Materials Science Forum & Key Engineering Materials

Papers requirements include but not limited by:

• All papers must be of high scientific quality and base on new unpublished research data.
• Corresponding author is responsible for paper preparation and all legal permissions of data used in the paper.
• Paper should be well structured, full text according to Agreement, written in acceptable English (proofread by qualified person), of international interest as well as referring latest worldwide published scientific research.
• One author can contribute to not more than two papers within one project.
• All co-authors should provide their institutional contact information (affiliation and institutional email address) in the paper according to Publisher’s template.
• Papers authorship should be in accordance with the international requirements.
• Paper keywords should characterize the main object and subject of the paper.
• Paper structure should be in accordance with the Publisher’s template.
• All references should be accordingly mentioned at the paper text.
• All previously published data used in the paper should have legal permission to us and be referred in the paper.
• Project and/or fund information should be mentioned in the Acknowledgement.
• References should be prepared in accordance with the Publisher’s template.
• Paper should refer at least five latest published scientific research in the field.
• Plagiarism, misuse, ‘salami slicing’ and misconduct are not allowed in any its form.

All authors submitting the papers for publication are assumed to accept the terms of:

• Publication Policy and Ethics, and Publication Malpractice Statement
• Copyright Agreement
• Conference Ethics and Technical Conference Quality Control

Basic Review

All papers will come through the basic review which is an initial technical criteria check (paper field, structure of submission, adherence to the submission instructions, English language usage and a check for the similarity rate). Any papers out of the scope or containing plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, are rejected.

Peer Review

We use a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers' and authors' identities remain anonymous. The submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member as well as one to three external reviewers. The review process may take about 10 days. The reviews will be conducted to the professional and scientific standards 

Notification of the Result of Review

The decision to accept or reject the paper is based on the suggestions of reviewers. Acceptance notifications will be sent to the registered author. 

Registration Fee Is Paid

After acceptance the authors need to pay the registration fee, and upload the final version of the papers according to the registration instructions. 

"Materials Science Forum" is a peer-reviewed journal which covers all aspects of theoretical and practical research of materials science: synthesis, analysis of properties, technology of materials processing and their use.
"Materials Science Forum" is one of the largest periodicals in its field.

"Materials Science Forum" specializes in the publication of thematically complete volumes from international conference proceedings and complete special topic volumes. We do not publish stand-alone papers by individual authors.
Authors retain the right to publish an extended and significantly updated version in another periodical.

All published materials are archived with PORTICO and CLOCKSS.

Abstracted/Indexed in:
SCOPUS www.scopus.com.

REAXYS www.reaxys.com.
Ei Compendex www.ei.org/.
Chimica https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/engineering-village/content#chimica.
Inspec (IET, Institution of Engineering Technology) www.theiet.org.
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) www.cas.org.
Google Scholar scholar.google.com.
GeoRef www.americangeosciences.org/georef.
NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/.
INIS Atomindex (International Nuclear Information System) https://inis.iaea.org.
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) www.csa.com.
ProQuest www.proquest.com.
Ulrichsweb www.proquest.com/products-services/Ulrichsweb.html.
EBSCOhost Research Databases www.ebscohost.com/.
Zetoc zetoc.jisc.ac.uk.
EVISA http://www.speciation.net/Public/Linklists/EVISA.html.
Index Copernicus Journals Master List www.indexcopernicus.com.
WorldCat (OCLC) www.worldcat.org.

“Key Engineering Materials” is a peer-reviewed periodical which covers entire range of basic and applied aspects of the synthesis and research, modelling, processing and application of advanced engineering materials.
“Key Engineering Materials” is one of the largest periodicals in its field.

"Key Engineering Materials" specializes in the publication of thematically complete volumes from international conference proceedings and complete special topic volumes. We do not publish stand-alone papers by individual authors.
Authors retain the right to publish an extended and significantly updated version in another periodical.

All published materials are archived with PORTICO and CLOCKSS.

Abstracted/Indexed in:

SCOPUS www.scopus.com.

REAXYS www.reaxys.com.
Ei Compendex www.ei.org/.
Inspec (IET, Institution of Engineering Technology) www.theiet.org.
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) www.cas.org.
Google Scholar scholar.google.com.
GeoRef www.americangeosciences.org/georef.
INIS Atomindex (International Nuclear Information System) https://inis.iaea.org.
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) www.csa.com.
ProQuest www.proquest.com.
Ulrichsweb www.proquest.com/products-services/Ulrichsweb.html.
EBSCOhost Research Databases www.ebscohost.com/.
Zetoc zetoc.jisc.ac.uk.
EVISA http://www.speciation.net/Public/Linklists/EVISA.html.
Index Copernicus Journals Master List www.indexcopernicus.com.
WorldCat (OCLC) www.worldcat.org.

