Journal of Mechanical Design

Journal of Mechanical Design is an ASME journal that serves the broad design community with archival research on the design activity, and it traces its line back to 1978. It emphasises design synthesis, and its 2025 impact factor is 3.3.《机械设计杂志》是 ASME 的期刊，以设计活动的存档研究服务于广泛的设计群体，其脉络可追溯到 1978 年。该刊侧重设计综合，2025 年影响因子为 3.3。

Scope

• The journal offers a venue for archival research on all aspects of the engineering design activity.该刊为工程设计中各方面的存档研究提供一个发表之处。

• It welcomes contributions from every area of design, so a study need not be mechanical in the narrow sense.该刊欢迎来自设计各领域的投稿，因此研究不必是狭义上的机械。

• Design synthesis is the emphasis, since the journal asks how a new thing should be put together.设计综合是重点，因为该刊追问一件新事物应当如何被组合起来。

• Interdisciplinary design research is embraced, and a team from two fields is encouraged to submit.跨学科的设计研究受到接纳，来自两个领域的团队受鼓励投稿。

• Research articles of considerable depth form the bulk of its pages.有相当深度的研究论文构成其版面的大部分。

• Technical briefs appear beside them, and a short note may report a useful result.技术简报与之并列出现，一篇短记可以报告一项有用的结果。

• Design innovation papers are taken, and they set out a new device or a new practice.设计创新论文会被接收，它们提出一种新装置或一种新做法。

• Review articles on research directions are published, so a reader may see where a subject is going.研究方向的分析性综述会被发表，使读者可以看到某一主题的走向。

• Book reviews appear as well, and they describe a work of use to a designer.书评也出现于该刊，介绍对设计者有用的著作。

• Design theory and methodology is a named area, and a paper may propose a framework for a decision.设计理论与方法学是一个列出的领域，论文可以为一项决策提出框架。

• Mechanisms and machines are studied, since a moving part must be designed as well as analysed.机构与机器受到研究，因为运动部件不仅要被分析，也要被设计。

• Computer-aided design and its tools are covered, since a designer now works at a screen.计算机辅助设计及其工具也在覆盖之列，因为设计者如今在屏幕前工作。

• Work on design for manufacturing is taken, because a choice at the drawing board decides what a factory can make.面向制造的设计方面的工作会被接收，因为绘图板上的一项选择决定了工厂能制造什么。

• Generative and data-driven methods in design appear among the newer areas the journal takes.设计中的生成式与数据驱动方法出现在该刊所接收的较新领域之中。

• Design education is treated as part of design research, a position the journal has held for some time.设计教育被当作设计研究的一部分，这是该刊持有一段时间的立场。

• A paper may report a design method and test it on a case, so the reader can see the method at work rather than only its statement.论文可以提出一种设计方法并在一个案例上检验，使读者看到该方法在运作而不只是其陈述。

• Work on the design of a robot is taken, since a machine that moves and senses raises questions a designer must answer.机器人设计方面的工作会被接收，因为一台会运动与感知的机器提出设计者必须回答的问题。

• The journal covers the optimisation of a product, and a study may search a space of designs for the best one under a set of constraints.该刊覆盖产品的优化，研究可以在一组约束下搜索设计空间以找到最佳者。

• A paper may report a study of how designers work, since what people actually do informs the tools that are built for them.论文可以报告设计者如何工作的研究，因为人们实际所做之事为为他们而造的工具提供依据。

• Work on additive manufacturing is taken, since a process that builds a part in layers changes what can be designed.增材制造方面的工作会被接收，因为逐层构建零件的过程改变了可以设计的东西。

• The journal takes work on the reliability of a design, since a product must keep working under conditions its maker did not foresee.该刊接收设计可靠性方面的工作，因为产品必须在其制造者未预见到的条件下持续工作。

• A paper may report a generative method that proposes a shape, and the editors ask how the proposal was judged.论文可以报告一种提出形状的生成方法，编辑会追问该提议是如何被评判的。

• Work on the design of a mechanism is taken, and a study may set out the synthesis of a linkage for a required motion.机构设计方面的工作会被接收，研究可以为所需运动提出一种连杆的综合方法。

• The journal covers the design of a system of systems, where the parts are themselves engineered and must work together.该刊覆盖体系之体系的设计，其中各个部分本身也是被工程化的，且必须协同工作。

