Machines

Machines is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on machinery and engineering published monthly online by MDPI. The IFToMM is affiliated with Machines and its members receive a discount on the article processing charges.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Inspec, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Engineering, Mechanical) / CiteScore - Q1 (Control and Optimization)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 16.9 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.4 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
Impact Factor: 2.5 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.6 (2024)
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Topic in Applied Sciences, Electronics, IoT, Materials, Robotics, Sensors, Machines
Smart Production in Terms of Industry 4.0 and 5.0 Topic Editors: Iwona Paprocka, Cezary Grabowik, Jozef Husar
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Topic in Electronics, Fluids, Machines, Micromachines, Applied Sciences
Micro-Mechatronic Engineering, 2nd Edition Topic Editors: Teng Zhou, Antonio F. Miguel
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Topic in Actuators, Algorithms, BDCC, Future Internet, JMMP, Machines, Robotics, Systems
Smart Product Design and Manufacturing on Industrial Internet Topic Editors: Pingyu Jiang, Jihong Liu, Ying Liu, Jihong Yan
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Topic in Actuators, Automation, Electronics, Machines, Robotics, Eng, Technologies
New Trends in Robotics: Automation and Autonomous Systems Topic Editors: Maki Habib, Fusaomi Nagata
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Special Issue in Machines
New Trends in Industrial Robots Guest Editors: Sever-Gabriel Racz, Radu-Eugen Breaz
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Special Issue in Machines
Physical-Informed Fault Monitoring and Fault-Tolerant Control of Industrial System Guest Editors: Qing Li, Yu Shao, Xiang Chen
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Special Issue in Machines
Compliant Mechanisms and Actuators for Exoskeletons and Human–Robot Interactions Guest Editors: Shaoping Bai, Lin Liu, Guimin Chen, Zhongyi Li
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Special Issue in Machines
Coordinate Measurements of Free-Form Surfaces Guest Editor: Marek Magdziak
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Topical Collection in Machines
Machines, Mechanisms and Robots: Theory and Applications Collection Editor: Raffaele Di Gregorio
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