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Scope

TMM publishes papers of metallurgy, materials and mining areas with the aim of disseminating knowledge and promoting exchange between the academic community and professionals in the industries, both nationally and internationally.

The journal accepts contributions of the following types: original article, review article and short communications, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in the areas of metallurgy, materials and mining, focusing on the scientific and technological aspects of these areas.

For guidelines and policies, guide for authors and submission, please access: https://www.tecnologiammm.com.br/instructions

Types of contributions

• Original Articles: complete article describing original research.  Must not exceed 10 pages, prepared in accordance to the instructions below, including Figures, Tables and references;
• Review articles: review articles should discuss and evaluate specific topics of current interest. A review must be critical and assess recent advances and future perspectives on the topic in question. It must not exceed 12 pages, including Figures, Tables and references. Authors interested in submitting review articles should consult the editors, sending their resume and a brief summary of the proposed review. If accepted, an invitation from the Editors will follow. This invitation does not exempt the contribution from the review process;
• Short communications: these communications can be: (I) a brief report of the preliminary results of relevant research, (II) a presentation of a new research or technique, (III) topics, opinions or proposals that would be of interest to readers; and (IV) discussion or further evidence and interpretations related to articles published on TMM. Short communications must also be original. They should contain no more than 4 pages.

Preprints

In line with SciELO's Open Science Policy, TMM encourages the sharing of manuscripts in Preprint format as a way of disseminating information more quickly ahead of the article's publication.

Before the submission of a Preprint, the author must complete the Open Science Compliance Form.

Note: sharing a preprint on a preprint server, such as SciELO - https://preprints.scielo.org/ -, will not be considered as prior publication.

Conference Proceedings

TMM does not accept submissions from conference proceedings that have not been invited by the journal. Even for proceedings invited papers, must submit a version of the paper with a substantial change and development of the results, methodology, analyzes, conclusions and/or implications, in comparison to the previously published paper. Mandatory: information on the origin of the paper must be indicated on the initial page of the article submission.

*All articles sent to TMM are peer-reviewed and may or may not be approved.

1) Editorial Policy

Ethics in Publishing and Research Misconduct

As peer reviewed contributions are essential to the development of science and technology, Technology in Metallurgy, Materials and Mining considers ethics in publication a key issue and does not accept Research Misconduct.

The journal fundamentally adopts the definitions of misconduct established by the Office of Research Integrity ORI ((https://ori.hhs.gov/definition-misconduct): Misconduct in research includes: data or results forgery, falsification of data or results, and plagiarism, including self-plagiarism.

The proper conduct of editors and reviewers includes maintaining the confidentiality of works under review and after review, respecting the originality of works submitted to a clear indication of conflicts of interest and refusal of the paper when technical or independence conditions do not exist for a correct judgment and free.

To ensure proper conduct in the publication process, the journal encourages Authors, Editors and Reviewers to follow the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE (http://publicationethics.org), in all stages of the process.

All cases of possible misconduct are rigorously investigated by the Journal, under the coordination of the Chief Editor and are only concluded when fully clarified.

Since April 2020, all articles submitted have been verified using the iThenticate plagiarism identifier; partial or total copies of text, unauthorized or not referenced, will characterize plagiarism. Self-plagiarism is also verified within COPE guidelines.

Aiming to reinforce and expand the transparency of research, the data sources, materials, methods and computer program codes used in the design, implementation and communication of research projects should be explained and referenced according to Level 1 of the Transparency and Opennes Promotion Guidelines (TOP).

Conflict of interests

Authors should report any conflict of interest that may inappropriately influence their results or positions.  

Authors, when submitting their contributions to TMM, agree to:

• Submit for publication only unpublished articles, ensuring the veracity and authenticity of the data, and that they have not been submitted and are not being considered to submission to other publications;
• Cite and correctly reference all data and interpretations from other publications;
• Report to TMM any potential conflict of interest by all authors;
• Inform all sources of financing;
• Offer retractions or corrections of errors, whenever necessary and requested by the editor.
• Observe the criteria for attribution of authorship, including only those who are effectively involved in the research and have participated in the work;
• Explain the authorship, who participated, and how. The basic forms of participation are:
  • Conception and idealization of work
  • Data collection
  • Analysis and interpretation of data 
  • Preparation of the article
  • Critical review of the article
  • Final approval of the version to be published. (The final approval of the version to be published must be given, obligatorily, by ALL authors)
• Permission  to use Figures and Tables
  Permission to reproduce any previously published figures or tables must be submitted with the first submission of the article, presenting the sources (including the internet) that authorize the use of copyrighted material.
• Checking the proofs

The contact author will receive proofs via e-mail. The objective of sending the proof to the authors is that the authors have a final chance of checking for typesetting errors and for the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures.

