Applied Mechanics Reviews is a bi-monthly, peer reviewed, scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 published by the ASME. The editor is J. N. Reddy of Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

. Bimonthly issues occur in January, March, May, July, September, November.

This journal focuses on articles that review engineering

Engineering

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 technical literature, which cover mechanics

Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

 related topics across all engineering disciplines. Topics include current computational, theoretical, and experimental research

Research

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. Topics also include theoretical modeling, methods of analysis, and methods of instrumentation. Selected authors submit retrospective articles regarding the author's area of interest.

Abstracting and indexing

Applied Mechanics Reviews is indexed in the following Thomson Reuters indexes, accessed through the Master List:

• Science Citation Index
  Science Citation Index
  The Science Citation Index is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information and created by Eugene Garfield in 1960, which is now owned by Thomson Reuters. The larger version covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals, across 150 disciplines, from ...
  
  
• Science Citation Index Expanded
• Current Contents
  Current Contents
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   - Engineering, Computing & Technology

It is also indexed in the following:

• Chemical Abstracts Service
  Chemical Abstracts Service
  Chemical Abstracts is a periodical index that provides summaries and indexes of disclosures in recently published scientific documents. Approximately 8,000 journals, technical reports, dissertations, conference proceedings, and new books, in any of 50 languages, are monitored yearly, as are patent...
  
   - CASSI
  Cassi
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