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''Scripta Materialia'' is a
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. It is the "letters" section of ''
Acta Materialia ''Acta Materialia'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published twenty times per year by Elsevier on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc. The editor-in-chief is Gregory S. Rohrer. The journal covers research on all aspects of materials science and p ...
'' and covers novel properties, or substantially improved properties of materials. Specific materials discussed are
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,
ceramics A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porce ...
and
semiconductors A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. Its conductivity can be modified by adding impurities (" doping") to its crystal structure. When two regions with different doping levels ...
at all length scales, and published research endeavors explore the functional or mechanical behavior of these materials. Articles tend to focus on the materials science and engineering aspects of discovery, characterization, development (including advances), structure, chemistry, theory, experiment, modeling, simulation, physics processes (thermodynamics, mechanics, etc.), synthesis, processing (production), mechanisms, and control. The journal also publishes comments on papers published in both ''Acta Materialia'' and ''Scripta Materialia'' and "Viewpoint Sets", which are sets of short articles invited by guest editors. The
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
is Gregory S. Rohrer, who also edits ''Acta Materialia''.


History

The journal was established in 1967 as ''Scripta Metallurgica''. It was renamed ''Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia'' in 1990, finally obtaining its current name in 1996.


Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2020
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of 5.611.


References


External links

* http://www.journals.elsevier.com/scripta-materialia/ * {{Official website, http://actamaterialia.org Biweekly journals Elsevier academic journals Engineering journals English-language journals Materials science journals Academic journals established in 1967