在《國際疲勞雜志》上討論的典型課題：新穎的疲勞試驗與表征方法(新型疲勞試驗、現有方法的臨界評價、疲勞退化的原位測量、非接觸場測量)；材料和結構的多軸疲勞和復雜載荷效應，探索循環載荷下退化的最新概念；在非常高的循環狀態下的疲勞，包括從表面到地下的破壞模式轉變，表面處理、加工和加載條件的影響；建模(包括降解過程和相關的驅動力、多尺度、多分辨率的方法,計算分層和并發方法耦合的組件和材料反應,小說缺口根部的方法分析、斷裂力學、損傷力學、裂紋增長動力學、壽命預測和耐用性,和預測的隨機疲勞行為反映出微觀結構和服務條件)；疲勞裂紋形成和擴展早期階段的模型，明確考慮了微觀結構和相關材料科學方面的問題；理解制造和加工路線對疲勞退化的影響，并將此理解嵌入到更預測的減輕和設計疲勞的方案中；預測和損傷狀態感知(包括傳感器、監測、方法、交互控制、加速方法、數據解釋)；疲勞相關技術的應用及其對結構完整性和可靠性的影響。這包括與設計、操作和維護有關的問題，即、生命周期工程；智能材料和結構，可以感知和減輕疲勞退化；小型設備和結構的疲勞，包括工藝路線和表面/界面的影響；影響循環加載條件下熱化學-機械降解過程的組合和耦合行為也包括在該期刊的范圍內。

Typical subjects discussed in International Journal of Fatigue address:Novel fatigue testing and characterization methods (new kinds of fatigue tests, critical evaluation of existing methods, in situ measurement of fatigue degradation, non-contact field measurements)Multiaxial fatigue and complex loading effects of materials and structures, exploring state-of-the-art concepts in degradation under cyclic loadingFatigue in the very high cycle regime, including failure mode transitions from surface to subsurface, effects of surface treatment, processing, and loading conditionsModeling (including degradation processes and related driving forces, multiscale/multi-resolution methods, computational hierarchical and concurrent methods for coupled component and material responses, novel methods for notch root analysis, fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, crack growth kinetics, life prediction and durability, and prediction of stochastic fatigue behavior reflecting microstructure and service conditions)Models for early stages of fatigue crack formation and growth that explicitly consider microstructure and relevant materials science aspectsUnderstanding the influence or manufacturing and processing route on fatigue degradation, and embedding this understanding in more predictive schemes for mitigation and design against fatiguePrognosis and damage state awareness (including sensors, monitoring, methodology, interactive control, accelerated methods, data interpretation)Applications of technologies associated with fatigue and their implications for structural integrity and reliability. This includes issues related to design, operation and maintenance, i.e., life cycle engineeringSmart materials and structures that can sense and mitigate fatigue degradationFatigue of devices and structures at small scales, including effects of process route and surfaces/interfacesCombined and coupled behaviours that affect thermo-chemical-mechanical degradation processes under cyclic loading conditions are also included in the scope of the journal.