Journal History
| 2013 | The inaugural issue was released. Machines was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2014 | Machines was indexed in Inspec (IET). |
| 2017 |
Machines was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science. |
| 2018 |
Machines became an affiliated journal of the The International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM), and its members received a discount on the journal’s article processing charges. |
| 2020 |
Machines was indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE—Web of Science). |
| 2021 |
Machines announced the first edition of the Young Investigator and Outstanding Reviewer Award. |
| 2022 | Machines announced the first edition of the Best Paper and PhD Thesis Award. Machines published its 1,000th paper. Machines was indexed in IndexCopernicus. |
| 2023 | -Bioengineering Technology was discontinued. -Energy and Power Engineering was renamed as Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems. |
| 2024 | -Mechatronic and Intelligent Machines was renamed as Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–2016 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Mba |
| 2016–2017 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Steven Y. Liang |
| 2017–2021 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi |
| 2021–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Marques Cardoso |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Carbone for the section on Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dan Zhang for the section on Automation and Control Systems Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Matthias Meinke for the section on Turbomachinery Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jose Alfonso Antonino-Daviu for the section on Electrical Machines and Drives Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kai Cheng for the section on Advanced Manufacturing |
| 2022–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yaguo Lei for the section on Machines Testing and Maintenance |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hui Ma for the section on Machines Testing and Maintenance |
