Journals in Mechanical engineering
Journals in Mechanical engineering
The Mechanical Engineering portfolio showcases expertise in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, machine design, and manufacturing processes. It combines authoritative research with practical insights to advance efficient and reliable mechanical systems. Emphasizing sustainability, automation, and AI integration, the portfolio addresses modern engineering challenges with both rigor and innovation.
Mechanics Research Communications
Mechanics Research Communications publishes, as rapidly as possible, peer-reviewed manuscripts of high standards. Submitted manuscripts should have a clear and concise exposition that incorporates all figures, tables and references. It aims to provide:• a fast means of communication • an exchange of ideas among workers in mechanics • an effective method of bringing new results quickly to the public • an informal vehicle for the discussion • of ideas that may still be in the formative stagesThe field of Mechanics will be understood to encompass the behavior of continua, fluids, solids, particles and their mixtures. Submissions must contain a strong, novel contribution to the field of mechanics, and ideally should be focused on current issues in the field involving theoretical, experimental and/or applied research, preferably within the broad expertise encompassed by the Board of Associate Editors. Deviations from these areas should be discussed in advance with the Editor-in-Chief.- ISSN: 0093-6413

Control Engineering Practice
A journal of IFAC, The International Federation of Automatic Control. Control Engineering Practice strives to meet the needs of industrial practitioners and industrially related academics and researchers. It publishes papers which illustrate the direct application of control theory and its supporting tools in all possible areas of automation. As a result, the journal only contains papers which can be considered to have made significant contributions to the application of advanced control techniques. It is normally expected that practical results should be included, but where simulation only studies are available, it is necessary to demonstrate that the simulation model is representative of a genuine application. Strictly theoretical papers will find a more appropriate home in Control Engineering Practice's sister publication, Automatica. It is also expected that papers are innovative with respect to the state of the art and are sufficiently detailed for a reader to be able to duplicate the main results of the paper (supplementary material, including datasets, tables, code and any relevant interactive material can be made available and downloaded from the website). The benefits of the presented methods must be made very clear and the new techniques must be compared and contrasted with results obtained using existing methods. Moreover, a thorough analysis of failures that may happen in the design process and implementation can also be part of the paper.The scope of Control Engineering Practice matches the activities of IFAC.Papers demonstrating the contribution of automation and control in improving the performance, quality, productivity, sustainability, resource and energy efficiency, and the manageability of systems and processes for the benefit of mankind and are relevant to industrial practitioners are most welcome.Fields of applications in control and automation: •Automotive Systems •Aerospace Applications •Marine Systems •Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Control •Autonomous Vehicles •Robotics •Human Machine Systems •Mechatronic Systems •Scientific Instrumentation •Micro- and Nanosystems •Fluid Power Systems •Gas Turbines and Fluid Machinery •Machine Tools •Manufacturing Technology and Production Engineering •Logistics •Power Electronics •Electrical Drives •Internet of Things •Communication Systems •Power and Energy Systems •Biomedical Engineering and Medical Applications •Biosystems and Bioprocesses •Biotechnology •Chemical Engineering •Pulp and Paper Processing •Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing •Water/Gas/Oil Reticulation Systems •Environmental Engineering •Agricultural Systems •Food Engineering •Other Emerging Control ApplicationsApplicab... methods, theories and technologies: •Modeling, Simulation and Experimental Model Validation •System Identification and Parameter Estimation •Observer Design and State Estimation •Soft Sensing •Sensor Fusion •Optimization •Adaptive and Robust Control •Learning Control •Nonlinear Control •Control of Distributed-Paramete... Systems •Model-based Control Techniques •Optimal Control and Model Predictive Control •Controller Tuning •PID Control •Feedforward Control and Trajectory Planning •Networked Control •Stochastic Systems •Fault Detection and Isolation •Diagnosis and Supervision •Actuator and Sensor Design •Measurement Technology in Control •Software Engineering Techniques •Real-time and Distributed Computing •Intelligent Components and Instruments •Architectures and Algorithms for Control •Real-time Algorithms •Computer-aided Systems Analysis and Design •Implementation of Automation Systems •Machine Learning •Artificial Intelligence Techniques •Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems •Production Planning and Scheduling •Automation •Data Mining •Data Analytic •Performance Monitoring •Experimental Design •Other Emerging Control Theories and Related TechnologiesFor more details on the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), visit their home page.- ISSN: 0967-0661