The typesetterts will introduce questions in the proofs wherever clarifications are required from the author. We request the authors to clearly address and answer these questions.  
It is specially important to verify authors names, affiliations and addresses.

We expect that the proofs be reviewed and submitted promptly.

Limits on Author’s corrections in the proof

After the manuscript is accepted for typesetting and production, author alterations are expected to be minor corrections, in special the corrections for typographical errors that may have happened during the typesetting processes. Corrections beyond that are not permitted.

Changes that alter the content in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, as well as changes of title and/or of  authorship are not allowed without the approval of the Chief-Editor, who may submit the modified manuscript to a new peer review process. In this case, should the changes be accepted, it will also be required that the authors reimburse ABM for the typesetting costs associated with these changes.

Normally revised proofs will not be sent to the author
 

Reviewers' rights and obligations

When reviewers receive an invitation to evaluate a contribution, they commit to:

• Refuse the invitation if they have any potential conflicts of interest;
• Carry out the evaluation themselves, with due care and dedication;
• Accept invitations only when they are able to carry out the evaluation within the stipulated time period;
• Inform about relevant published article that has not been cited;
• Maintain confidentiality about reviewed articles and not use any information from the contribution before its publication.

Editors must always:

• Ensure impartial peer evaluation;
• Guarantee the anonymity of reviewers and authors;
• Assess and investigate all cases and suspicions of misconduct and lack of ethics;
• Prevent financial interests from compromising the publication's ethical standards.
   

Open access and Copyright

This is an open access journal, which means that all content is available free of charge, at no cost to the user or his institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or access the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other legal purpose, without asking for prior permission from the editor or author. Such conduct is in accordance with the definition of BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative - https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/) of open access.
All articles will be published under the terms of the CC-BY - Creative Commons Attribution License  -, which allows unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original work is properly cited.

Declaration of Responsibility

When submitting the article to TMM, the author(s) confirm that the article is original, of their own authorship, that it has not been published nor is it being considered for publication in another journal, regardless of format, printed or electronic, and that all authors who may be cited, participated effectively in the work, being able to answer, thus, for the content presented.

The author (s) also undertake to inform, when submitting the article for the first time, the permission to reproduce previously published figures or tables, indicating the sources (including the Internet) which authorize the use of protected material by copyright.

Publishing Authorization

By submitting the article to TMM, the author (s) declare that, in case of acceptance of the article, they agree to its full publication, in printed or electronic media, without the need for prior authorization by the journal.

Copyright

By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright for their article is transferred to Tecnologia em Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração if and when the article is accepted for publication. Accepted articles and illustrations become the property of Tecnologia em Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração, published by ABM (Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração).

Authors have many of the same rights under our publishing standards, which support their need to share, disseminate and maximize the impact of their research.

2) Guide for authors

Organize your manuscript following all submission rules, indicated below:

Preparing the files

Two files must be sent in Word format (.doc or docx). The text must be in a single column, with Times New Roman12 font, in A4 format, with 2.5 cm margins, simple space between lines and paragraphs. Titles, subtitles, figures, tables and equations must be separated from the rest of the text by an additional line.

1. The first file must contain: title, name and affiliation of the authors, abstract, keywords, title in English, Abstract, Keywords. The authors' affiliation data must be at the bottom of the page;
2. The second file must contain: the complete work, the information from the first file, except the data of the authors, acknowledgments, whenever necessary, and references. This file cannot contain information that identifies the authors.

Presentation

A) Title

It must be concise, Times New Roman 14 pt, only the initial letter capitalized, bold, centred.

B) Authors

Insert, below the title on the right, the full name of the author (s), in direct order, in italics, Times New Roman 10. Use superscript Arabic numbers, in ascending order. These numbers will identify the authors' affiliation information.

At the end of the page, identify the authors' affiliation according to the numbering adopted at the beginning of the page, in italics, Times New Roman 10. Indicate affiliation (department-faculty-university, graduate program-faculty-university, research institute-university, city, state, country). Note: if there is no affiliation, indicate "autonomous researcher".  Mandatory: E-mail and ORCID registration number for all authors.

