Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Subfield ranking · 2015
Mechanics of Materials journal rankings 2015
121 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanics of Materials has 121 ranked journals in 2015. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.09 against 1.00, up 0.03 on 2014. A journal needs OJR 1.81 to reach Q1. The top three are Applied Mechanics Reviews, AAPG Bulletin, and International Journal of Coal Geology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. 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 2012–2014, the window the 2015 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 Engineering471
- Mechanical Engineering336
- Biomedical Engineering248
- Civil and Structural Engineering227
- Aerospace Engineering175
- Control and Systems Engineering125
- Mechanics of Materials121
- Computational Mechanics99
- Building and Construction78
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering78
- Ocean Engineering68
- Media Technology29
121 ranked journals
Filters
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 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. | Compare |
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1Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 3.74Q1 | 4.64 1.91 up from 2014 | 53 | 14% | — | ||
2AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States | 3.71Q1 | 3.56 0.15 down from 2014 | 284 | 10% | — | ||
3International Journal of Coal GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.71Q1 | 4.07 0.28 up from 2014 | 457 | 11% | $4,090 | ||
4Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.27Q1 | 4.19 0.45 up from 2014 | 1,609 | 19% | $4,660 | ||
5Composites Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.91Q1 | 4.82 0.86 up from 2014 | 888 | 17% | $4,610 | ||
6International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.91Q1 | 2.68 0.30 up from 2014 | 567 | 15% | $4,110 | ||
7Composites Part A Applied Science and ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.80Q1 | 4.57 0.70 up from 2014 | 746 | 24% | $4,480 | ||
8Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.74Q1 | 4.59 0.47 up from 2014 | 457 | 51% | $4,220 | ||
9International Journal of FatigueElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 2.95 0.28 up from 2014 | 679 | 21% | $3,940 | ||
10Computational MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.58Q1 | 3.36 0.02 up from 2014 | 429 | 26% | $3,990 | ||
11Applied Mathematical ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.50Q1 | 2.47 0.53 down from 2014 | 1,628 | 100% | $4,510 | ||
12Rock Mechanics and Rock EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 2.43Q1 | 2.12 0.01 down from 2014 | 471 | 14% | $3,990 | ||
13Finite Elements in Analysis and DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.36Q1 | 2.36 0.05 down from 2014 | 322 | 28% | $2,990 | ||
14Engineering Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 2.34Q1 | 2.52 0.19 up from 2014 | 773 | 12% | $4,120 | ||
15Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 3.28 0.42 up from 2014 | 567 | 22% | $3,440 | ||
16Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.30Q1 | 3.43 0.06 down from 2014 | 504 | 21% | $3,530 | ||
17International Journal of Solids and StructuresElsevier BV · United States | 2.28Q1 | 2.73 0.16 up from 2014 | 1,113 | 100% | $3,790 | ||
18NDT & E InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 2.45 0.18 down from 2014 | 307 | 14% | $4,440 | ||
19International Journal for Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 2.21Q1 | 2.77 0.21 down from 2014 | 625 | 20% | $4,250 | ||
20European Journal of Mechanics - A/SolidsElsevier BV · France | 2.18Q1 | 3.00 0.47 up from 2014 | 366 | 24% | $4,040 | ||
21Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentOAElsevier BV · China | 2.18Q1 | 2.20 0.24 up from 2014 | 342 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
22Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China | 2.02Q1 | 1.90 0.87 up from 2014 | 169 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
23Organic GeochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 3.01 0.26 down from 2014 | 465 | 16% | $3,270 | ||
24Mechanics of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 2.87 0.30 up from 2014 | 396 | 29% | $3,850 | ||
25Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 2.48 0.53 up from 2014 | 187 | 12% | $3,730 | ||
26International Journal of Adhesion and AdhesivesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 2.69 0.41 up from 2014 | 440 | 22% | $3,760 | ||
27International Journal of FractureSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.89Q1 | 2.13 0.27 up from 2014 | 315 | 27% | $3,790 | ||
28Journal of Nondestructive EvaluationSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.88Q1 | 1.88 0.25 up from 2014 | 136 | 13% | $3,290 | ||
29Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresWiley · United Kingdom | 1.85Q1 | 2.26 0.35 up from 2014 | 348 | 14% | $3,860 | ||
30Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.85Q1 | 1.20 0.64 down from 2014 | 141 | 14% | $2,190 | ||
3146th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics SymposiumPublisher not listed | 1.81Q1 | —no 2014 value | 190 | — | — | ||
32LithosphereOAGeological Society of America · United States | 1.77Q2 | 3.21 0.08 down from 2014 | 120 | 100% | $2,100 | ||
33International Journal of Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.77Q2 | 3.37 0.81 up from 2014 | 390 | 23% | $4,980 | ||
34Journal of Analytical Atomic SpectrometryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.74Q2 | 3.54 0.10 down from 2014 | 694 | 24% | — | ||
35Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.48Q2 | 1.27 0.19 up from 2014 | 284 | 8% | $3,990 | ||
36International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.46Q2 | 1.84 0.29 up from 2014 | 451 | 22% | $0 listed | ||
37Mechanics Research CommunicationsElsevier BV · United States | 1.45Q2 | 1.71 0.13 up from 2014 | 346 | 13% | $3,580 | ||
38UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.44Q2 | 2.33 0.28 up from 2014 | 612 | 18% | $3,680 | ||
39International Journal of Forest EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.41Q2 | 1.78 0.57 up from 2014 | 77 | 0% | — | ||
40Quantitative InfraRed Thermography JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 1.20 0.69 down from 2014 | 51 | 18% | — | ||
41Engineering ComputationsEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.35Q2 | 0.99 1.05 down from 2014 | 196 | 13% | — | ||
42StrainWiley · United Kingdom | 1.34Q2 | 1.74 0.09 down from 2014 | 122 | 32% | $4,220 | ||
43Journal of Petroleum GeologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.33Q2 | 1.09 0.23 down from 2014 | 76 | 0% | $3,400 | ||
44Engineering Analysis with Boundary ElementsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.33Q2 | 1.76 0.11 down from 2014 | 548 | 7% | $3,590 | ||
45Continuum Mechanics and ThermodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.32Q2 | 2.09 0.10 down from 2014 | 174 | 23% | $2,990 | ||
46Energy Science & EngineeringOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.30Q2 | 2.27 0.12 down from 2014 | 44 | 100% | $2,780 | ||
47Applied Composite MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.28Q2 | 1.13 0.33 down from 2014 | 179 | 11% | $4,090 | ||
48Acta MechanicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 1.26Q2 | 1.63 0.08 down from 2014 | 659 | 12% | $3,490 | ||
49Journal of Thermal StressesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.26Q2 | 1.41 0.12 up from 2014 | 219 | 9% | — | ||
50Mechanics Based Design of Structures and MachinesTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.25Q2 | 2.00 0.92 up from 2014 | 110 | 11% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanics of Materials highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering471
- Mechanical Engineering336
- Biomedical Engineering248
- Civil and Structural Engineering227
- Aerospace Engineering175
- Control and Systems Engineering125
- Mechanics of Materials121
- Computational Mechanics99
- Building and Construction78
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering78
- Ocean Engineering68
- Media Technology29
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Automotive Engineering24
- Architecture1
- General Engineering0
Journals
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.
22 additional Mechanics of Materials 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.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 121
- Window papers (baseline)
- 110,199 +3.3% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 1.09 +2.9% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 14
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.
| 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.