It was founded and operates on the premise that the subject of sound and vibration requires a journal available equally to all the many kinds of specialists and practitioners concerned, so that it can maintain constant contact among them and thus make possible timely awareness both of areas of mutual interest and of techniques and discoveries in one area which may be applicable to others. To this end, the journal's scope is generally inclusive. The Editors are responsible for journal policy, in consultation with the members of the Editorial Board.
Every effort is made by the Editors and publishers to ensure prompt publication.
The journal is published in English. Each paper submitted for publication is normally subject to review and criticism by independent, anonymous referees, and authors are provided with copies of these reviews so that they can make revisions and improvements of their manuscripts before publication. Comments, of either a specific or a general nature, on previously published work and brief reports on new work, for which quick publication is desired, should be submitted as Letters to the Editor. Review article in Physical Acoustics should be submitted to Professor M.J. Buckingham. However, before they prepare a review article for submission to The Journal of Sound and Vibration prospective authors should first discuss the suitability of the proposed review with the reviews editor.