C) Abstract and keywords / Title in English, Abstract and Keywords

C.1) Template - first page

Abstract

Below the word Abstract (bold and Times New Roman 12) insert the text with a maximum of 15 lines, without using paragraphs. It should concisely contain the objective, methodology, results and conclusions of the work.

Keywords

Indicate a maximum of four terms - usually used in bibliographic searches, separated by semicolons (;) and started in capital letters.

D) Text

The complete paper must be sent in the second file and must contain the following structure: Content of the first file (without names and data of the authors), Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.
Number titles and subtitles, sequentially, using the progressive numbering system (1, 1.1, 1.1.1):

• Level 1 titles - in bold, with only the first letter of the subtitle capitalized;
• level 2 (1.1) - in bold, with only the first letter of the subtitle capitalized;
• level 3 (1.1.1) - in bold, with only the first letter of the subtitle capitalized.

The International System of Units (SI) must be adopted in the text.

INTRODUCTION

Should present the reasons for presenting the work, its objectives and the literature review.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Describe in detail the equipment and procedures used, allowing the research to be reproduced later by other researchers. Present the literature and description of the statistical methods used, when applicable.

RESULTS

It is recommended that results be summarized in tables, charts and illustrations. It is not necessary to repeat information previously presented.

Tables

• Cite Tables in the text, close to where they appear
• Insert the titles at the top of the tables, after the word Table, and their respective number (Arabic numerals, Times New Roman 10);
• Format content in Times New Roman 11;
• Send tables in editable format;
• Place the notes or captions just below the Table, in italics and Arial 9. Place the notes one after the other, separated by semicolons (;).

Figures (drawings, diagrams, flowcharts, photographs, graphs, etc.):

• Cite Figures in the text, close to where they appear
• Insert the titles at the bottom of the figures, after the word Figure, and their respective numbering (Arabic numerals, Times New Roman 10);
• Reference the source(s) whenever necessary;
• Image files must be high resolution (minimum 300 dpi). Should there be any captions or text in the images or graphs, it should be clearly readable.

Units

Use the international system of units (SI). If other units are mentioned, please give their equivalent in SI.

Equations

Equations must be numbered sequentially, with numbers in parentheses aligned to the right, and cited in the text.

Math Formulae

Please submit math equations as editable text and not as images. Present simple formulae in line with normal text, where possible, and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. Variables should be presented in italic and inserted as equation elements. Powers of “e” are often more conveniently denoted by “exp”. 

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

The Discussion section should be the main part of the work and must establish comparisons between the results obtained by the author and by other authors.

In the Conclusion, do not mention unfinished work. New hypotheses can be presented, when well justified and the recommendations are included, however, these need to be clear and based on the objects of the studies carried out.

E) Acknowledgments

Indicate, as required, people who collaborated in the execution of the research or who provided technical assistance. When there are grants or scholarships from development agencies, the authors must refer to the name of the institution that finances the research, the year and the number of the process to which the support refers.

F) References

References must be listed at the end of the contribution, in the order they appear in the text, following the Vancouver style. Do not use italics or boldface. All references cited in the text must be listed, including the sources used in Figures and Tables, should they not be the result of present work.

F.1) Citations

Citations must be indicated by Arabic numerals, in square brackets and in the text line, following the ascending numerical order, identical to that listed in the references.
Ex .: “Oliveira [5] demonstrates that ...”

Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in parentheses immediately after the individual(s) name(s) in the text. For example: Oliveira AC, Silva PA and Garden LC (unpublished data). The author must obtain permission to use a “personal communication”. Citation of a reference as “in press” implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

Below are examples of Vancouver-style references:

Articles

Author (s). Title of the article. Title of the journal. Year; volume (number): initial and final page of the article.

• Up to six authors (list all)

Ex.:
McCarthy F, Sahajwala V, Saha-Chaudhury N. Influence of ash on interfacial reactions between coke and liquid iron. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. 2003; 34: 573-580. DOI address (when available)

• With more than six authors (list the first six followed by et al.)

Ex.:
Oliveira CAN, Villa AAO, Gonzalez CH, Guimarães PB, Ferreira RJ, Urtiga Filho, SL et al. Analysis of the transformations temperatures of helical Ti-Ni actuators using computational numerical methods. Materials Research. 2013; 16: 944-953. DOI address (when available)

Electronic articles

Author (s). Title of the article. Abbreviated journal title. Year [date of access with the expression “access in"]; volume (number): pagination. Available at: URL.

