Journal profile · Engineering-Mechanical Engineering
Material Design Processing Communications
ISSN 2577-6576 · Hindawi-Wiley · United Kingdom
Material Design Processing Communications: fully open access; APC about USD 920; median 173 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 61% (journal website); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Material Design Processing Communications is published by Hindawi-Wiley. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fatigue and fracture mechanics, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes and Mechanical Behavior of Composites, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Material Design & Processing Communications (MDPC) seeks to spread and promote materials research advancing the understanding and applicability of novel design methodologies, production technologies, failure prediction models technologies, structure-property relationships, characterisation, monitoring and standardization. The journal links these topics featuring multi-disciplinary, multi-scale and multi-material research. Advances in digital design combined with modern manufacturing capabilities are revolutionizing engineering practice. We are now able to create unprecedented topological features and complex multi-material fabrics all in just a few process steps and directly from a digital data file. Today’s challenge is to understand, utilize and combine these capabilities to create the means for achieving usable, reliable and sustainable next generation structural designs. MDPC focusses on the combination of modern manufacturing capabilities, structural optimization and property assessment. The aim is to support the development of multiscale modelling, topology optimization, virtual testing and failure prediction with a view to introducing and integrating novel fabrication capabilities into the design space. Applicable research spans multiple disciplines including biology, engineering, physics and chemistry. Research investigating the interaction between disciplines, length scales and multiple and dissimilar materials is the focus of the journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Mechanical Engineering
Editor-in-chief Andrea TridelloPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 9%); most named Italy 5, United States 4, Norway 4, Mainland China 3, Portugal 3 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fatigue and fracture mechanicsEngineering12.3%
- Additive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesEngineering11.4%
- Mechanical Behavior of CompositesEngineering10.7%
- Cellular and Composite StructuresEngineering9.7%
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering8.8%
- Welding Techniques and Residual StressesEngineering4.4%
- Advanced Welding Techniques AnalysisEngineering3.9%
- Numerical methods in engineeringEngineering3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Q2 | 194/425 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering | Q2 | 365/740 | — |
| Mechanics of Materials | Q3 | 217/408 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCASPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 16Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 53,343Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 305 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 250 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 426 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 529 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 430 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 491 |
| 2021 | 47 | 29 | 335 |
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
173 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 105 days – 206 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 205 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (28 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 61%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 155 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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 | USD 920 / GBP 620 / EUR 790 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 840 / EUR 720 / GBP 620 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 775 | Yes | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted7
- original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
- research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
- reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
- review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
- reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
- systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Title and authorship information
The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest
Concurrent submissions limited to three manuscripts under review at any point in time. Model summary
Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data availability statement required with submission. Model summary
Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and permissions
Copyright: authors retain copyright; open access articles under CC BY. Model summary
Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal Model summary
Material Design & Processing Communication is an open access journal
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Peer review model: single-anonymized for applicable article types. Model summary
The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening via iThenticate CrossCheck. Model summary
This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy: preprints accepted and not considered to compromise novelty. Model summary
The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines
Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…
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
- Hindawi-Wiley
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2577-6576
- 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 Material Design Processing Communications
How long does peer review take at Material Design Processing Communications?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 173 days (interquartile range 105–206 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 61% (2025). 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 Material Design Processing Communications?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Reference style: Chicago. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Material Design Processing Communications based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (5), United States (4) and Norway (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Material Design Processing Communications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Material Design Processing Communications is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Material Design Processing Communications open access, and what is the APC?
Material Design Processing Communications is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 920.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .