Aims

The Journal of Applied Science & Engineering Materials (JASEM) aims to advance scientific and technological knowledge at the intersection of materials science, engineering, fundamental sciences, applied sciences, and computational technologies.

The journal seeks to publish original and scientifically rigorous research that contributes to the understanding, design, development, characterisation, processing, modelling, optimisation, and application of materials, engineering systems, and technology-oriented scientific solutions.

JASEM particularly encourages studies that connect scientific theory with engineering practice and demonstrate a clearly defined contribution to materials development, industrial processes, technological innovation, sustainable production, computational analysis, or applied scientific problem-solving.

The journal aims to:

• promote high-quality and reproducible research in materials science, engineering, and applied sciences;
• support the development of innovative materials, methods, models, processes, and technologies;
• strengthen knowledge exchange between fundamental science and engineering applications;
• encourage interdisciplinary collaboration among scientists, engineers, computational researchers, and industrial professionals;
• facilitate the responsible use of artificial intelligence and data-driven methods in scientific and engineering research;
• contribute to sustainable development, resource efficiency, advanced manufacturing, and environmentally responsible technologies; and
• strengthen the transfer of scientific knowledge between academia, industry, and technology-oriented research communities.

Scope

JASEM welcomes manuscripts that present a clear scientific, engineering, technological, or materials-related contribution. The journal’s principal areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following fields.

Materials Science and Engineering

• Advanced and functional materials
• Smart and responsive materials
• Nanomaterials and nanostructured systems
• Composite and hybrid materials
• Metallic, ceramic, polymeric, and carbon-based materials
• Biomaterials for engineering and technological applications
• Energy materials and energy-storage materials
• Electronic, optical, magnetic, and semiconductor materials
• Coatings, surfaces, interfaces, and thin films
• Sustainable, recycled, renewable, and low-carbon materials
• Materials synthesis, processing, fabrication, and modification
• Materials characterisation and testing
• Mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, chemical, and structural properties of materials
• Materials degradation, corrosion, ageing, durability, and failure analysis
• Materials selection, performance assessment, and lifecycle evaluation

Engineering Sciences and Technologies

• Mechanical engineering and applied mechanics
• Civil, structural, and construction materials engineering
• Chemical and process engineering
• Electrical, electronic, and energy engineering
• Environmental engineering and sustainable technologies
• Manufacturing and production engineering
• Industrial systems, process optimisation, and quality engineering
• Mechatronics, automation, robotics, and control systems
• Thermal sciences, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics
• Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency
• Additive manufacturing and advanced production technologies
• Engineering design, testing, reliability, and performance analysis
• Sensor technologies and engineering instrumentation

Engineering studies should demonstrate a substantive scientific or technological contribution rather than solely reporting routine design, implementation, or operational results.

Fundamental and Applied Sciences

JASEM considers studies from physics, chemistry, mathematics, and related fundamental or applied sciences when they establish a direct and meaningful connection with materials, engineering systems, technological development, or applied scientific problems.

Relevant topics may include:

• Applied physics and engineering physics
• Materials chemistry and applied chemistry
• Solid-state physics and condensed matter applications
• Electrochemistry and surface chemistry
• Thermodynamics and transport phenomena
• Applied mathematics and mathematical modelling
• Mechanics and continuum mechanics
• Scientific measurement and experimental methods
• Multiphysics and interdisciplinary scientific applications

Purely theoretical studies should clearly explain their potential contribution to engineering, materials science, technology, or applied research.

Computational Modelling and Simulation

The journal welcomes computational research that provides scientifically validated insights into materials, processes, engineering systems, or applied scientific problems.

Relevant areas include:

• Computational materials science
• Numerical modelling and simulation
• Finite element analysis
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Molecular dynamics and atomistic simulation
• Multiscale and multiphysics modelling
• Mathematical optimisation
• Process simulation and system modelling
• Digital twins and virtual engineering systems
• Predictive modelling and performance forecasting
• Computational design and materials discovery

Computational studies should include appropriate verification, validation, sensitivity analysis, uncertainty assessment, experimental comparison, or comparison with established theoretical or numerical results, where applicable.

Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Engineering

JASEM encourages the responsible application of artificial intelligence and data-driven methods to scientific, engineering, and materials-related research.

Relevant topics include:

• Machine learning and deep learning in materials science and engineering
• Artificial intelligence-assisted materials discovery and design
• Materials property prediction
• Process monitoring, control, and optimisation
• Fault detection, diagnostics, and predictive maintenance
• Computer vision for materials and engineering applications
• Scientific image and signal analysis
• Data-driven modelling of engineering systems
• Surrogate modelling and reduced-order models
• Intelligent manufacturing and Industry 4.0 applications
• AI-supported simulation, experimentation, and decision systems
• Explainable and trustworthy artificial intelligence in engineering applications

Submissions involving artificial intelligence must demonstrate a clear scientific or engineering contribution, appropriate methodological validation, transparent data handling, and meaningful comparison with relevant baseline methods. The routine application of an existing algorithm to a dataset, without sufficient novelty, validation, or domain-specific insight, is not considered adequate for publication.

Sustainability and Industrial Applications

JASEM supports research addressing the environmental, industrial, and societal dimensions of materials and engineering technologies.

Relevant topics include:

• Sustainable materials and green engineering
• Circular economy and materials recovery
• Recycling, reuse, and waste valorisation
• Resource-efficient production
• Cleaner manufacturing technologies
• Low-carbon materials and processes
• Environmental impact and lifecycle assessment
• Energy-efficient systems
• Industrial-scale materials and process applications
• Technology transfer and academia–industry collaboration
• Engineering solutions addressing environmental and sustainability challenges

Interdisciplinary Research

JASEM welcomes interdisciplinary studies combining materials science, engineering, fundamental sciences, applied sciences, computation, and emerging technologies.

Interdisciplinary submissions should demonstrate genuine integration between the relevant disciplines. The inclusion of terminology or methods from multiple fields, without a coherent scientific relationship or combined contribution, is not sufficient to establish interdisciplinarity.

General Scope Requirements

Regardless of the subject area, manuscripts submitted to JASEM should:

• present a clearly defined research question, objective, or engineering problem;
• explain the originality and significance of the study;
• employ appropriate and scientifically justified methods;
• provide sufficient evidence to support the findings;
• distinguish the contribution from existing literature;
• discuss relevant limitations;
• demonstrate relevance to materials, engineering, technology, or applied science; and
• offer findings that extend beyond a narrowly descriptive or purely local application.

Out of Scope

JASEM does not normally consider:

• studies without a clear connection to materials, engineering, technology, or applied sciences;
• purely theoretical work with no identifiable scientific or technological application;
• routine applications of established methods that provide no meaningful novelty;
• descriptive technical reports lacking a research question or analytical contribution;
• generic artificial intelligence or computer science studies without a validated engineering, materials, or applied science application;
• manuscripts based solely on software implementation without scientific evaluation;
• local case studies whose findings offer no transferable scientific or engineering insight;
• management, economics, education, law, or social science studies that do not directly investigate a defined engineering, materials, or technological problem;
• clinical or biomedical studies without a substantive biomaterials, biomedical engineering, or technological component;
• manuscripts containing unsupported claims, insufficient methodological detail, or inadequate validation; and
• work that falls outside the journal’s stated scientific focus.