Instructions for Authors

General remarks

The Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (JTAM) is devoted to all aspects of solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and applied problems of structural mechanics, mechatronics, biomechanics and robotics. Both theoretical and experimental papers can be proposed, as well as survey papers.

JTAM accepts full-length articles (max. 12 pages) as well as short communications (max. 4 pages).

We accept articles in English only.

The author(s) declare that their submitted paper:

• presents their own work which does not infringe any third-party rights, especially authorship of any part of the article
• is an original contribution, not published before and not being under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All the co-authors of the paper should be announced within submission. No changes in the list of authors will be accepted during reviewing and editorial processes.

Requirements for paper preparation

A manuscript submitted to JTAM should not exceed 12 pages (short communication: 4 pages) of standard A4 format (11-point type size, standard margins - 2,5 cm, single line spacing), including the abstract, figures, tables and references. The paper should be sent as a pdf file.

Manuscript contents should appear in the following order:

• Title of the paper
• Author’s full name and affiliation (repeated for each author) and e-mail to the corresponding author
• Short abstract (maximum 100 words)
• Keywords (3-5, fitting on 1 line)
• Article body, possibly followed by appendices
• References (no more than 25 items in the list)

The text should be divided into numbered sections. Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript. Equations should be numbered consecutively, separately in each section.

References and citations should be formatted according to the APA style. Putting it in a nutshell:

• references should be cited in the text
  
  • by authors’ names and the publication year, e.g. (Nowacki, 1986; Duszek & Perzyna, 1988), or
  • in phrases: […] developed by Nowacki (1986); […], as shown by Duszek and Perzyna (1988);
• when citing publication of more than 2 authors, one should give only the first one’s name followed by “et al.”;
• see the example list of most common reference types in the APA style.

It is required to provide the DOI number (in the form of an active URL address) to each reference that is assigned a DOI.
We strongly recommend referencing publications available entirely in English. No more than 15% of references published in other languages are accepted. See item 7 in the example list for the reference format appropriate for such cases.

Manuscripts acceptance procedure

All articles submitted to JTAM are subject to:

• anti-plagiarism verification,
• review process,
• linguistic correction.

Papers are accepted for publication after the review process. A blind review model is applied, which means that the reviewers' names are kept confidential to the authors. Reviewers declare that there is no interpersonal relation with the author(s) that would affect the opinion and recommendation of the article for publication in JTAM. The final decision on paper acceptance belongs to the Editorial Board.

Publication of accepted manuscripts

Upon acceptance for publication, the authors are required to provide source files containing the manuscript’s text and figures in the formats suitable for editing and typesetting.

Text:
- The text, including equations and tables, should be provided in an editable document format (*.doc, *.odt, *.tex).

Figures:
- Graphs and sketches: preferably in one of vector formats generated by commonly used editorial environments employing vector graphics, like CorelDraw (*.cdr), AutoCad and ArchiCad (*.dwg), Adobe Illustrator (*.ai), as well as other common vector formats like *.eps, *.wmf, *.svg, *.ps files.
- Photographic images: preferably in high resolution (at least 300 dpi) bitmap formats (like *.jpg, *.tif or *.png)

Both the text and the figures are subject to processing to adapt to journal's page layout and graphic style.

Publication of the accepted manuscript is subject to fee (€ 700 for a full-length paper and € 350 for a short communication). All papers are published online under the CC BY open access license.

The editors reserve the right to edit texts after publication, without prior notice to the authors. This applies only to minor changes, such as correcting formatting and spelling.


Example reference list

1. Ashby, M.F. (2011). Materials Selection in Mechanical Design (4th ed.). Elsevier Ltd.
2. Batsch, M. (2025). Tooth Contact Analysis (TCA) of Cylindrical Gears with Tooth Surface Deviations. In S.P. Radzevich (Ed.), Gear accuracy. A treatise on gear noise excitation, vibration generation, and dynamics of operation (pp. 77-89). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74798-4_2
3. Coppedè, M., Paroni, R., & Picchi Scardaoni, M. (2024). Numerical investigation of the asymptotic behavior of tape springs. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 62(3), 535-545. https://doi.org/10.15632/jtam-pl/189814
4. Domski, W. & Mazur, A. (2017, Aug. 28-31), Emergency control of a space 3R manipulator in case of one joint failure [Conference presentation]. 22nd International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR), Międzyzdroje, Poland, 2017 (pp. 384-389). https://doi.org/10.1109/MMAR.2017.8046858
5. Eurich, J.L. (2021). A quasi-double-porosity thermo-hydro-mechanical model with application to plant tissues [Doctoral dissertation, Universität Stuttgart]
6. International Organization for Standardization. (2018). Occupational health and safety management systems—Requirements with guidance for use (ISO Standard No. 45001:2018).
https://www.iso.org/standard/63787.html
7. Huber, M.T. (1904). Specific work of strain as a measure of material effort (in Polish), Czasopismo Techniczne, XXII(3), 80-81