“Revue de Métallurgie” becomes “Metallurgical Research and Technology”

Abstract

Fig. 1. Henry Le Chatelier. The journal Revue de Metallurgie was founded in 1904 by Henry Le Chatelier (Fig. 1), a famous chemist and metallurgist, representative of the great tradition of French metallurgy, as described in the interesting overview of the journal’s history, published on the occasion of its centenary in 2004 [1]. The founders, Henry Le Chatelier and Leon Guillet, devoted a large part of their time and competence to the launching of the Revue de Metallurgie. They obtained support from industrial companies and mainly from the Steel Industry (Le Comite des Forges at that time). The journal became a major tool for promoting the exchange of scientific and technical information among metallurgists and for speeding up the practical applications of research results from the lab to the plants. This industrial support was materialized by more than a thousand subscriptions for researchers and plant engineers. For more than 100 years, scientific methods, technical data, basic articles, and papers promoting new experiments, new processes and industrial improvements have been presented by a large number of famous metallurgists. Despite the exclusive use of the French language, the Revue de Metallurgie gained notable fame in Europe and in the world. During the years 1980−2008 the efficient synergy between the journal and the French Steel Federation (FFA), which organized the famous yearly “International Steelmaking Days” in Paris, contributed to its reputation. In the editorial by Jeanneau and Devillers published on the occasion of the journal’s centenary, the great lines for the future were featured: “... The use of English would be much appreciated, especially for the non-French-speaking societies... The future of the Revue should be determined by a strengthening of its international character, in connection with the research of synergies with other European journals and organizations1.” Since this anniversary, many changes have occurred, and the 2008 financial crisis impacted the journal with cost-cutting measures taken by its industrial supporters. In 2010 the Revue de Metallurgie became one of the scientific journals published by EDP Sciences. We successfully redefined the scope of the journal, extending the editorial line to nonferrous metals, and made possible its worldwide diffusion by publishing peer-reviewed papers mostly in English. Presently, the journal is better indexed in the main databases of the corresponding field. The time has come to take the next step: change to the English title “Metallurgical Research and Technology”. Of course, the previous name of our more