“Free Access to Special Issue of Journal of Thermal Spray Technology”
The August issue of Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (JTST) is free access for you to read now through the end of October. This is a special topical issue of JTST on Intelligent Coating Processes. The issue was organized by Alejandro Vargas-Uscategui, CSIRO Manufacturing; Ali Dolatabadi, University of Toronto; and Anssi Laukkanen, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland.
This special issue also contains “Innovative Coatings for a Greener Sky: The 2026 Strategic Roadmap for Thermal Spray and PVD Coatings”, organized by Dr. Armelle Vardelle, FASM, TS HoF, and including contributions from over 70 experts from academia, research organizations, and industry.
Please click here to read this special issue now through October 31st.
“JTST 2025 Best Paper Winners Announced”
The Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (JTST) is pleased to announce the winners of the JTST Volume 34 Best Paper Awards, as chosen by an international committee of expert judges.
The 2025 Best Paper winner, published in the April 2025 issue, is “Cold Spray Using a Phase-Change Propellant Fluid Approach: Proof of Concept and Potential Benefits” by Aleksandra Nastic, Meisheng Xu, Wenzhuo Yan, Bruce Daniels, Mohan Vijay, Mohammed Yandouzi, Patrick Richer, and Bertrand Jodoin.
The 2025 Honorable Mention winner, published in the March 2025 issue, is “Plasma Spraying of Ceramic Coating with All Interfaces Bonded Chemically through a Ceramic Bond Coat Thermally Grown on Metal Substrate” by Peng-Yan Shi, Ya-Long Zhang, Xiao-Tao Luo, Kang-Wei Xu, Shu-Feng Xie, Ling-Jie Chen, Jiu-Jing Song, Rou Chen, and Chang-Jiu Li.
Both of these papers are free access for you to download and read now through the end of October. We extend our congratulations to the authors of these winning papers!
From the scientific to the practical, stay on top of advances in this fast-growing coating technology with ASM International’s Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (JTST). Critically reviewed scientific papers and engineering articles combine the best of new research with the latest applications and problem solving.
A service of the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS), the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology covers all fundamental and practical aspects of thermal spray science, including processes, feedstock manufacture, and testing and characterization
The journal contains worldwide coverage of the latest research, products, equipment, and process developments, and includes technical note case studies from real-time applications and in-depth topical reviews.
Published by Springer. The Journal of Thermal Spray Technology is available online via Springer.com.
- Impact Factor: 3.3
- 5 Year Impact Factor: 3.4
- CiteScore: 6.0
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JTST Presents 2026 Strategic Roadmap
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology Presents 2026 Strategic Roadmap
The Journal of Thermal Spray Technology is pleased to present “Innovative Coatings for a Greener Sky: The 2026 Strategic Roadmap for Thermal Spray and PVD Coatings”. Dr. Armelle Vardelle, FASM, TS HoF, who led the organization of this roadmap that includes contributions from over 70 experts in the field commented, “The transition to more sustainable aviation requires innovation across many disciplines, and advanced coating technologies play an important role. This roadmap not only captures the current state of the art, but also a shared vision of the scientific and technological challenges that thermal spray and PVD coatings for the aerospace industries will face in the future. It has been a privilege to coordinate this roadmap, bringing together 73 experts from academia, research organizations, and industry to develop a shared vision for the future of thermal spray and PVD coatings. The enthusiasm, openness, and commitment of all the contributors made it possible to create a document that reflects the collective knowledge and ambitions of our community. I would like to express my gratitude to ASM International and the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology for providing a platform through which we can openly share this work with the global community. I hope that this roadmap will guide future research and industrial innovation, and inspire new collaborations that will accelerate the development of coating technologies to contribute to more sustainable aviation.”
To view the roadmap, please visit here.
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Editor-in-Chief
André McDonald, University of Alberta, Canada
Lead Editor
Giovanni Bolelli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Associate Editors
Andrew Ang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Fardad Azarmi, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
Sara Bagherifard, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Kantesh Balani, Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India
Jan Cizek, Institute of Plasma Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Mario Guagliano, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Kendall Hollis, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Chang-Jiu Li, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Georg Mauer, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Vincent Rat, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France
Katy Voisey, The University of Nottingham, UK
Editor Emeritus
Christopher C. Berndt, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Editorial Committee
Bertrand Jodoin, Chair, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Robert Vassen, Past Chair, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Jan Cizek, Board Liaison, Institute of Plasma Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
André McDonald, Editor-in-Chief, University of Alberta, Canada
Giovanni Bolelli, Lead Editor, University of Modena And Reggio Emilia, Italy
Andrew Ang, Associate Editor, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Kantesh Balani, Associate Editor, Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India
Mario Guagliano, Associate Editor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Kendall Hollis, Associate Editor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Chang-Jiu Li, Associate Editor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Georg Mauer, Associate Editor, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Vincent Rat, Associate Editor, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France
Katy Voisey, Associate Editor, The University of Nottingham, UK
Rehan Ahmed, Heriot-Watt University, United Arab Emirates
Timothy Eden, Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, PA, USA
Masahiro Fukumoto, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Shrikant Joshi, University West, Sweden
Heli Koivuluoto, Tampere University, Finland
Seiji Kuroda, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
Hua Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Robert Miller, R.A. Miller Materials Engineering, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Christian Moreau, Concordia University, Québec, Canada
Kentaro Shinoda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Dheepa Srinivasan, Ramiah University of Applied Science, India
Filofteia-Laura Toma, Fraunhofer Institute Material and Beam Technology (IWS), Germany
Robert Tucker, Wesley Chapel, FL, USA
Armelle Vardelle, Université de Limoges, France
Marc Cibella, ASM Staff Associate, ASM International, Materials Park, OH, USA
Kate Doman, Staff Liaison, ASM International, Materials Park, OH, USA
“Since 1992, JTST has been a flag bearer of the international surface engineering community regarding the dissemination of all types of R&D information and trends about thermal spray technology. The knowledge bestowed in JTST is important to all sectors within the thermal spray supply chain, including feedstock/equipment providers, original equipment/engine manufacturers (OEMs), maintenance repair and overhaul plants (MROs), and thermal spray service centres, universities, and research centres.“
— Dr. Rogerio Lima, FASM, National Research Council of Canada
