Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by Annual Reviews, covering significant developments in fluid mechanics. Founded in 1969, it is one of the most influential review journals in engineering, with a 2025 impact factor of 26.1, indexed in SCIE.《流体力学年度评论》（Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics）是由 Annual Reviews 出版的年度同行评审期刊，涵盖流体力学的重要进展。该刊创刊于 1969 年，是工程领域最具影响力的综述期刊之一，2025 年影响因子为 26.1，被 SCIE 收录。
Scope
The journal's stated aim is to cover the significant developments in the field of fluid mechanics, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为涵盖流体力学领域的重要进展，官方声明的征稿范围包括：
- History and foundations: reviews on the history and foundations of fluid mechanics, including the development of fundamental concepts and methods.历史与基础： 关于流体力学历史与基础的综述，涵盖基本概念与方法的发展。
- Fluid types and rheology: reviews on non-Newtonian fluids and rheology, incompressible and compressible fluids, and the behaviour of complex fluids.流体类型与流变学： 关于非牛顿流体与流变学、不可压缩与可压缩流体以及复杂流体行为的综述。
- Flow phenomena: reviews on plasma flow, stability of flow, multi-phase flows, mixing and transport of heat and species, and control of fluid flow.流动现象： 关于等离子体流动、流动稳定性、多相流、热量与物质混合输运以及流体控制的综述。
- Turbulence and combustion: reviews on turbulence, combustion, shock waves, and explosions, including their theoretical, numerical, and experimental aspects.湍流与燃烧： 关于湍流、燃烧、激波与爆炸的综述，涵盖其理论、数值与实验方面。
- Article types: annual comprehensive review articles, each providing an authoritative synthesis of significant developments in a specific area of fluid mechanics over the preceding years.栏目设置： 每年发表综合性综述文章，每篇对流体力学某一特定领域近年来的重要进展进行权威综述。
History
- Founding: the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics was founded in 1969 by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesising and integrating knowledge for the progress of science.创刊： 《流体力学年度评论》于 1969 年由非营利出版机构 Annual Reviews 创办，该机构致力于为科学进步综合与整合知识。
- Annual Reviews publication: the journal is part of the Annual Reviews series, applying the consistent model of annual, authoritative, invited review articles across scientific disciplines.Annual Reviews 出版： 该刊是 Annual Reviews 系列的一部分，采用各科学领域每年发表权威特邀综述的统一模式。
- Engineering impact: over its history the journal has become a leading resource for researchers and engineers in fluid mechanics, consistently ranking among the top engineering journals by impact factor.工程影响力： 在其历史中该刊已成为流体力学研究者与工程师的重要参考资源，影响因子长期位居工程学期刊前列。
- Interdisciplinary reach: the journal's reviews span fundamental theory to practical applications, serving the broader engineering, physics, and applied mathematics communities.跨学科覆盖： 该刊的综述涵盖从基础理论到实际应用，服务于更广泛的工程、物理与应用数学社区。
Editors
The journal is led by co-editors supported by an editorial committee:该刊由联合编辑领导，编辑委员会协助工作：
- Co-editors: Jonathan B. Freund, Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Howard A. Stone of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, serve as the co-editors.联合编辑： 伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校航空航天工程系教授乔纳森·B. 弗洛因德（Jonathan B. Freund）与普林斯顿大学机械与航空航天工程系的霍华德·A. 斯通（Howard A. Stone）担任联合编辑。
- Editorial committee: the journal is guided by an editorial committee comprising leading researchers from major subfields of fluid mechanics worldwide.编辑委员会： 该刊由涵盖流体力学主要子领域的全球顶尖研究人员组成的编辑委员会指导。
- Invited reviews: all review articles are invited by the editors and editorial committee, ensuring comprehensive and authoritative coverage of each topic.特邀综述： 所有综述文章均由编辑与编辑委员会特邀，确保对各主题的全面与权威覆盖。
- Review process: invited manuscripts undergo editorial review and revision, with the editors working closely with authors to ensure the highest quality and comprehensiveness of each review.评审流程： 特邀稿件经过编辑评审与修改，编辑与作者密切合作以确保每篇综述的最高质量与全面性。