Journal of Metallic Structures (MEST)

Journal of Metallic Structures (MEST) is a peer reviewed and quarterly published international journal. MEST welcomes research across all metallic structures, including steel structures,  connections, thin-walled structures, numerical modelling, simulation, earthquake resistant design etc. Original research results, scientific reviews and short communication notes in various fields of civil engineering are considered for publication. The publication language of the journal is English. Manuscripts previously published are not accepted. Manuscripts with a suitable balance of practice and theory are preferred. A review article is expected to give in-depth information and satisfying evaluation of a specific scientific or technologic subject, supported with an extensive list of sources. Short communication notes prepared by researchers who would like to share the first outcomes of their on-going, original research work are welcome. Furthermore, the papers presented in important conferences, will be published in a special issue of MEST, in case of being sufficient papers. The first issue of the journal will be published in January 2023.

MEST is loyal to open access for academic work, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles and to use them for any other lawful purpose. All the articles published in this journal are free to access immediately from the date of publication. We do not charge any fees for any reader to download articles for their own scholarly use.

MEST has No Article Processing or Article Submission Charges.

Our dedicated expert editorial team, together with an scientific board, from related disciplines, ensures that papers move through to publication as fast as possible without compromising on the quality of the process. The peer review system ends within maximum four weeks.

MEST is committed to following the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). 

Every published article will be immediately available on http://acapublishing.com/journals/7/mest, ensuring it reaches the widest possible audience.

Every accepted ready-to-publish paper will be visible online.

Publisher: ACADEMY Sağlık Hiz. Müh. İnş.-Taah. Elekt. Yayın. Tic. San.Ltd. Şti.