As an innovative, fundamental and scientific journal, Advances in Manufacturing aims to describe the latest regional and global research results and forefront developments in advanced manufacturing field. As such, it serves as an international platform for academic exchange between experts, scholars and researchers in this field.

All articles in Advances in Manufacturing are peer reviewed. Respected scholars from the fields of advanced manufacturing fields will be invited to write some comments. We also encourage and give priority to research papers that have made major breakthroughs or innovations in the fundamental theory. The targeted fields include: manufacturing automation, mechatronics and robotics, precision manufacturing and control, micro-nano-manufacturing, green manufacturing, design in manufacturing, metallic and nonmetallic materials in manufacturing, metallurgical process, etc. The forms of articles include (but not limited to): academic articles, research reports, and general reviews.

Editor-in-Chief:
Shibu Jose, Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Managing Editor:

Jeanne Dollinger,INRA UMR ECOSYS, Thiverval-Grignon, France

Honorary Editors:
P.K. Ramachandran Nair, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
D.P. Garrity, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya
Fergus L. Sinclair, School of the Environment and Natural Resources, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
Associate Editors:
B. Barlow, Auburn University, AL, USA
J. Bayala, ICRAF, Bamako, Mali
G. Cadisch, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
J. Chara, CIPAV, Colombia
S. Chauhan, Panjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, India
P.C.W. Chirwa, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
W. Cropper, University of Florida, FL, USA
C. Dupraz, INRA, Montpellier, France
J. Fike, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
D. Freese, Brandenburg University, Cottbus, Germany
A.C. Gama-Rodrigues, North Fluminense State University, Campos dos Goytacazes city, Brazil
L. Godsey, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
A.M. Gordon, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
E. Holzmueller, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
Michael G. Jacobson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
J. Kort, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Indian Head, SK, Canada
B.M. Kumar, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, India
C. Kunst, INTA, Santiago del Estero, Argentina 
G. Moreno, Universidad of Extremadura, Portugal
M.R. Mosquera-Losada, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain
J. Munsell, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
J.D. Nichols, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
M. Oelbermann, University of Waterloo, USA
A. Olivier, Université Laval, QC, Canada
P. Peri, INTA-UNPA-CONICET, Santa Cruz, Argentina
T. Pinto-Correia, University of Évora, Portugal
A. Raebild, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
A. Rosati, Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis, Rome, Italy
T.J. Sauer, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA, USA
G. Schroth, Mars Incorporated and Federal University of Western Pará, Pará, Brazil
R. Schultz, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
A. Sharma, University of Florida, Milton, FL, USA
N. Thevathasan, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
R. P. Udawatta, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
P.J. Vaast, CIRAD, Bangalore, India
D. Zamora, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA