DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPECT OF ‘ENGINEERING MECHANICS’

‘Engineering Mechanics’ reports the application of mechanics in engineering practice and the latest research observations. The goal of this journal is to promote the combination of mechanics and engineering, thus to lead the advancement of engineering technology; to strengthen the mutual propelling of mechanics and engineering technology, thus to achieve mutual improvements. Engineering Mechanics is an academic journal with high theoretical level, and is one of the most popular journals in the field of mechanics. In the past 25 years since its start publication, great advancement has been achieved in academic quality, editorial quality, published paper amount, impact factor and circulation. These advancements were summarized in this paper, and a prospect was given.