Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

The Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers were first published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in 1847. The "Proceedings" were published under this single title until 1963, when they began to be published in two parts. The "Proceedings" have since expanded further, in part by incorporating four journals previously published separately: the "Proceedings of the Institution of Automobile Engineers" (in 1971), the "Journal of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers" (in 1971), the "Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science" (in 1983) and "Engineering in Medicine" (in 1989). Sixteen individual parts now make up the "Proceedings", as follows:
In 2010, SAGE Publications began publishing the Institution's journals on behalf of the IMechE.
Abstracting and indexing.
As of May 2011, 14 of the journals that make up the "Proceedings" were included in the "Journal Citation Reports".