Journal rankings · indicator year 2021
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Subfield ranking · 2021
Mechanics of Materials journal rankings 2021
123 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanics of Materials has 123 ranked journals in 2021. The median journal has an OJR of 0.91, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2020; Q1 starts at OJR 1.38. The top three are Applied Mechanics Reviews, Energy Geoscience, and International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2021. 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 2018–2020, the window the 2021 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 Engineering574
- Mechanical Engineering380
- Biomedical Engineering327
- Civil and Structural Engineering272
- Aerospace Engineering175
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Control and Systems Engineering121
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering90
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering38
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 2020. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2018–2020 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 2012 to 2021. | Compare |
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1Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 3.36Q1 | 9.94 3.49 up from 2020 | 51 | 38% | — | ||
2Energy GeoscienceOAElsevier BV · China | 2.88Q1 | 7.28no 2020 value | 40 | 100% | $0 listed | — | |
3International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.81Q1 | 6.50 0.38 down from 2020 | 786 | 20% | $4,110 | ||
4International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.76Q1 | 8.51 4.27 up from 2020 | 345 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
5Rock Mechanics and Rock EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 2.76Q1 | 6.54 0.44 up from 2020 | 895 | 24% | $3,990 | ||
6ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCHOAAustralia | 2.52Q1 | 7.04 2.53 up from 2020 | 123 | 100% | — | ||
7Composites Part A Applied Science and ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.48Q1 | 9.11 0.75 up from 2020 | 1,216 | 28% | $4,480 | ||
8Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China | 2.48Q1 | 5.90 1.34 up from 2020 | 341 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
9Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentOAElsevier BV · China | 2.47Q1 | 5.93 1.16 up from 2020 | 355 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
10International Journal of Coal GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.34Q1 | 5.75 0.52 down from 2020 | 512 | 33% | $4,090 | ||
11Composites Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 9.08 0.56 up from 2020 | 1,424 | 24% | $4,610 | ||
12Egyptian Journal of PetroleumOAElsevier BV · Egypt | 2.14Q1 | 5.01 1.53 down from 2020 | 141 | 100% | — | ||
13Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 7.75 0.54 up from 2020 | 633 | 14% | $2,190 | ||
14Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 5.90 0.15 up from 2020 | 3,911 | 23% | $4,660 | ||
15Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.89Q1 | 4.09 0.51 up from 2020 | 815 | 9% | $3,990 | ||
16Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.84Q1 | 4.98 0.71 up from 2020 | 1,548 | 22% | $3,440 | ||
17International Journal of Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 6.23 1.56 down from 2020 | 362 | 27% | $4,980 | ||
18International Journal of FatigueElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 5.14 0.35 down from 2020 | 1,423 | 27% | $3,940 | ||
19NDT & E InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.76Q1 | 4.80 0.38 up from 2020 | 353 | 28% | $4,440 | ||
20Petroleum ScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 1.75Q1 | 5.23 0.95 up from 2020 | 325 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
21Engineering Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.72Q1 | 4.83 0.56 up from 2020 | 1,444 | 23% | $4,120 | ||
22International Journal of Coal Science & TechnologyOASpringer International Publishing · China | 1.70Q1 | 5.82 2.59 up from 2020 | 186 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
23Applied Mathematical ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.69Q1 | 4.86 0.29 down from 2020 | 1,699 | 100% | $4,510 | ||
24AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States | 1.61Q1 | 3.54 0.30 down from 2020 | 318 | 7% | — | ||
25Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.57Q1 | 5.15 0.14 down from 2020 | 840 | 60% | $4,220 | ||
26Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.55Q1 | 4.23 0.03 down from 2020 | 829 | 19% | $3,730 | ||
27Defence TechnologyOAElsevier BV · China | 1.52Q1 | 3.64 0.16 up from 2020 | 481 | 100% | — | ||
28WIT transactions on engineering sciencesWIT Press · United Kingdom | 1.44Q1 | 0.69 0.32 up from 2020 | 202 | 93% | — | ||
29Computational MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.44Q1 | 4.52 0.22 up from 2020 | 398 | 53% | $3,990 | ||
30LithosphereOAGeological Society of America · United States | 1.43Q1 | 3.47 0.15 up from 2020 | 141 | 100% | $2,100 | ||
31European Journal of Mechanics - A/SolidsElsevier BV · France | 1.38Q1 | 4.04 0.15 down from 2020 | 578 | 26% | $4,040 | ||
32Energy Science & EngineeringOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.34Q2 | 4.01 0.27 down from 2020 | 621 | 100% | $2,780 | ||
33Journal of Sustainable MiningOAPoland | 1.29Q2 | 3.33 0.37 down from 2020 | 82 | 100% | — | ||
34Journal of Reinforced Plastics and CompositesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.24Q2 | 3.14 0.65 down from 2020 | 247 | 24% | $4,400 | ||
35Organic GeochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.24Q2 | 3.35 0.17 down from 2020 | 395 | 34% | $3,270 | ||
36Mechanics of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.23Q2 | 3.96 0.60 up from 2020 | 716 | 32% | $3,850 | ||
37International Journal of Solids and StructuresElsevier BV · United States | 1.22Q2 | 3.57 0.02 up from 2020 | 1,114 | 99% | $3,790 | ||
38Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex SystemsOAMathematical Sciences Publishers · United States | 1.21Q2 | 4.39 0.79 down from 2020 | 49 | 100% | — | ||
39UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.21Q2 | 4.16 0.73 up from 2020 | 528 | 31% | $3,680 | ||
40International Journal of Damage MechanicsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.19Q2 | 3.64 0.09 down from 2020 | 172 | 10% | $4,400 | ||
41Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-ResourcesOASpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.18Q2 | 4.63 0.87 up from 2020 | 123 | 8% | $3,890 | ||
42International Journal of Adhesion and AdhesivesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 3.90 0.80 up from 2020 | 606 | 26% | $3,760 | ||
43International Journal for Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 1.17Q2 | 3.00 0.07 down from 2020 | 704 | 41% | $4,250 | ||
44Composites Part C Open AccessOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.17Q2 | 3.42no 2020 value | 99 | 100% | $2,400 | — | |
45Journal of Thermal StressesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 3.27 0.40 up from 2020 | 259 | 6% | — | ||
46Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresWiley · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 3.39 0.17 down from 2020 | 604 | 28% | $3,860 | ||
47Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.11Q2 | 3.10 0.54 down from 2020 | 561 | 33% | $3,530 | ||
48Finite Elements in Analysis and DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.09Q2 | 2.66 0.34 down from 2020 | 169 | 41% | $2,990 | ||
49Croatian journal of forest engineeringOACroatia | 1.06Q2 | 2.64 0.89 up from 2020 | 55 | 100% | — | ||
50Mechanics Based Design of Structures and MachinesTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.05Q2 | 4.12 4.33 down from 2020 | 424 | 4% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanics of Materials highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering574
- Mechanical Engineering380
- Biomedical Engineering327
- Civil and Structural Engineering272
- Aerospace Engineering175
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Control and Systems Engineering121
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering90
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering38
- Media Technology27
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2021. Corpus-wide, 87.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
21 additional Mechanics of Materials journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2018–2020, 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: 2021. Publication window: 2018–2020. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 123
- Window papers (baseline)
- 106,369 +10.9% from indicator year 2018
- Median OJR
- 0.912 -2.0% from indicator year 2018
- Rising journals (2025)
- 14
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2018–2020 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.