Materials and Structures is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 published by Springer Netherlands

Springer Science+Business Media

- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

 on behalf of the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM).

Scope

The journal publishes papers examining the fundamental properties of building materials, their characterization and processing techniques, modeling, standardization of test methods, and the application of research results in building and civil engineering. Materials and Structures also publishes comprehensive reports prepared by RILEM’s technical committees.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted/indexed in:

Academic OneFile

InfoTrac

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, Chemical Abstracts Service

Chemical Abstracts Service

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 (CAS), Compendex

Compendex

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, CSA/ProQuest

ProQuest

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, Current Contents

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/Engineering, Gale

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, GeoRef

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, Google Scholar

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, International Construction Database (ICONDA), Journal Citation Reports

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/Science Edition, Materials Science Citation Index

Materials Science Citation Index

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, Online Computer Library Center, PASCAL, Science Citation Index Expanded

Science Citation Index

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, Scopus

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, Summon by Serial Solutions, VINITI Database RAS

VINITI Database RAS

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Editor-in-Chief

The editor in chief

Editor in chief

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 of the journal is Jacques Marchand (Université Laval

Université Laval

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, Québec, Canada).

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• Acta Biomaterialia
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• Advanced Engineering Materials
  Advanced Engineering Materials
  Advanced Engineering Materials is a peer-reviewed materials science journal published monthly in collaboration with three important European materials societies, namely the DGM in Germany, the SF2M in France, and the SVMT in Switzerland...
  
  
• Faraday Discussions
  Faraday Discussions
  Faraday Discussions is a scientific journal publishing original research papers presented at a long-running series of conferences on physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry which are also called Faraday Discussions, together with a record of the comments made at the meeting....
  
  
• Journal of Materials Chemistry
  Journal of Materials Chemistry
  Journal of Materials Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on the applications, properties and synthesis of exciting new materials...
  
  
• Journal of Electroceramics
  Journal of Electroceramics
  Journal of Electroceramics is a peer reviewed, scientific journal, which published its first volume in 1997. It is published by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society . The number of published issues varies from year to year. There appears to be no consistent frequency of publication. The...
  
  
• Materials (journal)
  Materials (journal)
  Materials is a peer reviewed, open access, scientific journal with broad topical interest in materials science and engineering. It is published online monthly by MDPI. The Editor-in-chief is Prof. Dr. Andreas Taubert of University of Potsdam in Germany. The types of articles in this journal are...
  
  
• Nature Materials
  Nature Materials
  Nature Materials, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group. It was launched in September 2002. Vincent Dusastre is the launching and current chief editor...
  
  
• Platinum Metals Review
  Platinum Metals Review
  Platinum Metals Review is a quarterly, peer reviewed, scientific journal publishing reports on scientific research on the platinum group metals and related industrial developments. The journal was first published in 1957, and the current Editor is Jonathan J. Butler...
  
  

External links

• The International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM)