Dear iMechanica community,
We (Pradeep Sharma, Kaushik Dayal) are writing to share an exciting new initiative aimed at maintaining and enhancing the identity, coherence, and visibility of our field.
While preprint platforms like arXiv have revolutionized how early-stage research is shared, our specific community faces a unique challenge. Solid mechanics papers are often lost in the sheer volume and jumble of all the disciplines hosted on general preprint servers. Not to mention that many mechanicians don’t routinely upload preprints. Furthermore, because our community publishes broadly in a host of journals focused on topics ranging from chemistry to geophysics, tracking down the latest mechanics research can be difficult.
At the same time, while iMechanica remains an outstanding and indispensable platform for community discussions, it is not an efficient, purpose-built system for uploading, hosting, and archiving preprints.
To bridge this gap, we have launched MechanicsArXiv. This initiative is supported by a high-quality advisory board and plans for its sustainable evolution.
Modeled directly after the success of arXiv, this is a dedicated, open-access preprint repository built specifically for the mechanics community. Our goal is to provide a focused, freely accessible home where our community can share research preprints without their work being buried in unrelated fields.
Please consider submitting your next preprint on this site. You can continue to discuss papers on iMechanica and simply provide a link to the preprint. Also, we note that you can also submit your preprint to both the classic arXiv and MechanicsArXiv.
We look forward to seeing your work on the platform and welcome your feedback as we grow this resource for the community.
Best, Pradeep Sharma and Kaushik Dayal