Aim & Scopes
Aims and Scope
Academic focus and research areas of the Journal of Corrosion and Coatings
The Journal of Corrosion and Coatings is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to advancing fundamental and applied knowledge in corrosion science, materials degradation, surface engineering, protective coatings, corrosion control, and materials integrity. The journal provides a multidisciplinary platform for researchers, materials scientists, engineers, corrosion specialists, coating technologists, and industry professionals to communicate significant scientific and technological developments.
The journal particularly encourages studies that improve understanding of corrosion mechanisms, electrochemical behaviour, environmental degradation, coating–substrate interactions, surface modification, protection mechanisms, durability, reliability, and service-life performance. Contributions may range from fundamental mechanistic studies to applied engineering investigations addressing real materials and structures operating in aggressive environments.
The Journal of Corrosion and Coatings seeks to connect fundamental materials science with surface technology, corrosion prevention, condition assessment, integrity management, and sustainable protection systems. Manuscripts should demonstrate clear scientific, technological, or engineering relevance and provide meaningful new understanding rather than merely reporting routine material testing or coating formulation.
Scope of the Journal
The journal welcomes theoretical, experimental, numerical, computational, field-based, review, methodological, and applied engineering research in areas including, but not limited to:
Mechanism → Surface → Protection → Performance
The journal encourages research that connects scientific understanding of degradation mechanisms with measurable protection and materials performance.
Understand electrochemical, chemical, mechanical, biological, and environmental degradation processes.
Characterize surface chemistry, morphology, microstructure, interfaces, and defects.
Develop coatings, inhibitors, cathodic protection, surface treatments, and corrosion-control strategies.
Quantify durability, degradation, reliability, service life, and engineering integrity.
Corrosion and Coatings Across Engineering Systems
The journal welcomes studies covering diverse materials, structures, and aggressive service environments where corrosion or surface degradation influences safety, durability, reliability, or performance.
Interdisciplinary Focus
The Journal of Corrosion and Coatings encourages interdisciplinary research connecting materials science, metallurgy, chemistry, electrochemistry, mechanical engineering, surface science, chemical engineering, marine engineering, civil engineering, computational modelling, and integrity management.
Contributions should demonstrate a clear relationship to corrosion, material degradation, surface engineering, coating technology, corrosion protection, or material durability.
What the Journal Seeks
Manuscripts should provide new scientific understanding, validated technological development, mechanistic insight, or meaningful engineering application relevant to corrosion and coatings.
Routine material characterization, simple coating preparation, basic corrosion-rate measurements, or formulation studies without sufficient mechanistic interpretation, comparative evaluation, performance validation, or scientific novelty may be considered outside the journal's publication priorities.
