Metals (ISSN 2075-4701) is an open access journal of related scientific research and technology development. It publishes reviews, regular research papers (articles) and short communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced.Metals provides a forum for publishing papers which advance the in-depth understanding of the relationship between the structure, the properties or the functions of all kinds of metals.Topics Coveredmetallurgyalloysbase metals (include iron, nickel, lead and zinc)ferrous and non-ferrous metalsnoble metals (include tantalum, gold, platinum, silver and rhodium)precious metalstransition metalsmetalloidssemi-metalsmetallicityrare metalssynthetic metalsapplicationstrade