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Recent Developments in Ironmaking

edited by

Yufeng Guo

Feng Chen

and

Shuai Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6226 | Submission Open

Keywords: ironmaking; hydrogen-based technologies; sintering and pelletization; slag; alloys; element recovery; low-carbon smelting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Welding and Fatigue of Metallic Materials

edited by

Ivo Černý

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3257 | Submission Open

Keywords: welding; metallic materials; microstructure; fatigue resistance; crack initiation; residual stresses; weld defects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Surface Integrity and Functional Performance Induced by Hybrid Processing of Metallic Alloys

edited by

Joao Nobre

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3175 | Submission Open

Keywords: high strength-to-weight ratio and high-temperature-resistant metallic materials; surface integrity; additive manufacturing; machining; hybrid manufacturing processes; modelling and simulation; optimization; artificial intelligence; machine learning

Laser, Plasma and Radiation Processing of Metals, Alloys, and Composite Materials

edited by

Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima

and

Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1621 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser; plasma and radiation processing; metals; alloys and composites; surface structuring; thin films and multilayers; nanoparticles and nanomaterials; welding; cutting and cladding; additive manufacturing/3D printing; advances in engraving and marking; structure– property relationships; functional properties engineering; metallic materials design & properties; models and theoretical research

Light Alloy and Its Application (3rd Edition)

edited by

Chonghe Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open

Keywords: light alloy; lightweight high-entropy alloy; aluminum alloy; magnesium alloy; titanium alloy; magnesium– lithium alloy; intermetallic compound; thermodynamics and kinetics; metallurgy

Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys

edited by

Chih-Chun Hsieh

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: phase transformation; metals; alloys; steels; heat treatment; welding; martensitic transformation; eutectoid transformation; eutectic transformation; precipitation

Recent Advances in Powder-Based Additive Manufacturing of Metals

edited by

Emanuele Ghio

and

Emanuela Cerri

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: powder-based additive manufacturing; microstructural characterization; mechanical properties; heat treatment optimization; process– microstructure– property relationships; metals and alloys; laser-based 3D printing; electron-based 3D printing; sustainability in additive manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Advanced Rolling Technologies of Steels and Alloys

edited by Ce Ji,

Zbigniew Pater

and Laszlo J. Kecskes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: rolling; twin-roll casting; pass design; strip; pipe; wire; bar; composite materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Rare Earth Element Extraction, Recovery, Separation and Purification

edited by Shengting Kuang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare earths; extraction; recovery; separation; purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Microstructural and Corrosion Aspects in Additive Manufacturing of Alloys and Steel

edited by

Arshad Yazdanpanah

and

Huijun Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; laser-based manufacturing; corrosion performance; passivity; microsctrutural characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Advances in Wire-Based Additive Manufacturing of Metal Materials (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jiankang Huang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances; wire-based; additive manufacturing; novel technology; metal or alloy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Fatigue and Fracture Mechanisms of Advanced Metallic Materials

edited by

Jianguang Bao

Zhengkai Wu

and

Shengchuan Wu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue evaluation; additive manufacturing; structural materials; extreme environments; in situ testing; fracture characterization; machine learning; crack propagation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Advances in Microstructure and Properties of High Entropy Alloys

edited by Weilin Hsu and

Shijun Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-entropy alloys (HEAs); microstructure– property relationship; phase stability; computational modeling; machine learning in materials design; additive manufacturing; thermal spray coatings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals)

Advances and Trends in Processing of Al-Based Alloys Using Plastic Deformation

edited by

Carlos G. Garay Reyes

and Sanchez Gonzales Sergio

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic deformation; Al-based alloys; plastic deformation techniques; mechanical properties; microstructural properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Calculations and Experimental Analysis of Structural and Phase Stability in Metals and Alloys

edited by

Wojciech Gierlotka

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational materials science; experimental determination of metallic systems; XRD method; calorimetry; beam epitaxy; metallography; CALPHAD; ab initio; phase field; thermodynamics; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)

