SAIMechE Research and Development Journal
  

To increase the visibility of papers published in the Journal, the hosting of the Journal has been shifted to the Stellenbosch University library servers. The journal remains open source under a creative commons licence, and the copyright remains with SAIMechE.  Papers published from 2024 onwards can be accessed here. Papers published before 2024 will still be accessible on the SAIMechE website.

  
The R&D Journal (ISSN 0257-9669 (print until 2008); ISSN 2309-8988 (online)) is a peer reviewed engineering science journal, the first issue of which was published during 1985. The Journal is presently fully accredited as a subsidised research journal with the South African State Department of Higher Education and is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

In line with international trends to increase the visibility and accessibility of mechanical engineering research, the SAIMechE Council, in consultation with the Editorial Advisory Board, has decided to publish SAIMechE's R&D Journal as an open-access internet edition from 2009 onwards.

All editions of the R&D Journal are published in PDF format, available for public viewing and free download.  

The decision to publish the R&D Journal electronically is aimed at broadening the exposure of South African mechanical engineering research. It is envisaged that free access to the journal will increase readership, both locally and internationally.  

Aims and Scope
The journal provides an opportunity to publish papers on research and development in the fields of Mechanical and Mechatronic engineering. Primarily the authors are from South Africa and Africa at large, but papers from any origin are welcomed.

History of the R&D Journal
The R&D Journal is a peer reviewed engineering science journal, the first issue of which was published during 1985. The Journal is presently fully accredited as a subsidised research journal with the South African State Department of Higher Education. 

The journal covers the full spectrum of South African mechanical engineering research, both academic and industrial and is supported by South African leading academics and has one of its aims to promote such research and its proponents in a constructive manner. 

Contact details for the R&D Journal can be accessed here.

The Editorial Board details can be found here.

File Library
All R&D Journal Papers published from 1985 to 2023 can be accessed in the R&D Journal File Library here. 

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.  Ownership of copyright of work published remains with the authors, and published in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.