In 1954 the Ministry of Education inspired Polish Universities to launching scientific journals. Following this inspiration the Authorities of the Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza decided to start publication of the Journal “Metalurgia i Odlewnictwo”. The first issue appeared in 1954. The Journal was published in Polish with Polish and English abstracts. English translation of the title was “Metallurgy and Foundry Engineering”. The Editorial Staff composed of:

1. Ferrous metallurgy: Professor Władysław Łoskiewicz (1954-56), Professor Stanisław Holewiński (1957-59), Ass. Professor Wacław Różański (1960-69).
2. Foundry engineering: Ass. Professor Czesław Kalata (1954-62), Ass. Professor Czesław Podrzucki (1962-69).
3. Non-ferrous metallurgy: Ass. Professor Jerzy Wantuchowski (1962-69)

In the years 1954–74 subsequent issues of the Journal contained publications, dissertations and special conference proceedings. The Journal was printed irregularly and 65 issues were published before 1974. All these issues were edited by the publishers committee of the Journal and were printed by the Zakład Graficzny AGH.

Professor Jan Janowski was the Chief Editor of the Journal in 1970-1979. He initiated publication of all papers in two languages, English and Polish. Since 1975 (volume 1) the Journal has been published quarterly and was restricted to the reviewed journal publications. There were no theses and conference papers published anymore. The subsequent Chief Editors of the Journal were Professor Eugeniusz Wosiek (1979-88), Professor Stanisław Gorczyca (1989-90) and Ass. Professor Jan Kazanecki (since 1991).

Volume 18 of the Journal (1992) was the first published in English only with an abstract in Polish and the title of the Journal was changed to “Metallurgy and Foundry Engineering”. The Scientific and Didactic Publications “WYDAWNICTWA AGH” of University Publisher edited all the papers published in this Journal.

Starting from the volume 27 (2001) the Journal “Metallurgy and Foundry Engineering” is published twice a year. The Scientific Board, which gathers recognised Polish and foreign scientist has been established. The Editorial Staff is responsible for the evaluation of the papers. All papers are printed in English with abstract and keywords in two languages, English and Polish. The authors supply the English text themselves and the Publisher makes no translations. The University Publisher “Wydawnictwa AGH” is still responsible for editing the papers.

During the whole 26 years of publishing the Journal its scope was directly connected with the range of scientific research, which were carried out at the three Faculties:

a) Metallurgy and Materials Science,

b) Non-Ferrous Metallurgy,

c) Foundry-Engineering.

The Journal disseminates the knowledge and scientific research related to metallurgical and Foundry Engineering and material science in general. The detailed scope of the journal includes: i) Extractive metallurgy direct reduction, ironmaking, steelmaking, extracting of non-ferrous metals and special metallurgical processes. ii) Physical metallurgy including materials technology, metallography, heat treatment, creep, corrosion, weldability, fatigue, testing of materials etc. iii) Metal forming including hot and cold rolling, forging, drawing, sheet forming and unconventional forming processes. iv) Foundry engineering including theory and technology of melting and secondary metallurgy of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, moulding materials and technology, forming of castings, moulding machines, foundry furnaces and automation of foundry processes. v) Application of numerical methods in metallurgy and materials science, including simulations using finite element and boundary element methods, computer aided design of tools and processes, applications of artificial intelligence. vi) Heat engineering, including heat and mass transfer, combustion processes, environment protection.

The Journal is prepared to submit an application for an inclusion to the ISI Master Journal List published by The Institute for Scientific Information in Philadelphia, USA. This list is respected by KBN (Komitet Badań Naukowych) – Polish Committee for Scientific Research in Warszawa, Poland.

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