The Journal of Materials Science publishes reviews, full-length papers, and short Communications recording original research results on, or techniques for studying the relationship between structure, properties, and uses of materials. The subjects are seen from international and interdisciplinary perspectives covering areas including metals, ceramics, glasses, polymers, electrical materials, composite materials, fibers, nanostructured materials, nanocomposites, and biological and biomedical materials. The Journal of Materials Science is now firmly established as the leading source of primary communication for scientists investigating the structure and properties of all engineering materials

The Journals reports principally the achievements of materials science and engineering all over the world, putting the stress on the original research papers, review articles invited by editor, letters, research notes with novelty as well as brief of scientific achievement, covering a broad spectrum of materials science and technology, encompassing:

• metallic materials 
• inorganic nonmetallic materials 
• composite materials

 Materials Science is an international Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of Materials science. We publish the following article types: original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports.

• High Temperature Processes and Advanced Sintering
• Advanced Structural Ceramics
• Ceramics and Glasses for Healthcare
• Challenges and Opportunities in Industrial Ceramics
• Developments on the Boron Based Ceramics
• Refractories
• Magnetic materials
• Materials for electronics
• Superconducting materials
• Materials for energy
• Nano scale materials and processes
• Computation, modeling and materials theory
• Surfaces and thin films
• New Developments in Processing and Synthesis with a Special Focus on Additive Manufacturing
• Manufacturing of advanced materials
• Biomaterials

Materials Scientific Networks: 
           
Materials Leadership & Committees consider proposals for Special Issues Editors will return a decision on your proposal within Two weeks of receipt. To enrich our vision of making the scientific information available at an ease of access, Materials Leadership & Committees initiated special issue for the open access journals. All the articles published under a special issue focuses on a single topic providing the complete information about the ongoing research providing more insight on an emphasized topic of research enabling the readers access wide forecasted information on a particular topic Issue.

Special Issue Proposals: Special Issue deals with focused research topics of high interest, falling under the scope of the Journal. Special Issues are the pool of articles under a current topic selected from the Ongoing Research under specific discipline. The aim of the Special Issue is to provide a platform for the researchers to understand the recent advancements and challenges in particular areas of research. These articles will provide an opportunity to the readers to understand and access the scientific information.
We encourage potential scientists to organize the Special Issue in their field of interests that fits within the Journal scope. This will provide an opportunity to increase the visibility of the Guest Editors. The Special Issue Titles may be from any basic and clinical area of Science, Technology and Medicine. People interested in publishing a special issue are advised to consider the following guidelines.

Your proposal should contain:

• Short CV with research interests
• Executive Summary
• Special issue topic and the Proposed Title
• Justification for why the Special Issue is needed
• Explanation of why the issue is particularly suitable for Materials Scientific Networks and brief note on the proposed Topic (should explain the aim and overview of the proposed topic)
• Backgrounds of the proposed Guest Editors, including visibility on the topic in question, and editorial experience
• A Co-Editor (Optional); If a co-editor name is suggested, kindly provide short CV of the co-editor
• Estimated number of Articles under the title
• A list of scholars who may be interested in submitting to your special issue
• Opening date
• Closing date

By submitting a Special Issue proposal to Materials Leadership & Committees, you agree to abide by the Special Issue Editor Protocol should your proposal be accepted

Special issue articles are published immediately upon their acceptance and are released under upcoming regular issues. Special Issues are invited throughout the year. For more information or any queries about the special issues, please write us to specialissues@helicsgroup.net or info@helicsgroup.net

Promoting Your Special Issue

Materials Leadership & Committees will work with Guest Editors to increase the visibility of the Special Issue in the months leading up to the submission deadline and once it has been published.

What Materials Leadership & Committees will do:

1. Materials Leadership & Committees will circulate your Call for Papers to the Materials  Editorial Board, targeted mailing lists, and relevant AoM listservs. It will also advertise your Call on the Material websites and other social media platforms. It will re-issue the Call at appropriate intervals.

2. Once the Special Issue is published, announcements will be made to the Materials Editorial Board, targeted mailing lists, and relevant AoM listservs as well as on the Materials websites social media platforms.

3. Free access to the Special Issue will be made available in the website to Guest Editors and readers.

What is expected of Guest Editors?

1. We expect that Guest Editors will circulate the Call for Papers within their own personal networks, social media groups, and at any relevant conferences or workshops they may attend.

2. If it has not already been suggested as part of the proposal, consideration should be given to organizing a conference or workshop either to generate submissions or to aid in the development of submitted papers. A symposium or PDW at a well-known conference may also be considered.

3. We expect Guest Editors to identify up to 50 scholars for whom the Special Issue will be particularly relevant

If you have any queries, please contact  Martin Hennry  (materials_usa@helicsgroup.us)