Presentation requirements

All conference papers accepted to the Conference will be presented in one of the formats (face-to-face, virtually, poster presentation). While submitting a paper, it is necessary to indicate the format, in which it will be presented.

Oral Presentation

• Attend to the Conference Room 10 minutes in advance.
• Presentation should last no longer than 7-10 minutes, followed by a 3-minute discussion.
• Only one author can be the presenter and is obliged to participate in the discussion. Other co-authors can also take part in the discussion.
• You must be knowledgeable in your subject and answer questions during your presentation.
• Give an opening statement to acquaint the audience with the nature and purpose of the study.
• Briefly describe procedures and materials.
• Allocate most of the presentation time to the results of the study. State the results simply and clearly so that significant facts can be readily identified.
• Conclude the presentation with a brief summary of the essential results you believe were demonstrated by the experimental data.
• Authors can use the presentation template for their presentation.
• Presentations must be created in Microsoft Office Powerpoint *.ppt or *.pptx format (Microsoft Office 2013 compatible). Presenters take full responsibility of the presentation quality and file format.
• Bring a copy of your presentation on a portable medium, e.g., USB Flash Drive or Memory Card (those that do not require any special drivers).

Virtual (Remote) Presentation

• To take part in the online session participants have to register for Zoom session not later than one week before the event.
• Online presenters will receive code for ZOOM conference room by email, about -3 days before the event.
• Each speaker has 10 minutes: 7 minutes for a presentation and 3 minutes for questions.
• Only one author can be the presenter and is obliged to participate in the discussion. Other co-authors can also take part in the discussion.
• Once the event has started, click “Join event now” on the event landing page.
• During the presentation make sure your camera and microphone are on; the switches are located in the toolbar at the bottom of the page.
• Share the Presentation material with other participations during your presentation.
• During presentations, participants can use the Q&A functionality to pose questions to the speaker. For contributed-talk sessions with multiple speakers, make sure you address the question to a particular speaker. The session chair will then read out (some of) these questions to the speaker. Alternatively, there is the possibility to raise your hand; the session chair may then temporarily unmute you so that you can ask your question.
• There is also a chat feature for private and public chatting.
• You must be knowledgeable in your subject and answer questions during your presentation.
• Give an opening statement to acquaint the audience with the nature and purpose of the study.
• Briefly describe procedures and materials.
• Allocate most of the presentation time to the results of the study. State the results simply and clearly so that significant facts can be readily identified.
• Conclude the presentation with a brief summary of the essential results you believe were demonstrated by the experimental data.
• Authors can use the presentation template for their presentation.

Pre-recorded video presentation

In order to provide the greatest flexibility to our attendees, video presentations will be made available for viewing on YouTube according to the Schedule and on the Conference website.

• Format:   
  • Video format: MPEG-4 (.mp4) recommended but mpeg, mpg, mov, avi are also acceptable
  • Video settings: Minimum horizontal resolution of 720 pixels
  • Duration: 10-15 minutes
  • File size: < 200 MB preferred

• Videos should contain a prominent view of the presentation slides along with audio of the spoken presentation.
• Optionally videos may contain a view of the speaker’s face for increased engagement (for instance the standard Zoom recording will include a thumbnail-sized image of the speaker).
• For all videos, the slides content (text and images) must be clearly visible and cover at least 80% of the frame.
• Introduce yourself briefly at the beginning of the video recording.
• The video should be of good quality with seamless frame transitions.
• Try to make sure that the voice of the presenter must be clearly audible (no echo, static noise, music or background noise).
• Depending on the type of microphone used, the keystroke (keyboard) noise can easily be picked up and be audible in the video recording.
• If your presentation has many animations/pages, we recommend using the mouse button to move to the next slide instead.
• For the best audio quality try different microphones to see which produces the highest quality with your system.
• Try to slow-down your voice speed (to 80% of your normal speech speed) for a clear audio recording.
• The simplest way to create a video of your presentation is to use the recording feature in Zoom (available in both the free and paid versions).
• Since your video files are large, don't try to send them over email. WeTransfer is the simplest way to send your files up to 2GB for free. Please, use www.wetransfer.com specifying as "Email to" krasnio@bk.ru and indication your PaperID of the paper your video is associated with or send the link to Dropbox or GoogleDrive. The video presentations should be sent to the Organizer 5-7 days before the event.

E-Poster presentation

E-poster presentation (PowerPoint) should be sent to organizers (krasio@bk.ru) at latest 5 days before the event.

The E-posters will be displayed on the website of the Conference.

There will be E-poster presentation session according to the Schedule.

All e-Posters will be shown on the screen by data projector, so there is no need to bring a paper poster.

Submission Format: PDF/Power Pont files are available (.pdf/.pptx/.ppt/)

• Contents: Title, Author’s information, Abstract, Research Process (figures, tables, etc), Conclusion

Authors can use the presentation template for their presentation.