Journal profile · Engineering, Mechanical
Journal of Mechanical Design
ISSN 1050-0472 · American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1990
Journal of Mechanical Design: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.22; hybrid open access; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 192 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Mechanical Design is published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research, together about 29.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD) serves the broad design community as the venue for scholarly, archival research in all aspects of the design activity with emphasis on design synthesis. JMD has traditionally served the ASME Design Engineering Division and its technical committees, but it welcomes contributions from all areas of design with emphasis on synthesis. JMD communicates original contributions, primarily in the form of research articles of considerable depth, but also technical briefs, design innovation papers, book reviews, and editorials. Scope: The Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD) serves the broad design community as the venue for scholarly, archival research in all aspects of the design activity with emphasis on design synthesis. JMD has traditionally served the ASME Design Engineering Division and its technical committees, but it welcomes contributions from all areas of design with emphasis on synthesis. JMD communicates original contributions, primarily in the form of research articles of considerable depth, but also technical briefs, design innovation papers, book reviews, and editorials.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Mechanical
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Robotic Mechanisms and DynamicsEngineering12.1%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering9.1%
- Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations ResearchEngineering8.4%
- Gear and Bearing Dynamics AnalysisEngineering7.5%
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering7%
- Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsComputer Science5.8%
- Probabilistic and Robust Engineering DesignDecision Sciences5.1%
- Product Development and CustomizationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 3.22LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 110LetPub ·
- h-index
- 168OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,593OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 160LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,863 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 111 | 36 | 36 |
| 2025 | 192 | 45 | 415 |
| 2024 | 138 | 27 | 805 |
| 2023 | 166 | 43 | 1,529 |
| 2022 | 151 | 25 | 2,199 |
| 2021 | 179 | 42 | 3,162 |
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 2 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 1050-0472
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Mechanical Design
What CAS zone is Journal of Mechanical Design in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Mechanical Design is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Mechanical. 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 Mechanical Design?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.22; CiteScore 7.9, h-index 168.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Mechanical Design?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 Mechanical Design?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Mechanical Design is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Mechanical Design open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Mechanical Design is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .