Rapid Prototyping Journal

Rapid Prototyping Journal is the international journal for research on additive manufacturing and three-dimensional printing, founded in 1995 and published by Emerald.《快速成型杂志》是面向增材制造与三维打印研究的国际期刊，创刊于 1995 年，由 Emerald 出版。

The title concentrates on development in a manufacturing setting while covering applications in fields as far apart as medicine and construction.该刊以制造环境中的开发为主，同时覆盖从医学到建筑等相去甚远的领域中的应用。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it carries an impact factor of 3.3 and lies in the second quartile of mechanical engineering.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在机械工程类目中列第二区。

Scope

• The journal describes itself as the leading title in its field, and it draws together refereed papers on additive manufacturing from sources around the world.该刊自称为本领域的领先刊物，汇集来自世界各地、经过评审的增材制造论文。

• Benchmarking sits among the named topics, and so does the certification and qualification of parts made by additive routes.基准测试是点名主题之一，以增材方式制成的零件的认证与合格评定同样在列。

• Mass customisation is treated as a subject in its own right, together with design for additive manufacturing.大规模定制本身即为一个选题，面向增材制造的设计也在其中。

• Materials aspects are covered, and the journal takes work on the metals, polymers and composites that printing processes can handle.材料层面得到覆盖，该刊收载打印工艺所能处理的金属、高分子与复合材料的研究。

• Reviews of processes and applications appear regularly, and the journal also takes work on computer aided design and on other software aspects of the field.工艺与应用的综述定期出现，该刊还收载该领域计算机辅助设计与其他软件层面的工作。

• The enhancement of existing processes forms another strand, with studies of how a current route can be made more capable or more consistent.对既有工艺的改良构成又一支线，考察现行路线如何变得更强或更稳定。

• Integration with the design process is named, and the management implications of adopting additive methods inside a firm are taken as well.与设计流程的整合被点名，企业内部采用增材方法所带来的管理影响也在收载之列。

• New additive processes are welcomed, and the journal is open to reports of novel applications of printed parts.新的增材工艺受到欢迎，该刊也接受打印零件新颖应用的报告。

• Additive manufacturing for tooling is a standing topic, and reverse engineering in relation to additive work is taken under the same heading.面向模具的增材制造是常设主题，与增材工作相关的逆向工程归入同一方向。

• Medical applications are admitted, and the journal has carried collections on printed implants and on surgical guides.医学应用亦被接纳，该刊曾就打印植入物与手术导板组织过专题汇集。

• Additive and subtractive hybrid manufacturing is treated as a subject, and so is the industrialisation of the technology at production scale.增材与减材的混合制造是一个选题，该技术在生产规模上的产业化同样如此。

• Case studies sit alongside the research papers, and the journal states that it accepts original articles of up to nine thousand words and editorials of up to three thousand.案例研究与研究论文并列刊载，该刊说明接受不超过九千字的原创论文与不超过三千字的社论。

• Work on the mechanical properties of printed parts is admitted, and the journal carries studies of strength, fatigue and dimensional accuracy.打印零件力学性能的工作也在接纳之列，该刊刊载强度、疲劳与尺寸精度的研究。

• Process monitoring and the control of a build in progress are covered, together with the metrology that verifies a finished component.过程监测与进行中成型的控制得到覆盖，验证成品零件的计量方法同样在列。

• Studies of surface finish and of post-processing routes, from support removal to heat treatment, form part of the subject.表面光洁度与后处理路线的研究也构成选题的一部分，从去除支撑到热处理都在其中。

• Sustainability enters the remit, and the journal has taken work on the environmental footprint of printing compared with conventional routes.可持续性进入选题范围，该刊曾收载把打印与传统路线相比的环境足迹研究。

• Education and workforce questions are admitted, and the journal carries material on how engineers are trained for additive work.教育与人手问题也被接纳，该刊刊载工程师如何接受增材工作训练的材料。

• Supply chain and quality assurance topics appear, and the journal follows the standards that govern the qualification of printed parts.供应链与质量保证题目亦有出现，该刊追踪规范打印零件合格评定的各项标准。

