Journal History
| 1996 | MCA was launched as the official journal of the Association for Scientific Research. |
| 2016 | MCA was published by MDPI from Volume 21, Issue 1 (2016). |
| 2017 |
MCA established the following sections:
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| 2019 | MCA was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 22 (Issue 1). MCA published its 1,000th paper. |
| 2023 | MCA received its first Impact Factor (1.9). |
| 2024 | MCA was indexed in Scopus–Elsevier. The South African Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (SAAM) became affiliated to MCA. |
| 2026 |
The year 2026 marks the 30th Anniversary of MCA. MCA established the following section:
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Editor-in-Chief
| 1996–2016 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Pakdemirli (Founding Editor) |
| 2016–2018 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Fazal Mahomed |
| 2018–present | Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Oliver Schütze and Prof. Dr. Gianluigi Rozza |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2017–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicholas Fantuzzi for the section on Engineering |
| 2026–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Carlos A. Coello Coello for the section on Optimization |
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