Instructions for Authors

General remarks

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 as well as survey papers can be proposed.

JTAM accepts full-text 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 orginal 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 of the list of authors is accepted during reviewing and editorial process.

Papers are accepted for publication after the review process. Blind review model is applied, which means that the reviewers' names are kept confidential to the authors. Reviewer(s) 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.

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, affiliation and e-mail (repeated for each author)
• Short abstract (maximum 100 words) and 3-5 key words (1 line)
• Article body
• References

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). If the referenced publication has more than 2 authors, only the first one’s name should be given, followed by “et al.” The list of references should be positioned at the end of the article (after appendices, if any) and contain no more than 25 items, ordered alphabetically. It is required to provide the DOI number (in the form of an active URL address) to each reference that is assigned a DOI. Examples of most common reference types are as follows:
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

We strongly recommend referencing publications available entirely in English. No more than 15% of references published in other languages are accepted. The following format should be used in such cases:
7. Huber, M.T. (1904). Specific work of strain as a measure of material effort (in Polish), Czasopismo Techniczne, XXII(3), 80-81

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)

Publishing fee and open access conditions

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