Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
Mechanics of Materials journal rankings 2019
123 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanics of Materials has 123 ranked journals in 2019. The median journal has an OJR of 0.90, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.03 on 2018; Q1 starts at OJR 1.45. The top three are Applied Mechanics Reviews, International Journal of Coal Geology, and AAPG Bulletin.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. 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 2016–2018, the window the 2019 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 Engineering542
- Mechanical Engineering371
- Biomedical Engineering303
- Civil and Structural Engineering265
- Aerospace Engineering184
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction91
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering75
- Automotive Engineering34
123 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 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 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 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 3.45Q1 | 6.42 0.31 up from 2018 | 56 | 32% | — | ||
2International Journal of Coal GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.09Q1 | 6.81 0.91 up from 2018 | 558 | 23% | $4,090 | ||
3AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States | 2.69Q1 | 4.09 0.50 up from 2018 | 276 | 9% | — | ||
4International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.66Q1 | 4.82 0.34 up from 2018 | 633 | 18% | $4,110 | ||
5Composites Part A Applied Science and ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 7.16 0.12 up from 2018 | 1,114 | 26% | $4,480 | ||
6Rock Mechanics and Rock EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 2.53Q1 | 4.32 0.08 up from 2018 | 761 | 15% | $3,990 | ||
7International Journal of Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.49Q1 | 8.26 0.09 up from 2018 | 346 | 30% | $4,980 | ||
8Composites Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.43Q1 | 7.76 0.39 up from 2018 | 1,225 | 22% | $4,610 | ||
9Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 5.20 1.53 up from 2018 | 250 | 3% | $2,190 | ||
10Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China | 2.31Q1 | 3.58 0.37 up from 2018 | 302 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
11Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 5.09 0.26 down from 2018 | 3,447 | 25% | $4,660 | ||
12International Journal of FatigueElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.11Q1 | 4.95 0.33 up from 2018 | 1,130 | 27% | $3,940 | ||
13Egyptian Journal of PetroleumOAElsevier BV · Egypt | 2.01Q1 | 4.47 1.08 up from 2018 | 263 | 100% | — | ||
14Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 4.26 0.34 up from 2018 | 1,215 | 25% | $3,440 | ||
15Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentOAElsevier BV · China | 1.90Q1 | 4.00 0.43 up from 2018 | 351 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
16Applied Mathematical ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.87Q1 | 4.22 0.91 up from 2018 | 1,638 | 100% | $4,510 | ||
17International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.83Q1 | 3.72 0.54 up from 2018 | 485 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
18NDT & E InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 3.78 0.64 up from 2018 | 365 | 19% | $4,440 | ||
19LithosphereOAGeological Society of America · United States | 1.82Q1 | 3.94 1.09 up from 2018 | 162 | 100% | $2,100 | ||
20Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.81Q1 | 2.72 0.74 up from 2018 | 583 | 11% | $3,990 | ||
21Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.79Q1 | 4.78 0.61 up from 2018 | 819 | 55% | $4,220 | ||
22Engineering Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.72Q1 | 3.94 0.65 up from 2018 | 1,268 | 25% | $4,120 | ||
23European Journal of Mechanics - A/SolidsElsevier BV · France | 1.66Q1 | 4.22 0.85 up from 2018 | 443 | 24% | $4,040 | ||
24International Journal for Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 3.10 0.16 up from 2018 | 659 | 41% | $4,250 | ||
25Computational MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.60Q1 | 3.55 0.43 up from 2018 | 423 | 42% | $3,990 | ||
26Organic GeochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.52Q1 | 3.44 0.23 up from 2018 | 472 | 30% | $3,270 | ||
27ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCHOAAustralia | 1.47Q1 | 3.10 5.09 down from 2018 | 67 | 100% | — | ||
28Journal of Sustainable MiningOAPoland | 1.46Q1 | 2.93 1.03 up from 2018 | 78 | 100% | — | ||
29Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex SystemsOAMathematical Sciences Publishers · United States | 1.46Q1 | 5.47 2.34 up from 2018 | 56 | 100% | — | ||
30International Journal of Solids and StructuresElsevier BV · United States | 1.46Q1 | 3.38 0.41 up from 2018 | 1,225 | 99% | $3,790 | ||
31Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 3.30 0.17 up from 2018 | 485 | 20% | $3,730 | ||
32Finite Elements in Analysis and DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.44Q2 | 3.23 0.47 up from 2018 | 222 | 43% | $2,990 | ||
33Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresWiley · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 3.17 1.02 up from 2018 | 574 | 22% | $3,860 | ||
34International Journal of FractureSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.37Q2 | 2.91 0.32 down from 2018 | 266 | 31% | $3,790 | ||
35Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.33Q2 | 3.11 0.31 up from 2018 | 571 | 23% | $3,530 | ||
36International Journal of Adhesion and AdhesivesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.32Q2 | 3.06 0.04 up from 2018 | 523 | 23% | $3,760 | ||
37Mechanics of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.30Q2 | 3.05 0.26 down from 2018 | 432 | 25% | $3,850 | ||
38UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.26Q2 | 3.03 0.25 up from 2018 | 678 | 27% | $3,680 | ||
39Engineering Analysis with Boundary ElementsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.25Q2 | 3.14 0.43 up from 2018 | 565 | 10% | $3,590 | ||
40Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-ResourcesOASpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.23Q2 | 2.20 1.82 down from 2018 | 80 | 8% | $3,890 | ||
41Journal of Thermal StressesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 2.81 0.13 up from 2018 | 308 | 8% | — | ||
42Journal of Analytical Atomic SpectrometryRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 1.19Q2 | 3.10 0.02 down from 2018 | 723 | 22% | — | ||
43Petroleum ScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 1.19Q2 | 2.92 0.52 up from 2018 | 218 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
44Defence TechnologyOAElsevier BV · China | 1.15Q2 | 2.71 1.25 up from 2018 | 267 | 100% | — | ||
45Continuum Mechanics and ThermodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.15Q2 | 3.65 1.82 up from 2018 | 245 | 34% | $2,990 | ||
46Mechanics Research CommunicationsElsevier BV · United States | 1.12Q2 | 2.20 0.11 down from 2018 | 336 | 38% | $3,580 | ||
47Journal of Nondestructive EvaluationSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.11Q2 | 2.41 0.46 down from 2018 | 220 | 23% | $3,290 | ||
48Journal of Reinforced Plastics and CompositesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.08Q2 | 2.41 0.38 up from 2018 | 353 | 13% | $4,400 | ||
49International Journal of Damage MechanicsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.07Q2 | 3.97 1.41 up from 2018 | 192 | 12% | $4,400 | ||
50Energy Exploration & ExploitationOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 1.90 0.01 up from 2018 | 239 | 100% | $2,000 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanics of Materials highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering542
- Mechanical Engineering371
- Biomedical Engineering303
- Civil and Structural Engineering265
- Aerospace Engineering184
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction91
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering75
- Automotive Engineering34
- Media Technology26
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture1
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
20 additional Mechanics of Materials journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, 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: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 123
- Window papers (baseline)
- 96,897 -8.8% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 0.8976 -13.7% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 14
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 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 |
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| 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.