Advances in Materials Science

EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Jerzy Łabanowski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dariusz Fydrych, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Associate Editors
Dr. Jan Klett, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Dr. Krzysztof Krzysztofowicz, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Michał Landowski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Sachin Sirohi, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India
Dr. Aleksandra Świerczyńska, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Abbas Tamadon, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Prof. Jacek Tomków, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Language Editor
Maciej Zaremba, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Ricardo Branco, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Dr. Theresa Coetsee, University of Pretoria, RSA
Prof. Tomasz Chmielewski, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Janusz Ćwiek, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
Prof. Milos Djukic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Antonio Gil, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
Prof. Grzegorz Golański, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Thomas Hassel, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Prof. Ayesha Kausar, National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan
Prof. Mourad Keddam, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria
Prof. Halina Krawiec, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Prof. Andrzej Kubit, Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Leszek Łatka, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Michel Mesnard, Université de Bordeaux, France
Prof. Jean Marc Olive, Universite de Bordeaux, France
Dr. Chandan Pandey, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India
Prof. Krzysztof Rokosz, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Elena Scutelnicu, University of Galati, Romania
Prof. Maria Sozańska, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
Prof. Tomasz Trzepieciński, Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Balazs Varbai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Prof. Mariusz Walczak, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
Dr. Jianfeng Wang, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

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• Each paper is subjected to preliminary qualifying process by the Editorial Board members, which assess an accordance with technical instruction, fitting to the journal profile, quality of statistics and English language correctness. Afterwards the paper is sent to the Reviewers or returned to the author, upon the decision of the Deputy-Editor-in-Chief.
• The scientific level of each paper is reviewed by two independent reviewers outside the workplace of any author. One of reviewers should originate from the country different than Poland (home place of the Editing Office) and the country of main author.
• The selection and approval of the reviewers is made by the Editor-in-Chief and appropriate Scientific Editor.
• The single-blind peer review process is obligatory (reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of paper authors).
• The Deputy-in-Chief or Editor-in-Chief make, upon the base of two reviews, a decision on acceptance or rejection of the paper. If one of the reviews is negative, the Editor may send the article to a third reviewer.

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