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Special Interest Group – Iron

HMS now has a new facility within which members can raise and resolve queries and exchange information.

This is structured as a forum. Gain access through the members’ area: on the line of tabs above, click on “Member Area” and log-in. Please make sure that, under Account Details, your “display name” is your name and amend if you are given an arbitrary name or code. Then click on the “Interest Groups” tab that displays as soon as your are logged in. Instructions are displayed there and can be accessed again whilst you are using this new facility.

• online at HMSjournal.org

• All Historical Metallurgy content is free to access online

• Historical Metallurgy has no publication fees for authors

• Printed copies of Historical Metallurgy are also in full colour

Historical Metallurgy relaunched as a platinum open access journal in January 2022. This means the journal is free to access and free to publish in. Although anyone can now access Historical Metallurgy for free, it is now clear that readers and authors are continuing to subscribe to the society. HMS membership is a declaration of support for open access and free-publication by a non-commercial organisation. Historical Metallurgy  is positioned to be the premier outlet for research in any branch of historical- or archaeometallurgy.

The Historical Metallurgy Society is offering new membership bands to accompany the digital journal, to encourage the global community of historical metallurgists to take a stake in the success of the innovative venture. The new platform will achieve rapid publication of the work of researchers from around the world, whilst maintaining the Society’s long-standing reputation for high-quality publication and robust peer review.

HMS is a dynamic and exciting international forum for the exchange of information and research in historical metallurgy. For over fifty years we have covered all aspects of the history of metals and associated materials from prehistory to the present. Our members’ interests range from processes and production through to technology and economics, in a range of specialisms including historical research,  archaeology and conservation.

The Historical Metallurgy Society provides a forum for the exchange of information and research in historical metallurgy. It aims to gain recognition for the subject from the community at large and to be consulted when issues of preservation and recording arise.