Annals of Petrosani University
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Mechanical Engineering -
About the journal
The Annals of the University of Petrosani, Mechanical Engineering is a peer-reviewed, open access Romanian academic journal in the field of mechanical engineering and related.
The journal appeared for the first time in its current form and name in 1999 and it is edited entirely in English and it continues the title “The Scientific Papers of the Technical University of Petroşani Mining machinery and installations”
The journal is published annually by the University of Petrosani, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, edited by Universitas Publishing House. It appears in both online (ISSN 2247-8604) as well as printed form (ISSN-L 1454-9166). The journal is classified in the B+ Category (code 26) by the National Council of Scientific Research of Higher Education from Romania (CNCSIS).
Aims and scope
The Annals of the University of Petrosani, Mechanical Engineering publishes original scientific contributions in the broad field of Mechanical Engineering, including but not limited to ones related to the designing, manufacturing and operation of the mining machines in underground mines and open pits, mining mechanical installations, transports, equipment for industrial processes, machines building, hydraulic and pneumatic machines and industrial management, mechanics, strength of materials and mechanical vibrations. Besides theoretical, experimental, modeling and simulations articles linked to mechanical engineering, contributions in linked branches like Industrial and Transportation Engineering are welcome. Regular scientific articles, review articles and technical notes are all accepted.
Article Review Process
All manuscripts undergo a double blind review procedure. First, the editorial board checks the manuscript for compliance with research topics covered by journal. Suitable papers are sent to two independent external reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper.
The result of review process can be:
-Accept the manuscript without modification;
-Accept the manuscript with minor modification;
-Accept the manuscript with major modification;
-Reject the manuscript with the possibility to resend;
-Reject the manuscript.
The result of the review process is communicated to the first or corresponding author of the manuscript, with observations regarding the necessary corrections for improvement if the case. Plagiarism detection tools are also used to assess the originality of the paper.
Open access policy
The Annals of the University of Petrosani, Mechanical Engineering is an Open Access journal that allows free and unlimited access to all its contents without any restrictions upon publication to all users.
No fees are charged for the processing of the articles and for publication.
Copyright notice
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of publication simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND), that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and publication in this journal, but no change to the work is allowed in any way.
Ethics statement
Authors must ensure the manuscript has not been submitted elsewhere nor has been already published. Authors submitting their work for publication confirm that the submitted works represent their authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources (including online) must be properly credited and referenced. The Annals of the University of Petrosani, Mechanical Engineering respects ethical integrity in publication according to COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
Submission deadlines and details
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts prepared according to Authors guide, to the email address: andrei.andras@gmail.com, taking into account the time-frame as detailed bellow:
DEADLINES
| Full paper submission | 31 december |
| Notification of review outcome | 15 january |
| Volume publishing | 15 february |
Inclusion in databases
The Annals of the University of Petrosani - Mechanical Engineering is indexed in the following databases:
- DOAJ
- EBSCO Publishing Inc.
- Index Copernicus
- Columbia University Libraries, New York, U.S.A.
- Suweco
- Scipio
- Europub
- Academic Resource Index (ResearchBib)
- Worldcat
- University of Saskatchewan Library
- University of Regensburg EZB
- Google scholar
Contact
Assoc.Prof.Eng. Andrei ANDRAS Ph.D
University of Petroşani, Str. Universităţii, nr.20, Petroşani - 332006, jud. Hunedoara
Tel.: (40) 0254/542.994, 0254/542.580, 542.581, 546.238
Fax: (40) 254/543491
E-mail: andrei.andras@gmail.com