材料科學和技術是一個國際論壇，用于發表涉及材料科學和工程的基礎和技術方面的參考貢獻。期刊特別關注從了解導致微觀結構生成的工藝路線，通過描述和理解微觀結構如何控制和操作，到控制和預測相關工程特性的連續性。微觀結構是納米/微/中/宏觀結構的縮寫，前提是“結構”是在適當的尺寸尺度上識別出來的。屬性可以是電氣的、機械的、電子的、化學的、磁性的、熱的、光學的或生物化學的。使用模型、信息學和相關方法來增強理解和預測特性的報告必須包括對實驗結果的驗證。請以富有洞察力的方式，無論物質體系如何，對連續體的任何部分作出貢獻。重要的是試圖將“屬性”與“微觀結構”的影響聯系起來。訂閱服務器可以在線訪問訂閱中包含的MST的完整備份存檔。該檔案提供了從第一卷（1985年）到其前身金屬科學（1967-84年）和金屬技術（1974-84年）的MST的完整覆蓋。

Materials Science and Technology is an international forum for the publication of refereed contributions covering fundamental and technological aspects of materials science and engineering.The journal has a particular interest in the continuum from understanding of process routes leading to the generation of microstructure, through characterisation and understanding of how microstructure is controlled and manipulated, to the control and prediction of relevant engineering properties. 'Microstructure' is shorthand for nano/micro/meso/macrostructure, provided that 'structure' is identified at the appropriate size scale. 'Properties' may be electrical, mechanical, electronic, chemical, magnetic, thermal, optical, or biochemically related. Reports of the use of modelling, informatics and related approaches to enhance understanding and predict properties must include validation against experimental results.Contributions addressing any part of the continuum in an insightful manner, whatever the material system, are invited. What is important is that an attempt is made to relate 'properties' back to effects of 'microstructure'.Subscribers receive online access to the full back archive of MST included in their subscription. This archive provides complete coverage of MST back to Volume 1 (1985) and of its predecessors, Metal Science (1967-84) and Metals Technology (1974-84).