Ex.:
McCarthy F, Sahajwala v, Saha-Chaudhury N. Influence of ash on interfacial reactions between coke and liquid iron. Metall. Mater. Trans. 2003 [accessed 26 Aug 2012]; 34: 573-580. Available at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11663-003-0026-9#page-1 / DOI address (when available)

Books

• Author (s). Book's title. Edition. City: Publisher; Year of publication.

Up to six authors, list them all; more than six, list the first six followed by et al. Editions must be cited from the 2nd. ed.           

Ex.:
Ashby M, Shercliff H, Cebon D. Materials, engineering, science, processing and design. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2010.

• Absence of authorship

Book's title. Edition. City: Publisher; Year of publication.           

Ex.:
The Oxford dictionary of Computing. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University
 Press; 2003.

Book chapters

• Author of the chapter is the same as the author:

  Author (s) of the book. Book's title. Edition (from the 2nd). City: Publisher; year of  publication. Chapter title; start and end of the chapter.

Ex.:
Ashby M, Shercliff H, Cebon D. Materials engineering, science, processing and design. 2. ed. Oxford: Elsevier; 2010. Stiffness and weight: density and elastic moduli; P. 47-79.

• Different authorship:

Author (s) of the chapter. Chapter title. In: author or editor of the book. Book's title. Edition (from the 2nd). City: Publisher; year of publication. start and end of the chapter.

Ex.:
Canale LCF, Totten GE. Hardening of Steels. In: Lišć-č B, Tensi HM, Canale LCF. Quenching theory and technology. 2. ed. Boca Raton: CRC; 2010. p. 85-113.

E-Books

Author (s). Book's title. Edition. City: Publisher; Year. Email address.

Ex.:
United States Environmental Protection Agency. Climate change indicators in the United States. Washington: EPA; 2012 [accessed on 3 aug. 2012]. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/indicators/index.html

Sites

 Author (s) (if any). Site title [website]. City: Publisher; date of
 website publication [date of last update with the expression “updated on”;
 access date with the expression “access in”]. Website address with the expression “Available at:”

Ex.:
Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining [website]. São Paulo: ABM; 2011 [updated on Dec 2 2013; accessed on 17 dec. 2013]. Available at: http://www.abmbrasil.com.br.

CD-ROM and DVD

Author (s). Title [material type]. City: Publisher; Year.

Ex.:
Anderson SC, Poulsen KB. Anderson’s eletronic atlas of hematology [CD-ROM]. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Willins; 2002.

Papers presented at events

Author (s). Title of the work. In: Publisher or Institution responsible for the event. “Proceedings” or “Anais do” title of the event; Date of the event; city, country of the event. City of publication: Editoria; edition year. Start and end of the work. DOI address (when available)

Ex.:
Morton J, Burzic D, Wimmer F. Application of dynagap soft reduction to high quality blooms and billets. In: Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining. Proceedings of the 44th Steelmaking Seminar - International; 2013 May 26-29; Araxá, Brazil. São Paulo: ABM; 2013. p. 182-189. DOI address (when available)

Dissertations, theses or academic papers

Author. Thesis title [degree]. City of publication: Institution where it was defended; year of defense of work.

Ex.:
Oliveira E. Ethanol flushing of gasoline residuals: microscale and field scale experiments [doctor thesis]. Waterloo: University of Waterloo; 1997.

Patent

Name of the inventor. Assignee's name and indication (s). Title of the invention. Country and deposit number. Date (of the record period).

Ex.:
Pagedas AC, inventor; Ancel Surgical R&D Inc., assignee. Flexible endoscopic grasping and cutting devide and positioning tool assembly. United States patent US 20020103498. 2002 Aug 1.

On-line database

Institution / Author. Title [database on the internet]. City: Editor; Creation date, [consultation date]. E-mail.

Ex.:
Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature [online database]. São Paulo: BIREME - Latin American and Caribbean Center for Health Sciences Information. 2014 [accessed 18 June 2020]. Available at: https://lilacs.bvsalud.org/

Data References

This journal encourages you to cite underlying or relevant datasets in your manuscript by citing them in your text and including a data reference in your Reference List. Data references should include the following elements: author name(s), dataset title, data repository, version (where available), year, and global persistent identifier. Add [dataset] immediately before the reference so we can properly identify it as a data reference. The [dataset] identifier will not appear in your published article.

