Journal profile · MECHANICS
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
ISSN 2095-0349 · eISSN 2589-0336 · Elsevier · China
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,200; review about 94 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 82 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis and Model Reduction and Neural Networks, together about 27.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computational Mechanics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters (TAML) aims to publish original, cutting-edge research in theoretical, computational, and experimental mechanics. Particular emphasis is placed on original contributions in interdisciplinary and emerging areas that bridge fundamental mechanics with its applications across diverse scientific and engineering disciplines. These include, but are not limited to, aeronautics, astrophysics, biomedicine, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, marine and civil engineering, materials science, manufacturing, meteorology, acoustics, combustion, explosion and shock.TAML is dedicated to the expeditious dissemination of high-caliber scholarly work. It publishes letters, perspectives, full-length research articles, and review articles. By prioritizing rapid yet rigorous peer review, the journal ensures that significant advancements in the field are made accessible to the global research community in a timely manner.Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters (TAML) was launched in 2011 and is sponsored by Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS) and Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM). It is the official publication of the Beijing International Center for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (BICTAM). In January 2021 TAML became a gold open access journal, but it continues with the same aims and scope, editorial team, and rigorous peer review. As an open access journal with no subscription charges, an Article Publishing Charge (APC) is payable by the author or research funder - upon acceptance to cover the costs associated with publication. More information can be found here. All papers published in TAML are open access, so permanently and freely available on ScienceDirect.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MECHANICS
Editor-in-chief Yonghao ZhangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 43 in mainland China (about 51%); most named Mainland China 43, United Kingdom 8, United States 5, Australia 5, Germany 4 (85 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering15.7%
- Fluid Dynamics and Vibration AnalysisEngineering6%
- Model Reduction and Neural NetworksPhysics and Astronomy5.7%
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsEngineering5.1%
- Numerical methods in engineeringEngineering4.8%
- Lattice Boltzmann Simulation StudiesEngineering4.5%
- Fluid Dynamics Simulations and InteractionsEngineering4.3%
- Wind and Air Flow StudiesEnvironmental Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 2 |
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 | Mechanics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 384OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,173 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 | 79 | 14 |
| 2025 | 82 | 82 | 330 |
| 2024 | 76 | 76 | 449 |
| 2023 | 47 | 47 | 565 |
| 2022 | 81 | 81 | 1,078 |
| 2021 | 76 | 76 | 917 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
94 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 31 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 94 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 1,200 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,200 / EUR 1,120 / GBP 960 / JPY 148,840 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,200 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,200 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers4, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted3
- full articleTAML publishes three types of papers:Full Article, Letter and Review. Contributions falling into all aspects of theoretical and applied mechanics, highlight ori…Length not stated
- letterTAML publishes three types of papers:Full Article, Letter and Review. Contributions falling into all aspects of theoretical and applied mechanics, highlight ori…Length not stated
- reviewTAML publishes three types of papers:Full Article, Letter and Review. Contributions falling into all aspects of theoretical and applied mechanics, highlight ori…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data sharing
If you have related research data available, please add a data statement. Linking to the data underlying your work increases your exposure and may lead to new collaborations. It also provides readers with a better understanding of the described research. You are encouraged to submit the data to a Chinese data repository, e.g., ScienceDB. If your research data has been made available in a data repo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
This is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf e.g. by their Model summary
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Single blind review is used in TAML. The names of the reviewers are hidden from the author. Model summary
Single blind review is used in TAML. The names of the reviewers are hidden from the author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2095-0349
- Electronic ISSN
- 2589-0336
- Society / sponsor
- Beijing International Center for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
What CAS zone is Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Mechanics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 47.
How long does peer review take at Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters?
The publisher reports about 94 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 12 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 are the manuscript requirements of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters based?
Of the 85 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 43 (about 51%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (43), United Kingdom (8) and United States (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,200.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .