ASME partners with Wiley on journals and proceedings publishing operations
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced a new agreement with Wiley, under which Wiley will operate a significant portion of ASME’s publishing business.
The deal covers sales and marketing for ASME’s journals and conference proceedings, as well as the digital collection comprising these publications. ASME will retain responsibility for its book publishing programme, which includes nearly 400 print titles and more than 200 digital books spanning established and emerging areas in mechanical engineering.
ASME emphasised that all publications will remain ASME products, with the society retaining copyright. Its mission, editorial governance and peer review processes will remain unchanged across all formats.
The society will also continue working closely with its volunteer leadership, including the Technical Committee on Publications and Communications (TCPC) and its Board of Editors, ensuring that editorial direction remains grounded in independent technical expertise.
ASME journals are widely recognised for their technical quality and community-driven editorial standards. As part of the agreement, Wiley will assume ASME’s existing contractual relationships with libraries, universities and other customers worldwide, providing continuity of service.
“This agreement reflects ASME’s responsibility to steward our publishing program for the long term while continuing to serve the evolving needs of the global engineering community,” said ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile. “By aligning with Wiley for journals and conference proceedings publishing operations, ASME can remain focused on editorial leadership, volunteer engagement, and advancing engineering knowledge worldwide.”
Wiley will bring its global publishing infrastructure, sales and marketing capabilities, and technology platforms to support the scale, discoverability and impact of ASME’s content, while aiming to minimise disruption for editors, authors and reviewers.
“ASME has been the connective tissue of the global engineering community for over 140 years. The research in its journals and proceedings doesn’t stay on the page, it moves into standards, design decisions, and the physical world,” said Wiley Executive Vice President & General Manager, Research & Learning Jay Flynn. “As the world’s largest society publisher, Wiley is built to extend ASME’s reach. Our partnership puts engineering science into the hands of the engineers building what comes next.”
ASME publishes more than 35 academic journals alongside a substantial portfolio of books and conference proceedings. Each year, more than 2,000 papers are published in ASME journals, supporting engineers with access to the latest research, theory and applied practice.