Progress in Materials Science is a journal publishing review articles covering most areas of materials science, published by the Pergamon imprint of Elsevier. It was started in 1949 with the title "Progress in Metal Physics" with Bruce Chalmers serving as first editor. It was changed to the current title in 1961.
material science journal has  had   other titles before it  was  changed to it current title in 1961
we were only told it got its current title in 1961