Ex.:
[dataset] [5] Oguro M, Imahiro S, Saito S, Nakashizuka T. Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions, Mendeley Data, v1; 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1 
 

G) Changes to Authorship

Changes in the authorship of the article, whether additions or subtractions, must be made by request addressed to the Chief Editor of TMM, and with the consent of all authors and respectively signed by all of them. The reason for the addition or subtraction must be cleared stated in the request. In the case of subtraction, the agreement of the subtracted author is also required.

3) TMM - How to cite

How to cite: Surname AA, Surname BB, Surname CC, Surname DD. Article title. Tecnol Metal Mater Min. year;volume:elocation. DOI 

4) Research data

This journal encourages and enables you to share data that supports your research publication where appropriate, and enables you to interlink the data with your published articles. Research data refers to the results of observations or experimentation that validate research findings. To facilitate reproducibility and data reuse, this journal also encourages you to share your software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods and other useful materials related to the project.
Below are some ways in which you can associate data with your article or make a statement about the availability of your data when submitting your manuscript. If you are sharing data in one of these ways, you are encouraged to cite the data in your manuscript and reference list. Please refer to the "References" section for more information about data citation.

Data linking

If you have made your research data available in a data repository, you can link your article directly to the dataset. There are different ways to link your datasets to your article. When available, you can directly link your dataset to your article by providing the relevant information in your paper. 
You can link to relevant data or entities through identifiers within the text of your manuscript, using the following format: Database: xxxx (e.g., TAIR: AT1G01020; CCDC: 734053; PDB: 1XFN).

Data statement

To foster transparency, we encourage you to state the availability of your data in your submission. This may be a requirement of your funding body or institution. If your data is unavailable to access or unsuitable to post, you will have the opportunity to indicate why during the submission process, for example by stating that the research data is confidential. 

Theses and dissertations

TMM Journal does not consider the publication of an academic thesis or dissertation as a prior publication. However, it is essential that the citation to the thesis or dissertation is clear in the submitted paper and that this fact is also highlighted in the submission letter. It should also be noted that the writing of a thesis or dissertation is generally different from that used for a journal publication, and authors are advised to pay special attention to these differences.This fact should be noted by the authors and will certainly be taken into account by the reviewers when evaluating the work.

5) On-line Submission

Submission of articles to the journal Technology in Metallurgy, Materials and Mining must be done on-line by registering directly through the link https://tmm.submitcentral.com.br/login.php?lingua=en 

6) Publication Fee

Publication fee: U$150.00

Submission is free of charge, but approved articles will be subject to the following terms, for corresponding author:

• Not ABM member: payment of the full publication fee;
• New ABM member (with only one paid annuity): 50% discount;
• ABM current members (at least 2 full years of membership and 2 consecutive annuities paid): 100% discount.

Note: Non-member corresponding authors who wish to become an ABM member will only be eligible for discounts on publication fees once payment of the annual fee has been confirmed.

7) Evaluation of Articles

Before release to the editors, the articles are analyzed by the editorial assistant, checking compliance with the submission rules, as well as the absence of plagiarism, through the iThenticate system (in use since April 2020).

Subsequently, the articles are sent to the Chief Editor or to one of the executive or assistant Editors for the choice of two ad hoc reviewers, who will adopt the following analysis criteria: scope, relevance of the theme, originality, presentation of results, objectives, conclusions, etc.

The entire system is automated and confidential - the authors are unaware of the reviewers responsible for the evaluation and vice versa (double-blind system).

Authors are asked, at the time of submission, to indicate two possible reviewers (avoiding conflicts of interest) for their work. These reviewers may be invited, at the discretion of the Editors.

The reviewers issue one of four possible recommendations: accept without review, accept with optional review, accept with mandatory review or reject. The Executive Editor or the Chief Editor assesses the reviews and delivers the final opinion. After correction and resubmission by the authors, the contributions are again evaluated by the reviewers. 
If the manuscript is rejected for publication, the authors will be notified and have the opportunity to appeal the decision by e-mail.
In all evaluations, the content of the reviewers' opinion is disclosed only to the authors.

Approved articles will be composed and sent to the authors for correction of possible errors. At this stage, changes to content will not be accepted. If there is no response from the authors, publication will be stopped.

Suggestions, questions and complaints can be sent directly to TMM's email address (tmm@abmbrasil.com.br).
Errata will be published whenever necessary, directly in the articles or on the site itself, depending on the analysis of each situation.

Updated on: 28/03/2024