Marine Corrosion
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
Marine corrosion has always been a prominent and active topic in corrosion research, associated with the urge to exploit the various and necessary natural resources of the sea. It remains a challenging and complex research domain because the mechanisms of marine corrosion combine chemical, mechanical and biological factors. From a social, industrial, and economic perspective, a number of areas are involved, such as the military (ships, submarines), the energy sector (pipelines, offshore platforms, renewable energy devices), or the construction industry (seaport structures, bridges, steel reinforcement in concrete etc.).
Nowadays, with a surge in marine renewable energy technologies in our rapidly changing world, “Marine Corrosion” has become more pertinent than ever. First, it is acknowledged that the cost associated with corrosion and corrosion mitigation in offshore environments is significant. Second, the creation of environmentally friendly anticorrosion techniques is necessary given the increasing damage that human activity poses to the oceans and seas.
This new themed Collection of npj Materials Degradation aims to compile significant experimental and theoretical studies investigating the mechanisms of marine corrosion, including the influence of micro-organisms, as well as innovative and environmentally friendly anticorrosion methods specific to marine environments. This topic encompasses all aspects of corrosion and material protection in marine environments, including but not limited to:
- Methods for marine corrosion research
- Marine atmospheric corrosion
- Biocorrosion of metals and alloys in marine environments
- Corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete
- Cathodic protection and calcareous deposition
- Organic and metallic coatings for marine applications
We welcome the submission of papers related to marine corrosion and protection of materials. In addition, several papers from the associated EUROCORR2023 conference will be selected to inform readers about the activities of the "Marine Corrosion" working party of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC). All submissions will be subject to the same peer-review process and editorial standards as regular npj Materials Degradation articles.
Editors
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Philippe Refait
Head of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, La Rochelle University, France
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Shiladitya Paul
Director of Materials Innovation Centre, University of Leicester, UK
All articles have undergone npj Materials Degradation's standard peer review process and have been subject to all the journal’s standard policies. This includes the journal’s policy on competing interests. The Editors declare no competing interests with the submissions which they have handled through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.
If accepted for publication, an article processing charge applies (with standard waiver policy). If your institution or country has an open access agreement with Springer Nature, you may publish your article OA at no cost or in some cases with the costs partially funded (see details here).
All Collections are open for submissions from all authors – and not by invitation only – on the condition that the manuscripts fall within the scope of the Collection and of npj Materials Degradation more generally.
Manuscripts submitted to an open Collection may be considered unsuitable for inclusion, particularly if they fall outside the scope of the Collection. In such cases, the authors will be notified by the editorial office and their manuscript can be considered as a regular npj Materials Degradation submission.
npj Materials Degradation’s in-house editors reserve the right to assume responsibility for the management of a Collection at any stage.