Microstructure and Mechanical Property Improvement of Welded Metal Joints (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jiankang Huang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: welding of dissimilar materials; welding methods; welding metal joints; residual stress; microstructural analysis; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Application-Driven Development of Metal Additive Manufacturing: From Laboratory Research Towards Industrial Adoption

edited by

Andrei C. Popescu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: powder bed fusion; directed energy deposition; laser cladding; enhanced topology; process monitoring; post processing solutions; surface enhancement; in situ synthesis; metal matrix composites; powder recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Green Solvent Extraction for Critical Metal Recovery

edited by Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório and

Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical raw materials; metals; electronic waste; battery metals; low-grade resources; metallurgical waste; pyrometallurgy; hydrometallurgy; recycling; energy transition; separation process; electrodialysis; reverse osmosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Metal Rolling Processes—2nd Edition

edited by Lipo Yang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold rolling; hot rolling; warm rolling; electro-plastic rolling of alloy; asynchronous rolling; difficult to deform metals; size effect of foil; shape detection and shape control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Wear and Corrosion Resistance of Alloys

edited by

Guorui Zhu

and Wei Tan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: wear; corrosion; alloy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Corrosion Behavior of Carbon Steels in Natural and Industrial Environments—3rd Edition

edited by

Luis Cáceres

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon steel; atmospheric corrosion; corrosion kinetics; galvanic corrosion; biocorrosion; corrosion inhibitors; cathodic protection; anodic protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Magnetic Properties Analysis of Amorphous and Partially Crystallized Alloys—2nd Edition

edited by

Ding Ding

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: amorphous alloy; partially crystallized alloys; refrigeration capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Manufacturing Processes of Metallic Materials (2nd Edition)

edited by Chao Yu and Hong Xiao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: metals forming; manufacturing processes; rolling processes; finite element analysis; additive manufacturing; joining processes; bonding processes; simulation of manufacturing processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Corrosion and Sustainability: Challenges, Innovations and Future Perspectives in Green Energy

edited by

Davood Nakhaie

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5611 | Submission Open

Keywords: corrosion sustainability; green energy; hydrogen embrittlement; carbon capture; corrosion in renewable energy; eco-friendly coatings; corrosion-resistant materials; green inhibitors; high-temperature corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Fracture Mechanics and Failure Analysis of Metallic Materials

edited by

Simon A. Sedmak

and

Aleksandar S. Sedmak

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3790 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture mechanics; failure analysis; welding; risk analysis; finite element method; fatigue; corrosion; fracture behaviour; material characterisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Advanced Metal Welding and Joining Technologies—3rd Edition

edited by

Yu Zhang

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: welding metallurgy; light metals; high-entropy alloy; bulk metallic glass; mechanical property; corrosion; hybrid joining technique; dissimilar metal joining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Advances in Metal Forming and Plasticity

edited by

Gabriela Vincze

and Marilena Butuc

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3567 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasticity; formability; fracture; anisotropy; mechanical behavior; springback; microstructure; texture; multiscale modelingmodelling; numerical simulation; experimental mechanics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials: Characterization, Properties and Applications

edited by Bo Song and Jinliang Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; metallic materials; characterization; properties; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Preparation, Formation and Application of Light Alloys and Their Composites

edited by Lei Luo

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8340 | Submission Open

Keywords: light alloy; light alloy matrix composites; material preparation technology; material forming technology; material application; casting; additive manufacturing; powder metallurgy; hot pressing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Laser Processing Technology for Metals

edited by

Zhen Luo

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2922 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser additive manufacturing; laser surface engineering; specialized laser processing; laser welding; laser drilling and cutting; microstructure and properties; laser processing simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Design and Development of Metal Matrix Composites (2nd Edition)

edited by

Sónia Simões

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1494 | Submission Open

Keywords: composites; powder metallurgy; casting; additive manufacturing; microstructure; mechanical properties; in-situ synthesis; dispersion techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Matrix Composites)

Corrosion and Fracture of Metallic Materials

edited by Ulises Martin Diaz and

Juan Bosch Giner

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture mechanics; stress corrosion cracking; modeling; lifetime prediction; alloy desing; failure analysis; corrosion; material selection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Advanced Metal Smelting Technology and Prospects, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dongdong Zhou

