The Journal of Computational Applied Mechanics (JCAMECH) publishes original research papers covering computational, theoretical, numerical, analytical, and applied aspects of mechanics and related engineering disciplines.
Authors are requested to read these instructions carefully before submitting a manuscript.
Authors are strongly encouraged to use the official JCAMECH Microsoft Word template when preparing their manuscript.
Download the JCAMECH Microsoft Word Manuscript Template
The template contains the basic formatting and structural requirements of the journal and should be used particularly for revised and accepted manuscripts.
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Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the journal's online submission system.
For the initial submission, authors may submit the manuscript as a single Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx) for peer review.
The initial manuscript should contain all essential elements required for evaluation, including:
Title and author information;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Main text;
Equations;
Figures;
Tables;
References; and
Relevant declarations.
All figures and tables should be embedded in the manuscript and placed close to their first citation.
Authors should ensure that the submitted manuscript is complete and suitable for peer review before submission.
When a manuscript is invited for revision, authors must submit an editable version of the revised manuscript prepared according to the JCAMECH format.
A revised submission may require:
Revised manuscript;
Editable figure files;
Supplementary materials, where applicable;
Point-by-point response to reviewers;
Marked version showing changes, where requested; and
Other documents requested by the Editorial Office.
Authors should address every reviewer comment carefully and provide a clear scientific justification when a suggested change has not been implemented.
For manuscripts submitted to a Special Issue, authors should follow the specific instructions provided by the Guest Editor or Editor-in-Chief.
Authorship should reflect substantial intellectual contributions to the reported research.
Authors should have made substantial contributions to one or more of the following:
Conception and design of the study;
Development of methodology;
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data;
Development of analytical, numerical, computational, or experimental models;
Drafting the manuscript or critically revising it for important intellectual content; and
Final approval of the version to be submitted and published.
Activities such as obtaining funding, general supervision, administrative support, or routine data collection alone do not normally justify authorship.
All authors must:
Approve the submitted manuscript;
Agree to the author list and order;
Agree to the submission to JCAMECH;
Accept responsibility for their contributions; and
Agree on one corresponding author.
Individuals who have contributed to the work but do not meet the authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately.
The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the Editorial Office throughout submission, peer review, revision, production, and proof correction.
Changes to the author list after submission require a justified request and approval from all affected authors and the Editor-in-Chief.
JCAMECH follows internationally recognized principles of publication ethics, including the principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Authors must ensure that submitted work is original and scientifically sound.
The following practices are considered unacceptable:
Plagiarism;
Duplicate or redundant publication;
Simultaneous submission to another journal;
Fabrication or falsification of data;
Manipulation or inappropriate alteration of scientific results;
Inappropriate authorship;
Citation manipulation;
Unethical research practices; and
Unauthorized use of copyrighted material.
The journal may conduct similarity checks and other editorial investigations when necessary.
If ethical concerns arise, JCAMECH may request additional information or documentation and may take appropriate action in accordance with established publication-ethics procedures.
JCAMECH operates a double-blind peer-review process.
The identities of both authors and reviewers are kept confidential during the peer-review process.
All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment before being sent for external peer review.
The initial assessment may consider:
Scope and relevance to JCAMECH;
Originality and novelty;
Scientific significance;
Technical quality;
Methodological soundness;
Quality of presentation;
Ethical and publication requirements; and
Potential plagiarism or duplicate publication.
Manuscripts that do not meet the basic requirements of the journal may be returned to the authors or rejected without external review.
Manuscripts passing the initial assessment are normally assigned to two or more independent reviewers.
The final editorial decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief or an authorized Editor based on the reviewers' reports and the overall scientific and editorial assessment.
The recommendations of reviewers are advisory and the final decision may differ from an individual reviewer's recommendation.
The possible decisions include:
Accept
Minor Revision
Major Revision
Reject
A revised manuscript may be returned to the original reviewers or assigned to new reviewers, depending on the nature of the revision.
Authors must not attempt to identify the reviewers of their manuscript.
The manuscript submitted for peer review should be prepared in a manner that protects author anonymity.
Where a separate title page is requested, identifying information should be removed from the anonymized manuscript.
Authors should avoid:
Identifying themselves directly in the manuscript;
Referring unnecessarily to their institution or research group;
Including acknowledgements in the anonymized manuscript;
Including identifying information in file properties or supplementary material.
The Editorial Office may remove identifying information where necessary to preserve the integrity of the double-blind review process.
Manuscripts must be submitted in English.
Authors should use clear, precise, and scientifically appropriate English.
American or British English may be used, but authors should use one form consistently throughout the manuscript.
Authors are responsible for the linguistic quality of their manuscripts.
The journal does not routinely provide language-editing services.
Authors who require language assistance are encouraged to have their manuscripts professionally edited before submission.
Manuscripts should generally contain the following sections, as appropriate to the type of research:
Title
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Materials and Methods / Mathematical Formulation / Methodology
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Funding Statement
Declaration of Conflicting Interests
Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies, where applicable
References
The organization may be modified when scientifically appropriate for theoretical, analytical, computational, numerical, or experimental studies.
The title page should contain:
Full title of the manuscript;
Full names of all authors;
Institutional affiliations;
Department, institution, city, and country;
Corresponding author's email address;
ORCID iD, where available;
Funding information, where applicable; and
Conflict-of-interest information.
Because JCAMECH uses double-blind peer review, identifying information should be removed from the anonymized manuscript used for peer review.
The title should be concise, informative, specific, and representative of the main scientific contribution.
The title should preferably not exceed 17 words.
Authors should avoid:
Unnecessary abbreviations;
Vague expressions;
Promotional language;
Excessively complicated terminology;
Unnecessary geographical information; and
Claims not directly supported by the manuscript.
The abstract should normally contain 150–250 words.
It should briefly describe:
The research problem;
Objective;
Methodology;
Principal results;
Main novelty or contribution; and
Principal conclusions.
References should not normally be included in the abstract.
Undefined abbreviations should be avoided.
Authors should provide 4–7 keywords.
Keywords should:
Be relevant to the manuscript;
Support indexing and discoverability;
Be written in alphabetical order;
Be separated by semicolons; and
Avoid unnecessary abbreviations.
Where possible, keywords should not simply repeat the exact words used in the title.
The Introduction should clearly establish:
The research problem;
The scientific or engineering significance of the problem;
The relevant state of the art;
Limitations or gaps in existing studies;
The objective of the present research; and
The principal novelty and contribution.
The literature review should be critical and directly relevant to the research question.
Authors should clearly explain how the present study advances existing knowledge.
The methodology must be described in sufficient detail to allow readers to understand the research and, where applicable, reproduce the work.
Depending on the nature of the study, this section should include relevant information such as:
Governing equations;
Mathematical assumptions;
Material properties;
Boundary and initial conditions;
Experimental setup;
Numerical methods;
Computational algorithms;
Mesh generation;
Mesh-independence analysis;
Convergence criteria;
Model parameters;
Validation and verification procedures; and
Statistical methods.
For computational mechanics studies, authors should provide sufficient information regarding mathematical models, assumptions, constitutive relations, boundary conditions, numerical procedures, computational parameters, and validation.
Results should be presented clearly and concisely.
The Discussion should explain the scientific and physical meaning of the findings and should, where appropriate:
Compare the results with previous studies;
Explain agreements and discrepancies;
Discuss limitations and uncertainties;
Explain the significance of the findings; and
Clearly identify the contribution of the study.
Figures and tables should not unnecessarily duplicate information already provided in the text.
The Conclusions should summarize the major findings and scientific contributions of the study.
The conclusions must be supported by the results presented in the manuscript.
They should not simply repeat the Abstract.
References should generally not be included in this section.
Tables should:
Be numbered consecutively;
Be cited in the text;
Have clear and informative captions;
Be understandable without extensive reference to the main text;
Be placed close to their first citation; and
Be submitted as editable tables rather than images.
Table captions should be placed above the table.
Previously published or adapted material must be properly cited and, where required, permission must be obtained.
Figures should be of sufficient quality for publication.
As a general recommendation, raster figures should have a resolution of approximately 300 dpi where applicable.
Figures should:
Be numbered consecutively;
Be cited in the text;
Have clear labels and legends;
Use consistent symbols and units;
Remain legible after typesetting; and
Be supplied in an appropriate high-quality format.
Figure captions should be placed below the figures.
Previously published or adapted figures must be properly cited and, where required, permission must be obtained.
JCAMECH follows the International System of Units (SI) wherever applicable.
Scientific symbols and terminology should be used consistently.
Equations should be prepared using an appropriate equation editor and should not be submitted as low-quality images.
Important equations should be numbered consecutively and cited in the text.
All symbols used in mathematical formulations should be clearly defined.
Authors are encouraged to make research data, computational code, models, algorithms, and other materials necessary for understanding or reproducing the research available whenever legally, ethically, and technically possible.
Where data or code are deposited in a public repository, authors are encouraged to provide a persistent identifier or appropriate reference.
Where materials cannot be shared because of confidentiality, intellectual property, contractual, ethical, or other legitimate restrictions, the relevant restriction should be stated where appropriate.
Authors remain responsible for the accuracy and integrity of all data and computational results reported in the manuscript.
Individuals or organizations that contributed to the work but do not meet the authorship criteria may be acknowledged.
Funding organizations should be identified using their official names.
Grant numbers should be provided where applicable.
All sources of financial support for the research must be disclosed.
If the research received no specific funding, authors should provide an appropriate statement indicating this.
Authors must disclose any financial, professional, personal, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research.
Where no conflict exists, authors may use:
"The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest."
JCAMECH recognizes that generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies may be useful in certain aspects of research and manuscript preparation. However, their use must be responsible, transparent, and subject to meaningful human oversight.
The policy is designed to protect research integrity, originality, accountability, confidentiality, and the reliability of the scientific record. It reflects principles currently adopted by major scholarly publishers, including Elsevier and Springer Nature.
Authors remain fully responsible and accountable for the entire content of their manuscript, regardless of whether AI-assisted technologies were used.
AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.
The human authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy, originality, scientific validity, completeness, and appropriate attribution of all content.
Authors may use AI-assisted tools for limited purposes such as:
Improving grammar, spelling, punctuation, and readability;
Improving the language of author-generated text;
Assisting with manuscript organization;
Supporting certain research or computational activities when appropriately documented; and
Other legitimate research-support activities subject to human verification.
Authors must independently verify all AI-assisted outputs.
Particular attention should be paid to AI-generated references, citations, equations, technical claims, numerical information, and interpretations, as AI systems may generate inaccurate or fabricated information.
Routine use of basic spelling, grammar, or formatting tools does not normally require disclosure.
If generative AI or AI-assisted technology is used in a substantive manner during manuscript preparation, authors must disclose its use.
The disclosure should identify:
The AI tool or system used;
The purpose of its use; and
The extent of the authors' review and verification.
The statement should be placed immediately before the References under the heading:
Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies
A suitable statement is:
"During the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used [name of AI tool] for [specific purpose]. The authors subsequently reviewed, edited, and verified the AI-assisted content and take full responsibility for the final content of the manuscript."
This approach is consistent with current publisher policies requiring transparent disclosure while maintaining full human accountability.
When AI, machine learning, deep learning, large language models, or another AI-based technology constitutes a substantive part of the research methodology, its use must be described in the Methods/Methodology section.
Authors should provide sufficient information to allow the approach to be evaluated and, where applicable, reproduced, including:
Model or algorithm;
Version, where relevant;
Training and test data;
Important parameters;
Computational environment;
Validation and evaluation procedures; and
Relevant limitations.
JCAMECH does not permit the use of generative AI to fabricate, manipulate, enhance, obscure, remove, or introduce scientific information in figures, experimental images, numerical results, photographs, or other scientific evidence.
AI-generated images or figures must not be used to misrepresent scientific results.
Where AI-assisted image generation or modification is an essential part of the research methodology, the process must be fully described in the Methods section and must comply with applicable copyright, attribution, and research-integrity requirements.
This restriction is consistent with the increasingly strict approach adopted by major publishers toward AI-generated scientific imagery.
Generative AI tools, including ChatGPT and other large language models, must not be listed as authors or co-authors.
Authorship requires accountability for the research and the ability to approve and defend the final published work, responsibilities that cannot be assigned to an AI system.
Authors must not use AI to:
Fabricate or falsify data;
Generate fictitious experimental or numerical results;
Fabricate references;
Plagiarize or disguise plagiarism;
Manipulate scientific evidence;
Misrepresent AI-generated content as original scientific findings;
Conceal substantive AI-generated contributions;
Violate copyright or intellectual property rights; or
Introduce confidential or restricted material into an AI system inappropriately.
Suspected misuse of AI may be investigated under the journal's publication-ethics procedures.
All references should be prepared using EndNote and the official JCAMECH EndNote style.
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Authors should use recent and relevant literature while retaining older seminal references where scientifically necessary.
All references must be accurate, complete, and directly relevant to the manuscript.
Authors should verify:
Author names;
Article title;
Journal title;
Year;
Volume;
Issue;
Page numbers or article number; and
DOI, where available.
Authors must not add irrelevant references solely to increase citation counts.
Citation manipulation, excessive self-citation, reciprocal citation arrangements, and irrelevant citation practices are unacceptable.
By submitting a manuscript to JCAMECH, authors confirm that:
The work is original;
The manuscript has not been published previously;
The manuscript is not under consideration by another journal;
All authors have approved the manuscript;
All authors have agreed to its submission;
The data and results have been reported accurately;
Appropriate permissions have been obtained for third-party material;
All relevant conflicts of interest have been disclosed;
Funding information has been disclosed;
Any substantive use of generative AI has been declared; and
The manuscript complies with JCAMECH's ethical and editorial requirements.
Authors must disclose any manuscript, conference paper, preprint, thesis, dataset, report, or other publication containing substantially similar content or overlapping data.
Copies or links to potentially related publications should be provided to the Editorial Office when requested.
The existence of a conference paper, thesis, or preprint does not automatically constitute duplicate publication; however, authors must provide sufficient information for the Editor to assess the relationship between the works.
Authors submitting a revision must provide a detailed, point-by-point response to all reviewer comments.
The response should:
Address every reviewer comment;
Clearly explain the changes made;
Identify the relevant page, section, figure, table, or equation; and
Provide a scientific justification where a requested change has not been implemented.
Authors are encouraged to use a professional and constructive tone when responding to reviewers.
Upon acceptance, authors will be asked to complete the required Journal Publishing Agreement and provide the final publication files.
The accepted manuscript may undergo copyediting, typesetting, technical checking, and final editorial review before publication.
Each published article is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), where applicable.
Authors should use DOI information when citing electronic publications whenever available.
The corresponding author will receive the article proof for final checking.
Proof correction is intended primarily to identify:
Typesetting errors;
Incorrect text;
Missing or incorrect figures and tables;
Formatting problems; and
Production errors.
Major changes to the scientific content of an accepted manuscript are not normally permitted at the proof stage without prior approval from the Editor-in-Chief.
Authors should carefully check the complete proof and return corrections within the specified period.
The corresponding author is responsible for the accuracy of the final proof.
JCAMECH recognizes the importance of post-publication scholarly discussion and correction of the scientific record.
If a significant error is identified after publication, authors should promptly contact the Editorial Office.
Where necessary, the journal may publish a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate editorial notice in accordance with applicable publication-ethics principles.
Authors may track the status of their manuscripts through the online submission system.
For questions concerning submission, revision, production, or publication, authors should contact the Editorial Office through the official journal communication channels.
Authors should include the Manuscript ID in all correspondence concerning a submitted manuscript.
Before submitting a manuscript, authors should ensure that:
The manuscript is within the scope of JCAMECH.
The work is original and is not under consideration elsewhere.
All authors have approved the submission.
The corresponding author has been identified.
The manuscript is written in English.
The title and abstract accurately represent the study.
Figures and tables are numbered and cited correctly.
SI units and consistent scientific notation are used.
Equations are correctly formatted and numbered.
References have been prepared using EndNote.
References and DOI information have been checked.
Conflict-of-interest information has been provided.
Funding information has been provided.
Related or overlapping publications have been disclosed.
Any substantive use of generative AI has been declared.
The anonymized manuscript does not reveal the authors' identities.
The manuscript has been carefully checked for language, formatting, and technical errors.
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Journal of Computational Applied Mechanics