Journal rankings · indicator year 2022
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Subfield ranking · 2022
Mechanics of Materials journal rankings 2022
122 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanics of Materials has 122 ranked journals in 2022. The median journal has an OJR of 0.90, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2021; Q1 starts at OJR 1.47. The top three are Applied Mechanics Reviews, International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, and International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2022. 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 2019–2021, the window the 2022 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 Engineering591
- Mechanical Engineering376
- Biomedical Engineering334
- Civil and Structural Engineering276
- Aerospace Engineering178
- Control and Systems Engineering124
- Mechanics of Materials122
- Computational Mechanics94
- Building and Construction93
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering86
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering43
122 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 2021. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2019–2021, the window the 2022 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2019–2021 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 2013 to 2022. | Compare |
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1Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 4.47Q1 | 15.56 5.62 up from 2021 | 43 | 24% | — | ||
2International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.73Q1 | 10.75 2.24 up from 2021 | 313 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
3International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.11Q1 | 7.35 0.85 up from 2021 | 832 | 23% | $4,110 | ||
4Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentOAElsevier BV · China | 2.94Q1 | 8.41 2.48 up from 2021 | 362 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
5Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China | 2.58Q1 | 7.20 1.30 up from 2021 | 374 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
6International Journal of Coal Science & TechnologyOASpringer International Publishing · China | 2.56Q1 | 8.82 3.00 up from 2021 | 224 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
7Rock Mechanics and Rock EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 2.50Q1 | 6.19 0.35 down from 2021 | 997 | 19% | $3,990 | ||
8Composites Part A Applied Science and ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.44Q1 | 8.73 0.39 down from 2021 | 1,236 | 29% | $4,480 | ||
9Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.34Q1 | 7.56 0.19 down from 2021 | 851 | 33% | $2,190 | ||
10ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCHOAAustralia | 2.28Q1 | 7.78 0.74 up from 2021 | 119 | 100% | — | ||
11Composites Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 9.22 0.14 up from 2021 | 1,409 | 17% | $4,610 | ||
12International Journal of Coal GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.09Q1 | 5.43 0.32 down from 2021 | 419 | 20% | $4,090 | ||
13Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.02Q1 | 6.35 0.45 up from 2021 | 4,001 | 22% | $4,660 | ||
14Energy GeoscienceOAElsevier BV · China | 1.98Q1 | 5.67 1.61 down from 2021 | 87 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
15International Journal of FatigueElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.86Q1 | 6.11 0.97 up from 2021 | 1,457 | 30% | $3,940 | ||
16Engineering Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.86Q1 | 5.54 0.71 up from 2021 | 1,446 | 24% | $4,120 | ||
17FirePhysChemOAElsevier BV · China | 1.83Q1 | 3.29no 2021 value | 52 | 100% | $0 listed | — | |
18Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.82Q1 | 4.44 0.34 up from 2021 | 1,074 | 11% | $3,990 | ||
19Defence TechnologyOAElsevier BV · China | 1.77Q1 | 4.27 0.63 up from 2021 | 549 | 100% | — | ||
20Petroleum ScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 1.76Q1 | 5.13 0.11 down from 2021 | 434 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
21Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.75Q1 | 4.32 0.65 down from 2021 | 1,609 | 26% | $3,440 | ||
22Applied Mathematical ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.75Q1 | 5.15 0.29 up from 2021 | 1,718 | 53% | $4,510 | ||
23NDT & E InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.68Q1 | 4.64 0.17 down from 2021 | 359 | 28% | $4,440 | ||
24Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 5.11 0.88 up from 2021 | 929 | 20% | $3,730 | ||
25International Journal of Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.54Q1 | 6.60 0.38 up from 2021 | 333 | 27% | $4,980 | ||
26Energetic Materials FrontiersOAElsevier BV · China | 1.53Q1 | 4.26 0.62 down from 2021 | 69 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
27Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.52Q1 | 5.46 0.31 up from 2021 | 823 | 60% | $4,220 | ||
28Composites Part C Open AccessOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.51Q1 | 4.91 1.48 up from 2021 | 216 | 100% | $2,400 | ||
29AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States | 1.49Q1 | 3.62 0.08 up from 2021 | 310 | 9% | — | ||
30Computational MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.48Q1 | 4.25 0.27 down from 2021 | 441 | 57% | $3,990 | ||
31Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-ResourcesOASpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.47Q1 | 4.63no change | 229 | 15% | $3,890 | ||
32Energy Science & EngineeringOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.27Q2 | 4.12 0.10 up from 2021 | 732 | 100% | $2,780 | ||
32European Journal of Mechanics - A/SolidsElsevier BV · France | 1.27Q2 | 4.32 0.28 up from 2021 | 595 | 34% | $4,040 | ||
34Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresWiley · United Kingdom | 1.27Q2 | 3.91 0.53 up from 2021 | 635 | 25% | $3,860 | ||
35Natural Gas Industry BOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.27Q2 | 4.07 1.52 up from 2021 | 223 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
36Egyptian Journal of PetroleumOAElsevier BV · Egypt | 1.20Q2 | 2.74 2.28 down from 2021 | 117 | 100% | — | ||
37Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal ModelingSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.19Q2 | 3.32 0.15 up from 2021 | 62 | 48% | $2,990 | ||
38UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.16Q2 | 4.34 0.18 up from 2021 | 556 | 27% | $3,680 | ||
39International Journal of Damage MechanicsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.15Q2 | 4.18 0.54 up from 2021 | 192 | 7% | $4,400 | ||
40International Journal of Solids and StructuresElsevier BV · United States | 1.15Q2 | 3.68 0.10 up from 2021 | 1,072 | 99% | $3,790 | ||
41Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.14Q2 | 3.56 0.46 up from 2021 | 537 | 30% | $3,530 | ||
42Mechanics of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.14Q2 | 3.81 0.15 down from 2021 | 897 | 28% | $3,850 | ||
43Engineering Analysis with Boundary ElementsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 3.64 0.51 up from 2021 | 806 | 12% | $3,590 | ||
44Journal of Reinforced Plastics and CompositesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.12Q2 | 3.40 0.26 up from 2021 | 205 | 10% | $4,400 | ||
45Finite Elements in Analysis and DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.12Q2 | 3.24 0.57 up from 2021 | 170 | 43% | $2,990 | ||
46WIT transactions on engineering sciencesWIT Press · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 0.61 0.08 down from 2021 | 183 | 93% | — | ||
47International Journal of Adhesion and AdhesivesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 3.42 0.48 down from 2021 | 620 | 20% | $3,760 | ||
48International Journal for Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 1.08Q2 | 2.79 0.21 down from 2021 | 770 | 44% | $4,250 | ||
49Journal of Natural Gas GeoscienceOAElsevier BV · China | 1.07Q2 | 2.57 0.51 up from 2021 | 91 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
50Organic GeochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 3.09 0.26 down from 2021 | 324 | 29% | $3,270 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanics of Materials highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering591
- Mechanical Engineering376
- Biomedical Engineering334
- Civil and Structural Engineering276
- Aerospace Engineering178
- Control and Systems Engineering124
- Mechanics of Materials122
- Computational Mechanics94
- Building and Construction93
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering86
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering43
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality27
- Media Technology24
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2022. Corpus-wide, 89.5% 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 2019–2021, 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: 2022. Publication window: 2019–2021. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 122
- Window papers (baseline)
- 109,525 +13.0% from indicator year 2019
- Median OJR
- 0.8984 +0.1% from indicator year 2019
- Rising journals (2025)
- 14
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2019–2021 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.