Journal profile · Engineering, Mechanical
Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing
ISSN 1881-3054 · Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers · JAPAN · Bimonthly
Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.92; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing is published by Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced machining processes and optimization, Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis and Manufacturing Process and Optimization, together about 29.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems and Manufacturing (JAMDSM), founded in 2005 by five divisions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) such as Machine Design and Tribology Division, Design and Systems Division, Manufacturing and Machine Tool Division, Manufacturing Systems Division and Information, Intelligence and Precision Equipments Division, is an international peer-reviewed online journal that provides academia and world-leading industry with high quality research papers and reviews in manufacturing.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Mechanical
Editor-in-chief Yoshihiro KAIPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced machining processes and optimizationEngineering12.3%
- Gear and Bearing Dynamics AnalysisEngineering9.5%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering8.1%
- Advanced Surface Polishing TechniquesEngineering7.8%
- Tribology and Lubrication EngineeringEngineering6.7%
- Advanced Measurement and Metrology TechniquesEngineering5.1%
- Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations ResearchEngineering4.9%
- Advanced Machining and Optimization TechniquesEngineering4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Journal Impact Factor (JIF)Publisher website
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
- 0.92LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.67Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.67Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 365OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,698 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 58 | 3 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 29 |
| 2024 | 102 | 102 | 180 |
| 2023 | 69 | 69 | 234 |
| 2022 | 75 | 75 | 323 |
| 2021 | 81 | 81 | 390 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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 | JPY 80,000 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | JPY 80,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | JPY 80,000 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | JPY 2,000 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- research papersprovides academia and world-leading industry with high quality research papers and reviews in manufacturingLength not stated
- reviewsprovides academia and world-leading industry with high quality research papers and reviews in manufacturingLength not stated
- technical notesThe journal is collecting the contributions of research papers, review papers and technical notes on the study fields relating to the field of below Table1 show…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
Paper Publication Fee per JSME standard Model summary
Submission to the journal implies that all authors have seen and approved the author list, which the Editorial Office checks for each multi-author submission. Changes to the author list after the manuscript is received are not allowed for any reason. To qualify for authorship, authors must make a substantial contribution to the research conception and planning, data acquisition, analysis, and/or i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Author competing interests and conflicts of interest
In the interests of transparency, the journal requires all authors to declare upon submission any competing or conflicts of interest in relation to their submitted manuscript. A conflict of interest exists when there are actual, perceived or potential circumstances that could influence an author’s ability to conduct or report research impartially. Potential conflicts include (but are not limited t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright, Open Acess and Fees
JAMDSM is fully Open Access and uses Creative Commons (CC) licenses, which allow users to use, reuse and build upon the material published in the journal without charge or the need to ask prior permission from the publisher or author. More details on the CC licenses are below.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Self-archiving (Green Open Access) policy
CC BY-NC-ND license for articles submitted later than September 15th (2021) Model summary
Self-archiving, also known as Green Open Access, enables authors to deposit a copy of their manuscript in an online repository. JAMDSM encourages authors of original research manuscripts to upload their article to an institutional or public repository immediately after publication in the journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial and peer review process
The journal uses single-blind peer review. When a manuscript is submitted to the journal, it is assigned to the Editor-in-Chief, who performs initial screening. Manuscripts that do not fit the journal’s scope or are not deemed suitable for publication are rejected without review. The Editor-in-Chief allocates each of the remaining manuscripts to an Associate Editor, who handles peer review. The As…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving (Green Open Access) policy
Self-archiving, also known as Green Open Access, enables authors to deposit a copy of their manuscript in an online repository. JAMDSM encourages authors of original research manuscripts to upload their article to an institutional or public repository immediately after publication in the journal.
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
- Publisher
- Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1881-3054
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing
What CAS zone is Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Manufacturing / Engineering, Mechanical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.92; CiteScore 2, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .