Original and timely technical papers addressing problems of shipyard techniques and production of merchant and naval ships appear in this quarterly publication. Since its inception, the Journal of Ship Production and Design (formerly the Journal of Ship Production) has been a forum for peer-reviewed, professionally edited papers from academic and industry sources. As such it has influenced the worldwide development of ship production engineering as a fully qualified professional discipline. The expanded scope seeks papers in additional areas, specifically ship design, including design for production, plus other marine technology topics, such as ship operations, shipping economics, and safety. Each issue contains a well-rounded selection of technical papers relevant to marine professionals.

關于船廠技術和商船生產問題的原始和及時的技術文件出現在本季刊中。自成立以來，《船舶生產與設計雜志》（原《船舶生產雜志》）一直是學術界和工業界同行評審、專業編輯論文的論壇。因此，它作為一門完全合格的專業學科，影響了世界船舶生產工程的發展。擴大的范圍尋求在其他領域的論文，特別是船舶設計，包括生產設計，加上其他海洋技術主題，如船舶運營，航運經濟和安全。每一期都包含了與海洋專業人士有關的全面的技術論文選集。