Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Subfield ranking · 2008
Mechanics of Materials journal rankings 2008
105 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanics of Materials has 105 ranked journals in 2008. The median journal has an OJR of 0.98, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2007; Q1 starts at OJR 1.65. The top three are Applied Mechanics Reviews, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, and Composites Science and Technology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. 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 2005–2007, the window the 2008 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 Engineering313
- Mechanical Engineering239
- Biomedical Engineering148
- Civil and Structural Engineering144
- Aerospace Engineering139
- Mechanics of Materials105
- Control and Systems Engineering84
- Computational Mechanics83
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering50
- Building and Construction44
- Ocean Engineering41
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality23
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105 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 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 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 2008. | Compare |
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1Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 6.64Q1 | 5.25 1.73 up from 2007 | 58 | 5% | — | ||
2Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.26Q1 | 3.28 0.46 down from 2007 | 394 | 12% | $4,220 | ||
3Composites Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.96Q1 | 2.39 0.01 down from 2007 | 1,150 | 16% | $4,610 | ||
4Composites Part A Applied Science and ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.64Q1 | 2.34 0.56 up from 2007 | 696 | 8% | $4,480 | ||
5International Journal for Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 2.40Q1 | 2.12 0.19 up from 2007 | 1,032 | 18% | $4,250 | ||
6Mechanics of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.39Q1 | 2.21 0.25 up from 2007 | 232 | 4% | $3,850 | ||
7Engineering Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 2.38Q1 | 1.56 0.10 up from 2007 | 706 | 6% | $4,120 | ||
8International Journal of Solids and StructuresElsevier BV · United States | 2.32Q1 | 1.86 0.27 up from 2007 | 1,252 | 100% | $3,790 | ||
9International Journal of FatigueElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 1.61 0.22 up from 2007 | 712 | 7% | $3,940 | ||
10Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.30Q1 | 1.42 1.47 down from 2007 | 220 | 7% | $3,440 | ||
11Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.20Q1 | 2.80 0.13 down from 2007 | 577 | 10% | $3,530 | ||
12Applied Composite MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 1.21 0.41 up from 2007 | 76 | 0% | $4,090 | ||
13European Journal of Mechanics - A/SolidsElsevier BV · France | 2.18Q1 | 1.80 0.48 up from 2007 | 237 | 8% | $4,040 | ||
14Journal of Analytical Atomic SpectrometryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 2.15Q1 | 4.21 0.75 up from 2007 | 530 | 8% | — | ||
15Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 1.60 0.40 up from 2007 | 779 | 3% | $4,660 | ||
16Finite Elements in Analysis and DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.92Q1 | 1.17 0.39 up from 2007 | 275 | 9% | $2,990 | ||
17AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States | 1.91Q1 | 1.72 0.02 up from 2007 | 263 | 4% | — | ||
18Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.88Q1 | 1.15 0.06 up from 2007 | 131 | 7% | $2,190 | ||
19NDT & E InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.79Q1 | 1.24 0.05 up from 2007 | 255 | 1% | $4,440 | ||
20International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.78Q1 | 1.17 0.02 down from 2007 | 344 | 13% | $4,110 | ||
21International Journal of Coal GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.75Q1 | 1.77 0.51 up from 2007 | 288 | 9% | $4,090 | ||
22Computational MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.71Q1 | 1.68 0.49 up from 2007 | 336 | 18% | $3,990 | ||
23Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.71Q1 | 1.36 0.13 up from 2007 | 162 | 0% | $3,730 | ||
24International Journal of FractureSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 1.20 0.30 down from 2007 | 479 | 14% | $3,790 | ||
25Propellants Explosives PyrotechnicsWiley · Germany | 1.68Q1 | 1.29 0.07 up from 2007 | 198 | 11% | $3,840 | ||
26Organic GeochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.68Q1 | 2.41 0.51 up from 2007 | 484 | 6% | $3,270 | ||
27Engineering Analysis with Boundary ElementsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 1.53 0.44 up from 2007 | 339 | 12% | $3,590 | ||
28International Journal of Adhesion and AdhesivesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q2 | 1.72 0.66 up from 2007 | 219 | 11% | $3,760 | ||
29Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresWiley · United Kingdom | 1.55Q2 | 1.00 0.03 down from 2007 | 319 | 19% | $3,860 | ||
30International Journal of Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.54Q2 | 1.59 0.04 up from 2007 | 279 | 8% | $4,980 | ||
31Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.49Q2 | 0.62 0.01 up from 2007 | 132 | 5% | $3,990 | ||
32Journal of Composite MaterialsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.48Q2 | 1.24 0.17 up from 2007 | 407 | 7% | $4,150 | ||
33GeofluidsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.31Q2 | 1.56 0.13 down from 2007 | 98 | 18% | $2,160 | ||
34StrainWiley · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 1.25 0.36 up from 2007 | 139 | 23% | $4,220 | ||
35Journal of Petroleum GeologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.25Q2 | 0.77 0.43 down from 2007 | 77 | 0% | $3,400 | ||
36Rock Mechanics and Rock EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 1.21Q2 | 0.71 0.16 up from 2007 | 109 | 18% | $3,990 | ||
37Acta MechanicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 1.17Q2 | 1.25 0.23 up from 2007 | 324 | 10% | $3,490 | ||
38Archive of Applied MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.17Q2 | 0.90 0.11 up from 2007 | 287 | 14% | $4,090 | ||
39Continuum Mechanics and ThermodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.16Q2 | 1.92 0.77 up from 2007 | 83 | 17% | $2,990 | ||
40Journal of Nondestructive EvaluationSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.16Q2 | 0.65 0.08 down from 2007 | 38 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
41Journal of mechanics of materials and structuresMathematical Sciences Publishers · United States | 1.15Q2 | 1.01 0.08 down from 2007 | 178 | 90% | — | ||
42Applied Mathematical ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.11Q2 | 0.98 0.22 up from 2007 | 622 | 99% | $4,510 | ||
43Mechanics of Advanced Materials and StructuresTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.11Q2 | 1.01 0.12 down from 2007 | 134 | 7% | — | ||
44Communications in Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 1.19 0.54 up from 2007 | 337 | 17% | — | ||
45Flow Measurement and InstrumentationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 0.82 0.24 down from 2007 | 159 | 3% | $3,080 | ||
46International Journal of Damage MechanicsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.08Q2 | 3.23 1.02 up from 2007 | 57 | 10% | $4,400 | ||
47UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.07Q2 | 1.22 0.42 up from 2007 | 477 | 16% | $3,680 | ||
48Applied MechanicsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.04Q2 | 0.25 0.09 up from 2007 | 150 | — | $1,448 | ||
49Mechanics Research CommunicationsElsevier BV · United States | 1.03Q2 | 0.94 0.05 up from 2007 | 211 | 10% | $3,580 | ||
50Journal of Thermal StressesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.99Q2 | 0.78 0.23 down from 2007 | 213 | 3% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanics of Materials highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering313
- Mechanical Engineering239
- Biomedical Engineering148
- Civil and Structural Engineering144
- Aerospace Engineering139
- Mechanics of Materials105
- Control and Systems Engineering84
- Computational Mechanics83
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering50
- Building and Construction44
- Ocean Engineering41
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality23
- Automotive Engineering16
- Media Technology16
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
12 additional Mechanics of Materials journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, 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: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 105
- Window papers (baseline)
- 83,476 +24.4% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 0.978 +0.04% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 14
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 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.