《应用力学杂志》是传播力学各分支机构长期关注的原始研究成果的工具。杂志上发表的论文大部分是相当深入的全文文章。对已发表论文的评论可以用讨论的方式提出，但作者应当予以反驳。
The Journal of Applied Mechanics serves as a vehicle for the communication of original research results of permanent interest in all branches of mechanics. The majority of the papers published in the journal are full-length articles of considerable depth. Comments on published papers may be submitted in the form of discussion, which is subject to a rebuttal by the author.