Dear
Scientists,
Welcome to the homepage of Chemistry of Metals and Alloys, published
by the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
Since the
first issue of Chemistry of Metals and Alloys was launched in March
2008, over 300 scientific contributions have been published,
covering recent developments in fundamental and applied research in
the fields of phase diagrams, synthesis, crystal structures,
physical properties, etc., of intermetallic and related compounds.
The geography of the authors and their affiliations is continuously
expanding. Up to now, the authors from over 30 countries have
presented results of their research in Chemistry of Metals and
Alloys. A considerable part of the published papers is prepared in
collaboration between various institutes, proving that modern
science does not know borders and high-quality results often require
joint efforts. We can also assume a broad geographic distribution of
the readers of Chemistry of Metals and Alloys and of those who use
data published here in their research: more than 570 citations of
articles from Chemistry of Metals and Alloys are listed in Web of
Science.
Among the topics covered by Chemistry of Metals and Alloys the most
popular is crystal structure determination. Almost 50% of the
published reports deal with crystal structures of novel compounds. A
dozen new structure types of intermetallic and inorganic compounds
were revealed in Chemistry of Metals and Alloys, as well as a few
novel metal-organic structures. The number of papers dealing with
microstructure parameters is increasing. Besides crystalline phases,
the objects of investigation also include amorphous alloys, thin
films, and composites. Every fifth paper reports and analyses
physical properties of new phases, mainly transport, magnetic, and
mechanical properties. The experimental results are often supported
by electronic structure calculations and chemical bonding analysis.
A smaller number of articles describe chemical properties, such as
electrochemical, catalytic properties, etc. Over 20% of the
published manuscripts present phase diagram investigations, most of
them experimental, but in certain cases supported by thermodynamic
calculations. The journal also provides a ground for sharing recent
achievements in data processing. Certain papers on the advances in
crystallographic software, databases, or new approaches in data
treatment, published here, may be useful tools for scientific
research.
For Ukrainian authors, it is important to know that Chemistry of
Metals and Alloys is included in the official list of journals of
the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. All articles have
now been assigned doi codes.
We acknowledge the synergy of the authors, editors and referees, who
bring the scientific results to the readers. We encourage you all to
submit papers to Chemistry of Metals and Alloys, while on our side
we will go on focusing on meeting the standards of a modern
scientific journal.
Roman
GLADYSHEVSKII
Editor-in-chief
Khrystyna
MILIYANCHUK
Managing editor
Corresponding
address
Chemistry
of Metals and Alloys
Faculty of
Chemistry
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Kyryla i
Mefodiya St. 6
UA-79005 Lviv
Ukraine
Tel. +380 32
2600388
chemetal@lnu.edu.ua
