Nonlinear Engineering

Nonlinear Engineering is a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by De Gruyter Brill, covering theoretical, experimental and applied work on nonlinear phenomena across engineering disciplines.《非线性工程》是由 De Gruyter Brill 出版的同行评审开放获取期刊，收稿范围覆盖工程各分支中非线性现象的理论与实验研究，并延伸到工程应用。

Founded in 2012 and listed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, the journal reports a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 2.4 and publishes accepted articles continuously rather than in closed issues.该刊创刊于 2012 年，收录于 Emerging Sources Citation Index，2025 年期刊影响因子为 2.4，录用文章以连续出版方式发布，不编入封闭刊期。

Scope

• The publisher states the aim as the dissemination of original research results in theoretical, experimental, practical and applied nonlinear phenomena in engineering.出版方陈述的宗旨是传播工程中非线性现象的理论与实验成果，并推动这些成果走向实践。
• A typical paper starts from a nonlinear model of a physical or engineered system and then tests that model against measurement, simulation or both.典型的论文先给出物理系统或工程系统的非线性模型，再用实测数据或数值计算检验模型。
• Nonlinear vibration and structural dynamics account for much of the published material, with forced, parametric and self-excited oscillations all represented.非线性振动与结构动力学占据相当篇幅，受迫振动与自激振荡均有出现，参激振动亦在其中。
• Bifurcation diagrams and chaotic attractors are analysed both for low-dimensional models and for continuous systems governed by partial differential equations.分岔图与混沌吸引子既在低维模型上分析，也在偏微分方程描述的连续系统中讨论。
• Control design for nonlinear plants is a standing theme, running from feedback linearisation and sliding-mode control to adaptive and observer-based schemes.非线性对象的控制设计是常设主题，方法一端是反馈线性化与滑模控制，另一端是自适应结构与状态观测器。
• Computational mechanics supplies papers on finite element and meshfree discretisations of geometrically or materially nonlinear problems, often with benchmark comparisons.计算力学方向提供有限元与无网格离散方面的论文，处理几何非线性或材料非线性问题，常附基准算例对照。
• Constitutive modelling appears through plasticity, viscoelasticity and damage mechanics, with parameter identification from laboratory data treated as part of the contribution.本构模型部分涉及塑性与黏弹性，也讨论损伤力学，由实验数据反演材料参数被视作贡献的一部分。
• Wave propagation in solids and fluids falls within scope, including solitary waves, shock formation and other strongly nonlinear travelling solutions.固体与流体中的波传播属于收稿范围，孤波与激波的形成过程以及其他强非线性行波解均可投稿。
• Experimental studies are accepted when they isolate a nonlinear mechanism and report the rig, the instrumentation and the uncertainty of the measurement.实验研究同样被接受，前提是能分离出具体非线性机制，并交代试验台与仪器配置以及测量不确定度。
• Applied mathematics that serves engineering models, such as perturbation methods, asymptotic analysis and numerical continuation, sits inside the remit rather than outside it.服务于工程模型的数学工具在收稿范围之内，摄动法与渐近分析是常见手段，数值延拓亦有使用。
• Nonlinear circuits and power-electronic converters, where switching introduces strong nonlinearity, form another recurring subject in the published record.非线性电路与电力电子变换器构成另一个反复出现的题材，开关动作引入的强非线性是这类研究的核心难点。
• Civil and geotechnical work reaches the journal as seismic response studies, soil-structure interaction problems and the nonlinear behaviour of concrete or steel members.土木与岩土研究以地震响应分析的形式进入刊物，也涉及土与结构相互作用以及混凝土构件与钢构件的非线性行为。
• Because the title pairs modelling with application, papers that turn a nonlinear model into a design or control procedure are explicitly welcome.刊名把建模与应用并置，因此把非线性模型转化为设计流程或控制方案的文章明确受到欢迎。
• Occasional review articles consolidate results that are scattered across specialties, and they carry the same quantitative detail expected of a research paper.刊物间或刊登综述，用于整合分散在各专业中的结果，这类文章与研究论文一样需要给出定量细节。

