Journal profile · Mechanics
Mechanika
ISSN 1392-1207 · eISSN 2029-6983 · Kauno Technologijos Universitetas · LITHUANIA · Bimonthly
Mechanika: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.78; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mechanika is published by Kauno Technologijos Universitetas 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, Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis and Tribology and Lubrication Engineering, together about 19.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal publishes theoretical and practice oriented scientific papers dealing with the following problems: Mechanics of Solid Bodies; Mechanics of Fluids and Gases; Dynamics of Mechanical Systems; Design and Optimization of Mechanical Systems; Mechanical Technologies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mechanics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced machining processes and optimizationEngineering7.4%
- Mechanical and Thermal Properties AnalysisEngineering6.4%
- Tribology and Lubrication EngineeringEngineering5.7%
- Fatigue and fracture mechanicsEngineering5.3%
- Gear and Bearing Dynamics AnalysisEngineering5%
- Metallurgy and Material FormingEngineering5%
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic SystemsEngineering4.9%
- Metal Forming Simulation TechniquesEngineering4.7%
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 | Mechanics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mechanics | 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 | Mechanics | 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
EI CompendexINSPECPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 0.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 18Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 186OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,658 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
| 2025 | 54 | 54 | 32 |
| 2024 | 78 | 78 | 184 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 134 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | 195 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 293 |
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)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 500 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 500 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 60 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- EUR 60
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 50–200 words
- Keywords
- 5–10
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
The journal is committed to ensuring ethics in publication and quality of articles. Conformance to standards of ethical behavior is therefore expected of all parties involved: Editors, Reviewers, and Authors. 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…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; first publication right granted to journal; licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. Model summary
The copyright for the articles in this journal is retained by the author(s) with the first publication right granted to the journal. The authors agree to the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 agreement under which the paper in the Journal is licensed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Mechanika=Mechanics journal is published open access under the CC-BY 4.0 licence which allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles. The journal provides open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
A submission to journal Mechanika must be the original work of the author(s) and must not be published elsewhere or under consideration for another publication in its submitted or a substantially similar form in any language. All contributions will be refereed. Every contribution submitted to the Mechanika=Mechanics will be sent to two reviewers selected by the editors. Authors are welcome to sugg…
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
- Kauno Technologijos Universitetas
- Country or region
- LITHUANIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1392-1207
- Electronic ISSN
- 2029-6983
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Mechanika
What CAS zone is Mechanika in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mechanika is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mechanics. 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 Mechanika?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.78; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Mechanika?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Mechanika?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 50–200 words; Keywords: 5–10; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3. 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 Mechanika?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mechanika is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Mechanika open access, and what is the APC?
Mechanika 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .