Acta Mechanica et Automatica explained

Acta Mechanica et Automatica is an English-language peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that publishes high-quality theoretical and experimental articles on all aspects of mechanics, automation and robotics.^[1] The journal was founded in 2007 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Bialystok University of Technology.^{[2] [3]} The Scopus CiteScore, which measures average citations received per article published in the serial, is 0.5 (2016).^{[4] [5]}

Publication process

The publication frequency is 4 issues per year.^[6] Each issue includes about 12 articles. Before acceptance for publication, a submitted manuscript undergoes a plagiarism check and a double-blind peer review by two reviewers. The average time from submission to publication is 30 weeks.^[7] The manuscript rejection rate is 10–20%.^[8]

Editorial and scientific board

The founder and editor-in-chief in 2007–2021 was Andrzej Seweryn. The editor-in-chief is Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski. The scientific board consists of more than 40 famous scientists from Belarus, Canada, Estonia, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, including Giancarlo Genta and Mark Kachanov.^[9]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in a number of scientific databases including:^{[10] [11]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Electronic journal overview . TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology . 29 October 2017.
2. Web site: About Acta Mechanica et Automatica . Bialystok University of Technology . 11 October 2017.
3. Web site: Acta Mechanica et Automatica otrzymało 14 pkt. wg klasyfikacji MNiSW . News of Bialystok University of Technology . Polish . 7 November 2017 .
4. Web site: Source details . Scopus . 7 September 2017.
5. Web site: Journal rank . Scimago Journal & Country Rank . 3 December 2017.
6. Web site: Journal information . Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources . 20 November 2017.
7. Web site: Journal information . Directory of Open Access Journals . 29 October 2017 . 8 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171208070820/https://doaj.org/toc/2300-5319 . dead .
8. Web site: Journal description . De Gruyter Publishing House . 7 September 2017 . 8 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171208070809/https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ama . dead .
9. Web site: Scientific board . Acta Mechanica et Automatica . 11 October 2017.
10. Web site: Journal visibility . Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . 28 November 2017.
11. Web site: Emerging Sources Citation Index journal list . Clarivate Analytics . 5 December 2017.