History

• The first volume appeared in 2012, and the publisher dates the launch of the journal to 20 March of that year.首卷于 2012 年面世，出版方把创刊时间定在当年 3 月 20 日。
• Walter de Gruyter GmbH, the Berlin academic house, issued the title, and its cover still carries the subtitle Modeling and Application.该刊由柏林学术出版机构 Walter de Gruyter GmbH 推出，封面至今保留副题「Modeling and Application」。
• Crossref registers the journal under the shorter form Nonlinear Engineering, so reference lists and databases usually display that name.Crossref 以较短的 Nonlinear Engineering 登记该刊，参考文献表与数据库通常显示这一名称。
• The journal carries print ISSN 2192-8010 and electronic ISSN 2192-8029, a pair that also appears in the Crossref record.该刊的印刷版 ISSN 为 2192-8010，电子版 eISSN 为 2192-8029，两个号码同样见于 Crossref 记录。
• Fourteen volumes had been completed by 2025, and each volume covers a calendar year instead of a fixed run of issues.至 2025 年已出满 14 卷，每卷对应一个公历年度，并不按固定期数切分。
• Articles now appear under continuous publication, receiving a volume number, an article number and a DOI as soon as the proofs are cleared.文章采用连续出版方式，校样一经确认便获得卷号与文章编号，并分配 DOI。
• Open access is the journal's publishing model, and Journal Citation Reports attribute 99.65 percent of recent output to the gold route.开放获取是该刊的出版模式，Journal Citation Reports 把近年产出中的 99.65% 计为金色开放获取。
• Web of Science coverage runs through the Emerging Sources Citation Index, the layer that sits below the fully indexed Science Citation Index Expanded.Web of Science 的收录经由 Emerging Sources Citation Index 实现，该索引位于完全收录的 Science Citation Index Expanded 之下。
• Indexing placed the journal in two Journal Citation Reports categories, one in mechanical engineering and one in interdisciplinary applications of mathematics.收录之后该刊进入两个 Journal Citation Reports 类目，一个属机械工程，另一个属数学的交叉应用。
• The Journal Impact Factor was 2.4 in 2023, dropped to 1.5 in 2024 and returned to 2.4 in 2025.期刊影响因子在 2023 年为 2.4，2024 年降至 1.5，2025 年回到 2.4。
• In the 2025 release the journal ranked 85th of 184 titles in mechanical engineering and 41st of 137 in interdisciplinary mathematics, both in the second quartile.2025 年版数据中，该刊在机械工程类目 184 种期刊里排第 85 位，在交叉数学类目 137 种期刊里排第 41 位，两个类目均处第二四分位。
• Output has settled near 125 articles a year, with 1,029 citations on the record and a cited half-life of 3.9 years.年发文量稳定在 125 篇左右，记录在案的总被引为 1029 次，被引半衰期为 3.9 年。
• After De Gruyter combined with Brill, the journal moved to the shared De Gruyter Brill platform, where the older degruyter.com links now redirect.De Gruyter 与 Brill 合并之后，该刊迁入共用的 De Gruyter Brill 平台，早先的 degruyter.com 链接随之重定向。
• No MEDLINE or PubMed record exists for the title, so its visibility rests on Web of Science, Crossref metadata and the publisher platform.该刊没有 MEDLINE 与 PubMed 记录，可见度依托 Web of Science、Crossref 元数据以及出版平台。
• The editorial scope has stayed close to its founding statement, with modelling and application kept as the two poles of the title.编辑范围始终贴近创刊时的宗旨，建模与应用作为刊名的两极得到保留。

Editors

• Arturo Buscarino of the University of Catania in Italy is Editor-in-Chief.主编（Arturo Buscarino）来自意大利卡塔尼亚大学。
• His own research deals with nonlinear circuits, chaotic dynamics and synchronisation, which places him close to the subject matter the journal publishes.他本人的研究方向为非线性电路与混沌动力学，同步问题也在其列，与刊物发表的主题接近。
• Kacper Kotulak is Managing Editor and keeps the correspondence between authors, referees and the production desk in order.执行编辑（Kacper Kotulak）负责维持作者、审稿人与生产部门之间的往来。
• Review is single-blind, so referees see the names of the authors while their own identities remain hidden from them.评审采用单盲方式，审稿人可见作者姓名，其身份对作者保密。
• Research papers go to external referees, and the editors weigh the reports before a decision letter reaches the corresponding author.研究论文送外部专家评审，编辑权衡评审意见后向通讯作者发出决定函。
• Manuscripts are handled through the publisher's online submission system, which carries the metadata, the referee invitations and the revision rounds.稿件经出版方的在线投稿系统流转，元数据、审稿邀请与修改轮次都在系统内完成。
• A cover letter usually sets out what is new in the nonlinear result and names any closely related paper already under review elsewhere.投稿信通常说明非线性结果的新意，并列出已在别处审阅中的相近论文。
• The readership reaches into mechanics, applied mathematics and control, so a paper is often sent to referees drawn from more than one of those communities.读者群延伸至力学与应用数学，也触及控制领域，因此一篇论文常被送给不止一个群体的审稿人。
• Accepted manuscripts carry received and accepted dates on the article page, which lets readers judge how long the review took.录用稿件的文章页会标注收稿日期与接受日期，读者据此可以判断评审用了多久。
• Correspondence with the editorial office goes through the publisher's contact channel, and the Editor-in-Chief answers on matters of scope.与编辑部的往来通过出版方的联络渠道进行，涉及收稿范围的问题由主编答复。
• English is the working language, and clarity of exposition weighs in the editorial judgement alongside the technical content.工作语言为英语，表达的清晰程度与技术水平一同影响编辑判断。
• Authors of accepted papers deal with the production desk directly once the article has been typeset and the proofs checked.论文排版完成并核对校样之后，作者直接与生产部门对接。
• Because publication is continuous, the editorial cycle is not tied to issue deadlines, and a delay in one paper does not hold back the next.出版连续进行，编辑流程不受期次截稿约束，一篇论文的延误不会拖住下一篇。