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Advancing corrosion science, surface engineering, protective coatings, and material durability.
Journal of Corrosion and Coatings
The Journal of Corrosion and Coatings is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to advancing fundamental and applied research in corrosion science, materials degradation, surface engineering, protective coatings, corrosion control, and material durability.
The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, materials scientists, engineers, corrosion specialists, coating technologists, and industry professionals to communicate scientific developments addressing corrosion mechanisms, material performance, surface modification, coating technologies, inspection, protection, monitoring, and integrity management.
Investigate corrosion mechanisms and materials degradation.
Examine surfaces, interfaces, coatings, and material performance.
Develop advanced corrosion-control and protective coating systems.
Improve durability, reliability, integrity, and service life.
Journal Focus
Core scientific and engineering areas covered by the Journal of Corrosion and Coatings
Corrosion Science
Fundamental mechanisms of corrosion, electrochemical processes, passivity, oxidation, localized corrosion, and materials degradation.
Protective Coatings
Metallic, polymeric, ceramic, organic, inorganic, composite, functional, and advanced anti-corrosion coating systems.
Surface Engineering
Surface modification, treatment, deposition processes, interface engineering, surface preparation, and functional surfaces.
Corrosion Protection
Cathodic protection, inhibitors, anodic protection, material selection, protective design, and corrosion-control strategies.
Materials Integrity
Failure mechanisms, degradation, cracking, fatigue-corrosion interaction, inspection, reliability, and life extension.
Smart & Sustainable Coatings
Self-healing coatings, nanocomposite coatings, environmentally responsible protection, smart materials, and sustainable surface technologies.
From Material Degradation to Advanced Surface Protection
Corrosion affects infrastructure, transportation, energy systems, offshore structures, pipelines, manufacturing equipment, marine assets, and numerous engineered materials. Understanding degradation mechanisms and developing effective protection strategies are therefore essential to improving safety, reliability, durability, sustainability, and life-cycle performance.
The Journal of Corrosion and Coatings encourages research connecting fundamental corrosion science with surface engineering, coating development, characterization, performance testing, monitoring, and practical applications.
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Corrosion Across Engineering Systems
The journal welcomes research across diverse materials and service environments.
Seawater corrosion, offshore structures, ships, subsea equipment, and marine infrastructure.
Pipelines, pressure equipment, process facilities, CO₂/H₂S environments, and integrity management.
Renewable energy infrastructure, power plants, hydrogen systems, batteries, and energy materials.
Reinforced concrete, bridges, steel structures, atmospheric exposure, and infrastructure durability.
Chemical processing, manufacturing, heat exchangers, equipment, and aggressive industrial environments.
Alloys, composites, polymers, ceramics, additive-manufactured materials, and emerging material systems.
Mechanism → Surface → Protection → Performance
The journal emphasizes research that connects scientific understanding with measurable materials performance.
Understand electrochemical, chemical, mechanical, and environmental degradation processes.
Characterize interfaces, microstructures, morphology, chemistry, defects, and surface conditions.
Develop coatings, inhibitors, surface treatments, and corrosion-control systems.
Evaluate durability, reliability, degradation, service life, and engineering performance.
Research We Welcome
Laboratory and field investigations of corrosion behaviour, coatings, surfaces, and material degradation.
Polarization, EIS, electrochemical monitoring, passivity, and corrosion kinetics.
Microscopy, spectroscopy, diffraction, surface chemistry, morphology, and microstructure.
Corrosion modelling, multiphysics simulation, degradation prediction, and computational materials analysis.
Sensors, NDT, corrosion monitoring, condition assessment, and integrity evaluation.
Failure analysis, industrial case studies, material selection, protection systems, and life-extension strategies.
Science for Durable Materials
The journal prioritizes research that combines fundamental understanding with meaningful engineering performance and practical relevance.
Advance the Science of Corrosion and Surface Protection
The Journal of Corrosion and Coatings welcomes original research, review articles, technical studies, experimental research, computational studies, and applied engineering contributions in corrosion science, coatings, and surface engineering.
