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Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals is devoted to the publication of selected reviews on contemporary topics and original research articles that contribute to the advancement of ferrous and non-ferrous process metallurgy, materials engineering, physical, chemical and mechanical metallurgy, welding science and technology, surface engineering and characterisation, materials development,  thermodynamics and kinetics, materials modelling and to other allied branches of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering.
Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals also serves as a forum for rapid publication of recent advances in all the branches of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. The technical content of the journal is scrutinised by the Editorial Committee composed of experts from various disciplines of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. Editorial Advisory Board provides valuable advice on technical matters related to the publication of Transactions.
The articles are published under four categories:
Technical papers (TP) presenting original work and embodying the results of extensive theoritical, laboratory, plant or field investigations.
Technical notes (TN) are in the form of short communications (normally not exceeding 1000 words) dealing with new experimental or theoritical findings or comments on topics of current interest. Critical discussion of articles which have appeared in recent issues of the transactions and replies to such comments will also fall under this category.
Overviews, roughly the length of a Technical paper, reflecting the author’s perception and views on a topic of their expertise.
Review papers embodying extensive critical assessment of the state of the art in a topic or theme are also published as and when invited from specialists. Voluntary offers for such reviews are also considered.
The journal publishes occasionally special issues on current topics of interest. Papers for special issues are generally invited by the editorial board. Papers presented at National and International Symposia are also considered for publication as special issues after peer review.
Awards
All the articles classified as technical papers and technical notes that appear in Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals in the calendar year will be considered for  the best paper awards: The Binani Gold Medal is given for the best paper published in the category of   Non-Ferrous Group, while SAIL Gold Medal is awarded for the best paper published in Transactions. The Pandya Silver Medal is awarded to the best paper published in the Transactions by a member of IIM below the age of 35 years as a single author.

Chief Editor
B.S. Murty, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Managing Editor
R. Sandhya, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
Editors
Arup Dasgupta, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
A. Venugopala Rao, Defence Metallurgical Laboratory, Hyderabad
C. Suryanarayana, University of Central Florida, USA
Christopher Berndt, SEAM, Australia
Chuang Dong, Dalian University of Technology, China
G. Madhusudan Reddy, Defense Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad
Manas Mohan Mohapatra, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India
Manish M. Pande, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Kaushik Biswas, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata
L. Ramakrishna, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad
R. Jayaganthan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Srinivasa Rao Bakshi, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Surendra Kumar Biswal, Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar
S. Dwarapudi, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur
S.V.S. Narayana Murty, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum
T.P.D. Rajan, National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum
V.S. Raja, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Editorial Advisory Board
D. Bhattacharjee
Sanjay Chandra
A.H. Chokshi
H.J. Christ
A. Gokhale
T. Jayakumar
M. Kamaraj
Monica Katiyar
B.K. Mishra
U. Kamachi Mudali
N.K. Mukhopadhyay
Pradip
D. Peshwe
Raju Ramanujan
C. Ravindran
K.K. Ray
I. Samajdar
T. Srinivasa Rao
S. Sundararajan
G.K. Dey
C. Suryanarayana
S. Tarafdar
J. Viplava Kumar
T. Venugopalan
V. Ramasamy
Dipak Mazumdar
R.K. Dayal
Past Chief Editors / Editors
1948-57: D.P. Antia
1958-62: B.N. Bose, S.C. Dasgupta, R.D. Lalkaka, V.G. Paranjpe
1963-72: M.N. Parthasarathy
1973-81: C.V. Sundaram
1981-82: R. Krishnan, A. Ghosh, P. Rama Rao, P. Rodriguez
1983-87: P. Rama Rao
1987-96: P. Rodriguez
1997-2003: S.K. Ray
2003-17: K. Bhanu Sankara Rao