Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1987 as an interdisciplinary journal in mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering for signal and information processing in engineering dynamics and dynamical systems, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 10.2《机械系统与信号处理》（Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing）是（Elsevier）出版的月刊同行评审期刊，1987 年创刊，是面向机械、航空航天与土木工程的交叉期刊，致力于工程动力学与动态系统中的信号与信息处理，2025 年影响因子为 10.2。

Scope

• The journal is interdisciplinary in mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering and aims at reporting scientific advancements of the highest quality arising from novel concepts and techniques in signal and information processing and related topics in engineering dynamics and dynamical systems该刊是面向机械、航空航天与土木工程的交叉期刊，旨在报道源于信号与信息处理以及工程动力学与动态系统相关领域新概念与新技术的最高质量科学进展。
• Papers are expected to make a demonstrable original contribution to engineering knowledge that is significant as an advancement over established methods该刊要求论文对工程知识作出可论证的原创贡献，并在既有方法基础上有显著推进。
• Its scope encompasses fourteen subject areas, namely signal processing in machine and system health monitoring, non-stationary and random vibration, time series methods, rotor dynamics, signal processing in manufacturing and machining, powertrains and drivetrains, acoustics, waves and statistical energy analysis, control of vibration and noise, structural health monitoring, structural and system identification including parameter estimation, nonlinear vibration including energy harvesting, uncertainty quantification, prognostics and smart structures and systems其范围涵盖 14 个学科方向，即机器与系统健康监测中的信号处理、非平稳与随机振动、时间序列方法、转子动力学、制造与加工中的信号处理、动力总成与传动系统、声学、波动与统计能量分析、振动与噪声控制、结构健康监测、结构与系统识别（含参数估计）、非线性振动（含能量收集）、不确定性量化、预测以及智能结构与系统。
• Multi-body dynamics and robotics, control of vehicles, theoretical control, theoretical nonlinear dynamics without experimental validation and uncertainty quantification with no clear relevance to engineering dynamics are listed as outside the scope多体动力学与机器人学、车辆控制、理论控制、缺乏实验验证的理论非线性动力学以及与工程动力学缺乏明确关联的不确定性量化被列为超范围方向。
• Especially sought are papers that include both theoretical and experimental aspects, or that include theoretical material of high relevance to practical applications该刊尤为欢迎兼具理论与实验的论文，或包含与实际应用高度相关的理论材料的论文。
• Authors may publish open access for an article processing charge of USD 5020, while the subscription option charges no publication fee作者可缴纳 5020 美元的文章处理费以开放获取发表，订阅选项则不收发表费。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports the journal ranks 6th of 184 journals in engineering, mechanical, with a JIF percentile of 97.0, and its CiteScore stands at 17.6在 2025 年期刊引证报告中，该刊于工程：机械类目位列第 6/184 名，影响因子百分位为 97.0，其（CiteScore）为 17.6。

History

• Volume 1, Issue 1 appeared in January 1987 with pages 1 to 138, opening with an editorial by S.G.B. and the journal's first editorial board listing该刊第 1 卷第 1 期于 1987 年 1 月出版，正文 138 页，开篇为（S.G.B.）撰写的社论及首届编委会名单。
• S.G. Braun of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa is listed as the founding editor, and J. E. Mottershead of the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom is listed as emeritus editor以色列海法以色列理工学院（Technion）的（S.G. Braun）为创刊编辑，英国利物浦大学的（J. E. Mottershead）为荣誉编辑。
• The first issue carried papers on trends in experimental modal analysis, stochastic analysis of railroad freight car rocking and condition forecasting in vibroacoustical diagnostics, alongside book reviews, reflecting the journal's original emphasis on vibration and signal analysis首期刊登了实验模态分析进展、铁道货车摇摆随机分析与振声诊断中的简易状态预测等论文，并载书评，体现了该刊以振动与信号分析为主的初期取向。
• One volume appeared per year from 1987 to 2011, with Volume 1 in 1987 and Volume 25 in 2011, after which output expanded to eight volumes a year in 2012 to 2014 and about sixteen a year from 20151987 年至 2011 年间每年一卷，即 1987 年第 1 卷、2011 年第 25 卷，此后发文量逐步扩大，2012 年至 2014 年为每年 8 卷，2015 年起约每年 16 卷。
• In recent years the journal has published about twenty volumes a year on the first and fifteenth of each month, reaching Volumes 242 to 261 in 2026近年该刊于每月 1 日与 15 日各出一卷、每年约 20 卷，2026 年出版至第 242 至 261 卷。
• The publisher of record is listed as Academic Press and Elsevier Science in London, and the journal is now published by Elsevier on ScienceDirect该刊登记出版方为伦敦的（Academic Press）与（Elsevier Science），现由（Elsevier）在（ScienceDirect）平台出版。
• Its impact factor was 6.823 in 2021, rose to 8.934 in 2022 and 8.9 in 2024, and reached 10.2 in 2025, while Crossref records 1781 journal DOIs for 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 6.823，2022 年升至 8.934，2024 年为 8.9，2025 年达到 10.2；（Crossref）记录该刊 2025 年（DOI）数量为 1781 个。

Editors

• S. D. Fassois of the University of Patras in Greece is the editor-in-chief, with research interests in stochastic mechanical and aero systems, vibration signal processing, time series analysis, system and structural identification, structural health monitoring and diagnostics现任主编为希腊帕特雷大学的（S. D. Fassois），研究方向为随机机械与航空系统、振动信号处理、时间序列分析、系统与结构识别、结构健康监测及诊断。
• S.G. Braun of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology is the founding editor, and J. E. Mottershead of the University of Liverpool is emeritus editor以色列理工学院（Technion）的（S.G. Braun）为创刊编辑，利物浦大学的（J. E. Mottershead）为荣誉编辑。
• The senior editors are J. E. Antoni of the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon in France, X. J. Jing of the City University of Hong Kong, Y.G. Lei of Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, S. Nagarajaiah of Rice University in the United States and P.E.L.M. Pennacchi of the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy资深编辑包括法国里昂国立应用科学学院（INSA Lyon）的（J. E. Antoni）、香港城市大学的（X. J. Jing）、中国西安交通大学的（Y.G. Lei）、美国莱斯大学的（S. Nagarajaiah）与意大利米兰理工大学的（P.E.L.M. Pennacchi）。
• The editorial board has 63 editors and board members from 18 countries and regions, led by the United States with 10, Italy with 8, China with 6, the United Kingdom with 6 and France with 5, followed by Australia, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Brazil, Korea, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Hong Kong, India and Slovenia编委会共有 63 位编辑与编委成员，来自 18 个国家和地区，其中美国 10 人、意大利 8 人、中国 6 人、英国 6 人、法国 5 人，其余分布于澳大利亚、德国、比利时、波兰、巴西、韩国、葡萄牙、西班牙、瑞士、希腊、中国香港、印度与斯洛文尼亚。
• Elsevier reports that among board members who responded, 85 percent are men, 8 percent are women and 8 percent prefer not to disclose their gender（Elsevier）披露，在作出回应的编委会成员中，男性占 85%，女性占 8%，不愿披露者占 8%。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the Elsevier Editorial Manager site for the journal, and prospective authors must select the single best fitting subject area during submission稿件经（Elsevier）为该刊开设的（Editorial Manager）网站提交，投稿者须在投稿时选择唯一最贴合的学科方向。