Journal rankings · indicator year 2002
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Subfield ranking · 2002
Mechanics of Materials journal rankings 2002
85 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanics of Materials has 85 ranked journals in 2002. The median OJR rose 0.14 on 2001 to 0.96, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.49. The top three are Applied Mechanics Reviews, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, and International Journal of Solids and Structures.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2002. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Engineering (16)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering215
- Mechanical Engineering174
- Aerospace Engineering115
- Civil and Structural Engineering109
- Biomedical Engineering105
- Mechanics of Materials85
- Computational Mechanics69
- Control and Systems Engineering68
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering36
- Ocean Engineering30
- Building and Construction29
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality16
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85 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2001. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1999–2001 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2002. | Compare |
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1Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 5.47Q1 | 2.29 0.35 up from 2001 | 130 | 15% | — | ||
2Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.76Q1 | 2.85 0.07 up from 2001 | 310 | 13% | $4,220 | ||
3International Journal of Solids and StructuresElsevier BV · United States | 2.40Q1 | 1.39 0.25 up from 2001 | 1,169 | 6% | $3,790 | ||
4Composites Part A Applied Science and ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 1.35 0.19 up from 2001 | 440 | 4% | $4,480 | ||
5Journal of Analytical Atomic SpectrometryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 3.21 0.88 up from 2001 | 713 | 8% | — | ||
6International Journal for Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 1.53 0.36 up from 2001 | 1,171 | 9% | $4,250 | ||
7Computational MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.07Q1 | 1.38 0.28 up from 2001 | 281 | 9% | $3,990 | ||
8Mechanics of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 1.15 0.10 up from 2001 | 174 | 2% | $3,850 | ||
9Composites Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.03Q1 | 1.29 0.30 up from 2001 | 702 | 6% | $4,610 | ||
10Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional MaterialsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.99Q1 | 0.87 0.15 up from 2001 | 82 | — | — | ||
11Finite Elements in Analysis and DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.96Q1 | 1.09 0.55 up from 2001 | 184 | 3% | $2,990 | ||
12Mechanics of Advanced Materials and StructuresTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.94Q1 | 0.79 0.33 down from 2001 | 38 | 0% | — | ||
13Engineering Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.92Q1 | 1.22 0.49 up from 2001 | 338 | 6% | $4,120 | ||
14International Journal of Adhesion and AdhesivesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.79Q1 | 1.21 0.49 up from 2001 | 170 | 0% | $3,760 | ||
15European Journal of Mechanics - A/SolidsElsevier BV · France | 1.71Q1 | 1.21 0.36 up from 2001 | 187 | 13% | $4,040 | ||
16Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.70Q1 | 1.14 0.52 up from 2001 | 478 | 4% | $4,660 | ||
17Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.68Q1 | 0.88 0.20 down from 2001 | 78 | 13% | $2,190 | ||
18Journal of Composite MaterialsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.67Q1 | 0.70 0.15 down from 2001 | 403 | 3% | $4,150 | ||
19Organic GeochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 1.51 0.20 down from 2001 | 436 | 3% | $3,270 | ||
20Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 1.19 0.30 up from 2001 | 200 | 4% | $3,440 | ||
21International Journal of FatigueElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 0.84 0.19 down from 2001 | 366 | 5% | $3,940 | ||
22Journal of Nondestructive EvaluationSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.49Q1 | 0.46 0.05 up from 2001 | 42 | 0% | $3,290 | ||
23Engineering Analysis with Boundary ElementsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.45Q2 | 0.92 0.06 up from 2001 | 241 | 8% | $3,590 | ||
24International Journal of FractureSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.45Q2 | 0.93 0.14 up from 2001 | 495 | 5% | $3,790 | ||
25Archive of Applied MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.41Q2 | 0.58 0.33 down from 2001 | 177 | 6% | $4,090 | ||
26Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresWiley · United Kingdom | 1.41Q2 | 0.83no change | 298 | 22% | $3,860 | ||
27AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States | 1.39Q2 | 1.29 0.46 up from 2001 | 356 | 0% | — | ||
28Engineering ComputationsEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.37Q2 | 1.00 0.45 up from 2001 | 140 | 3% | — | ||
29Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.35Q2 | 1.84 0.45 up from 2001 | 568 | 3% | $3,530 | ||
30NDT & E InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.21Q2 | 0.67 0.14 up from 2001 | 186 | 2% | $4,440 | ||
31Journal of Thermal StressesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 0.70 0.23 up from 2001 | 172 | 5% | — | ||
32Applied Composite MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.18Q2 | 0.67no change | 75 | 7% | $4,090 | ||
33The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering DesignSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 0.65 0.22 up from 2001 | 141 | 2% | $4,150 | ||
34Materials EvaluationAmerican Society for Nondestructive Testing · United States | 1.15Q2 | 0.62 0.30 up from 2001 | 48 | 0% | — | ||
35Journal of Composites Technology and ResearchASM International · United States | 1.11Q2 | 0.47 0.03 down from 2001 | 82 | 0% | — | ||
36The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied MathematicsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 0.90 0.32 up from 2001 | 103 | 35% | $3,718 | ||
37Continuum Mechanics and ThermodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.10Q2 | 0.85 0.07 up from 2001 | 69 | 8% | $2,990 | ||
38Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.08Q2 | 0.87 0.35 up from 2001 | 162 | 5% | $3,730 | ||
39International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.05Q2 | 1.04 0.41 up from 2001 | 292 | 13% | $4,110 | ||
40International Journal of Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 0.86 0.10 up from 2001 | 349 | 4% | $4,980 | ||
41UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.02Q2 | 0.90 0.34 up from 2001 | 333 | 3% | $3,680 | ||
42Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum GeologyCanadian Society of Petroleum Geologists · Canada | 1.01Q2 | 0.69 0.74 down from 2001 | 75 | 0% | — | ||
43Mechanics of Composite Materials and StructuresTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.96Q2 | 0.40 0.36 down from 2001 | 38 | — | — | ||
44International Journal of Damage MechanicsSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.91Q3 | 0.54 0.01 down from 2001 | 69 | 10% | $4,400 | ||
45Applied Mathematical ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.89Q3 | 0.66 0.28 up from 2001 | 193 | 98% | $4,510 | ||
46Mathematics and Mechanics of SolidsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.87Q3 | 0.68 0.17 up from 2001 | 85 | 6% | $4,150 | ||
47Advanced Composites LettersOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.78Q3 | 0.38 0.07 up from 2001 | 104 | 72% | $2,000 | ||
48Acta MechanicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 0.73Q3 | 0.49 0.10 down from 2001 | 369 | 3% | $3,490 | ||
49International Journal of Coal GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.73Q3 | 0.73 0.02 down from 2001 | 179 | 5% | $4,090 | ||
50Journal of Reinforced Plastics and CompositesSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.73Q3 | 0.38 0.13 down from 2001 | 335 | 2% | $4,400 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanics of Materials highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering215
- Mechanical Engineering174
- Aerospace Engineering115
- Civil and Structural Engineering109
- Biomedical Engineering105
- Mechanics of Materials85
- Computational Mechanics69
- Control and Systems Engineering68
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering36
- Ocean Engineering30
- Building and Construction29
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality16
- Automotive Engineering11
- Media Technology10
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2002. Corpus-wide, 69.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
15 additional Mechanics of Materials journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1999–2001, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2002. Publication window: 1999–2001. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 85
- Window papers (baseline)
- 51,243 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Median OJR
- 0.964 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Rising journals (2025)
- 14
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1999–2001 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 78 | 81 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 91 | 96 | 101 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 110 | 108 | 115 | 117 | 121 | 124 | 126 | 123 | 123 | 121 | 123 | 122 | 121 | 126 | 124 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 41,039 | 46,235 | 51,243 | 57,208 | 61,654 | 67,090 | 72,297 | 77,433 | 83,476 | 89,782 | 95,236 | 100,355 | 106,668 | 110,219 | 112,431 | 110,199 | 106,266 | 99,874 | 95,912 | 96,897 | 101,761 | 106,369 | 109,525 | 109,615 | 109,306 | 111,140 | |
| Median OJR | 0.70 | 0.83 | 0.964 | 0.97 | 0.986 | 0.977 | 1.01 | 0.985 | 0.978 | 0.895 | 1.03 | 1.12 | 1.061 | 1.05 | 1.060 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 0.965 | 0.93 | 0.8976 | 0.910 | 0.912 | 0.8984 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.80 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.