Abstract:This 42 th issue of Materials Research contains 13 original articles and one extensive review article. Mat Res. is also published in electronic format at Scielo (www.scielo.br/mr). The rejected /accepted ratio still fluctuates at around 40-50%. About a hundred articles are under review at present. CAPES-Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-www.capes.gov.br recently ranked wellknown scientific periodicals in seven different levels, which vary from A1 (best), A2, B1, B2, B3, B4 to B5 (wors… Show more
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