3D Printing and Applications
A call to publish the next generation of additive manufacturing breakthroughs
Call For Papers
3D Printing and Applications (J3DPA) invites original research, reviews, and application driven studies that push the boundaries of additive manufacturing. We welcome work that advances materials, processes, design for additive manufacturing, and real world deployment across healthcare, aerospace, automotive, consumer products, construction, and industrial tooling. Publish with J3DPA to ensure your innovations are open, citable, and visible to the global engineering community.
Why Publish in J3DPA
J3DPA is designed for researchers and engineers who want practical impact and rigorous validation. Our editorial board brings expertise across polymer and metal printing, bioprinting, micro fabrication, and industrial scale systems. Manuscripts receive focused review from specialists who understand the experimental controls, mechanical testing, and process parameterization required for trustworthy results.
Open access publishing ensures that your findings are immediately available to universities, R and D teams, and industry partners. Every accepted article is professionally produced, assigned a DOI, and prepared for indexing and long term preservation. If you want your 3D printing research to move quickly from lab to application, J3DPA provides the visibility and credibility your work deserves.
Priority Research Themes
Materials and Feedstock Innovation
Polymer blends, metal powders, ceramic slurries, composite filaments, and bioinks. We seek studies on formulation, rheology, printability, and performance under real operating conditions.
Process and Parameter Control
Advances in slicing, toolpath optimization, thermal management, in situ monitoring, and defect detection that improve dimensional accuracy, surface quality, and mechanical reliability.
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Topology optimization, lattice structures, lightweighting strategies, and functional integration for parts that outperform conventional manufacturing constraints.
Application and Translation
Clinical devices, aerospace components, tooling, construction printing, and customized consumer products that demonstrate deployment at scale and measurable performance advantages.
Article Types and Opportunities
Original Research
- Materials, process, and performance investigations
- Validated experimental methods and datasets
- Replicable parameter sets and benchmarks
- Clear analysis of limitations and error sources
- Actionable insights for industrial adoption
Reviews and Perspectives
- State of the art overviews in key domains
- Comparative assessments of technologies
- Roadmaps for standards and qualification
- Regulatory and commercialization pathways
- Opportunities for cross discipline research
Short Communications
- Novel techniques and early results
- Method improvements and tool validation
- Material screening outcomes
- Application demonstrations and prototypes
- Concise datasets with practical relevance
Special Issues and Themed Collections
J3DPA regularly curates special issues that highlight emerging topics such as multi material printing, sustainable feedstocks, quality assurance for critical parts, and clinical translation of bioprinted constructs. Special issues provide focused visibility, coordinated promotion, and higher engagement with targeted research communities.
If you have a high impact topic that would benefit from a dedicated collection, we welcome proposals from leading researchers and industry experts. Proposals should define scope, relevance, and a plan for attracting excellent submissions. Our editorial office will help you shape a compelling theme and timeline.
Visibility and Industry Reach
Accepted articles are promoted through journal updates, targeted email outreach, and search optimized metadata that aligns with additive manufacturing keywords used by researchers and product development teams. This ensures your work is discoverable by both academic readers and industry professionals looking for proven printing strategies and validated performance data.
We encourage authors to emphasize application benchmarks, manufacturing readiness, and scalability. Clear reporting improves citation potential and makes your research more useful to engineers comparing processes or materials. The journal audience includes mechanical engineering, materials science, biomedical engineering, and manufacturing systems experts who actively collaborate across disciplines.
If your research has translational or commercial relevance, the editorial team can assist in positioning the key contribution for broader visibility. We welcome graphical abstracts, short video summaries, and application notes that help readers quickly understand where your innovation adds measurable value.
Submission and Review
No submission fee: J3DPA charges an APC only after acceptance. All submissions receive initial editorial screening followed by expert peer review focused on technical rigor, reproducibility, and application impact.
Transparent decisions: Authors receive clear guidance on revisions and resubmission timelines. Accepted articles are professionally prepared and published as open access with DOI registration and long term archiving.
Funding aligned: We support authors who must comply with open access mandates from funders and institutions. Waivers and discounts are available for eligible authors and editorial contributors.
Submission Checklist
Before submitting, ensure your manuscript includes a clear problem statement, reproducible methods, and complete reporting of printing parameters. Figures should be high resolution with legible legends, and all data required to validate key results should be available in the manuscript or a trusted repository.
Include a concise cover letter that positions your contribution for the additive manufacturing community and identifies the most relevant topic area. If the work is intended for a special issue, note the theme in the cover letter so the editorial team can route the submission appropriately.
Submit Your Manuscript to J3DPA
Share your additive manufacturing research with a global audience of engineers, scientists, and industry innovators. Choose your preferred submission method to begin.
