MATERIALS and TECHNOLOGY

The journal MATERIALI IN TEHNOLOGIJE / MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY is a scientific journal, devoted to original scientific papers and review scientific papers concerned with the areas of fundamental and applied science and technology. Topics of particular interest include metallic materials, inorganic materials, polymers, vacuum technique and lately nanomaterials.
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Published for:
Institute of Metals and Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Associated Publishers:
IMPOL Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia • METAL Ravne, Slovenia • TALUM Kidričevo, Slovenia

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY Journal is financially supported by Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS).

Editor-in-Chief: Paul John McGuiness, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia
Associate Editor-in-Chief: Matjaž Godec, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia
Honorary Editor-in-Chief: Matjaž Torkar, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia

Co-Editors:
Igor Belič, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Jaka Burja, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Aleksandra Kocijan, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Djordje Mandrino, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Boštjan Markoli, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Slovenia • Irena Paulin, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Danijela A. Skobir Balantič, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Darja Steiner Petrovič, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Bojan Podgornik, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Srečo Škapin, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia • Rok Zaplotnik, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia • Ema Žagar, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
Technical Editor: Erika Nared, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia
Linguistic Advisors: Erika Nared, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia (Slovene) • Paul John McGuiness, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia (English)

International Advisory Board:
Leonid B. Getsov, NPO CKT, St. Petersburg, Russia • Božo Smoljan, University of Rijeka, Croatia • David Nolan, Bluescope Steel Ltd. & University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia • Karlo T. Raić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia • Nicola Gargiulo, Engineering University of Naples, Naples, Italy • Francesco Colangelo, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy • Peter Jurči, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, STU, Trnava, Slovakia • Smilja Marković, Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia • Stefan Zaefferer, Max-Planck Institute for Steel Research, Dusseldorff, Germany • Urban Wiklund, Uppsala University of Sweden, Sweden • Zdenka Zovko Brodarac, University of Zagreb, Metallurgical Faculty, Sisak, Croatia • Bojana Dolinar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture, University of Maribor, Slovenia • Ivan Nazarenko, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine

Editorial Board:
Igor Belič, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Jaka Burja, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Monika Jenko, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Varužan Kevorkijan, IMPOL, Slovenia • Aleksandra Kocijan, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Andraž Legat, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute • Vojteh Leskovšek, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Matjaž Godec, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Paul McGuiness, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Djordje Mandrino, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Boštjan Markoli, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Slovenia • Jožef Medved, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Slovenia • Peter Panjan, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia • Irena Paulin, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Danijela A. Skobir Balantič, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Darja Steiner Petrovič, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Tatjana Večko Pirtovšek, METAL Ravne, Slovenia• Bojan Podgornik, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Božidar Šarler, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Janez Šetina, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Avgust Šibila, TALUM, Slovenia• Srečo Škapin, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia • Borivoj Šuštaršič, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Rok Zaplotnik, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia • Ema Žagar, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia

Editorial Advisory Board:
Matjaž Godec, Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia • Edvard Slaček, IMPOL, Slovenia• Marko Drobnič, TALUM, Slovenia• Andrej Gradišnik, METAL Ravne, Slovenia

Articles published in Materials and Technology are indexed in:
SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED, MATERIALS SCIENCE CITATION INDEX® AND JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS/ SCIENCE EDITION.

Articles published in journal are indexed in international secondary periodicals and databases:
– DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
– Civil Engineering Abstracts
– Google Scholar
– Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramic Abstracts
– SCIRUS
– Corrosion Abstracts
– CA SEARCH® – Chemical Abstracts®
– Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts
– METADEX®
– CSA Aerospace & High Technology Database
– TEME – Technology and management
– Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts
– Inside Conferences
– Materials Business File
– Engineered Materials Abstracts®
– Referativnyj žurnal: Metallurgija
– Aluminium Industry Abstracts
– COBIB
– SCOPUS

Published: 6 issues per year
Subscription: 42 EUR – abroad: 85 EUR

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