A manuscript submitted to Journal of Solid Mechanics undergoes the following process for double blinded peer review:

• The manuscript is received via the journal’s online submission system.
• An initial assessment is carried out by the editorial board, which involves the preliminary evaluation of the manuscript in terms of its composition as per the style, format, and preparation instructions provided in the journal’s Submission Guidelines.
• The submitted manuscript is then reviewed by at least two members of the editorial board in terms of its quality.
• The manuscript is sent to at least two external reviewers who are experts in the related field of study.
• Following the reviewer assignment, peer review process will take an average of three months.
• An Editor-in-chief decision letter will be emailed to the corresponding author with the following range of possible outcomes: Rejection, major revision, minor revision, or acceptance without revision.