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Journal rankings · indicator year 2015

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Computational Mechanics journal rankings 2015

99 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering

Computational Mechanics has 99 ranked journals in 2015. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.20 against 1.00, up 0.03 on 2014. A journal needs OJR 1.84 to reach Q1. The top three are Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Journal of Numerical Mathematics, and SIAM Journal on Optimization.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 score is computed on.

99
5% of Engineering
Median OJR

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.

1.20+0.03 vs 2014
This subfieldAll 0.88World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

14%
All fields: 29%
Median listed APC

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.

$3,220
Median positive listed APC: $3,220 among 48 journals. Another 2 list $0; 49 have no known price. All fields: $3,390.

Subfields of Engineering (16)

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99 ranked journals

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Computational Mechanics ranking, 2015

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.

OJR

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 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 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 2006 to 2015.

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1Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom
15.22Q120.30 2.35 down from 20146527%$6,990
2Journal of Numerical MathematicsDe Gruyter · Germany
3.87Q10.52 2.95 down from 20144627%$2,712
3SIAM Journal on OptimizationSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States
3.86Q13.99 0.23 down from 201425737%—
2.99Q13.45 0.45 down from 201494042%$4,830
5Computer-Aided DesignElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.79Q12.44 0.07 down from 201439520%$3,140
6AIAA JournalAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States
2.62Q12.10 0.20 down from 201492616%—
7Combustion and FlameElsevier BV · United States
2.50Q13.55 0.75 down from 201490243%$4,320
8Proceedings of the Combustion InstituteElsevier BV · United States
2.47Q12.52 1.32 down from 20148390%$3,570
952nd Aerospace Sciences MeetingPublisher not listed
2.47Q11.01no 2014 value906———
10SIAM Journal on Numerical AnalysisSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States
2.40Q12.73 0.05 down from 201444935%—
11SIAM Journal on Scientific ComputingSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States
2.38Q12.89 0.15 up from 201462642%—
12Journal of Fluids and StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.31Q12.27 0.16 down from 201449624%$3,740
2.30Q10.91 0.03 down from 20141,183——
14Journal of TurbulenceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.14Q11.61 0.71 down from 201415316%—
15Experiments in FluidsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
2.12Q12.50 0.20 up from 201460723%$2,590
16Granular MatterSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
2.04Q12.30 0.01 up from 201422825%$2,590
17Experimental Thermal and Fluid ScienceElsevier BV · United States
2.04Q12.67 0.13 up from 201473813%$3,720
18Computers & FluidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.02Q12.25 0.22 up from 20141,02734%$3,700
19International Journal of Multiphase FlowElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.99Q12.63 0.04 down from 201438026%$3,900
20International Journal of Heat and Fluid FlowElsevier BV · United States
1.98Q12.09 0.03 up from 201439120%$3,420
1.98Q1—no 2014 value1,264——
22Journal of Computational PhysicsElsevier BV · United States
1.95Q12.94 0.29 up from 20141,95653%$3,980
23Mathematics of ComputationAmerican Mathematical Society · United States
1.91Q11.69 0.11 down from 201435375%—
24Journal of Fluid MechanicsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom
1.88Q12.78 0.01 down from 20142,07346%$3,550
25Computers & Mathematics with ApplicationsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.84Q11.92 0.36 down from 20141,098100%$3,170
26Flow Turbulence and CombustionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands
1.84Q22.10 0.11 down from 201420434%$2,590
27Numerische MathematikSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
1.78Q22.06 0.17 down from 201424939%$3,190
1.77Q22.08no change36818%$4,220
29Powder TechnologyElsevier BV · Switzerland
1.71Q23.05 0.26 up from 20142,01215%$4,610
30IMA Journal of Numerical AnalysisOxford University Press · United Kingdom
1.65Q21.81 0.03 down from 201421035%$3,718
31Combustion Theory and ModellingTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
1.63Q22.11 0.02 down from 201410131%—
32Physics of FluidsAmerican Institute of Physics · United States
1.62Q22.32 0.15 down from 20141,77239%—
33GAMM-MitteilungenWiley · Germany
1.62Q23.65 1.43 up from 20144020%$3,140
34Journal of Scientific ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands
1.56Q21.73 0.01 up from 201439725%$3,290
35Graphical ModelsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.54Q21.48 0.05 up from 201412222%$2,180
36Theoretical and Computational Fluid DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
1.44Q21.36 0.92 down from 20148529%$3,090
1.43Q21.65 0.22 down from 2014234100%$0 listed
38Computer Aided Geometric DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.43Q21.39 0.88 down from 201415734%$2,930
39Optimization methods & softwareTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
1.43Q21.29 0.21 down from 201416923%—
1.42Q20.56 0.26 up from 201434——
41ParticuologyElsevier BV · China
1.42Q22.38 0.18 up from 201438415%$3,090
1.37Q21.53 0.06 up from 20141,354100%$3,250
43Advances in Computational MathematicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands
1.37Q21.48 0.12 down from 201412138%$3,190
1.35Q21.64 0.21 down from 201430625%$3,380
45Advanced Powder TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.33Q22.37 0.01 up from 201451710%$3,170
46Atomization and SpraysBegell House · United States
1.31Q21.47 0.16 up from 201417114%—
47Applied Numerical MathematicsElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.29Q21.51 0.23 up from 201432623%$2,000
48Annual Review of Fluid MechanicsAnnual Reviews · United States
1.24Q212.77 2.01 up from 20146057%—
49Physical Review EAmerican Physical Society · United States
1.21Q22.55 0.12 down from 20147,48464%—
50Comptes Rendus MécaniqueOAAcadémie des sciences · France
1.20Q21.30 0.13 down from 201426635%—

Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

23 additional Computational Mechanics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
99
Window papers (baseline)
72,114 +10.6% from indicator year 2012
Median OJR
1.20 +0.1% from indicator year 2012
Rising journals (2025)
11

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals6065697474757680838383909597979910510310310210310294969598
Window papers (baseline)36,16538,76540,50043,03044,72947,16550,49453,21156,06358,07159,82962,24865,21467,67470,37972,11473,09072,76672,85873,84976,12277,79178,27175,60372,79573,468
Median OJR1.141.361.311.391.331.511.411.251.241.231.271.281.191.171.161.201.111.181.00361.00390.950.810.860.840.800.73

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.