Journal profile · Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
ISSN 2504-4494 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland
Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 11 weeks (community reports); 425 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 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 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes and Advanced machining processes and optimization, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AimsJournal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (ISSN 2504-4494) aims to publish state of the art knowledge in the fields of processes, equipment, systems, and materials in relation to materials processing and manufacturing. It offers an online platform facilitating effective exchange of innovative scientific and engineering ideas and the dissemination of recent, original, and significant research and developmental findings.The definition of materials processing refers to the procedure that transforms material characteristics and properties, while manufacturing is defined to be the operation that creates the final shape, form, finish, utilities, functionalities, and performance of parts and components. Novel materials processing methodologies, manufacturing schemes, advanced equipment and tooling design, as well as the thermal, mechanical and chemical behaviors that the material exhibits during, and resulting from, manufacturing processes are the major dedication of the journal.ScopeThe scope of the journal covers, but is not limited to, the following areas: Mechanics analysis and predictive modeling of engineering materials involved in the material heating, solidification, deformation, addition, removal, accretion, and other operations in the manufacturing of parts and components Establishment of advanced and innovative methodologies for manufacturing operations, including mechanical, thermal, optical, chemical, electrical or other processes Research findings on materials processing to transform material properties and characteristics for subsequent manufacturing steps to be performed Design of equipment or the development of tooling for materials processing and manufacturing Assessment and control of process quality, efficiency, and competitiveness Capability enhancement of materials processing and manufacturing through control, measurement, monitoring, and automation MDPI Publication Ethics Statement MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content su
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering13.8%
- Additive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesEngineering11.9%
- Advanced machining processes and optimizationEngineering10.9%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering6.8%
- Advanced Surface Polishing TechniquesEngineering6.7%
- Welding Techniques and Residual StressesEngineering5.9%
- Advanced Machining and Optimization TechniquesEngineering4.8%
- Advanced Welding Techniques AnalysisEngineering4.1%
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 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Manufacturing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · Engineering, Mechanical
- CiteScore Q1 · Mechanical Engineering
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECCASPublisher 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 (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 547OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 428LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,988 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 373 | 373 | 139 |
| 2025 | 425 | 425 | 1,660 |
| 2024 | 312 | 312 | 2,533 |
| 2023 | 221 | 221 | 2,309 |
| 2022 | 176 | 176 | 2,724 |
| 2021 | 146 | 146 | 2,803 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2.9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 | CHF 1,800 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,800 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,800 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | CHF 2,600 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted20
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
Originality requirement Model summary
JMMP is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in JMMP will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and condi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
Open access licensing Model summary
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
JMMP accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independently o…
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
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2504-4494
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗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 Manufacturing and Materials Processing
What CAS zone is Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Manufacturing / Engineering, Mechanical / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.7, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing?
Authors report an average review time of about 11 weeks. 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, Engineering, Mechanical Q1. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Engineering.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; 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 Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .