RSC Mechanochemistry

RSC Mechanochemistry is an open access journal on chemistry driven by mechanical force, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.《RSC Mechanochemistry》是一份聚焦由机械力驱动的化学的开放获取期刊，由英国皇家化学会出版。

It was launched in 2024 as the first journal given wholly to the field, and it carries work that joins chemistry to mechanics.该刊于 2024 年创办，是首份完全献给该领域的期刊，刊载把化学与力学相连的工作。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of multidisciplinary chemistry.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在综合化学类目列第二区。

Scope

• The journal takes mechanochemistry as its subject, and it asks how mechanical energy is brought to bear on matter.该刊以机械化学为题材，追问机械能如何被施加于物质之上。

• Mechanical force is the organizing idea, and the journal carries work that uses grinding, milling or shearing to make and break bonds.机械力是组织观念，该刊刊载用研磨、球磨或剪切来成键与断键的工作。

• Reactions in the solid state are named, and the journal admits work on how two solids are made to react without a solvent.固态反应被点名，该刊收载两种固体如何在没有溶剂的情况下反应的工作。

• Reactions in the liquid state are treated, and the journal carries work on how a force changes what a solution does.液态反应得到处理，该刊刊载力如何改变溶液行为的工作。

• Reactions in the gas state are part of the remit, and the journal takes work on how a mechanical input drives a gas phase change.气态反应属于收稿范围，该刊收载机械输入如何驱动气相变化的工作。

• Materials transformation is named, and the journal admits work on how a solid is reshaped at the level of its structure.材料转变被点名，该刊收载固体如何在其结构层面被重塑的工作。

• Sustainable synthesis is treated, and the journal carries work on how a route is made to need less solvent and less heat.可持续合成得到处理，该刊刊载路线如何被做得更少溶剂、更少加热的工作。

• Materials processing is named, and the journal takes work on how a powder is alloyed or a mixture is made uniform by force.材料加工被点名，该刊收载粉末如何被合金化、混合物如何被力均匀化的工作。

• Tribochemistry is part of the remit, and the journal admits work on how friction at a surface drives a reaction.摩擦化学属于收稿范围，该刊收载表面摩擦如何驱动反应的工作。

• Mechanical alloying is treated, and the journal carries work on how two metals are worked into one.机械合金化得到处理，该刊刊载两种金属如何被加工为一的工作。

• Polymer mechanochemistry is named, and the journal takes work on how a stretched chain breaks in a chosen place.高分子机械化学被点名，该刊收载被拉伸的链如何在选定之处断裂的工作。

• Photo-mechanochemistry is treated, and the journal admits work on how light and force act together.光机械化学得到处理，该刊收载光与力如何共同作用的工作。

• Chemical to mechanical transduction is part of the remit, and the journal carries work on how a reaction does mechanical work.化学能向机械能的转导属于收稿范围，该刊刊载反应如何做机械功的工作。

• Analytical method is named, and the journal takes work on how a mechanochemical product is characterised in the mill itself.分析方法被点名，该刊收载机械化学产物如何在磨机之内被表征的工作。

• Modelling and theory are treated, and the journal admits work on how a force field is computed at a contact.建模与理论得到处理，该刊收载接触处力场如何被计算的工作。

• Scale up is named, and the journal carries work on how a reaction found in a mill is made to work in a factory.放大被点名，该刊刊载磨机中发现的反应如何被做得在工厂中可行的工作。

• The journal is meant to be a home for a field that reaches across many disciplines, and it takes work from chemistry, from materials and from engineering.该刊意在为一个横跨多学科的领域提供家园，收载化学、材料与工程三方的论文。

History

• The journal was launched in 2024, and its first issue appeared in March of that year.该刊于 2024 年创办，其首期于当年 3 月出版。

• It was started by a learned society for chemistry, and it was the first journal given over entirely to mechanochemistry.该刊由一家化学学术团体创办，是首份完全献给机械化学的期刊。

• Its editors opened the title with a note that the field had grown to the point of needing a home of its own.其主编以一段说明为该刊开篇，指出这一领域已发展到需要专属园地的程度。

• Only one number is in use for the title, and the journal is published online rather than in print.该刊只使用一个刊号，以在线而非印刷形式出版。

• A volume is published for each year, and the series had reached volume 3 by 2026.该刊每年出版一卷，到 2026 年已出至第 3 卷。

• Six issues are gathered into a year in the present arrangement, and the journal keeps a two month rhythm.按现行安排该刊每年汇集六期，保持两月节奏。

• Access was open from the start, and every article is free to read from the moment it appears.该刊自始即开放获取，每篇文章自出现那一刻起即可免费阅读。

• A publication charge applies to an accepted paper, and the journal points to the publisher's policy and to its waiver scheme.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊指明出版方的政策与减免方案。

• Authors keep the copyright of their work, and every article is released under a licence that allows reuse with attribution.作者保留其作品的著作权，每篇文章以允许署名再用的许可发布。

• The journal was taken into the citation index within a year of its launch, and its first impact figure appeared with the 2025 edition.该刊在创办一年内即被引文索引收录，其首个影响因子出现于 2025 年版。

• The journal is indexed in the emerging sources citation index, and it is carried in Scopus and in the directory of open access journals.该刊被新兴资源引文索引收录，并被 Scopus 与开放获取期刊目录收录。

• Its papers are also listed in PubMed on a selective basis, and the journal records those citations as selected only.其论文亦以择选方式列入 PubMed，该刊把这些收录记为仅择选。

• Special collections are assembled around a subject, and the journal gathers work on such themes as grinding in a ball mill.该刊围绕某一题目编成专题合集，汇集诸如球磨研磨一类主题的工作。

Editors

• Two editors-in-chief share the office, James Batteas of Texas A&M University and Tomislav Friščić of the University of Birmingham.两位主编分担此职，即得克萨斯 A&M 大学的（James Batteas）与伯明翰大学的（Tomislav Friščić）。

• One works on how surfaces meet and react under a force, and the other on solvent free synthesis and on how a solid is ground into a new form.一位研究表面如何在受力下相遇并反应，另一位研究无溶剂合成以及固体如何被磨成新形态。

• An executive editor works from the publisher's office, and the journal names that person as the point of contact for authors.一位执行编辑在出版方的办公室工作，该刊将其列为作者的联络人。

• An editorial board and an advisory board are drawn from several countries, and the journal names members from Europe, Asia and the Americas.一个编委会与一个顾问委员会从数个国家遴请，该刊列出欧洲、亚洲与美洲的成员。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the review is anonymous on the side of the reviewer.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，评审在审稿人一侧为匿名。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• Where a claim rests on a milled product, the journal asks that the milling conditions be given in full so that another laboratory can repeat it.论断若依赖某项研磨产物，该刊要求完整给出研磨条件，使另一实验室可以重复。

• A paper is asked to say whether a reaction works at a larger scale, and the journal weighs a claim that it does not.论文须说明反应在更大尺度上是否可行，该刊亦权衡其不可行的论断。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's platform, and an enquiry may be made before a paper is written.稿件通过出版方的平台投递，在动笔之前可先行询问。

• The journal is read by synthetic chemists and by materials scientists, by chemical engineers and by mechanicians, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有合成化学家与材料科学家，也有化学工程师与力学家，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a laboratory mill toward a plant is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes.把实验室磨机带向工厂的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a route that failed to grind is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为未能磨成的路线同样值得记录。

• Work on a cocrystal appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on how two solids are joined without heat.共晶方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载两种固体如何在不加热的情况下结合的工作。

• The journal keeps its reviews distinct from its original reports, and a reader can tell from the rubric which is which.该刊把综述与原始报告区分开来，读者可从栏目看出何者为何者。

• Work on the wear of a mill is named, and the journal asks how the container itself affects what comes out of it.磨机磨损方面的工作被点名，该刊追问容器本身如何影响其产物。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。