Online The Japan Institute of Metals has been intending to enhance worldwide dissemination from Japan of research results from fundamental science to applied technology in the field of materials science and engineering. Test opening of the elecronic journal of Materials Transactions, JIM is currently available to hear opinions from all potentail electronic journal users regardless of being a member of the Japan Institute of Metals on matters to be improved in the retrieval contents as well as methods.
Any detailed opinion is welcomed.
The whole electronic journal data base from volume 1 of the Journal will be completed within three years. For the time being, the finished data base of the Journal has been opend one by one after completion of data basing. The Japan Institute of Metals sincerely looks forward to hearing your opinion for the innovation of the journal.