Journal profile · Multiple
Discover Mechanical Engineering
ISSN 2731-6564
Discover Mechanical Engineering: impact factor 2.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,440; median 119 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); 79 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Discover Mechanical Engineering's largest topics are Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer and Advanced machining processes and optimization, together about 22.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Discover Mechanical Engineering is part of the Discover journal series committed to providing a streamlined submission process, rapid review and publication, and a high level of author service at every stage. It is a multi-disciplinary, open access, community-focussed journal publishing research from across all fields relevant to mechanical engineering. Discover Mechanical Engineering welcomes experimental, theoretical, analytical, modelling, and applied approaches that advance the study and practice of mechanical engineering. The journal aims to serve a wide range of communities, from mechanical engineers to researchers working on areas of other scientific disciplines that intersect with mechanical engineering concepts, or that have applications in mechanical engineering. The journal particularly welcomes research that contributes to achieving the global aims of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, such as Goal 9: to Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. Topics Discover Mechanical Engineering covers topics including (but not limited to) the following primary areas mechanical engineering: Solids and Structures (linear and nonlinear solid mechanics, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, composite materials, experimental mechanics, vibrations, fracture and damage mechanics, contact mechanics, dynamics of structures, tribology, biomechanics); Fluids and Energy (climatization, ventilation, indoor air quality, heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, efficient combustion systems, combined systems of heat and electricity production, renewable energies, fuel cells, energetic and environmental performance for sustainable development); Materials and Manufacturing (materials and their behaviour in service, namely wear, creep, fatigue and fracture, joining of materials by welding, plastic deformation and adhesives, foundry technology, plastic forming processes and their numerical simulation, machining, coatings, additive manufacturing, biotechnology, nanotechnology); Automation and Machine Design (industrial automatisms, control and instrumentation, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, industrial informatics, robotics and numerical control, mechatronics, vision and intelligent systems, machine design in various industrial fields such as automotive, aerospace, motion control). Content Types Discover Mechanical Engineering welcomes a variety of article types – please see our subm
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Lucas F. M. daPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering9.7%
- Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferEngineering6.5%
- Advanced machining processes and optimizationEngineering6%
- Mechanical Behavior of CompositesEngineering6%
- Welding Techniques and Residual StressesEngineering6%
- Additive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesEngineering5.8%
- Advanced Welding Techniques AnalysisEngineering5.2%
- Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesMaterials Science4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ScopusCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 158,900Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 344 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 184 | 184 | 118 |
| 2025 | 79 | 79 | 273 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 242 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 398 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 95 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
119 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 100 days – 157 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (277 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,140 / USD 1,440 / GBP 990 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,390 / EUR 1,090 / GBP 940 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,140 / USD 1,440 / GBP 990 / EUR 1,990 / USD 2,390 / GBP 1,690 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- supplementary material
Article types accepted14
- brief reportWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- case studyWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- commentComment articles can focus on policy, science and society, or purely scientific issues. They should be of immediate interest to a broad readership and should be…Length not stated
- data noteWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- full research articleWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- matters arisingMatters Arising articles are interesting and timely scientific or academic comments and clarifications on original research papers published in the journal.Length not stated
- methodologyMethodologies should present a new experimental or computational method, test or procedure.Length not stated
- original paperWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- original research paperWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- perspectiveA Perspective is a scholarly review and discussion of the primary research literature that does not meet the criteria for a review articleLength not stated
- registered reportRegistered Reports are a publication format in which the research question and the quality of methodology are peer reviewed before the data are collected and an…Length not stated
- researchResearch articles present new scientific results within the scope of the journal that have not been published previously and are not being considered for public…Length not stated
- research articleWhen you first submit in Snapp you will need to choose the correct article type.This journal accepts the following article types: Research Research articles pre…Length not stated
- reviewReview articles provide critical accounts and comprehensive surveys of topics of major current interest within the scope of the journal.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
Competing interests declaration required Model summary
Authors are required to declare any competing financial and/or non-financial interests in relation to the work described.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data availability statement required Model summary
All authors must include a data availability statement in their submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Step 4 - Understand your copyright
If your submission is accepted for publication, you will need to sign a licence agreement with Springer Nature to allow us to publish your article. According to this agreement:authors of articles published in this journal retain the copyright of their articles.authors grant Springer Nature a licence to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.authors retain full re-use rig…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
Open access publishing Model summary
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Discover Mechanical Engineering, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top Did you find what you were looking for? Share feedback.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Step 3 - Understand the peer review policy
Single-anonymous peer review Model summary
This journal follows a single-anonymous peer review procedure, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. Peer review process All manuscripts undergo technical checks upon submission. Manuscripts that pass technical checks undergo suitability checks by our in-house editorial team. Eligible manuscripts are …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 2731-6564
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Discover Mechanical Engineering
What is the impact factor of Discover Mechanical Engineering?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at Discover Mechanical Engineering?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 119 days (interquartile range 100–157 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Discover Mechanical Engineering?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Discover Mechanical Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Discover Mechanical Engineering is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Scopus and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Discover Mechanical Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Discover Mechanical Engineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,440.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-30). Last updated: .