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3.0
Impact Factor
6.1
CiteScore
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Journal History

2013	The inaugural issue was released. Machines was published as a quarterly journal.
2014	Machines was indexed in Inspec (IET).
2017	Machines was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Machines announced the first edition of the Travel Award. Machines was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 2 (Issue 1).
2018	Machines became an affiliated journal of the The International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM), and its members received a discount on the journal’s article processing charges.
2020	Machines was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 6 (Issue 1). Machines Received its new CiteScore (2019) of 3.2, ranked 26/101 in the category of “Control and Optimization” and 92/340 in the category of "Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering". Machines receives its first Impact Factor (2.428).
2021	Machines announced the first edition of the Young Investigator and Outstanding Reviewer Award. Machines received its Impact Factor (2.899), ranked 61/137 (Q2) in “Engineering, Mechanical” and 127/276 (Q2) in “Engineering, Electrical & Electronic”.
2022	Machines announced the first edition of the Best Paper and PhD Thesis Award. Machines published its 1,000th paper. Machines was indexed in IndexCopernicus. The year 2022 marked the 10th Anniversary of Machines.
2023	Bioengineering Technology was discontinued. Energy and Power Engineering was renamed as Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems.
2024	Mechatronic and Intelligent Machines was renamed as Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines.
2025	Micro/Nano Electromechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS) was close.

Editor-in-Chief

2013–2016	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Mba (Founding Editor)
2016–2017	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Steven Y. Liang
2017–2021	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi
2021–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Marques Cardoso

Section Editor-in-Chief

2020–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Carbone for the section on Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines
2021–2025	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Matthias Meinke for the section on Turbomachinery
2021–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dan Zhang for the section on Automation and Control Systems Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jose Alfonso Antonino-Daviu for the section on Electrical Machines and Drives Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kai Cheng for the section on Advanced Manufacturing
2022–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yaguo Lei for the section on Machines Testing and Maintenance
2023–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hui Ma for the section on Machines Testing and Maintenance
2025–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Giacomo Scelba for the section on Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems
2025	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Saied Taheri for the section on Vehicle Engineering
2026	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Kyprianidis for the section on Turbomachinery

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