Acta Mechanica
Acta Mechanica (commonly abbreviated Acta Mech.) is a monthly peer-reviewed international journal published by Springer in Austria, devoted to theoretical and applied mechanics across both the solid and the fluid branches of the discipline, with manuscripts written in English.Acta Mechanica（常用缩写 Acta Mech.）是由奥地利施普林格（Springer）出版的国际同行评审月刊，专门刊载理论与应用力学领域的成果，覆盖固体与流体两个力学分支，稿件以英文为主
Scope
The aims stated on the journal website are that Acta Mechanica is an international journal focused on theoretical and applied mechanics, covering a wide range of topics in solid and fluid mechanics, with special emphasis on the correlation of microstructure and constitutive properties in solids and fluids.期刊官网公布的办刊宗旨是：Acta Mechanica 是一份聚焦理论与应用力学的国际性刊物，涵盖固体与流体力学的广泛主题，特别强调固体与流体中微观结构与本构性质之间的关联[1]
- Theoretical and applied mechanics: problem solving centred on mechanics theory, covering continuum mechanics, analytical methods and numerical techniques.理论与应用力学： 关注以力学理论为核心的问题求解，涵盖连续介质力学、分析方法与数值方法；
- Microstructure and constitutive properties in solids and fluids: particular attention to the relation between microstructure and constitutive behaviour in solids and fluids, welcoming studies that explain macroscopic mechanical response from internal material architecture.固体与流体的微结构—本构关联： 特别关注固体和流体中微观结构与本构性质之间的关联，欢迎从材料内部构造出发解释宏观力学行为的研究；
- Scale dependence of constitutive properties: papers on the scale dependence of constitutive properties of fluids and solids, addressing size effects, representative volume elements and cross-scale modelling.尺度依赖的本构性质： 发表关于流体与固体本构性质尺度依赖性的论文，涵盖尺度效应、代表性体积单元与跨尺度建模等问题；
- Originality across theory, experiment and computation: originality is valued on all three fronts, so theoretical derivations, careful experimental validation and numerical simulation are all accepted.理论与实验、计算并重： 在理论力学、实验力学与计算力学三条路径上均重视原创性，接受理论推导、精密实验验证与数值模拟各类贡献；
- Special issues and commissioned reviews: dedicated special issues are organised regularly, and editor-invited review and perspective articles are published to convey the state of progress in an emerging area.专刊与约稿综述： 定期组织专题专刊，并刊发由主编邀请的综述与观点文章，用以快速呈现某一新兴方向的阶段性进展。
Taken together, the journal is organised around placing material architecture at the micro level and mechanical response at the macro level within a single framework, and it uses special issues and editor-invited reviews to bridge classical theory and emerging directions. Its indexing and ranking data indicate that a lower-to-mid position within mechanics has not prevented it from becoming a comparatively frequently cited reference journal.综合来看，该刊的编排逻辑是把微观层面的材料构造与宏观层面的力学响应放在同一框架内讨论，并依靠专刊与主编约稿的综述在经典理论与新兴方向之间搭桥；其收录与分区数据显示，它在力学领域的中低端定位并未妨碍它成为引用频次较高的参考刊物。
History
- 1965: founding. the journal was founded in Vienna, Austria in 1965 and published by Springer in Vienna, and it has appeared continuously as a specialist title in theoretical and applied mechanics since then, without interruption or a change of name.1965年：创刊。 该刊于 1965 年在奥地利维也纳创刊，由施普林格（Springer）维也纳机构出版，此后长期作为理论与应用力学领域的专业刊物连续出版，从未中断或更名
- 1965 to present: no change of title. unlike a number of German-language titles, it has kept the name Acta Mechanica continuously since founding, with no formal renaming, only occasional spelling variation appearing in databases.1965年至今：刊名未变。 与不少德语区刊物不同，该刊自创刊起一直沿用 Acta Mechanica 这一名称，未曾出现过正式更名，仅在数据库层面偶见早期拼写差异
- Changing impact: the impact factor has climbed from around 2.1 in the earlier part of the record to 4.0 in 2025, with a five-year impact factor of 3.1, indicating a citation profile on the rise.影响力变化： 期刊影响因子近年由 2.1 上下逐步攀升至 2025 年的 4.0，五年影响因子为 3.1，反映其引用表现处在上升通道
- Indexing and ranking: the journal is indexed in SCIE and appears in zbMATH and Scopus, and it is placed in the Q1 quartile for mechanics in the Journal Citation Reports. In the Chinese Academy of Sciences ranking it sits in the third tier of the engineering and technology major and the third to fourth tier of the mechanics subcategory, and the latest evaluation records no warning.收录与分区： 期刊被SCIE（科学引文索引扩展版）收录，并进入 zbMATH、Scopus 等数据库，在期刊引证报告中列于力学 Q1 区；在中国科学院期刊分区中位于工程技术大类 3 区、力学小类 3 至 4 区，最新评估未见预警记录
- Publication model: the journal appears monthly, operates a hybrid open access model, has accumulated several hundred open access articles, and receives submissions through an online editorial system.出版形态： 期刊为月刊，采用混合开放获取模式，已积累数百篇开放获取文章，稿件通过在线投稿系统提交。
Editors
The journal has an Editor-in-Chief, supported by a panel of subject editors who form the editorial board. Manuscripts are subject to peer review, with acceptance decided by the Editor-in-Chief, who also plans the periodic special issues and editor-invited articles.该刊设执行主编一人，另设多名学科编辑组成编辑委员会，稿件经同行评审后由执行主编决定录用，并定期策划专题专刊与主编邀请文章。
- Hans Irschik is the current Editor-in-Chief, based at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, and is responsible for the journal's overall academic direction and acceptance decisions.Hans Irschik：现任执行主编，供职于林茨约翰内斯·开普勒大学（奥地利），负责期刊的整体学术方向与录用决策
- Editorial board composition: the current subject editors include Thomas Böhlke, Lorenzo Botto, Mohammad Reza Eslami, Santosh Kapuria, Shaofan Li, Cristian Marchioli, Peter Schiavone, Ahmed A. Shabana, Yu Su and Yury Vetyukov, most of them based at universities and research institutes in Austria, Italy, China, the United States and Russia.编辑委员会构成： 现任学科编辑包括 Thomas Böhlke、Lorenzo Botto、Mohammad Reza Eslami、Santosh Kapuria、Shaofan Li、Cristian Marchioli、Peter Schiavone、Ahmed A. Shabana、Yu Su 与 Yury Vetyukov，成员多任职于奥地利、意大利、中国、美国与俄罗斯的高校和科研机构
- Review pace: the median time from submission to first decision is a little over ten days, which is fast, and this suits mechanics papers whose theoretical derivations and numerical validation typically take a relatively long time.审稿节奏： 期刊投稿至首次决定的中位时间为十余天，属较快水平，这对以理论推导与数值验证为主、周期相对较长的力学稿件而言较为友好
- Full roster and submission information: the complete editorial board, the ethics and rights policies, the submission guidelines and the calls for papers for special issues are listed on the journal's official page.完整名单与投稿信息： 编委会全体成员、伦理与版权政策、投稿指引以及正在进行的专刊征稿信息见期刊官方页面[2]