The Journal of Computers, Mechanical and Management (J. Comput. Mech. Manag.) (e-ISSN: 3009-075X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by AAN Publishing, Malaysia, and indexed in Scopus. The journal publishes original research, systematic reviews, and short communications across major disciplines of engineering and technology, including computer science, artificial intelligence and data-driven technologies, electrical and electronics engineering, civil, mechanical, industrial, and biomedical engineering, and other allied engineering fields, together with relevant areas of the basic sciences and mathematics that support engineering and technological research, as well as management, business, and economic systems related to engineering and technology practice. The journal follows a single-blind peer-review process, preceded by initial editorial screening, to ensure the quality, originality, and relevance of published work.
Article Processing Charges (APC): Manuscripts submitted on or before 30 September 2026 are processed under an APC of USD 250 per accepted article, irrespective of the date of acceptance. Manuscripts submitted from 1 October 2026 onwards are subject to a revised APC of USD 1000 per accepted article. APCs are requested only after final acceptance.
A structured APC waiver scheme applies from 1 October 2026, based on the corresponding author's institutional affiliation and the World Bank country classification. Authors whose corresponding-author affiliation is in a low-income economy receive a full APC waiver, applied automatically. Authors whose corresponding-author affiliation is in a lower-middle-income economy receive a 50% APC waiver, applied automatically. Discretionary waivers on demonstrated financial hardship are available for authors elsewhere, evaluated case-by-case by the Editor-in-Chief. Waiver decisions have no bearing on editorial decisions.
Applicable taxes and transaction charges are additional to the APC and are borne by the author.
Editorial Performance (24 June 2022 – 01 June 2026):
Submissions received: 845
Submissions published: 124
Acceptance rate: 17%
Days to first editorial decision: 21
Days to final acceptance: 88
Effective immediately, all manuscript submissions to the Journal of Computers, Mechanical and Management (J. Comput. Mech. Manag.) must be uploaded in PDF format only.
Read more about J. Comput. Mech. Manag. Now Accepts Submissions in PDF Format Only
Effective immediately, all manuscript submissions to the Journal of Computers, Mechanical and Management (J. Comput. Mech. Manag.) must be uploaded in PDF format only.
The journal's Article Processing Charge will move from USD 250 to USD 1,000 for manuscripts submitted from 1 October 2026 onwards. Submissions received on or before 30 September 2026 (23:59 UTC) will continue to be processed at USD 250. A tiered waiver scheme based on the World Bank country classification applies from 1 October 2026.
