Journal of Mechanical Design

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD) serves the broad design community as the venue for scholarly, archival research in all aspects of the design activity with emphasis on design synthesis.

JMD has traditionally served the ASME Design Engineering Division and its technical committees, but it welcomes contributions from all areas of design with emphasis on synthesis.

JMD communicates original contributions, primarily in the form of research articles of considerable depth, but also technical briefs, design innovation papers, book reviews, and editorials.

Scope: The Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD) serves the broad design community as the venue for scholarly, archival research in all aspects of the design activity with emphasis on design synthesis.

JMD has traditionally served the ASME Design Engineering Division and its technical committees, but it welcomes contributions from all areas of design with emphasis on synthesis.

JMD communicates original contributions, primarily in the form of research articles of considerable depth, but also technical briefs, design innovation papers, book reviews, and editorials.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.950

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	146

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5262

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2107

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science and Engineering, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Review of Metamodeling Techniques in Support of Engineering Design Optimization

  Citation: 1309

  Authors: G. Gary, S.

• A Contact Force Model With Hysteresis Damping for Impact Analysis of Multibody Systems

  Citation: 813

  Authors: H. M., P. E.

• Sequential Optimization and Reliability Assessment Method for Efficient Probabilistic Design

  Citation: 793

  Authors: Xiaoping, Wei

• A Global Performance Index for the Kinematic Optimization of Robotic Manipulators

  Citation: 789

  Authors: C., J.

• A New Study on Reliability-Based Design Optimization

  Citation: 777

  Authors: J., K. K., Y. H.

• Nonlinear Integer and Discrete Programming in Mechanical Design Optimization

  Citation: 631

  Authors: E.

• An Augmented Lagrange Multiplier Based Method for Mixed Integer Discrete Continuous Optimization and Its Applications to Mechanical Design

  Citation: 622

  Authors: B. K., S. N.

• Jacobian, Manipulability, Condition Number, and Accuracy of Parallel Robots

  Citation: 617

  Authors: J. P.

• Development of a Functional Basis for Design

  Citation: 515

  Authors: Robert B., Kristin L.

• Contribution of Gear Body to Tooth Deflections—A New Bidimensional Analytical Formula

  Citation: 504

  Authors: P., P., O.

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