Abstract:Thirteen years have passed since the first number of Mat. Res. was launched! The effort and strategy used to start from scratch to finally reach the present level has been an invaluable, rewarding experience to me and the associate editors. Mat. Res. is now indexed in the main international electronic databases, has a solid financial situation and has thousands of readers and authors from more than 20 countries. Overall, a total of about 900 articles have been already published (and many others rejected) invol… Show more
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