Mechatronics
Mechatronics: The Science of Intelligent MachinesA journal of IFAC, The International Federation of Automatic Control.Mechatronics is an international refereed journal that publishes articles that report advances in the state-of-the-art in Mechatronics and Robotics. We welcome original submissions that report creative or innovative methodology and solutions with a synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, control systems, data engineering and AI for intelligent machines or robotic systems. Submitted manuscripts are expected to report experimental results obtained from laboratory or full-scale mechatronic apparatus. Some of the topics addressed in the published articles include:Mechatronics... identification and control of mechatronic systems; motion and vibration control; solutions for machines towards autonomy; micro/nano systems and devices; automotive systems; biomedical mechatronic systems; and advanced manufacturing equipment and processes.Robotics:M... control, learning and system issues related to: autonomous vehicles and robots, marine, underwater, and aerial robots, legged robots, soft robots, field robots, industrial robots, medical robots; human-robot interaction; collaborative and autonomous systems; teleoperation; haptics; and multi-robot systems.- ISSN: 0957-4158

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
Aim of the JournalEngineering analysis with boundary elements is dedicated to the latest developments of engineering analysis with boundary elements, mesh reduction, and other related innovative and emerging numerical methods. The journal founded in 1984 was originally focused on the development of the Boundary Element Method. Its scope has since been expanded to include the emerging mesh reduction and meshless methods. The aim of the journal is to promote the use of non-traditional, innovative, and emerging computational methods for the analyses of modern engineering problems.ScopeEngine... Analysis with Boundary Elements publishes topics including: • Boundary Element Methods • Method of Fundamental Solutions and Related Methods • Radial Basis Function Collocation Methods • Other Mesh Reduction and Meshless Methods • Particle Methods • Other Emerging and Non-Traditional Numerical Methods • Advanced Engineering Analyses and Applications- ISSN: 0955-7997

Automatica
A journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, Automatica is a leading archival publication in the field of systems and control. The field today encompasses a broad set of areas and topics, and is thriving not only within itself but also in terms of its impact on other fields, such as communications, computers, biology, energy and economics. After being founded in 1963, Automatica became a journal of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 1969. Since its inception, Automatica has kept abreast with the evolution of the field over the years, and has emerged as a leading publication driving the trends in the field.Automatica features a characteristic blend of theoretical and applied papers of archival, lasting value, reporting cutting edge research results by authors across the globe. It features articles in distinct categories, including regular, brief and survey papers, technical communiqués, correspondence items, as well as reviews on published books of interest to the readership. It occasionally publishes special issues on emerging new topics or established mature topics of interest to a broad audience.Automatica solicits original high-quality contributions in all the categories listed above, and in all areas of systems and control interpreted in a broad sense and evolving constantly. Papers should be submitted using the on-line review management system Pampus www.autsubmit.com.- ISSN: 0005-1098

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications publishes high-quality fundamental and applied research in the field of statistical physics. The journal emphasizes the development and application of statistical mechanics methods to understand the behavior of microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic systems across diverse disciplines.Research articles should explicitly utilize concepts, models, and techniques from statistical mechanics to address relevant problems. Applied studies are welcome when they demonstrate clear connections to statistical physics principles.Applicati... Domains (with emphasis on statistical mechanics)Soft Matter and Condensed Matter: Statistical mechanics of colloids, polymers, glasses, and complex fluids.Biological Systems and Biophysics: Statistical mechanics-based studies of cellular processes, biological signaling, noise, fluctuations, and systems biology.Chemical Systems: Statistical mechanics approaches to reaction kinetics, phase transitions, and molecular interactions.Complex Networks and Systems: Applications of statistical mechanics to socio-economic networks, financial markets, agent-based models, systemic risk, and the science of science.Interdiscipl... and Social Sciences: Models and analyses of economic and social systems, cultural and political complexity, and computational social science grounded in statistical mechanics principles.Traffic, Transportation, and Collective Dynamics: Statistical mechanics frameworks for vehicular traffic, pedestrian and evacuation dynamics, swarm behavior, intracellular transport, and models of collective motion.Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena: Theoretical and experimental investigations of phase behavior and critical phenomena utilizing statistical mechanics methods.Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Methods: Applications to deep learning, genetic algorithms, and other AI techniques that explicitly incorporate concepts and methods of statistical mechanics.Other Interdisciplinary Areas: Novel insights and modeling approaches where statistical physics provides a foundational framework.Subfields CoveredThe journal welcomes submissions using statistical mechanics in the following subfields:Soft matterBiological systems and systems biologyChemical systemsEconophysics and sociophysicsTraffic and transportation systemsPhase transitions and critical phenomenaComplex systemsAI applications grounded in statistical mechanics approachesDomains Not CoveredPhysica A does not publish research primarily focused on:General physics outside the scope of statistical mechanics.Pure mathematical statistics, statistical applications, or mathematical methods unrelated to statistical physics.Mechanics, fluid mechanics, or mechanical engineering.Economic or econometric studies that do not explicitly employ statistical mechanics frameworks.- ISSN: 0378-4371

