International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture

The International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1960 as the International Journal of Machine Tool Design and Research, covering the mechanics of manufacturing processes and machines for metals, composites and ceramics, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 24.1《国际机床与制造学报》是由（Elsevier）出版的月度同行评审期刊，1960 年以（International Journal of Machine Tool Design and Research）之名创办，涵盖金属、复合材料与陶瓷的制造工艺与机床力学，2025 年影响因子为 24.1。

Scope

• It is devoted to advances in the scientific understanding of the essential mechanics of processes and machines applied to the manufacture of engineering components该刊致力于推进对工程零部件制造中所用工艺与机床基本力学的科学理解。
• Its coverage is mainly metals, but also composites, ceramics and other structural or functional materials其报道对象以金属为主，兼及复合材料、陶瓷与其他结构或功能材料。
• Topics include essential mechanics of material removal, accretion and deformation, in solid, semi-solid or particulate form主题包括固态、半固态或颗粒态材料的去除、增材与成形的核心力学。
• It covers tool design and failure mechanisms, new concepts of machine tools and fixtures, and interactions between machine tools, control systems and software该刊涵盖刀具设计与失效机理、机床与夹具新概念，以及机床、控制系统与软件之间的相互作用。
• It publishes studies of niche processes such as ultra-high precision and nano or atomic level manufacturing, and emerging fields such as bio-inspired manufacturing该刊刊载超精密与纳米、原子级制造等细分工艺研究，以及仿生制造等新兴领域。
• It emphasises significant and useful advances in knowledge, and papers on theory or modelling alone are unlikely to be acceptable该刊强调知识的实质性有益进展，仅涉及理论或建模的论文通常难以被接受。
• It is a hybrid journal, so authors may publish open access on payment of an article processing charge该刊为混合型期刊，作者可支付文章处理费后以开放获取方式发表。

History

• The journal was founded in 1960 by Professor S.A. Tobias of the University of Birmingham, an expert in machine tool dynamics该刊由（University of Birmingham）的（S.A. Tobias）教授于 1960 年创办，他是机床动力学专家。
• It was launched to publish and stimulate papers arising from the annual International Machine Tool Design and Research Conferences其创办旨在发表并激发源自年度国际机床设计与研究会议（International Machine Tool Design and Research Conferences）的论文。
• It was originally titled the International Journal of Machine Tool Design and Research, and Tobias was its first editor-in-chief该刊原名为（International Journal of Machine Tool Design and Research），（S.A. Tobias）为其首任主编。
• In 1986 Professor T.A. Dean, an expert in metal forming, took over as editor and renamed the journal, reflecting developments in manufacturing technology1986 年，金属成形专家（T.A. Dean）教授接任主编并更改刊名，以反映制造技术的发展。
• It was published initially by Pergamon Press and was acquired by Elsevier in 1991该刊最初由（Pergamon Press）出版，1991 年由（Elsevier）收购。
• It publishes twelve issues a year, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 24.1该刊每年出版十二期，2025 年影响因子为 24.1。
• Landmark review articles cover state of the art electrical discharge machining and machining-induced surface integrity in titanium and nickel alloys其里程碑综述涵盖电火花加工的最新进展以及钛合金与镍合金加工表面完整性。^[1][2]

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Professor Dragos Axinte of the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, an expert in machining technology现任主编为（University of Nottingham）的（Dragos Axinte）教授，是加工技术领域的专家。
• He took over in 2018 following the retirement of Professor T.A. Dean, who had led the journal since 1986他于 2018 年在前任（T.A. Dean）教授退休后接任，后者自 1986 年起执掌该刊。
• Associate editors include D.D. Gu of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Z. Liao of the University of Nottingham and W.L. Zhu of Zhejiang University副编辑包括（Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics）的（D.D. Gu）、（University of Nottingham）的（Z. Liao）与（Zhejiang University）的（W.L. Zhu）。
• Its editorial board of 37 members is drawn from 14 countries and regions, with the largest groups from China, Japan and Spain其 37 名编委来自 14 个国家和地区，以中国、日本与西班牙的成员最多。
• Honorary past editors-in-chief are T.A. Dean and S.A. Tobias, both of the University of Birmingham荣誉卸任主编为（T.A. Dean）与（S.A. Tobias），两人均来自（University of Birmingham）。
• The journal is peer reviewed, and the median time from submission to first decision is three days and to acceptance is 113 days该刊实行同行评审，从投稿到首次决定的中位时间为 3 天，到接收为 113 天。