Metals

Metals is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published monthly online by MDPI. The Spanish Materials Society (SOCIEMAT) is affiliated with Metals and their members receive discounts on the article processing charges.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Inspec, Ei Compendex, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering) / CiteScore - Q1 (Metals and Alloys)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 15.3 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.9 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Companion journals for Metals include: Compounds, Alloys and Iron.
• Journal Cluster of Metallurgy and Corrosion Science: Metals, Coatings, Crystals, Corrosion and Materials Degradation, Alloys, Iron and Welding.