About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The main scope of the journal is to publish original research articles in the area of mechanical engineering with special focus on materials science including nanotechnology and biomaterials, energy technology including renewable energy, machine and product design, manufacturing science and technology including cyber-physical systems, mechatronics, optics, robotics, process engineering, fluids engineering, hydrodynamic systems, building service engineering, computational mechanics, and biomechanics. Special attention is paid to Industry 4.0.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted by several international databases, see the main page.

Reviewing

We implement a strict peer reviewing process and use Crossref/iThenticate for plagarism checking. In ethical issues the COPE guidelines are followed. The peer reviewing and editing process is short, the publication may appear in average within 3-4 months in the journal’s “Online First” page after submission of the manuscript.

Publishing

The journal is electronically published four times per year. This is a diamond open access journal: publishing and downloading articles are both free of charge. The journal does not charge authors any article processing charges (APCs), submission, or publication fees. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of these articles.

The journal is recommended to researchers, faculty professors, and PhD students active in its field.