• A paper may report a framework for a design decision, and the editors ask that the assumptions behind it be stated plainly.论文可以提出一项设计决策的框架，编辑要求把其背后的假设清楚写出。

• Work on the topology of a structure is taken, since the arrangement of material decides how a part carries a load.结构拓扑方面的工作会被接收，因为材料的排布决定了零件如何承载。

• The journal covers the design of a product and of its manufacture together, since one decides what the other can achieve.该刊把产品及其制造的设计一并覆盖，因为一者决定了另一者所能达到的程度。

• A paper may report a study of a failure, and the account should show what the design missed.论文可以报告一次失效的研究，记述应说明设计遗漏了什么。

• Work on the design of a compliant mechanism is taken, since a part that bends on purpose has uses a jointed one cannot meet.柔顺机构的设计方面的工作会被接收，因为有意弯曲的零件有铰接件无法满足的用途。

• The journal takes work on the role of the user in design, since a product is judged by the person who uses it.该刊接收使用者在设计中所起作用的工作，因为产品由使用它的人来评判。

• A paper may report a tool that helps a designer decide, and the journal asks what the tool makes easier.论文可以报告一种帮助设计者作决定的工具，该刊会追问它使什么变得更容易。

• Work on the design of a sustainable product is taken, since a choice made at the drawing board decides much of the later impact.可持续产品的设计方面的工作会被接收，因为绘图板上的一项选择决定了日后的大部分影响。

• The journal covers the management of a design project, since a method that works in a laboratory must also survive a schedule.该刊覆盖设计项目的管理，因为在实验室中有效的方法也必须在日程下生存。

History

• The journal traces its line back to 1978, when a title of this name first appeared.该刊的脉络可追溯到 1978 年，当时首次出现这一名称的刊物。

• It was renamed the Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions, and Automation in Design in 1983, and it took its present name again in 1990.该刊于 1983 年改名为《机构，传动与设计自动化杂志》，并于 1990 年重新采用现名。

• It is published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.该刊由美国机械工程师学会出版。

• The journal carries the complete name of a Transactions title, which the society uses for its journals.该刊带有学会为其期刊所用的汇刊完整名称。

• The print number is 1050-0472 and the electronic number 1528-9001.其印本刊号为 1050-0472，电子刊号为 1528-9001。

• Twelve issues appear in a year, so the title is monthly.该刊每年出版十二期，因此为月刊。

• Its impact factor was 2.599 for 2021 and 3.3 for 2025, with a five-year figure of 3.5.其影响因子 2021 年为 2.599，2025 年为 3.3，五年影响因子为 3.5。

• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and in Scopus.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录。

• Publication runs on a subscription basis, and an author may pay for open access.出版以订阅为基础，作者可以付费选择开放获取。

• The journal serves the design engineering division of the society and its committees.该刊服务于学会的设计工程分会及其各委员会。

• A webinar series presents work published in the journal, and it is held from time to time.一个网络研讨会系列介绍该刊发表的工作，并不时举办。

• Thematic sessions are organised for the journal, and a call sets out the subject of each.该刊组织主题专场，征稿启事列明各场的主题。

Editors

• (Haijun Su) is the editor-in-chief of the journal.（Haijun Su）是该刊主编。

• He works at the Ohio State University in the United States.他就职于美国的俄亥俄州立大学。

• Editors are appointed for particular areas, so mechanisms have a named editor.编辑按特定领域任命，因此机构领域有一位具名编辑。

• (Qiaode Jeffrey Ge) served as the editor for mechanisms from 2021.（Qiaode Jeffrey Ge）自 2021 年起担任机构领域的编辑。

• An editorial board of engineers covers the subjects the journal publishes.一个由工程师组成的编委会覆盖该刊所发表的选题。

• A manuscript is sent to reviewers who work on the problem it addresses.稿件被送给研究其所处理问题的评审人。

• The editors receive the reports and take the decision on a paper.编辑收到报告后就论文作出决定。

• The journal office answers queries about submission and follows each paper.该刊办公室答复关于投稿的询问并跟踪每篇论文。

• The editors state that a paper is judged on whether it advances design as a discipline.编辑声明论文据其是否推进作为学科的设计来评判。