History

• The first volume appeared in 1995, and the journal describes itself as the first title dedicated to additive manufacturing.第 1 卷于 1995 年问世，该刊自称为第一份专注增材制造的刊物。

• The founding editor was R. Ian Campbell, then of the Design School at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom.创刊主编是（R. Ian Campbell），当时任职于英国拉夫堡大学设计学院。

• The journal was issued at first from Bradford in England by MCB University Press, and early volumes carried six issues apiece.该刊最初由 MCB University Press 在英格兰布拉德福德出版，早期各卷每卷六期。

• The publisher later became Emerald Group Publishing, working from Bingley in West Yorkshire, and the numbering of the volumes has run without a break since 1995.出版方后来变为位于西约克郡宾利的 Emerald Group Publishing，卷号自 1995 年起连续不断。

• The journal marked its twentieth year in 2014, when the publisher noted that papers in the title had been downloaded more than six hundred and fifty thousand times since 2005.该刊于 2014 年迎来第二十年，出版方当时提到，自 2005 年以来刊内论文的下载量已逾六十五万次。

• The number of issues in a volume has risen over the years, and the journal now brings out more than six issues a year where it once published six.每卷的期数历年来有所增加，该刊如今每年出刊超过六期，而早年只有六期。

• The print number is 1355-2546 and the electronic number is 1758-7670, and the abbreviation used in the indexes is RAPID PROTOTYPING J.印刷版编号为 1355-2546，电子版编号为 1758-7670，索引中使用的缩写是 RAPID PROTOTYPING J。

• The medical catalogue records only selected citations in PubMed, while the title is fully covered by the engineering citation services.医学目录将该刊的 PubMed 收录标注为仅选录部分引文，而工程类引文服务对它的覆盖是完整的。

• The impact indicator has moved from 3.095 and 4.043 to 3.4 and 3.6, and it stood at 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子从 3.095 与 4.043 变为 3.4 与 3.6，在 2025 年版为 3.3。

• The journal is a hybrid title, publishing on subscription while allowing authors to pay for open access, and its current acceptance rate is given as about thirty per cent.该刊为混合刊，以订阅方式出版，同时允许作者付费开放获取，现行录用率约为百分之三十。

Editors

• The editor of the journal is Professor Ian Gibson, and the title is edited from the publisher's offices on behalf of the field.该刊的主编是（Ian Gibson）教授，刊物在出版方办公地组织编辑工作。

• The founding editor was R. Ian Campbell of Loughborough University, who wrote the editorials that opened successive volumes through the journal's third decade.创刊主编是拉夫堡大学的（R. Ian Campbell），二十余年间他撰写社论为各卷开篇。

• Peer review is double anonymous, and every submission is sent to at least two independent and anonymous reviewers.该刊实行双盲评审，所有来稿都会送交至少两位独立而匿名的审稿人。

• The journal reports a median of 52.4 days from submission to a first decision and a further 45 days from acceptance to publication.该刊报告，从投稿到首次决定的中位数为 52.4 天，从录用到出版另需 45 天。

• Manuscripts are accepted in United Kingdom or United States English and should be supplied as a word processor file, and authors are asked to add up to six keywords.稿件以英式或美式英语撰写，须以文字处理文件提交，作者还被要求给出至多六个关键词。

• The journal uses the Harvard style for references, and its guidance sets out the article types it takes along with their word limits.该刊参考文献采用哈佛体例，其指南列明所接受的论文类型及各自的字数上限。

• Author responsibilities are set out at length, covering swift answers to queries, accountability for the work and confidentiality between author and editor until a decision is reached.作者责任有详细说明，包括迅速答复查询、对工作负责，以及在决定作出之前作者与编辑之间保持保密。

• Submissions pass through an online system, and the publisher runs a separate portal where authors may follow the progress of a manuscript.稿件经在线系统传递，出版方另设门户供作者跟踪论文进度。

• The editorial board and the content editor are named on the journal's pages, and queries about a submission are directed to the journal editor.编委会与内容编辑在该刊页面上列名，与投稿有关的查询则转交期刊编辑。

• The journal accepts both research papers and case studies, and it publishes the ethical expectations it places on authors in its author guidelines.该刊接受研究论文与案例研究，并在作者指南中公布它对作者提出的伦理要求。