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon ironmaking; intelligent detection; process optimization; new technology of ironmaking; simulation model; big data and mechanism fusion modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Research on Fatigue Behavior of Additively Manufactured Materials

edited by

Fabio Scherillo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3191 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue; fracture; additive manufacturing; metals; polymers; surface; post-treatments; fractography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Laser Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Alloys

edited by Qiuge Li

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2895 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser additive manufacturing; metallic alloys; processing strategies; microstructure; mechanical properties; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Advances in Sustainable Utilization of Metals: Recovery and Recycling

edited by

Jinfang Lv

and Dongxia Feng

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1781 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste; metal recovery; separation; metal recycling; sustainable utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Properties and Residual Stresses of Welded Alloys

edited by

Dean Deng

Yifeng Wang

and

Guangjie Feng

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1515 | Submission Open

Keywords: microstructure; properties; numerical simulation of welding residual stress; experimental measurement of welding residual stress; modeling of welded joints; performance of welded alloys

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Advances in the Forming and Processing of Metallic Materials

edited by

Bing Du

and

Yizhe Chen

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1114 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal composites; wrinkling; fracture; plastic forming; microstructure control; computational modeling; advanced forming technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

State of the Art in Flotation and Separation of Metallic Minerals

edited by

Dianwen Liu

Liuyang Dong

and Peilun Shen

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 875 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral processing; froth flotation; metallic minerals; flotation separation and purification; flotation reagents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Fatigue and Wear of Steel Materials: Characterization and Performance Analysis

edited by Chunlei Zheng

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 704 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue; wear; failure analysis; steel; mass loss; fracture; crack

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Efficient Utilization of Metal Mineral Resources and Low-Carbon Metallurgy

edited by Shichao Wu and Jue Kou

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 674 | Submission Open

Keywords: efficient utilization; resource utilization of solid waste; hydrogen metallurgy; biomass metallurgy; short-process metallurgy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Corrosion Mechanisms and Cutting-Edge Protection Technologies for Advanced Alloy Materials

edited by

Yanxin Qiao

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 528 | Submission Open

Keywords: corrosion mechanisms; interfacial reactions; cutting-edge protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Innovative Surface Engineering and Coating Technologies of Metallic Materials

edited by

Fatoba Olawale Samuel

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 454 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface engineering; metallic materials; coatings; wear resistance; corrosion protection; laser surface treatment; plasma spraying; nanostructured coatings; functional surfaces

Optimization and Applications of Metal Additive Manufacturing

edited by Xinyu Zhang and

Antonello Astarita

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; optimization of AM process; industrial application; microstructural characterization; microstructural evolution and tailoring; improvement of property; post-processing of additive manufactured parts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Innovations and Future Trends in Eutectic Alloys

edited by

Noé Cheung

and

Rafael Kakitani

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: eutectic alloys; microstructure; mechanical properties; characterization; solidification; forming; thermal properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Fatigue Life Assessment of Welded Structures

edited by

Alberto Campagnolo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: hybrid joint; dissimilar materials; full-scale structure; residual stresses; post-weld treatment; HFMI; additive manufacturing; AM; WAMM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Intermetallic Compounds and Their Composites Materials

edited by

Meini Yuan

Xuanming Cai

and Xiaosheng Zhou

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: intermetallic compounds; laminated composites; mechanical properties; first-principles calculations; processing technologies; microstructure; dynamic mechanical properties; finite element analysis

High Performance Machining of Metallic Materials

edited by

Rosemar Batista Da Silva

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: high performance machining (HPM); metallic materials; cutting mechanisms; process optimization; advanced cutting tools; precision control; sustainable machining; intelligent machining

Mechanical Behavior of Metallic Materials

edited by

Korukonda Linga (KL) Murty

and Srikant Gollapudi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical properties; creep; fatigue; strain rate; indentation; alloys; superalloys; metal matrix composites; high-entropy alloys; coatings; electronic solders; in situ testing

Research on Microstructure and Performance Mechanisms of Advanced Steels and Alloys (2nd Edition)

edited by

Weina Zhang

and

Qiyuan Chen

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: alloys; materials processing; mechanical properties; microstructure; mechanism

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