IJHVS provides an authoritative source of information and an international forum in the field of on/off road heavy vehicle systems, including buses. It is a highly professional and refereed journal which forms part of the proceedings of the International Association for Vehicle Design. IAVD is an independent, non-profit, learned society which provides a forum for professionals in both industry and academic institutions to meet, exchange ideas and disseminate knowledge in the field of automotive engineering, technology, and management.Topics covered includeCommercial trucksVehicle combinationsConventional busesHybrid busesHeavy military vehiclesIntegrated heavy vehicle systemsAgricultural equipmentConstruction equipmentComponentsRailway running gear components, including wheel, bearing, and brake testing and simulationRail durability testing and simulationRail vehicles longitudinal and lateral stability and control at high- and low-speedsRail vehicles suspension and ride dynamicsHeavy vehicles safety and human factorsLight trucks, pickups, large SUVs and crossover vehicles

IJHVS提供了權威的信息來源，并在包括公共汽車在內的公路/越野重型車輛系統領域提供了一個國際論壇。它是一本專業性很強的參考期刊，是國際汽車設計協會會議記錄的一部分。IAVD是一個獨立的、非盈利的、博學的社會，它為工業和學術機構的專業人士提供了一個論壇，以在汽車工程、技術和管理領域交流思想和傳播知識。涵蓋的主題包括商用卡車車輛組合常規公共汽車混合動力客車重型軍用車輛綜合重型車輛系統農業設備施工設備組件鐵路傳動裝置部件，包括車輪、軸承和制動試驗和模擬鋼軌耐久性試驗與仿真軌道車輛在高速和低速時的縱向和橫向穩定性和控制軌道車輛懸掛和行駛動力學重型車輛安全和人為因素輕型卡車、皮卡、大型SUV和跨界車