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is a leading international journal in the field and serves as the vehicle for the exchange of basic ideas in heat and mass transfer between research workers and engineers throughout the world. It focuses on theoretical, computational and experimental research, with an emphasis on contributions which increase the basic understanding of transfer processes and their application to engineering problems.Topics include (but not limited to):• New methods of measuring and/or correlating transport-property data • Energy engineering • Environmental applications of heat and/or mass transfer- ISSN: 0017-9310

Optics & Laser Technology
Optics & Laser Technology aims to provide a vehicle for the publication of a broad range of high quality research and review papers in those fields of scientific and engineering research appertaining to the development and application of the technology of optics and lasers. Papers describing original work in these areas are submitted to rigorous refereeing prior to acceptance for publication.The scope of Optics & Laser Technology encompasses, but is not restricted to, the following areas: •development in all types of lasers •developments in optoelectronic devices and photonics •developments in new photonics and optical concepts •developments in conventional optics, optical instruments and components •techniques of optical metrology, including interferometry and optical fibre sensors •LIDAR and other non-contact optical measurement techniques, including optical methods in heat and fluid flow •applications of lasers to materials processing, optical NDT display (including holography) and optical communication •research and development in the field of laser safety including studies of hazards resulting from the applications of lasers (laser safety, hazards of laser fume) •developments in optical computing and optical information processing •developments in new optical materials •developments in new optical characterization methods and techniques •developments in quantum optics •developments in light assisted micro and nanofabrication methods and techniques •developments in nanophotonics and biophotonics •developments in imaging processing and systemsThe Journal publishes and, from time to time commissions, review articles pertaining to important areas of optical and laser technology. Short communications and technical notes are also published. Short papers for rapid communication of important innovations or observations will receive fast-track treatment.Optics & Laser Technology aims to provide the widest possible coverage of world research and development in its chosen field.- ISSN: 0030-3992

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
The International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT) serves as a worldwide forum promoting the rapid dissemination of transformative, high-impact research in all areas of heat and mass transfer and related processes, technologies, and systems. The ICHMT is read by research workers, engineers, and scientists throughout the world.Three types of manuscripts will be considered for publication in the Journal. These include Communications, Comments on papers published by the ICHMT, and Reviews on important technological topics.- ISSN: 0735-1933

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping
Design, Manufacture and Operation of Pressurised Components; Structural Integrity; Plant Life ManagementPressure vessel engineering technology is of importance in many branches of industry. This journal publishes the latest research results and related information on all its associated aspects, with particular emphasis on the structural integrity assessment, maintenance and life extension of pressurised process engineering plants.The anticipated coverage of the International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping ranges from simple mass-produced pressure vessels to large custom-built vessels and tanks. Pressure vessels technology is a developing field, and contributions on the following topics will therefore be welcome: • Pressure vessel engineering • Structural integrity assessment • Design methods • Codes and standards • Fabrication, welding, and emerging advanced manufacturing processes, e.g., additive manufacturing (AM) • Fabrication and welding • Materials properties requirements • Inspection and quality management • Maintenance and life extension • Ageing and environmental effects • Life management • Application of machine learning to pressure vessels technologyOf particular importance are papers covering aspects of significant practical application which could lead to major improvements in economy, reliability and useful life. While most accepted papers represent the results of original applied research, critical reviews of topical interest by world-leading experts will also appear from time to time.International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping is indispensable reading for engineering professionals involved in the energy, petrochemicals, process plant, transport, aerospace and related industries; for manufacturers of pressure vessels and ancillary equipment; and for academics pursuing research in these areas.Note to the authors:The journal only accepts papers studying fluid dynamics if they have included fluid-solid interaction.- ISSN: 0308-0161
