoshihiko |
| Katner, Adrienne L. | Uemori, Takeshi |
| Kato, Hiroyuki | Urieta, José |
| Kaufman, Michael | Valdemar Fernandes, José |
| Kechrakos, Dimitris | Van Benthem, Klaus |
| Keller, Clément | Van Minnebruggen, Koen |
| Kendig, Martin W. | Varelis, George E. |
| Khadyko, Mikhail | Vasquez, Yolanda |
| Khalil, Sarah | Vazquez Besteiro, Lucas |
| Khan, Tahir | Velhinho, Alexandre |
| Kim, Jeong Min | Ventzke, Volker |
| Kim, Bij-Na | Verdeja, Luis Felipe |
| Kim, Young-Min | Verleysen, Patricia |
| King, Daniel | Viau, Guillaume |
| Kitazono, Koichi | Vitos, Levente |
| Klusemann, Benjamin | Vivas, Javier |
| Kney, Arthur D. | Vrancken, Bey |
| Knowles, Kevin | Wang, Zhigang |
| Ko, Seung | Wang, Zhi |
| Ko, Dae-Cheol | Wei, Dongbin |
| Kocaefe, Duygu | Weibel, Alicia |
| Kocaefe, Yasar | Weinberg, Annelie |
| Kolasinski, Kurt W. | Wenzel, Marco |
| Komarov, Sergey | Westermann, Ida |
| Komizo, Yu-ichi | Wiese, Bjoem |
| Konda Gokuldoss, Prashanth | Williams, James Case |
| Kong, Choon Yen | Wiskel, J. Barry |
| Kotadia, Hiren | Witkowski, Krzysztof |
| Kouzoudis, Dimitris | Wlodarczyk, Krystian L. |
| Kowalczuk, Przemyslaw | Wondrak, Thomas |
| Koziel, Tomasz | Wong, Chee How |
| Kozłowski, Henryk | Wong, Eugene |
| Kube, Christopher | Xie, Haibo |
| Kuhn, Bernd | Yamabe-Mitarai, Yoko |
| Kuk, SeoungWoo | Yamakov, Vesselin I. |
| Kulka, Michał | Yang, Eric (Xue-Ming) |
| Kulovits, Andreas | Yo, Tomota |
| Kumar, Raj | Yonezawa, Toshio |
| Kuo, Yung-Kang | Yoo, Kyoungkeun |
| Kusakin, Pavel | Yoshida, Sanichiro |
| Kutschke, Sabine | Yoshida, Hidehiro |
| Kwon, Han-Sang | Youseffi, Mansour |
| La Rosa, Guido La | Yurkov, Audrey |
| Laiarinandrasana, Lucien | Zębala, Wojciech |
| Langelier, Brian | Zhang, Yongfeng |
| Laptev, Alexander | Zhang, Fan |
| Laurent, Christophe | Zhang, Huairuo |
| Lázaro, Jaime | Zhang, Guangqing |
| Lazzeri, Roberta | Zherebtsov, Sergey |
| Le, Hoang-Thanh | Zhilyaev, Alexander P. |
| Le Gallet, Sophie | Zhong, Xiangyu |
| Lee, Chang-Hoon | Zhu, Suming |
| Lee, Jang Hyun | Ziegler, Donald |
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