Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), part of Springer Nature, has reached an agreement with the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection (CSCP) to help address this global problem by co-publishing npj Materials Degradation. It will be the first highly selective and open access journal in the field of materials degradation, with the most extensive coverage across both metallic and non-metallic materials.
npj Materials Degradation aims to publish top-quality peer-reviewed original papers, review articles and short communications describing basic research discovery and technology in the area of corrosion and protection of metallic and non-metallic materials, particularly the breakthroughs that provide new insights into the study of materials failures.
Professor Nick Birbilis from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, Australia and Dr. Stéphane Gin from the French Atomic Energies and Alternatives Energy Commission (CEA) have been appointed as co-editors-in-chief for the new journal.
The topics covered by the journal will include theoretical, experimental and simulation studies on fundamental mechanisms and kinetics of corrosion/degradation of natural and synthetic metallic and non-metallic materials; characterization of corrosion (degradation) from nanoscale/atomic scale to macroscopic scale; corrosion control, including through advanced materials and technologies; inspection and monitoring, including sensing technologies; environmental stability and durability of advanced materials and emerging applications; long-term stability and durability of all kinds of materials hosting nuclear waste.
npj Materials Degradation will open for submissions from June 1, 2016.
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