Journal rankings · indicator year 2003
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Subfield ranking · 2003
Mechanics of Materials journal rankings 2003
90 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanics of Materials has 90 ranked journals in 2003. The median journal has an OJR of 0.97, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2002; Q1 starts at OJR 1.74. The top three are Applied Mechanics Reviews, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, and Engineering Fracture Mechanics.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2003. 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 2000–2002, the window the 2003 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 Engineering232
- Mechanical Engineering181
- Aerospace Engineering118
- Civil and Structural Engineering110
- Biomedical Engineering107
- Mechanics of Materials90
- Computational Mechanics74
- Control and Systems Engineering70
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering37
- Building and Construction33
- Ocean Engineering30
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality16
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90 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 2002. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2000–2002 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 2003. | Compare |
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1Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 5.12Q1 | 3.16 0.87 up from 2002 | 279 | 24% | — | ||
2Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.44Q1 | 3.51 0.66 up from 2002 | 359 | 8% | $4,220 | ||
3Engineering Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 3.00Q1 | 1.85 0.62 up from 2002 | 417 | 7% | $4,120 | ||
4International Journal for Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 2.75Q1 | 2.07 0.54 up from 2002 | 971 | 11% | $4,250 | ||
5Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.67Q1 | 1.51 0.63 up from 2002 | 79 | 13% | $2,190 | ||
6GeofluidsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 2.52Q1 | 2.10 0.65 up from 2002 | 41 | 20% | $2,160 | ||
7International Journal of Solids and StructuresElsevier BV · United States | 2.45Q1 | 1.69 0.30 up from 2002 | 1,306 | 5% | $3,790 | ||
8Composites Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 1.71 0.42 up from 2002 | 751 | 3% | $4,610 | ||
9Composites Part A Applied Science and ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.28Q1 | 1.42 0.06 up from 2002 | 474 | 5% | $4,480 | ||
10International Journal of FatigueElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 1.51 0.67 up from 2002 | 377 | 3% | $3,940 | ||
11Applied Composite MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.06Q1 | 0.54 0.12 down from 2002 | 73 | 13% | $4,090 | ||
12Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional MaterialsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | —no 2002 value | 46 | — | — | ||
13European Journal of Mechanics - A/SolidsElsevier BV · France | 2.02Q1 | 1.29 0.08 up from 2002 | 194 | 7% | $4,040 | ||
14Journal of Analytical Atomic SpectrometryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.00Q1 | 2.66 0.55 down from 2002 | 716 | 5% | — | ||
15Finite Elements in Analysis and DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.94Q1 | 0.93 0.16 down from 2002 | 238 | 7% | $2,990 | ||
16Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresWiley · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 1.05 0.22 up from 2002 | 304 | 16% | $3,860 | ||
17Mechanics of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 1.29 0.14 up from 2002 | 191 | 3% | $3,850 | ||
18AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States | 1.89Q1 | 1.42 0.12 up from 2002 | 299 | 2% | — | ||
19Computational MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.85Q1 | 1.11 0.27 down from 2002 | 288 | 8% | $3,990 | ||
20Organic GeochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 1.60 0.09 up from 2002 | 482 | 2% | $3,270 | ||
21Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.78Q1 | 1.04 0.09 down from 2002 | 568 | 4% | $4,660 | ||
22Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 1.29 0.10 up from 2002 | 226 | 7% | $3,440 | ||
23NDT & E InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 0.97 0.29 up from 2002 | 208 | 4% | $4,440 | ||
24International Journal of FractureSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.68Q2 | 1.07 0.14 up from 2002 | 511 | 7% | $3,790 | ||
25Mechanics of Advanced Materials and StructuresTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.66Q2 | 0.81 0.02 up from 2002 | 42 | 0% | — | ||
26Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.62Q2 | 1.95 0.11 up from 2002 | 546 | 3% | $3,530 | ||
27Engineering Analysis with Boundary ElementsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.54Q2 | 1.30 0.38 up from 2002 | 260 | 9% | $3,590 | ||
28International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.46Q2 | 1.11 0.07 up from 2002 | 285 | 6% | $4,110 | ||
29Engineering ComputationsEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.38Q2 | 0.87 0.13 down from 2002 | 132 | 12% | — | ||
30Archive of Applied MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.33Q2 | 0.75 0.17 up from 2002 | 172 | 3% | $4,090 | ||
31Journal of Composite MaterialsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.26Q2 | 0.64 0.06 down from 2002 | 451 | 0% | $4,150 | ||
32Journal of Thermal StressesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.25Q2 | 0.89 0.19 up from 2002 | 196 | 1% | — | ||
33International Journal of Adhesion and AdhesivesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.24Q2 | 1.15 0.06 down from 2002 | 181 | 2% | $3,760 | ||
34Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 1.08 0.21 up from 2002 | 147 | 13% | $3,730 | ||
35Journal of Composites Technology and ResearchASM International · United States | 1.15Q2 | 0.59 0.12 up from 2002 | 88 | 5% | — | ||
36Rock Mechanics and Rock EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 1.14Q2 | 0.52 0.05 down from 2002 | 66 | 13% | $3,990 | ||
37International Journal of Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 0.92 0.05 up from 2002 | 417 | 4% | $4,980 | ||
38Mechanics of Time-Dependent MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.12Q2 | 1.16 0.76 up from 2002 | 52 | 0% | $4,190 | ||
39GeoArabiaBahrain | 1.11Q2 | 1.22 0.50 up from 2002 | 52 | 100% | — | ||
40Applied Mathematical ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.10Q2 | 0.69 0.02 up from 2002 | 221 | 99% | $4,510 | ||
41The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering DesignSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 0.65no change | 152 | 10% | $4,150 | ||
42International Journal of Damage MechanicsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.08Q2 | 0.85 0.31 up from 2002 | 69 | 11% | $4,400 | ||
43Continuum Mechanics and ThermodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.07Q2 | 1.00 0.15 up from 2002 | 83 | 13% | $2,990 | ||
44UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 0.95 0.04 up from 2002 | 487 | 5% | $3,680 | ||
45International Journal of Coal GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.98Q2 | 0.91 0.18 up from 2002 | 187 | 3% | $4,090 | ||
46Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum GeologyCanadian Society of Petroleum Geologists · Canada | 0.96Q3 | 0.85 0.15 up from 2002 | 87 | 0% | — | ||
47Materials EvaluationAmerican Society for Nondestructive Testing · United States | 0.95Q3 | 0.67 0.05 up from 2002 | 57 | 0% | — | ||
48Communications in Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 0.95Q3 | 0.76 0.30 up from 2002 | 304 | 13% | — | ||
49Journal of Petroleum GeologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.91Q3 | 0.88 0.11 up from 2002 | 73 | 6% | $3,400 | ||
50Journal of Energetic MaterialsTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.86Q3 | 0.59 0.34 up from 2002 | 49 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanics of Materials highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering232
- Mechanical Engineering181
- Aerospace Engineering118
- Civil and Structural Engineering110
- Biomedical Engineering107
- Mechanics of Materials90
- Computational Mechanics74
- Control and Systems Engineering70
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering37
- Building and Construction33
- Ocean Engineering30
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality16
- Media Technology11
- Automotive Engineering10
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2003. Corpus-wide, 70.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 additional Mechanics of Materials journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2000–2002, 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: 2003. Publication window: 2000–2002. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 90
- Window papers (baseline)
- 57,208 +39.4% from indicator year 2000
- Median OJR
- 0.97 +38.9% from indicator year 2000
- Rising journals (2025)
- 14
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2000–2002 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.